A second mother
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De feito o céo tinha dado á sua filha na pessoa de sua senhora uma segunda mãe tão boa e desvelada,
In fact heaven had given his daughter, in the person of her mistress, a second mother as good and devoted,
Providence gave Isaura a substitute mother in her kind mistress — 'as good and devoted as the first could be.' The consolation is real, which is why its removal will be so cruel: the story gives, precisely in order to take.
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