No money can pay for her
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— Não ha dinheiro que a pague; ha-de ser sempre minha,
'There is no money that can pay for her; she shall be mine always,'
The old master's flat cruelty: no sum will buy her, she is his forever. It is the same wall Leôncio will rebuild in the present scene. The novel shows the son inheriting not just the estate but the exact language of ownership.
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