A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 6.159 · 6.159

He did not hesitate to furnish it

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não hesitou em fornecer-lhe a somma necessaria,

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did not hesitate to furnish him the necessary sum,

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Decency acts without deliberation — 'não hesitou.' The good master gives at once what the bad one squeezed for. In the economy of the chapter, generosity is quick and cruelty is slow and calculating.

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