A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 6.174 · 6.174

I may not dispose of his goods

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e não me é permitido desde já dispor de seos bens, como minha herança.

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and I am not permitted, as yet, to dispose of his goods, as my inheritance.'

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He piles on legal scruple: he cannot touch his father's property, not being yet the heir in fact. The excuse is airtight and empty — a man who wants to keep a woman dressing his desire in the language of estates and probate.

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