A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 6.188 · 6.188

Isaura had watched from the yard

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quando Isaura, que do quintal, onde se achava escondida, o tinha visto chegar,

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when Isaura, who from the yard, where she was hidden, had seen him arrive,

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Isaura has been watching all along, hidden in the yard — the slave's habitual place, at the edge of the house that owns her. She has seen her father come and, with a daughter's instinct, slips in to reach him.

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