A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 6.195 · 6.195

Truly, father? How?

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— Devéras meo pae!... mas como poude arranjar isso?

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Devérasde-VE-rashTrulymeoME-umypaepaifather!...masmashbutcomoKO-muhowpoudePOH-dedid you managearranjara-han-ZHARto arrangeissoEE-suit?

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'Truly, my father!... but how did you manage it?'

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Wonder tips into hope — truly? how? She had thought her freedom impossible, and her father's quiet certainty opens a door she scarcely dares believe in. The dramatic irony tightens: the door is already closing.

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