A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 6.222 · 6.222

A blow to bear with resignation

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E’ um golpe, pelo qual todos nós temos de passar inevitavelmente, e que deves suportar com resignação.

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It is a blow that all of us must inevitably pass through, and that you must bear with resignation.

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The consoling commonplace of mourning — death comes to all, bear it with resignation. The pious formula is bitterly ironic here: for Leôncio the blow is also a windfall, and the resignation the letter urges is the last thing he feels.

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