A Escrava Isaura 6.231 · 6.231

The chapter closes on Miguel's defiant hope — 'great is the power of God.' It is the poor man's last resource against a world of owners and letters and law, and it leaves the door of the story ajar. The bargain is broken, but the father, and the novel, refuse despair.

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