A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 6.49 · 6.49

Those trinkets wouldn't be dangerous

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— Esses trastes não seriam tão perigosos, se não existissem vis mexeriqueiros,

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'Those trinkets would not be so dangerous, were there no vile gossips,'

A note on this passage

Leôncio hits back, turning Henrique's own 'traste' insult around: the furniture would be harmless if not for the tale-bearers. The rivalry sharpens — two men insulting each other over a woman neither treats as human.

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