A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 6.63 · 6.63

My father has no will to free her

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É preciso mais que saibas, que meo pae nenhuma vontade tem de libertar Isaura,

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'You must know, too, that my father has no wish to free Isaura,'

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Now a fresh obstacle appears, conveniently: even if consulted, the father is unwilling. Leôncio stacks the alibi — not only can he not act alone, the one who could will refuse. Every road he describes happens to lead to Isaura staying enslaved.

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