To be rid of her father's pestering
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tanto assim, que para se ver livre das importunações do pae della, que tambem quer a todo custo libertal-a;
'so much so that, to be rid of the pestering of her father — who also wishes at all costs to free her —'
He lets slip the counter-pressure: Isaura's own father is begging for her freedom, and the old master, to shake him off, set a price. Miguel exists in the story before he walks through the door — the loving father whose whole life bends toward buying his child back.
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