A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 6.67 · 6.67

A voice on the porch stairs

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— bradou neste momento com voz forte e sonora uma pessoa, que vinha subindo a escada do alpendre.

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cried at that moment, in a strong and sonorous voice, a person who was coming up the porch stairs.

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The 'voz forte e sonora' announces a man of substance before we see his face — no timid servant but someone who arrives as an equal. The porch stairs of the fazenda-house, that threshold between the world outside and the family's sealed drama, are where the chapter's turn begins.

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