A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 6.85 · 6.85

A wallet from his coat

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tirando da algibeira de seo largo sobretudo uma carteira, que apresentou a Leoncio;

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drawing from the pocket of his broad overcoat a wallet, which he presented to Leôncio;

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The gesture the whole chapter has been moving toward: the poor man's wallet, saved coin by coin, held out to the master. Guimarães lingers on the plain broad coat — hard-won respectability — against the opulence of the salon.

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