A Escrava Isaura 7.117 · 7.117

The timing is the whole point. The curses come only 'apenas... voltou-lhes as costas' — the moment his back is turned. Resistance under slavery is a thing of the blind spot, the interval when the master's eye is elsewhere; it is real, and it is careful, and it costs the one caught dearly.

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