A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 7.130 · 7.130

Piano for a spinning-wheel

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o piano e a almofada de cetim por essa roda?

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outhepianopi-A-nupianoeiandaathealmofadaal-mo-FA-dacushiondedeofcetimse-TEENGsatinporpurforessaE-sathatrodaHO-dawheel?

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the piano and the satin cushion for that wheel?

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The inventory of loss finishes on its cruelest pair: the piano and satin cushion — instruments of a lady's leisure — for the spinning-wheel, the tool of endless labour. Rosa knows exactly what Isaura had, because she watched her have it; the specificity is the spite.

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