'No one drove me out'
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— Ninguém me enxotou, Rosa; você bem sabe.
— No one drove me out, Rosa; you know that well.
Isaura refuses the loaded verb. She takes Rosa's 'enxotar' — shooed out — and denies it flatly, and the calm appeal 'você bem sabe,' you know it well, quietly accuses Rosa of lying on purpose. She defends the truth without raising her voice.
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