'How malicious you are'
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— Como és maliciosa!— replicou Isaura sorrindo tristemente, mas sem se alterar;
— How malicious you are! replied Isaura, smiling sadly, but without losing her composure;
Isaura's whole method is in the stage direction: 'sorrindo tristemente, mas sem se alterar' — smiling sadly, but without altering. She names Rosa's malice openly yet refuses to be drawn into anger. The sad smile is not weakness; it is a composure held on purpose against a tormentor who wants her to break.
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