A Escrava Isaura 7.139 · 7.139

The rare moment the composure lets a truth slip out. Being the favourite 'no meio dos brancos,' among the whites, was no happiness — it was exposure, the very position that drew Leôncio's and Henrique's pursuit. 'Cheia de mim,' full of myself: she throws Rosa's charge of vanity back, and denies it with a question that aches.

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