A Escrava Isaura 7.145 · 7.145

Isaura's patience finally bends toward a plea. 'Que mal te fiz eu?' — what harm did I ever do you? — is the oldest question of the unjustly hated, and it has no answer, because Rosa's grievance is not with Isaura at all but with Leôncio. 'Amofinar' — to vex, to wear down — names the slow cruelty of the taunting. She asks for mercy she will not receive.

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