Mock apology
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— Olhe a sinhá não se zangue!... perdão, dona Isaura;
— Now, don't the young lady get cross!... pardon, Dona Isaura;
Rosa switches to mock deference, and it is nastier than the open taunt. She talks about Isaura in the third person — 'a sinhá,' the young lady — and tacks on the honorific 'Dona' with heavy sarcasm, pretending to beg pardon while sneering at the airs she accuses Isaura of putting on. The false courtesy is the sharper blade.
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