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— Cala essa boca, tagarella!— bradou a creoula velha, que parecia ser a priora daquelle rancho de fiandeiras.
— Shut that mouth, chatterbox! bellowed the old creole woman, who seemed to be the prioress of that band of spinners.
Tia Joaquina — the old creole woman who has anchored the hall's talk — steps in for Isaura at last. The narrator's image is affectionate and exact: she is the 'priora,' the prioress, of this 'rancho de fiandeiras,' this convent-like band of spinners, the elder whose word carries weight. Her authority is moral, earned in years, and she spends it to shield the defenceless.
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