'To tell you the truth'
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— Por que, emfim, Isaura, a fallar-te a verdade gosto muito de você,
— Because, in short, Isaura, to tell you the truth, I like you very much,
Out it comes. The whole meandering flattery had this at its centre: 'gosto muito de você,' I like you very much. Stripped of the sympathy and the fine words, it is the same wish every man in the house has pressed on her — and coming from a fellow slave with no power to compel, it is the least of them, but still a claim she must fend off.
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