A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 7.210 · 7.210

'That can't always be'

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pois olha, minha camarada, isso nem sempre pode ser,

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poispoishwellolhaO-lyalook,minhaMEE-nyamycamaradaka-ma-RA-dacomrade,issoEE-suthatnemnãynotsempreSÃY-prialwayspodePO-dicanserserbe,

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well look, my comrade, that can't always be,

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He recovers his footing with rough familiarity — 'minha camarada,' my comrade, my mate — dropping the wounded courtier for the pragmatic equal. His point is a leveller's: she cannot always have the fine gentlemen, so she had better look among her own. It is a truth (their shared condition) bent to a seducer's purpose.

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