A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 7.218 · 7.218

The rascal draws near

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E dizendo isto o maroto do pajem, avisinhando-se de Isaura,

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And saying this, the rascal of a page, drawing close to Isaura,

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The narrator's affectionate contempt names him again: 'o maroto do pajem,' the rascal of a page. The comedy holds right up to the physical trespass — and then the sentence moves, with a small menace, from words to the body: he closes the distance he has no right to close.

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