A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 7.22 · 7.22

Now we'll see what captivity is

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— agora que sinhô velho morreo, e que sinhá Malvina foi-se embora para a casa de seo pae della, é que nós vamos ver o que é rigor de captiveiro.

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'now that old master is dead and mistress Malvina has gone off to her father's house, we shall see what the harshness of captivity is.'

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Here is the chapter's engine, spoken plainly: the two people who softened the plantation — the old master and Malvina — are gone, and now the machine runs without a brake. Tia Joaquina names what the reader has felt coming since Cap. VI: with no restraint left, Leôncio's cruelty has a clear field.

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