A Escrava Isaura 7.226 · 7.226

He leaves off with a threat dressed as tenderness: 'o tempo ha-de-te amaciar esse coraçãosinho de pedra,' time will soften that little heart of stone. The diminutive 'coraçãosinho' condescends even as it flatters, and 'amaciar,' to soften, to tame, carries the assumption that her refusal is only temporary hardness to be worn down. He mistakes her 'no' for a delay.

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