A Escrava Isaura 7.227 · 7.227

Rebuffed, André begins his retreat — but not before securing his own skin. 'Olha lá,' see here, mind now: the tone shifts from suitor to accomplice begging discretion. The whole swagger collapses into anxiety the moment he remembers who owns him.

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