A Escrava Isaura 7.236 · 7.236

The chapter's hinge, and its dread, in a single suspended question: 'que seria della, quando viesse o senhor?' — what would become of her when the master came? Against Leôncio her weapons are useless — she cannot threaten to tell him of himself. The question hangs on its doubled marks (!?…), and it is barely asked before it is answered: the master is already at the door.

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