A Escrava Isaura 7.242 · 7.242

The master's eye lands, and his pleasure is instant and cold: 'ah! é a Isaura... Ainda bem!' — ah, it's Isaura... so much the better! The chance meeting is, to him, a stroke of luck. Where André flattered and Rosa taunted, Leôncio simply calculates advantage; the woman alone is an opportunity, and he seizes it without a flicker of scruple.

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