A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 7.27 · 7.27

No use for thread or cloth

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— Este não quer saber de fiados nem de tecidos, não;

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EsteESH-teThis onenãonowngnotquerkerwantssabersa-BERto knowdedeoffiadosfee-A-dushspinningnemnengnordedeoftecidoste-SEE-dushweaving,nãonowngno;

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'This one wants nothing to do with spinning or weaving, no;

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'This one' — she will not even use his name. Leôncio has no interest in the old cloth economy of the house; the workroom itself is doomed. The double 'no' is the emphatic negation of speech, hammering the point home.

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