A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 7.31 · 7.31

At least more free out there

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Quer-me parecer, que lá ao menos a gente fica mais á vontade.

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Quer-meker-meIt ratherparecerpa-re-SERseems to me,quekethatlaout thereaoowatmenosME-nushleastaato / at / ongenteZHEN-teoneficaFEE-kaismaismaishmoreáaatvontadevon-TA-deease.

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'It rather seems to me that out there, at least, one is more at one's ease.'

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Her argument for the fields is subtle: not that the work is lighter, but that it is less watched. In the open, 'more at one's ease' — freer of the overseer's eye than in the walled hall. It is the smallest liberty imaginable, and it is still worth naming to her.

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