A Escrava Isaura 7.37 · 7.37

The talk turns from Juliana to her daughter — the natural, dangerous slide from the dead mother to the living girl. The question is idle gossip on its face, but the reader hears the pattern closing: what happened to Juliana is about to be asked of Isaura.

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