A Escrava Isaura 7.60 · 7.60

Rosa answers the prophecy of Isaura's ruin with satisfaction: good, she deserves it. The narrator, who let Rosa be charming in the portrait, now names her flatly — 'envious and spiteful' — because cruelty this cold forfeits the reader's indulgence. 'Impostor' is Rosa's whole grievance: she cannot forgive Isaura for being higher.

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