Nowhere to drop dead
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Pobre do senhor Miguel!.. não tem onde cahir morto, e ha-de ter para forrar a filha!
'Poor Mr. Miguel!.. he hasn't a scrap of ground to drop dead on, and he's to find money to free his daughter!'
Even her mock-pity is a barb: penniless Miguel, 'nowhere to drop dead,' presuming to buy his daughter free. Rosa sneers at the very love the chapter honours. But the jeer accidentally states the tragedy straight — a destitute father is the only thing standing between Isaura and the fate of her mother.
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