A Escrava Isaura 7.64 · 7.64

Joaquina steps in a second time as Isaura's defender, and now with open reproach. 'What a wicked tongue' — she will not let the slander stand unanswered in the room. The old woman's authority is the only justice the senzala offers, and she spends it, again, on the girl who has no other protector present.

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