A Escrava Isaura 7.87 · 7.87

The two nouns are the sentence's quiet triumph: satisfação and desembaraço — contentment and unembarrassed ease. She does not sit among the spinners as a fallen lady enduring exile, but as one who belongs, without awkwardness. The word parceiras — companions, partners — claims kinship with them.

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