'The field left free'
Read the full text in our reader
que assim lhe abandonava o campo inteiramente livre de embaraços,
which thus left him the field entirely free of obstacles,
The metaphor is military: Malvina's departure 'lhe abandonava o campo inteiramente livre de embaraços' — yielded him the field wholly clear of obstacles. She was the last impediment, the one restraint (as the narrator soon says, Isaura's 'salva-guarda'). With her gone, the battlefield is his, and only the defenceless Isaura remains.
Read the full commentary — and tap any word for its dictionary entry — in the interlinear reader.
Open A Escrava Isaura 8.106 in the full reader
Always open passages in the reader
You are reading a page of the A Escrava Isaura — the whole book is free in our interlinear reader.
The Great Library Project presses the classics in their original languages, glossed word by word — free to read, always. Browse the whole library.
Also on our shelves:
A Escrava Isaura 8.106 — The Great Library Project interlinear edition · greatlibraryproject.com/book/escravaisaura/8.106/