A Escrava Isaura 8.118 · 8.118

'Transida de horror' — frozen, blood-stopped with horror — is the physical shock of comprehension. Isaura sees her situation whole: not a temporary trouble but a 'destino implacavel,' an implacable fate, that no plea can soften. The word 'implacavel' (not-to-be-appeased) is the same helplessness the reader felt watching Leôncio refuse every entreaty.

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