'Wandering the fields'
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ora vagava á tôa pelos campos, ora escondida nas mais espessas moitas do pomar,
now wandered aimlessly through the fields, now hidden in the thickest brakes of the orchard,
The 'ora… ora…' (now… now…) rhythm mimics Isaura's restless flight from place to place: 'vagava á tôa' — wandered aimlessly, the same idiom Leôncio had cruelly used of freedom — and then went to ground 'nas mais espessas moitas,' the thickest cover, like a creature seeking a burrow. The great fazenda, her whole world, has become a place to hide in.
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