'The hare and the hawk'
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como a timida lebre, que vê pairando no céo a aza sinistra do gavião de garras sangrentas.
like the timid hare that sees hovering in the sky the sinister wing of the hawk with bloody talons.
The chapter's central image seals Isaura's plight in a single picture from nature: she is 'a timida lebre,' the timid hare, and Leôncio the 'gavião de garras sangrentas,' the hawk with bloody talons, its 'aza sinistra' hanging over her. Predator and prey, wholly unequal, the outcome written in the design. The 'garras sangrentas,' talons already bloodied, hint the hawk has taken such prey before — a glance back at Juliana.
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