A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 8.144 · 8.144

'The malicious girl'

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— dizia-lhe a maliciosa rapariga.

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dizia-lhedi-ZEE-a-lyewould say to heraathemaliciosama-li-si-O-zamaliciousraparigaha-pa-REE-gagirl.

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the malicious girl would say to her.

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The narrator interrupts the speech to fix its source and character: 'a maliciosa rapariga,' the malicious girl. There is no ambiguity about Rosa's intent — the word 'maliciosa' is the author's own judgement, ensuring the reader hears her insinuations as calculated harm and not candour, however plausibly Malvina takes them.

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