A Escrava Isaura 8.145 · 8.145

Rosa fabricates a history to lend the lie weight: 'não são de hoje esses namoricos' — these flirtations are of long standing. The diminutive 'namoricos,' petty dalliances, casts Isaura as a willing party to a running affair. By backdating the invention she makes it feel like confirmed observation rather than fresh accusation, the surest way to plant belief.

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