A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 8.152 · 8.152

'A new misfortune'

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Acabrunhada com aquelle novo infortunio, Isaura fez algumas tentativas para achegar-se de sua senhora,

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Overwhelmed by this new misfortune, Isaura made some attempts to draw near her mistress,

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The estrangement is 'aquelle novo infortunio,' this new misfortune, piled onto all the others. Yet Isaura's instinct is not to withdraw but to 'achegar-se,' to draw closer, to repair the bond. 'Acabrunhada' — crushed, weighed down — she still reaches toward the woman who has turned from her. Her decency is unbroken even as her hopes collapse.

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