'The abyss of her anguish'
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para de novo ir mergulhar-se mais fundo ainda no pégo de suas angustias e desalentos.
to plunge once more yet deeper into the abyss of her anguish and despair.
The drowning-image closes the paragraph: rebuffed, Isaura 'mergulhava-se mais fundo ainda no pégo' — sank yet deeper into the pool, the 'pégo' being a bottomless gulf. Each attempt to reach Malvina only drops her further from rescue. The metaphor gathers the chapter's mounting despair into a single downward motion, and prepares the reader for the last restraint to vanish and the master to strike.
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