The money already offered
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Miguel tinha pronta essa quantia, e lh’a tinha vindo meter nas mãos, reclamando a liberdade de sua filha.
Miguel had that sum ready, and had come to press it into his hands, demanding his daughter's freedom.
Isaura's old father is not a suppliant with empty hands: he had the ten contos 'pronta,' ready, and had already 'vindo meter nas mãos,' come and pressed it into Leôncio's hands (the scene at Cap. VI's close). The money exists; the promise exists; only the master's will stands in the way. Miguel's helpless persistence — a poor overseer offering a fortune for his child — is one of the novel's quiet heartbreaks.
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