A Escrava Isaura 8.33 · 8.33

The compulsion sets him against the whole moral order: 'as leis do decoro e da honestidade,' the laws of decorum and honesty. 'Arrostar' means to face down, to brave, to defy — he does not merely break these laws but squares off against them. The abstractions matter: it is not one wrong he contemplates but a wholesale rejection of the code that would restrain a decent man.

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