A Escrava Isaura 8.38 · 8.38

She 'tocou,' touched on it — the gentlest possible verb for raising a hard subject. 'Melindroso,' delicate, ticklish, is the narrator's word for a topic that cannot be approached bluntly: her husband's promise to free the woman he means to keep. The colon opens onto his answer, which will be all stalling and calm.

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