A Escrava Isaura 8.6 · 8.6

Here is the practical consequence, and the danger. With his father dead, 'toda a fortuna paterna,' the whole paternal fortune, falls to Leôncio — and with it, absolute control of the estate and everyone on it, Isaura included. Money and mastery are the same thing in this world; the inheritance is what makes his will law.

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