'A decent position first'
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E’ preciso primeiro assegurar-lhe uma posição decente, honesta e digna de sua belleza e educação,
It is necessary first to secure her a decent, honest position, worthy of her beauty and education,
The stalling acquires a program: before freedom, a 'posição decente, honesta e digna' must be arranged — a respectable settlement in life. It sounds like care, but every clause is a deferral, and the appeal to Isaura's 'belleza e educação' quietly reminds us why Leôncio really wants to keep her near. The gilding of the excuse betrays the motive under it.
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