'Not from one day to the next'
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procurando-lhe um bom marido, e isso não se arranja assim de um dia para outro.
finding her a good husband, and that is not arranged just like that, from one day to the next.
The excuse closes on the pretext of marriage: a 'bom marido' must be found, and such things take time — 'não se arranja assim de um dia para outro.' It is the perfect open-ended delay, a task with no deadline, that keeps Isaura in the house indefinitely. Under the language of prudent care lies a simple aim: never to let her go.
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