A Escrava Isaura 8.71 · 8.71

Malvina dismantles the marriage pretext directly: Isaura 'não precisa de marido para protegel-a' — needs no husband to protect her. She refuses the premise that a woman's safety must come through a man's guardianship, and points instead to the protector Isaura already has — her own father.

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