A Escrava Isaura 8.74 · 8.74

The 'sorriso desdenhoso' — disdainful smile — tells us everything about the class contempt beneath Leôncio's calm. His mock-pity 'Pobre do senhor Miguel!' turns the old man's poverty into a punchline. Where Malvina saw a father's love, Leôncio sees only a poor man with no means, beneath serious consideration.

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