'But where are the means?'
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mas onde estão os meios, de que dispõe, para fazer a felicidade de Isaura,
but where are the means at his disposal to make Isaura's happiness,
Now the sneer turns economic. 'Onde estão os meios de que dispõe' — where are the means at his disposal — reduces the whole question to money, and answers it in advance: Miguel has none. In Leôncio's ledger, a poor man cannot make anyone happy, and so freedom into poverty is no gift. Wealth alone confers the right to decide a life.
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