A Escrava Isaura 8.8 · 8.8

The chapter's narrative proper begins after the commendador's death. 'De nojo' is a false friend for the modern ear: here 'nojo' is not disgust but grief, mourning — the family shut indoors 'em nojo,' in the observance of a death. The confinement forces the warring couple into the same rooms, and the enforced closeness holds their quarrel in uneasy suspension.

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