A Escrava Isaura 8.84 · 8.84

The stalemate is stated flatly: 'as mesmas evasivas e moratorias,' the same evasions and delays. The legalistic 'moratória' — a granted extension of time — captures Leôncio's whole method: never a refusal outright, always a postponement, until the postponement becomes the refusal. Repetition is itself the tactic.

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