'Some pious soul'
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Quando romper o dia, estaremos longe do algôz, que te persegue. Vamo-nos, Isaura; talvez por esse mundo encontremos alguma alma piedosa, que melhor do que eu te possa proteger.
When day breaks, we will be far from the executioner who hunts you. Let us go, Isaura; perhaps out in the world we will find some pious soul who can protect you better than I.
Miguel's last words hold both hope and a father's humility. He dreams of 'alguma alma piedosa' — some pious soul out in the world — who might shelter Isaura 'melhor do que eu', better than he can. It is the ache of a parent who knows his own arm is not enough: an old, poor, powerless man, he can start the escape but not guarantee the refuge. The line quietly forecasts the novel to come, a road of strangers, some cruel and some kind, on which Isaura's fate will hang. 'O algôz que te persegue' — the executioner who hunts you — names Leôncio's new role: no longer the master in a room but the pursuer across a country. The chapter ends its dialogue on the word 'proteger', to protect, the thing Isaura has been denied and is now, at last, fleeing toward.
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