Piano for a spinning-wheel
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o piano e a almofada de cetim por essa roda?
the piano and the satin cushion for that wheel?
The inventory of loss finishes on its cruelest pair: the piano and satin cushion — instruments of a lady's leisure — for the spinning-wheel, the tool of endless labour. Rosa knows exactly what Isaura had, because she watched her have it; the specificity is the spite.
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