'That is why I am here'
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Portanto nada tenho que fazer na sala, e é por isso que venho aqui trabalhar com vocês.
So I have nothing to do in the parlour, and that is why I come here to work with you.
She finishes with unforced dignity, claiming the work as her own reason for being there: 'venho aqui trabalhar com vocês,' I come to work with you. The verb 'trabalhar' and the plural 'vocês' place her among them, not above; she answers spite by simply belonging.
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