'Used to silks and perfumes'
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Devéras que para quem estava acostumada lá na sala, no meio de sedas e flores e agoas de cheiro,
Truly, for one accustomed up there in the parlour, amid silks and flowers and scented waters,
André paints the lost luxury to seem to sympathize — 'sedas e flores e agoas de cheiro,' silks and flowers and perfumes. The catalogue of fine things is meant as flattery, a reminder that he sees her as belonging among them; but like Rosa's inventory of the sofa and piano, it is really a way of keeping the wound open.
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