Struck up in low voices
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travada timidamente e a meia voz em um grupo de fiandeiras, entre as quaes se achava Rosa.
struck up timidly and in low voices in a group of spinners, among whom sat Rosa.
The talk is timid, half-voiced — because it is dangerous. Slaves speaking freely about their masters risked the lash; the low voices are self-protection. And the sentence ends by planting Rosa in the group, so we know a hostile ear is listening even before she strikes.
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