Raised in the drawing-room
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Posto que creada na sala, e empregada quasi sempre em trabalhos delicados,
Though raised in the drawing-room, and employed almost always in delicate work,
Guimarães pauses to answer the objection before it can be raised: surely a house-favourite would be useless at rough labour. Not so. Her upbringing 'na sala' — in the master's rooms — has not made her soft or incapable, and the sentence turns to prove it.
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