A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 7.85 · 7.85

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todavia era ella habil em todo o genero de serviço domestico:

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todaviatu-da-VEE-anonethelesseraE-rashe wasellaE-lashehabilA-bilskilledemãyintodoTO-dueveryouthegeneroZHEH-ne-rukinddedeofserviçoser-VEE-suservicedomesticodo-MESH-ti-kudomestic:

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she was nonetheless skilled in every kind of domestic service:

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The colon opens onto a list, and the point of the list is equality: whatever the great house made of her, she can do exactly what the other women do. Her refinement is an addition to her competence, not a substitute for it.

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