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shvetsov2005
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 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:45 am Post subject: domestics |
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"He sat down quietly to breakfast in his cabin, never once thinking of inspecting the town, being one of those Englishmen who are wont to see foreign countries through the eyes of their domestics."(around the world)
what does domestics" mean here?
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Philo Kevetch
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Hello Shvetsov -
'domestics' = household servants
- maid, cook, housekeeper, chauffeur, etc.
The passage implies that he has little or no direct contact with the people
of the country he is in, other than those who may be employed to serve him.
If I may ask...What are you reading? Philo |
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