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This, if it’s so bad you can barely eat you’d literally still be better off taking your chances finding other servant work in the city, even begging would probably be better.
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This, if it’s so bad you can barely eat you’d literally still be better off taking your chances finding other servant work in the city, even begging would probably be better.
I never understand in these kinda stories why the mother and daughter don't just leave/ run away. They can either try getting a different job or even living on the streets might have been a better scenario, like either way they might not survive but it's better to live without getting beaten up.