Translation for "waiting-woman" to spanish
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She beckoned her chief waiting-woman and waved the rest away.
Llamó a su doncella principal y despidió al resto.
Her carriage remained at the door, and Elizabeth saw that her waiting-woman was in it.
El carruaje seguía en la puerta y Elizabeth vio que la doncella de Su Señoría estaba en él.
There were seven of them, not counting Manilal, and only one of these was a woman – presumably a waiting-woman of Juli's.
Había siete, sin contar a Manilal, y sólo una de ellas era una mujer… probablemente una doncella de Juli.
Nevertheless, on the grounds of caste alone he would certainly not have considered the foster-child of the waiting-woman, Sita (and even less the only son of Professor Pelham-Martyn), in any way a suitable husband for his daughter by the Feringhi-Rani.
Sin embargo su hija, la Feringhi-Rani por cuestiones de casta, sin duda no habría considerado que el hijo adoptivo de la doncella, Sita, era el esposo conveniente para su hija.
‘That is not true.’ Her voice rose and she stepped back from him, and said breathlessly: ‘The Rana may refuse to wed me, but he will not refuse to let me stay and take care of Shu-shu, as – as a waiting-woman, or an ayah if need be.
—Su voz se elevó y Anjuli retrocedió y dijo sin aliento—: El Rana puede negarse a casarse conmigo, pero no se negará a permitir que me quede a cuidar a Shu-shu, como… doncella, o como ayah, si es necesario.
But it was a gamble he had to take, the only alternative being to abandon Juli to the fate that must befall her if she were to be left behind in Bhithor unwed, and with no rights or privileges beyond those of any other waiting-woman in the Women's Quarters of the Rung Mahal.
Pero era una carta que debía jugar, cuya única alternativa consistía en abandonar a Juli al destino que caería sobre ella si se quedaba en Bhithor sin desposarse, y sin más derechos o privilegios que los de cualquier doncella del Sector de las Mujeres en el Rung Mahal.
I wish you would stay," she added, "in your beautiful little house."       She had told Eugenia that her waiting-woman would be in the hall, to show her down-stairs; but the large landing outside her door was empty, and Eugenia stood there looking about. She felt irritated;
Me gustaría que se quedara —añadió— en su hermosa casita. La anciana señora había dicho a Eugenia que su doncella estaría en el vestíbulo para acompañarla hasta la puerta, pero no había nadie en el amplio descansillo, y Eugenia se quedó allí mirando a su alrededor. Estaba molesta;
At this point Manilal, stooping to tighten the woman's bonds, had discovered that she had something hard and bulky hidden in a fold of cloth wrapped about her waist, and removing it, found it to be a necklace of raw gold set with pearls and carved emeralds: a thing of such magnificence that no waiting-woman could possibly have come by it honestly.
En este punto, Manilal, que se había agachado para ajustar las ligaduras de la mujer, descubrió que llevaba algo duro y abultado en un pliegue de su ropa en la cintura. Se lo quitó y descubrió que era un collar de oro puro adornado con piedras y esmeraldas: un objeto de tal valor que era imposible que una doncella lo hubiera adquirido en forma honesta.
I imagined, you see, that I was looking my last on her, and I do like to carry away happy memories - but twenty minutes later, when Jassa and I were fretting impatiently in the schoolroom, and Gardner was damning Mangla’s tardiness in bringing you?ng Dalip, in comes a waiting woman to say that the kunwari and the Maharaja were awaiting us in her drawing-loom.
Yo imaginaba que era la última vez que la vería, y me gusta conservar bellos recuerdos, pero veinte minutos más tarde, cuando Jassa y yo estábamos esperando impacientemente en el aula y Gardner maldecía el retraso de Mangla en traer al joven Dalip, llegó una doncella para decir que la kunwan y el maharajá nos estaban esperando en la habitación de Jeedan.
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