docs: Add some details

Mention immutability in the object model section.
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After construction, each object's properties are accessible only
through the setter and getter functions described in the API
Reference manual.
</para>
Note that many object types can be marked as read-only or immutable,
facilitating their use in multi-threaded environments.
</para>
<para>
Key object types provided by HarfBuzz include:
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about freeing memory and let the reference-counting machinery
take care of that.
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<para>
Most of the time, blobs are read-only, facilitating their use in
immutable objects.
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</section>
</chapter>