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A CIDAT)E,A PROVINCIAE O CIRCO:
OS CONTOS DE DEMONTOS
Esta ecliga<>cle Dem6lzir.rs reprocllrz, c()lrl ;.r
ortografia atr.ralizacla,a prirneira ecligio cla coleg:ro, publicacla ern 189J, clepois cla qlral o livro
nLl nca urai s sai u cont() Ltrn vollnle eLlt a) n( ) ll'r ( ) .
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A zevecl o vencl eu o cl i rei to c le suas obr as com pletas para a Garnier. Corn ess:r eclitora, e com()
parte clas Obras con{tlelas, veio ) luz um livr<r
cle c<rntcrs,Pegctdcts,em 1898, clue incltria alguns
cl<rscontos de Denfinir.r.s ao lackr cle vhrios textos in6clitos. Em 193,1,M. Nogr-reiracla Silva pulrlicotr rrr-nvohrme c()m () Litttl<>Dem)lzios, cluc
i nch.ri a tocl os ()s c()nt()s da ecligi<>or iginal clc
1fJ93, rrais os c()nt()s extras cle Pegarlcts. Essa
colec'io teve ()Lltraseclicires subseqtientes.
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A presente pr.rblicaEirooferece, pois, ao leitor
nio apenas os cont()s en'r si cle Dem6ttios,lnas o
liuro de contos tal como ele foi composto pelcr
selr 2lLlt()rem l893. Isso 6 particularmente importante n() caso clesta obra, que se t()rn()Ll extrenlemente rara e cle cluase impossivel acess()aos lcitores de hoje em cliar. Por csszrrtzio, optarr()s
por restituir os contos u slra fcrrmaroriginal () exccglio, 6 claro, cla atualizagiro ortogrhFica).Con-ur
salrcrnos, 6 praxe Llsar nas ediq'ires cle obras dc
ilLltores mort()s a frltima versio atualizacla pekr
Lrllt()r,il qual seria, para c)s contos reprocluziclos
ern Pegctda.s,as versdes daqr-rele volume; e, pure
os contos n:io inclr-riclos em Pegadcts, a cle 1f193
(ou seja, a reprocltrzicla aqui). Dos contos reptrblicados em Pegada.s, apenas clois firram severam ent e r nodi fi c a c l o s : " l )c m 6 n i o s " e " Cacl i veres
insepultos". Nesses clois casos, a recllpere('io clcr
frrrrnato cla primeira ecligio, al6m clo seu interesse prc;priamente literlrio, pocle trLrzer revelagires
importantes para os estucliosos de Aluisio. Vejumos alguns exemplos.
Q nanc lo , n () c o n to " D e m i rn i o s " , () protagonista clescolrre o cacliver clo pai cle sr.ranoiva, lemos nzr versio original: "Estava cleitaclo n() sell
leit<r;tinlra a boca frmicla e viscosa, e o mLtco que
tttt'srtfou os declos cbeiratta mal ." Em Pegaclas, a
riltima parte (em itilico) foi eliminacla. De firrtna
scnrelhante, quandt> esse pers()nagenl encontra,
rrtr primeira versio, o corpo llparentemente morto cla noiva, ele se aprctxiura clo cacllver para dizt'r-lhe, nLlm t()m levemente necr6filo, qLle selts
('()rpos ficario pera selnpre juntos:
Sirnl sirr.r,utinl.ra esp()s1re rninha st>mllr:t
ci r:eri cl a,se ttl a al rna i rrl pacient enit > esper ( ) Ll
por minha alt-tla,tett ctlrpo serl na m()rte() c()mMeus llrainsepar/rvelclclmett c<>r'pol
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cos ni o te dei xarrt< tnl l nca m ais! Aqui, nest e
peito, oncle repollslls tlg()11l{r tcr-tfi-lt'trlos()l'()st()
jl sem vida, tens tLl () tetl t[mulol Melrs itltimos
(rltimos lleii<>sserito lrs f'lol)ensament()se rneLls
sepulttrt'a!
res dzl trta
'ltxlo esse parigrafir desaparece nas versdcs
l l osteri ores. Mai s tarcl e, quando Laur a, a noivlr ,
tlcspcrta, ele a descreve coltlo sonlmbula, incliIcl crrte " ao fedor nal l seabundo que vinha dc>s
()utr'()squart()s", e se interr()ga: "MeLl Deus! Laura
L A g r e c l e c- oa g e n tile ze cle Cle r m n cc.l( ) u e t-P l stra', cl ue
r u r cc c c l eu u n r e fir to cr ip iu cla e clir ,:ir o r ig in a l cle Ili bl i oteca cl e
f Ian':rrcl.
tt' r' i rrcnl ouqtreci do' /..." - fr ases t am b6t n c( ) r t atlrrs clrrversio ent Pegadas. E, quando ele aproxirrrlt os llbios dos l/rbicls dela e a ollve pronLlnt ilrr serr n()me, rtltserva que: "E nesse transporte
tlt' loclo () nteLl ser, na() entrava, todavia, o nlerrrrl r'<rntingente ckt sensualidade." A frltirna explt'ssiro, etn itltlico, fbi sulrstituida por "dos sen-
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lt s r - r r r s .[ ) ( )r(l u c : " Ere ttrc l < ll o c l o c c ftl l u(l () tt' ev lt s l" c ' " C) s c l tc l ti v c rc ' str(' s tl n c l l rv l l n tl )este - (' \r i 1r,rctlrntlrcnr fi li el irninlrcllrclc I )c,qr
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l l l c n ( ) r c s . l ) u l i l l l ) c l l t c c s t i l i s t i t'l ts t l tt I i tl .q i ii st i t'l t s.
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l r ( ) ( l L l c s e t 'c f c r e : t o s c l c t t t l l t t 's cl c ch e i r r l e cl c se r l t i t l o s , 1 - l o c l c - s cc l i z c l t l t t c e l c 's o l cr e ccttl L l l l l l l c( ) l l ( r 'c 't u c l c t t l t t c r i t t l ( l t l c e l l l t t l t ti ttl l ti ttcl l t l t c( ) l l 'l l ) ( ) f
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f<rrrlacl<rcrtr "lnseptrltos" cnr I't'11ur/as).Na suu
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6 n .ttri torrrl ri sl o ngo, i nc lt r inc lo o r c lu to c l c ' tu l h a c l oc l c c o n ro fo i a vi cl u
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enf ir qt r c c llt lo n g l t c l e s c ri c ' u oc l i n ri n l tc l :t.O narrackrr nlro [)()r.ll)auos leitorcs lcfi'r'0ncius ir ach-rlagao. i f lr lt l c lc c ' o n s i s tOn c i up o l fti c ' rr,i tra i c' i o cl c
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c()nt()sent cl[tviclltr]raisenxrrt(), nrrt.snenr 1)ol issrr
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I o s s c l r s u l r i n c l L l s . i o n t t t 'o l t t t l r c cl e 1 9 J7 , o r g a n i z . r t l o p o r M . N <l g r - t e i t 'l tc l t t S i l v t t) . Fo r l ttn e l i ttl i n l tt l o s " ( ) r . t l r c r t c o l t z t t l " . " A o s v i t- ttc i .tn ( ) s", "L Itl l a
'l t) l i r : r o " , " l '] o l i t i l - r o " c " C t >t . l l o o c l ctr l <l l ts l tr l l l 1 l ".
, l , r s t 's s c s c ( ) n t ( ) s s l t <t h t t t r l o r i s l i co s, c tr C s cl cl e s.
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. r \ i n n ) 1 1 t 0 n t c <l n t c l t c l t t u l a i s ( ) L l tl l cl l ( ) s e r ( i ti c( ) '
', ( 'n r n l ( ) n r l s r . t l t i a c c n t e . F l . e t t tl l o t'l t ( ) e r ( ) ti sl l l ( )
l.rrrrlrtirtt cstcjrt prest:nte
c t r l l tl g r .tt- ts c( ) n t( ) s cl c
l 't ', 1 ! t ( l ( t s .I u i n c s s e s c ( ) n t ( ) s e x cl tti cl o s, i r cl i fe r cn tl l te
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l t n l t t t r r e l i c [ l t c l e c l <t c l c s cj <t scxL l l tl cl e tl 'ttt" . 'l i g : r
l l r , r s o l t t 'i n t . o L t l t t e l r t i t t r p <l s s i l l i l i cl tr cl c cl c cl i .sti n i , u l l ( 'f t l r '( ' l t i o v e n r h ( ) n e s t e e l t cl e so n e sttt. Pe g u r / r / r t ' u n ) l i l r o t t u t i s n e t L l r l t l i s tl t, cl L te c[e scr cvc
\ , u r r ) \ ( l r s ( ) s 1 - l l t t o l <i g i c <t sc l e f ir r r l tl t a tr l tl l stl l i ti f
u r r . r n l ( 'n s l r g , ( 'r ) ) ( l t l e s e s c l l l p f c cvi cl e n te , e l l l e sn r ( ) { ) \ ( ( ) n t ( ) s l t t r r t r o r i s t i c <l s t l c l e i n cl l ti cl tl s vi sl ttl r
I n ', n r . r : t l q o l t o l t 'i l <l r .
| \ \ , r \ \ ; r o s i r t t l t l c s h i p <i t c s cs: c l l r o vl tve I c1 r .tc
s . r r l r l r n l r l s l t ( ) c e r t ( ) ( ) ( l tl e tcr i a l cvl tcl <l
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(lLlunt()nzr()se tenha unta ltiografia cletulltaclacl<r
r t ut ( ) r ( ) Ll a te q l l e c o rt]p trrtrq ' i recsx trrr sti vasentrc
as prinreinrs eclic-iiesc as p()steriores fitrncgan'r
nr ais pis t a s s o l rre te n c l 0 n c i a s g e ra i s. H l i nrtri t< r
:rinclu c1r-rc
estuclar na Oltra cl<>arrt<ir nllrranhens e. Cor nc c e n ' ro s . p o i s , (' ()l l t a l c i tr.rrecl cstu porgl)o tlio rnarginulizlrclucle serr trallrlho.
O A lui s i o Az e v e c l o c < i n ti s tute rtr s i ckr ofuscu,
clo pelo romurrcistrr.c pcla proclrrq'lroessontltros 1t ,111r
ir eu c l e (' ()n t().s c, l c s e rr c ()n tel l p()r' l i neo
nr:ris clestacaclo,
NIuriu Muc'h:rckrcle As-fouclr,rir-n
s is . Nes s c s en ti c l o , u s h a l l trti v l rs c rl rtl rscl e A l tri si < r
r . t lt ot iv elu n t s ()rte rtrr.ri toc l i s ti n tl c l a s procl rrzi cl as
pol' ( ) ut r ( )s c ()l tti s tx sc k t f i n e l c l o s d c rr l o X IX : cl os
[ ) ( ) Llc ( ) sc r i ti c o s c l u c .s c c l l i o a o tn rl x r l ho cl e cortrcnt:i-llrs.t:lros st-ro()s cluc r-ur<t
<>tltzcnt s()lncnt c plnl c o n c l rri r c y r.re
e l l rs r-u ros e c ()l ltpl rrant.cl l t
c lr ur lic luc l etl.()s c ()l tt()sc l e M u c h u c l < t.
NIrr.srr le itulu clc I)cttt6rtir.,.sclertronstrx (lLle,
cnrl >ollr p()s.s1lut
r-ui<itcr u clensicleclepsic'oktgicu
c polit ic o-s < i c i a l c l o s n re l h < > rc .s
c l e M ucl tl rcl o, os
c ( ) lr t ( ) sc le Al tri s i o 1 rp ()n tl l l l c l rrrri n l to sc[uc 1l n1rr,
t ' lt t i. " ' rcr Llr tx c l () g rl rn c l e l l e s trc p ()u c() oLr nl tcl tr
c r plor < ir r . E o c l rs o c l l r h i s tri ri a c l tre cl a ti tl rl o u< r
r'olrrr.ttc."I)enrCinios", Llln c()ltt() firntlistico c1r,rc
jli
f ir i c lu. s s i fi c rrc l oc o r' r.roL l l l t p re c L l rs or cl rr fi cc-ao
cicntificu no lJnrsil. C) n'rcsnto se pctcle clizel clos
c ( ) nt ( ) s lt r rn to ri s ti c o s l c v c n te n te p i c e ntes, c()l t-l
llgo c le l] o c ' c u c c i o e c l e N l a u p tl s s a n t.
XVI
,\1. Nogr-reiracla Silvu propfis uma clivislio cla
,,l rr.l rcl c A l Lri si oA zevecl o em ckr is ciclos: o "cickr
rrr:rr:rnl rense"
e o " ci cl o fl urninense", t enclo c( ) ln( )
( ) cc)
l ,ri rrt fpi o rrl en()so krc;rl cl e pr r ocluq'r )((llle
rr,rrio oncle se clesenv()lvert"tos enfeckrst. Ertrlror.r l i rrri tl rcl u,cssa cl assi fi cuc 'uo€ f r t il cou'r o pont ( )
,l t' 1r:rrti cl lpanr
pensl l r as n allt r t ivls clest ltcoler
, ,ro. ,\ ntai()ria clos cor-rlos se perisiano l{io cle
l .rrrt' i ro< l tt pel o l l ten()s nrrn. t ltcicllt clcgr enclc c1r . r c
,l ,' r t' st' r' ,pckr tanl rnho e p clas at iviclt r clesclesr rl .l s. o l l i o cl e.fanei ro. A l g r r ns t 0nr por cenlir i<r
' ' ( \l )i r(() f' echacl o()Ll unr l r. r gernr enos especif i, , r. ( (l oi s 1[' 111
P ()r tel l )l l l t p t r r r int ilt .
( )s ( ( )ltt()s cluc sc pxsslutl no llio cle
.Jlrncir<t
nrr,\l r.l rn Lrma ci cl acl eel n trt nsf ( ) r n't lt ( 'it o- ncn- l
l .url (),r tr.l rrrsfi rnl ac-i to
fi si c' l r( luc se v0 no nt elhor
r,' l l r.i l )((' cl o l Lrtor. () cttrti qr t , nr lls ll clc r , lt lor ese
,l r l )( \sol rs. () tema cl e r-rtrr it t rclellr
s
si'. c( ) lll( ) clt l
I| | rl ,| \ rr:rl l l rti vtrscl c l Joccl rc cio.<t engt r n( ) ; s( ) l) r t : rr( l ( , { ) (' nql l l l () cl os honrens pelt t s r t r lr llt cr es. A
(l () nru' l -l rcl Or
cl c " AO s t , int e lt n<ls , p, , r '
' r,' rrrl r.r
..,
,
rrrl rl o. t onrl r.l i sttro j rtve nr pr '<t t at <t nist aseln
l l r, ,l rzt' r rl ur' i ' r' l rsttcl a.N l r cla serplt sszrclc f lr t <t
. rrr. ,,r tl oi s Ittl ti s cl < lcl Ll c pr ( ) lt t esslt scle t t t t t or
, tr | i l ('
rri sst) () (()nt() cl i f 'cr c. ( ] Vi( lcnt elt lent c,
l , ' . ,l r' | )t' ttu)tt' t' (ttr.() qr-rese assent elhlta cles e
, l r,rr,,r ( ()l n r;rrt' i ' l t' l ttl tcl ci( ) llssunt ( )cl: tt t 'lt ir , llo.
I
,, ,
, i l .r r l ,r \i l r r r . l nt| 0r l trr, : rO . , \ l L ri s i 0
r , , I l i r , , ,l l
J ,r r r t i r o: l r . I}i st ri t , t .
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l (). J 7 . l ). ' .
c t l o . / )r.
e () cLlllninltr cl() c()nt() nul1r nt()nlent() clc c()nfusuo e nral-entenclickr:() proteg()nista, vestickr er-n
r()Llpasfirrmais, pccle a mao da j<>vema um "tlltor" clc cl-rinelase senr colete, sri para clescobrir
enr segr.riclaqLre a sLrpostaprotegicla 6, na verclac le, a c s po s a c k r " tu t()r" . C ) c o n tr> n :ro faz nejr.rlg:tnrcntonroral cla mocinha: pel() c()nn[rr-rr-t-r
trjrrio, se hir um jr,rlgamento, este ep()nta para e
jur r ent r , r c lee i n g c n r-ri c l a c l cc k r p r()ta g oni sta. E
nacla se cliz clas 1-rossiveisrazc)esqlre teriam levrrcl<ra jovenr e enganar o pobre rApLrT.:
fica para
o leitor a cr>nclusuo cle que sc trata cla vaiclercle,
nr uit o hum a n a , c l e s e v c r c l e s e j a c l ap o r al gui ' nr.
I)arte clo ltlrrttor clo conto vern tamb6nr clo contraste entre a linguagenr ultamente ronrintica cl<r
protagonistll, que chega a comprar r-rmrevirlver
pere nretar () "lut()r", ero rcalismo prosaico cla n'rocinlta, qLlc () cngana s()lncnte I)ara se clir.'crtir'.
q l re a p a re c e n o conto 6
O Rio c l c
-[a n e i ro
rumu ciclacleclc chircaras contigr.rascheias cle sol,
irnOres c vercllrras - em ()utres palavftrs, Lrm espuq'o nrais .sulrr-rrbanoqr-recitaclino, oncle e nlrtureze tent prececlOnciesolrrc :L r'onstrLrr,'iLo
htrnrana. Ainclu :rssim, o cnreclo clo conto clepcncle cla
contingencia urbana cle vizinhos c1r-re
nlio se conhecenr, isto 6, clc urmlr alta rotativiclaclc humana que inr p l i c a u u ra c i c l a c l ee m tre n sfi )rnrl rgl i o.
O protagonistu ocr,rp1.l"uln c6r-noclo cle repaz
solteir'o", 1-rr'ovavelmenteah-rgackr,e o urariclo cla
v iz inha v ai tra b a l h a r to d o s o s c l i a s n a l )racu cl < >
( orntrl c' i (),no centr() cl a ci cl aclc.Am bos sc cn( ( )nl l .l ul rp()f acaso, )s vezes, "li volt a clo espet lt t rrl o" . ()uancl < ;deci dc vi si l .ar a anr t r cla,p( ) r sua
\ ( ,/. ( ) protagonist^ o fLrz atravds clo cluintal clc
rl l l l ,l (' l ui i tqLl e estava v^zi Lt,par a allr gar ';e, qLllt n,1, t' l t' trnta prati car pontari a no f ir nclo cla chi'
r .i l .r. tl s vi zi nhos recl ama| n e chunr anr u policie.
r I 1rl :rrrci l tcl ocri nte ocorreri a ne f Lt a "escLlsa e
' ,,,nrl rl ' i l t"()nde l tx)rava a vi zi n ha. O u scja, t r at a' .t tl t' ul n espa(' ()senr cl frvi cl aulbano, upesur clus
()nde pessoas cl esconheciclessut l pos, l r,r,:rr' :rs,
t.r,'(' nl si tuag< )escl e convi v€nc ia inespenr cluclue
\ .r,) ( l( ) ('ltc()ntro casllltl e cla cantltr:rclegcnrer.t-tir,.rrt' l l r l l nreaq' acl o cri rne e ) r epr cssao policial.
I ,l ,rtl rrrr procedOnci a cl i sti n t a cle r lr - r it asclessas
.,\():rs.cl us se v€ern ol tri gac las,t ar llt ell, a en| ,{
t.rl rrrl .rrt ontpl i cacl as negoci a g'<) csclc vlr l( ) lcs: ( )
l ' ,\ (' nl pocta, provavel ' ncnte ult - l pr t vinciano, 6
i l r' .rl ).rzrl c' cl i sti ngui r, p< > rexe lt lpl( ) , nessc n( ) v( )
, .1,.r(,r, t' ntl ' c e n-tul hers< tl te ir ae a casacla.
I rrr:r l i c.l i o" repete () tem e cla m ulher clue
, ni i .i l l .t rI j rl vcnt provi nci ano. o enclt r aclr anr ent, , ,l u(' l l rz o c< l ntr>ser narracl( ) c( ) llt ( ) per t c cle
rrr.r ( ( )n\' (' t' sl terrtre trOs vel lt ot es qLlc c( ) nt aln
rrr' ..ros ou(l ' r)s sLl as aventu r as cle jr - t vent r , t cle,
l ' rnl rl .r .rl grrnrrs narrati vas c lc M ar : pass2lnt . A
r t' rrr rqtrt' strro
l .re
i ' r.rmaj <t vem pr <t st it t r t ; c1r
" ' ,rl l r,
r' .l .r , r' sl rrtl l rntr' ,l ecerrt-che gacl( )a( ) I li<t cle. f arr, rrrr l rrl gi rrrl osr' r'vi rgetl e respeit acla.O c( ) nt o
, ' | | r| | rr' rrl t' r)rt' l l l cttrl -l l tncl ct
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caut i-
XVIII
XIX
L
nhu nLll)lu n()itc chuv()se eln clirec-lioir sua repfrblic r r quan c l o e n c o n tr' 1,1 n l l c l i rc c ' i ro contrj rl i a,
r ur . neI r elr t j o v c rrr s e n .tg u a rc l u -c h u v e . V ol tu ;rat' u
ofet'eccr-lhc al rrigo, nrus ela, lr princiltio, rccusu.
C) cluc se seglle i' untlr longlr negoci:rc'iro cntre
os c lois . na c l u u l () q u e e s tti e n r fo g o 6 a rel trc-u< r
c nt f e ( ) s l ' l rl o re s tl a c l i c i o n a i s c l a 1 tr' ovi rtc' i l re
ac pr elc s ,lr e s tu r-rtcn l ri s l l rri c l o .s c, l a c i cl acl cgnutclc, oncle tr vilttrcle e ri vicio stro rt.tclasrcprescnt u( ' r ) c s :c lu l rn c l o() ru l )a z , c l i l rsc l c l l o i s , cl tc()ntr1ru
jor . c nr r - r u n r" h o tc l Ita l ri tu c l o s < i l to r n tr.rl hcres" .
*O
es t r r llr c di z :
fi l l ro ,.c u c s te v l r n () l neu 1tu1tcl ,
f lt z c nc lo ( ) (l r.l c l -i z l trr 6 c l u c n l to c .s t; .rl ,l r.s
l t() tcl l
luc ' t ' c c lit u n c l QL
o ! rc n t tc n tl rn c l o rrs c r t() l ()' /..."()r-rtra vcz, () c()ltt() r-urof ltz lrnt jr-rlglrn'rc-r.tt<l
cll ntLr-
| il r, ), nl;ls ur.n cxpeficl-ttc ('()ll(ltlistltcl<lr. A ttlr-tlltct'
i l ' ' r . t \ ( ) L ' U n t a j o v c t l l V i i r l 'a - l r fi g tr r a e tl l l l i g r ,tl t
, l , r l i l r 'n l s c c s p e f a 1 I ( ) r l l e s l l l () tcl l l p ( ) l t Vi t'tttcl c e
| ( \ | ) ( 'r 'i a 'r t c 'i l t( c q r - t c -c r t t 't t i t l t tl tt l t, 1 l o l i ss<1 ,l t f l ts-
llr c r c lt r c cn g l u t1 l , l n l l s rl l )tc l ts l l .q e n tcl rrc cl e tl l rz
i pr er lur bl rc l o n rp a re a s l c i t< i l u s c l c l to j e: Lrnt l ronr enr r - ur oc l c v e rrc re c l i tl rrn rrn ta n tu l h cl cl uc apl rr c nt lr r c s is ti r ) e l ro rc l u g c n ts c x ru rl . () cl l re o strl l ' a
clc sel r,urrclcpoinrcltt() prlrtn'tcntc ntis<igino c1o
c t t c y r - ut c l' l trl c n to
i n i c i u l , i s to c , o f u to c l c a hi sti l l i l
se't'c'ontacllrp()l' Llln vcllto c1r.re
qLlcr. c()llt() os clct nais c lo gr u p (), c ()l ttrrr v i .l n tu .q c n s .It tl rl ttl > ent o
inusitlrcloe'nr si cllrsitr-urc'ao:
o lcit<>rclo .secLrl<>
XIX
(Ir.rc
es t t ' enher i u .c l e ' s c l co p ri n c i l ti t),
rr l nrrnrrrl l rer
jov enr anc l trs s es o z i n h a )s n o v c c l e noi te nuntu
ciclacle('()l)r()o llio cle-laneilo; e s<i a ingcntriclacle cf<r ftrptz o iurpeclirr clc rcconhec'cl c.sseluto.
" C) nr ac l c i rc i r()"c ()n ta u h i s t< i l i u c l c urrur ntulhel c lr - r ec n g a n rl c l c s ta v c z n l -r<u>n r r rpaz i r-rg0-
I r i l ( ' ( ' l l . 'r ' L l s l t c l ( ) r t s c l t f t a s si tl l l l l csr l l cl l tc
[) l tfl t
. , , l r r z i l o . ( , o r t r o t 't o s c l e t n r t i s ( '( ) r tt( ) s, l ti L ttl t cl e -
, u r , r r <'s t r i t <) r e s r e a l i s t e s c ( ) l l t ( ) j r 'rh l r r ,'i e l l tsci t'l l ttl <r
, '. r , ) n r i u r t i c o s ) . A r ''i r , t v l te t l l ( l L l csta l ( ) cl tl ttl r l t l tttt
, \ . r n r i u l t c i s t u t c l t s l t l ) e f x rcctl p cfl l f
l ts ( 'l tl 'tl ts
, 1 r r , t 'l : r l l r c h a v i a c s c r i t ( ) c l t ra n cl o cstl tvttl l l i tr r l I ' , , l ) ( , r 'r l r r c n l l t o ( l L l ( j r s c c ( ) l 'n p f( ) l l l ctcr l l l l tc ( ) ftl r r | | ( , r n i u 'i ( l ( ) , u r l t r t t e c l c i r c i r 'o . C ) l ttl l l tn te l l ch l l - l t
r r r . r r '. s t 't l u t ( ) f e q t l c e n t c , s . c L l sl t l l s ( 'l l ftl ts ( '( ) l l l ( )
rrr,,, ,l.r rlc troclt
{. t u . l n ( l o
sc,r l tl ti s.
c l c c l c l 't l l r , ' cf r .ts cl tftl l s, ( ) cxpant
o l t t e t- fl tvo r cs
t e t 't I i n a
r r r r . rI l I ( ' j l i c s t i p e 'r c l i c l l t t t t c t t te tt1 - r tti xo n l tcl o l l cl a
\ r r \ , 1 , ( l u e c ( ) n f e s s l t n l t o l t l t vcr l te n h L l l l l tl u tcl ci -
r r r , n t . t l t 'l r i l c l r t t 't c s s c f i n l t l qL l c stl r l ) r e cr l cl c tl tt- tr , ' , ) l ) t ( ) t l r . q o n i s t l t c ( ) l - r l ( ) O l c i to r . ( ) l l l tt.tl o r tl csse
, r '. , \ , . 'n r r l t r c s p c r t c z x c l r t Vi ttvl t, c cl <l f'l tt<l cl c
, r r r r l r , ) n r ( 'n l ( '( ) r ) l l t e r p c t 'i 0 t l c i e cl o p r tl tl tg o t- l i stl t
, u r , ( ) n r ( ) u n l l ) l t t ( ) l t ( ) s p l l t n os cl e l a . ( ) ti ttr l o , "O
r rr . rr l r 'r r t 'i r 'o " , l t l ) ( ) l t t e , c l c i <l rr l r l t ci l tr ti c'l t, l ) 1 l fl l l l
i l r , , , , 'i l r . l n ( : l l l 'i l i r 'l r c l o p r ( ) t x g () Il i .stl t co n q u i stl tcl o r
r r r r ' ( ) i r r r r r g i n l i t 'i o r i v l t l . a l e r tt, 6 cl e t'<t, cl c i n si ( , r r r t 't l o r l o c <l t 't e , i s t t t €, cl a ca stl l tc- l - t<1E,
.
, r r r l r r r r . l ( ) ( ( ) l t t ( ) l ) r r r c ( - l l t l 'a ta r cl <l cl e scj <l scxtl xl
. , , r r . r r r , r t r r r ': t l i r l l t c l e
. c l i g a r l r t ls. cl e tttl l a n l tt'r l tti r l t
, 1 , l i , r r . r t t i ( ) . ( ) l 'l r l o 6 c 1 r . t ea vi ( tr r a n l t<l a l l e n e s
ru.u
r , . r ', , r( ( ) r ) l ( ) l ) 1 1) t r l g ( ) n i s t l t no fi n l l .
XX
XXI
t-
l l .l r l s c( ) n fcs-
sa que, al6m do mariclo, aqr-relefcrra o seu finico
amante.
Outra jovern vifrva 6 a pr()tag()nista clo melhor c ont o c l a c o l e g i ro : " l )a s n o ta s c l e uma vi frv a" . C) c ( ) n to n a rra e rn p ri n re i rl t p c s s()r, c()l n()
notas clc um cli/rrio, a histriria cle r.rlna rnlrlher
qr-re6 secluziclapelo nanrortckr clr.rnrnteLlll passci<rao cal'npo. Av<'tzf'en'rininalembra, tanrl>€rn,
alglr r las na rra ti v a s c l e M a u p l rs s a n t (c omo, por
) e k r to m com que
ex enr plo, ( ) c o n to " Sa r-rv 6 e " p
prctcnst)cs
lu mulher zomba clas
intelcctuais ckr
nantoraclo. Os cletalhejsckr piqueniclue n() carmpo srio clcliciosos: o tipo cle carro enr que vlio, a
saicla cla ciclacle na nraclnrgacla,o cesto eln que
Paulo, o nar.noracl<),
currega, al6nr cla t<xrlha,"duas
garrafas cle IJorcleaLlx, Llure champagns, Llnru
lr ot ija c le c l rra g a u , L l m l l e n rp a c l e , r- rr.nassackr,
queijos , f f t rta s , e p a o " . F l p | e c i s l rn ]c n te essa fnrtr-rracle comiclas e bebiclus qlre fzrzem com qlle a
vi(rva vl al>aixancloa glrerrclaat6 cecler a um ataque c le be i j o s c l e s c ri to c l a s e g u i n te u ranci ra no
l-inlrlclo (()l'lt():
por algu6m naSabia-rnetant() ser abrac-acla
clr.relaocasilr(),qlle rne cleixei levar e cai sobre
ele, con-r u cabeca clesfaleciclano seu ombrr>.
() rost() e estonteou-me de
Patrlo segur'()Lr-me
beijos.
Eram arclentes,vivos, repeti(k)s,conr() os tiros cle uma metralhaclora.
XXII
\r;rri . o fi nal surprcendente t em o ef eit c>nllo
r h ilnt:r piucla, mas de seLrc()ntrtrrio: a cornpara' ..r'I rl usi ti l cl a corn a rnctral haclor a int er r ( ) m pt : ,
,l , l , rrrrrl rl rrl rsca e vi ol entu, a c lescr iglioclos pr a' l ' ecnol ogia r elut ivur nent e
/r' r( \ (l o pi < 1ueni c1r-rc.
r, | (' nl (' l )1rre a 6poca, a mct r alhador a 6 lt m a
rtu.rl l (' l r)r' xtraorcl i nari etl ente f - eliz:clesnr - t cla,
cle
rrr.rrrt' i r't':rf i caz e suci nta, l t co t nbin: lgr - x)ent r e a
rrr, l t' r rri tl rrcl ee a vi ol Onci a cl o nat - uor : r ckre. r t si'
rr.r(.r. l l ri gi ca cl a ml tl her ntocler na c int eligent e
,l ur' .i l n(l l r ti nl ' ra que cl efencl e r ,nLr [ l lnllncl( ) cl] t
rrrrrrl ,rnr,l tS .tt vi rtttde sexLl al .
\ rr,si cl l o cl a mul her ne ciclacleem r nudnn!,r' , t.rrrrl rcrn 6 o tet-t-utcl e " Cor no o clem o as
rnr.r t rrj l r protagoni sta € Ter esinha, cxem plar
l rrr, r,,n:rri l lcl e utna fhbri ca cl e t eciclos.A ur ulher
r urna fi gtrra n()v2lna ciclaclebr asir' . ,.rl .rn.rtl lcnr
l , rr.r,l .rr ri l ti rrtrtscl ecacl uscl o s 6culo XlX. Ter esii l l r.r r' nr;tttl :t ()s h< tmens que a v6em passlt f na
rrr.r 1' r' l .rl rt' l r' Zl r,tnas tat-ubi nt pelo asscio, ect - lrr,,rnr.r.t' sol rrc' trrcl opel a i ntri g ant e indepcnd0n, | | ' l i l r' l .rz tor)l cl tt nl t< tql tei ra se casaf c( ) m nerrl runr ,l t' sr' rrs l rl etencl entes. C( ) m lt m or t e cle
(' ()r-nql l em v ivia, 'I er er sinha se
' ,l l r.r tr.r rt' l i gi r)sa
r. ' l r.r ,nn(l .r rrrl ri si ncl epl encl e nt ee livr e, e Llsacle
,rr r l rl rr' r.l .rtl t' ptrtl t i r ) Il i bl i ot eca Nacional ler
,r.,r r l .r' , (' ( ( )r' l l ost' otnl i nti c()s,( ) Ltpassar ( ) r est ( )
,1.,t, 111p,t' nt l i vrc' i r' < l s.
A desc ober t t t cla lit er at t r | | ttrr( Lr ,r rrr;r vi cl l t: ' l ' crcsi nh a se t of na t r en( ) s
r , ,, r,l .r ( .rt(' nl :r.(' nten()s ec ona) m ica. NI as scl-
XXIII
lr lc t r r c lo l r l rr.s c i n l rc ' l i ()
c ()n r' t' h c o p l ri l c cl c (l rrl rt hic l llr z c ()u r c l u e e l l r l tl rs s c 1 rIc l l tc l ' o cl entC rni o,
( F lc ul) lr c c i e rrrr c i c l l rc l c c l i s frrrc ' u cl ocl c nr1-xrzcs
r t t |lt er lt c s .trti c l rrc e l tr .s cc l ' l c ()n tl ' l ct ' < i rnel c l tLtntl t
c s ( f . r 1n1 r:
I s s o p o ri ' n t n l i o i trrp c rl i u(l L l ctr tl rtrtcl osl'rl c
r - r ' s in l l r.tu tt l re l o c l i l r.l to c l o l rrl rl r rrl tl rcstl rri n:r.
rk'ssc r'lrrr lr ('lll'11
c'()lnrrrttlrclr>r':r1-xruiro
loiro. clc
lr iuot l rs r(' t()r(' i (l ()s
n l.rr-i zl rl l c l ri tl rrl oe nronoctrl o.
( . l rc i l l rv l (l
r L l ce u n ) g ()s t().
lt s to L r1 tc ' r-c l i c- l llr.l l rl l rL rc i ocrrl u rl cfl ontc cl < r
t".rP'.r/..
( , or r t o ()s
[)ri l ]tc i tl )s c ()n t()s ,e s te t tl l nl )arn c' ul llt ina null l l l u rl -c ' n tc n (l i c k t,
c n t (l u c 1 l ' l cfcsi nl ur i nc lc penc lc n tc ,l c i to l l r c l e (l u L rtl ti c r-,
te n tu (' ()l l tl )reel tc lc l lr lt r t r g l r()s c x u trl (l u (' s c l ttc p c l o l lrl xrz l )()r' \ i :l
c llt f i. qt t ntr()n ri i l tl i c ()-g ri ti ccl rl o c l e n ti rn i o.l () [)1rs.\()
( lue ( ) lt o n te ' n r(l u (' s c l [)r' ()x i l )tl rc l c l lr nl r esrl ui r.rrr
c . I r r t v c t ' c l l rc k 'i.rrn l p 1 ti .\()l l trt.l l()
)re te n cl cntc.
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