“An ugly reptile!”
He covered her face with a towel, and glancing around as he left the room, remarked, “That good-for-nothing was better lodged than I am!”
He closed the door, turned the key in the look, and said, “Requiescat in pace?”
They went downstairs in silence, and when they were in the parlor Sebastião, laying his hand on Julião’s shoulder, said,—
“Do you think it was the aneurism?”
“Yes; she allowed herself to become excited, and it burst. It is stated by the authorities on the subject—”
“So that if she had not been excited to-night—”
“It would have been to-morrow. She has been dying for some time past. Leave her in peace; she is already beginning to decompose. Let us not disturb her.”
He then observed, rubbing his hands together, that he would like to eat something. He found in the cupboard some cold meat and half a bottle of Collares. He sat down, and, looking through his glass at the light, asked Sebastião, with his mouth full,—
“Have you heard the news?”