Fd cscogjd hc uod bucrrcrd

(D Rdrrjir ly doy itkcr odac)
]jd`c hc uods dfads bcacfds 4
Ajssy Biih   < 
 

Áohjgc
Wjoipsjs

Grêhjtis

Gdpátufi 4

Gdpátufi <

Gdpátufi 7

Gdpátufi 8

Ljibrdmád hc fd dutird

Fjlris hc fd scrjc 
scrjc 
7 
 

Wjoipsjs
cod y Bdlrjcffc kdgco uo oucvi dajbi df rcsgdtdr d uod cxtrdôd grjdturd
ajtdh kuadod hc uod aucrtc scburd co adois hc fd turld, y csgiftdrfc

[
kdstd su gdsd.

Cstd kjstirjd, cxpfird tcads giai fd tifcrdogjd y fd dajstdh, y fd fugkd pir fd

supcrvjvcogjd mrcotc df ihji hc fd jboirdogjd c jotifcrdogjd kuadod.

8 
 

Grêhjtis
Xrdhugjhi y girrcbjhi pir Dtdfád <>><

Hjscôdhi pir Hdrhdr

\cchjtdhi pir [cojtc8Cvcr <>43  

Hcsgdrbi cstäohdr0 Fis
cstäohdr0 Fis pcrsiod`cs hc [cod y Bdlrjcffc pcrtcocgco pir giapfcti d
Sojvcrsdf y \codjssdogc y sus csgrjtircs y tihds dqucffds pcrsiods gio hcrcgkis hc
pripjchdh. Oi sc kc prctcohjhi jomrjobjr fis hcrcgkis hc dutir y tihi csti cs purd 3 
hjvcrsj÷o. Fis hcaäs pcrsiod`cs hc fd kjstirjd sio prihugti hc aj gcrclri rctirgjhi
rctirgjh i
y oi cstäo tiadhis hc ojobuod mucotc fjtcrdrjd oj hc ojobðo itri tjpi hc mucotc.
Odhjc tjcoc fd gufpd hc su cxjstcogjd sdfvi yi.

^drd cstd kjstirjd oi cs ocgcsdrji dhvcrtjr odhd silrc adyirád hc chdh, pcri kdy
sultcxti, hc aihi quc sj oi pihêjs sipirtdrfi, kdgcr gfjg gio cf rdt÷o cs ldrdti.
Auy ldrdti. Acfjssd Biih.

*Oitd hc fd trdhugtird0 Cf tátufi hc cstd oivcfd co jobfês cs uod dhdptdgj÷o hc uo

vcrsi hc fd ilrd hc Wkdecspcdrc \iaci y @ufjctd. Cs uo tátufi auy piêtjgi y
cvigdhir y gudfqujcr fcgtir hc kdlfd jobfcsd gio uo aáojai hc gufturd fi puchc
rcgioigcr giai fi quc cs y fi quc subjcrc. ^ir hcsbrdgjd, trdhugjhi fjtcrdfacotc df
cspdôif oi hjgc odhd i hjrcgtdacotc quchd adf sjo giapfctdr cf rcsti hc fd gjtd,
pir fi quc kc iptdhi pir dhdptdr cf scotjhi hc fd gjtd, uojhi df giotcojhi hc fd
oivcfd, y hc dká kd sdfjhi Fd cscogjd hc uod bucrrcrd. Wj d dfbujco sc fc igurrc dfbi
ac`ir, aäs piêtjgi i fi quc scd, quc ac fi giauojquc 0-)Q
 

Gdpátufi 4

F
i ðojgi quc gioigád, dkird, crd fd isgurjhdh. ]dbdacotc, co uod pdrtc
auy pcqucôd hc fi quc quchdld hc su giosgjcogjd, rcgirhdld fd fuz. Fd
fuz quc jld fjbdhd d uo oialrc quc oi priouogjdrád ouogd, uod viz quc
oi ijrád ouogd y uois i`is quc ouogd aäs fc hcvifvcrádo fd ajrdhd. Sod pdrtc hc su
vjhd, hc su dfad, quc sc kdlád jhi pdrd sjcaprc...
sjcaprc...  

 D su dfrchchir kdlád ajchi, ihji y rdljd0 oitdld cf hifir sirhi hc fds pjchrds quc
fi bifpcdldo y hc fis pdfis quc pjogkdldo sus gistdhis adbuffdhis, pcri adotuvi
fis i`is gcrrdhis pdrd oi vcr d fd augkchualrc vigjmcrdotc. Fd vcrhdh crd quc oi
japirtdld0 oi pihád hurdr augki aäs. Oitdld quc su mucrzd vjtdf jld
hjsajouycohi, drrdsträohifi gdhd vcz aäs d fd isgurjhdh y dfc`äohifi hcf sif
gdfjcotc y hc fd gdffc pifvirjcotd hc cstd pcqucôd dfhcd. Fis brjtis jrdguohis mucrio

= 
hcsvdocgjêohisc co su iáhi, sdfvi uo ðftjai siojhi quc fc crd mdajfjdr0 cf tdalirjfci
coêrbjgi hc fis gdsgis hc uo gdldffi, fucbi kdstd csi sc dfc`÷ hc êf. 
êf. 

Ld`i cf sif hcf mjodf hc fd tdrhc, his au`crcs y uo gdldffi dvdozdldo trdoqujfdacotc
pir uo gdajoi hc tjcrrd.

‘[cod. ‘Bdlrjcffc ajr÷ d su giapdôcrd‘. ¹]dais d jr d Dtcods co dfbðo

aiacoti9 ‘prcbuot÷ fd ldrhi gio hcfjlcrdhd hcsprcigupdgj÷o, ajcotrds
cxdajodld cf cxtrcai irodacotdhi hc su vdrd pdrd kujr hc fd ajrdhd gio gc`d
codrgdhd hc fd quc sdlád quc crd il`cti.

Fd dftd bucrrcrd ajr÷ d su giapdôcrd hc vjd`cs gio djrc fjbcrdacotc rjsucôi.

‘Lucoi, fi cstdld pcosdohi ‘giotcst÷ pir mjo‘. ¹^ir quê9 ¹Ois kcais hc`dhi
dfbi dffá i...9 ‘Wc gifig÷ hcfdotc hc Bdlrjcffc y cotdlf÷ giotdgti vjsudf,
sirprcohjcohi d fd ldrhi‘. ¹I tjcocs dfbðo itri aitjvi9

Bdlrjcffc dlrj÷ fd ligd pdrd hjsjaufdr käljfacotc, pcri hcsgulrj÷ quc oi pihád, oi
gio fis i`is hc [cod, dzufcs giai cf kjcfi, gfdvdhis co fis suyis.
suy is. Wuspjr÷ pir hcotri.
Acotjr d [cod crd gdsj japisjlfc. Wjcaprc tcoád fd scosdgj÷o hc quc fd dftd bucrrcrd
fcád sus pcosdajcotis gio fd hcsgujhdhd mdgjfjhdh gio quc kdgád tihi fi hcaäs. Df
 

quchdrsc sjo rcgursis, Bdlrjcffc sdg÷ fd fcobud, fi gudf kjzi siorcár d [cod,
oiradfacotc dustcrd.

‘Fd kc hc`dhi sjo kdlfd ‘rj÷ [cod cotrc hjcotcs. Fucbi sc hji fd vucftd y sjbuj÷
gdajodohi df fdhi hc fd pdgjcotc Drbi‘. ]dfc, cs tu scgrcti. ‘Ilscrv÷ cf pdjsd`c,
dhvjrtjcohi fis prjacris johjgjis hc fi quc prildlfcacotc crd uod pcqucôd dfhcd
oi auy fc`dod‘. ^ihcais kdgcr uod pdrdhd dffá hcfdotc y gcodr dfbi, sj qujcrcs.
Bdlrjcffc suspjr÷ gio gjcrti dfjvji. Fd kdlád pjffdhi, pcri [cod oi cstdld josjstjcohi,
fi gudf qucrád hcgjr quc prildlfcacotc pcosdld quc mucrd fi quc mucsc fi quc sc
trdád Bdlrjcffc cotrc adois, crd joimcosjvi.

‘Sod gcod ac pdrcgc cstupcohi ‘giacot÷, vifvjêohisc pdrd ajrdr d su

giapdôcrd‘. Kiy cstäs hc luco kuair. ‘Fi gudf oi crd tdo jomrcgucotc giai
dotcs, rcmfcxjio÷ Bdlrjcffc. Oi sdlád guäohi sc kdlád prihugjhi csc gdalji...
lucoi, sá fi sdlád, co rcdfjhdh, pcri prcmcrád oi pcosdrfi.

[cod lclj÷ uo trdbi hc uoi hc fis ihrcs hc dbud gifbdhis hcf fiai hc Drbi y fc
pds÷ cf dbud d Bdlrjcffc.
2 
‘]dyd, ¹quê tc pdrcgc9 Grci quc sá ‘giotcst÷ y fucbi dfdrb÷ fd adoi y cstru`÷ cf
ihrc gio mucrzd `usti gudohi Bdlrjcffc sc fi ffcvdld d fd gdrd.

‘¡¡¡Ddkk!!! ‘mdrmuff÷ Bdlrjcffc, gudohi cf dbud sdfj÷ hjspdrdhd hcf ihrc y fd ai`÷.
Bjräohisc co rchiohi, fdoz÷ cf rcsti hcf dbud co uo gkirri d su dfrchchir trdzdohi
uo drgi fi aäs dapfji pisjlfc y usdohi fd adoi fjlrc pdrd qujtdrsc cf dbud hc fis
i`is. Iy÷ quc cf gkirri hc dbud dfgdozdld dfbi, pcri pir cf rcsipfjhi silrcsdftdhi,
supi quc crd Drbi. Ajr÷ df gdldffi, quc, cmcgtjvdacotc, fugád uod ldohd isgurd d
ajtdh hcf gistdhi hiohc fc kdlád dfgdozdhi cf dbud. [cod, giapfctdacotc scgd,
cstdld df itri fdhi hc fd ycbud, rjêohisc.

‘Ac fds vds d pdbdr 

 pdbdr  ‘bruô÷ Bdlrjcffc, dpdrtäohisc cf pcfi ai`dhi hc fis i`is‘.
Crcs uod trdapisd.
trdapisd.  

Wjo hc`dr hc rcár, [cod kurb÷ co uod dfmir`d, sc dgcrg÷ hiohc cstdld Bdl bitcdohi
y fc imrcgj÷ uo pdôi hilfdhi.

‘Xiad ‘hj`i‘. Oi grcá quc mucrd d sdfjr tdotd dbud.

 

Wuspjrdohi, Bdlrjcffc gibj÷ cf pdôi y sc scg÷ fd gdrd. Cstdld d puoti hc kdgcr uo

giacotdrji airhdz gudohi fd dgtjtuh hc [cod gdalj÷ lrusgdacotc. Wc pusi tcosd
y sc jrbuj÷, itcdohi cf kirjziotc, gio cxprcsj÷o scvcrd.

Cstd sðljtd trdosmiradgj÷o sjcaprc jotrjbdld d Bdlrjcffc. Cstd hudfjhdh quc

giovcrtád d su dajbd co uod giapdôcrd dmjgjiodhd d bdstdr lriads y co uod
fugkdhird airtámcrd. Sod au`cr hc primuohds giotrdhjggjiocs guyds adois pihádo
dtcohcr hcfjgdhdacotc d Drbi i drrcldtdr uod vjhd gio fd ajsad kdljfjhdh, fd
ajsad cfcbdogjd. Giapfc`d hc uo aihi quc oi tcoád odhd quc vcr gio odhjc quc
kuljcrd gioigjhi Bdlrjcffc co tihd su vjhd y mucotc jodbitdlfc hc mdsgjodgj÷o pdrd
fd ldrhi.

Fis rdsbis tcosis hc [cod sc vifvjcrio kdgjd Bdlrjcffc c kjzi uo bcsti scôdfdohi fd
dfhcd gcrgdod.

‘Cstäo hdohi uod pdfjzd d dfbujco. ‘Wc aiot÷ co Drbi y ajr÷ d fd ldrhi ‘.
¹]jcocs9 ‘Fc imrcgj÷ uo lrdzi.

‘Ik ‘cxgfda÷ Bdlrjcffc, sirprcohjhd‘. ¹Tujcrcs hcgjr quc oi tcobi quc

quchdrac dquá9 ‘Csti crd uo gdalji. Z fi dbrdhcgád. ; 
[cod codrg÷ uod gc`d y vifvj÷ d ajrdr kdgjd fd dfhcd.

‘W÷fi sj tð qujcrcs.

D Bdlrjcffc oi fc kdgád mdftd quc sc fc prcbuotdrdo his vcgcs, duoquc csi supusjcrd
aiotdr co Drbi. Dbdrr÷ cf lrdzi hc [cod y dotcs hc pihcr sdftdr, muc jzdhd d fd
dfturd hc fd sjffd y gifigdhd co fd brupd hc Drbi. Wc dgiaih÷ räpjhdacotc, ld`dohi
fd vdrd y dpdrtäohifd hc [cod y Drbi.
‘D vcgcs sc ac ifvjhd ‘auraur÷‘, fi mucrtc quc crcs. ‘Oit÷ aäs quc iy÷ fd
rjsd brdvc hc [cod giai rcspucstd, df dbdrrdrsc gio mucrzd d fd gjoturd hc fd
bucrrcrd gio uo lrdzi.

Cf hifir cstdld capczdohi d hcsdpdrcgcr yd, gio brdo dfjvji pir su pdrtc. Wdlád quc
oi jld d hurdr augki aäs. Fis siojhis sc kjgjcrio aäs hcmjojhis, aäs gfdris0 cf
rujhi coêrbjgi hc fis gdsgis sc kdlád trdosmiradhi dkird co uo pihcrisi bdfipc.
Fc cogdotdldo fis gdldffis... guäoti cgkdld hc acois d su prcgjisi Crjs... pcos÷
hjmusdacotc quc fi ðftjai quc fc bustdrád vcr crd d cstc dojadf bdfipdotc quc vcoád
kdgjd êf, pcri cf csmucrzi hc dlrjr fis i`is crd tdo brdohc... s÷fi uod rcohj`d y cf
 

rcspfdohir hcf sif gdsj fi ilfjb÷ d gcrrdrfis hc oucvi gio mucrzd. ^cri cf gdldffi...
gio hctcrajodgj÷o, sc ilfjb÷ d dlrjr aäs cf i`i quc tcoád co giohjgjiocs, fugkdohi
gio tihds sus mucrzds pdrd dgfdrdrsc fd vjstd pir ðftjad vcz. Fi aäs gcrgdoi d êf crdo
fis quc fi dtiracotdldo. Kialrcs, gkjqujffis, au`crcs hc fd dfhcd, tihis cffis
dradhis hc pjchrds i pdfis, uoi gio uod pjgd. Wus gdrds murjisds y dsustdhds
 miradldo uo gárgufi s÷fjhi hc rujhi cosirhcgchir hcfdotc hc êf. Oi pihád fcvdotdr
fd gdlczd pdrd vcr pir cogjad hc cffis... oi pihád... dk. Dká.
Dká.  

Cf gdldffi... kcraisi. Aäs liojti jogfusi quc su Crjs, tuvi quc rcgioigcr. Hc uo
dsialrisi gifir hirdhi, gio uod grjo lfdoqucgjod quc sc dbjtdld df vjcoti. ¹H÷ohc
jld9 ^drcgád vcojr hjrcgtdacotc kdgjd êf... ik, pdrd csti acrcgád fd pcod dlrjr cf i`i,
sá, pdrd csti sá. Cf sif piojcotc sc hcspc`÷, hirdohi joocgcsdrjdacotc df gdldffi
hirdhi y prcohjcohi mucbi d fd dradhurd hc su `joctc. 
`joctc. 

Fis dfhcdois oi kdládo iáhi fis gdsgis. ¹G÷ai pihádo cstdr tdo sirhis9, sc
 prcbuot÷. Wcbuádo tjräohifc
tjräohifc pjchrds, cf kialrc hc fd pjgd ffcc bifpc÷ fds gistj
gistjffds
ffds gio
 mucrzd sumjgjcotc pdrd riapêrscfds. Êf oj sjqujcrd fi oit÷... Co gdalji, ilscrv÷ df
gdldffi, quc gdhd vcz cstdld aäs gcrgd, y dkird vji fd gdrd siorjcotc hc su `joctc. Z

: 
supi quc jld d pdsdr sus ðftjais aiacotis co cf hcfcjtc hc fd sirprcsd. Sod au`cr
bucrrcrd... y cogjad tdo kcraisd giai su gdldffi, pcri isgurd, co giotrdstc gio cf
gdldffi hirdhi. Ikk... ¡guäoti fdacotdld oi pihcr gioigcrfd!... Wu ðftjad vjsj÷o
vdgjfdotc muc cf sif rcmfc`dhi co fd cspdhd quc ffcvdld co fd adoi gudohi
dtrdvcsdrio cf gárgufi hc dfhcdois sirprcohjhis y dtcrrirjzdhis quc tcoád hcfdotc.
Fucbi... s÷fi kuli isgurjhdh. 
isgurjhdh. 

Bdlrjcffc sc su`ct÷ gio mucrzd c jotcot÷ vcr d fd pcrsiod quc fd auftjtuh cstdld
pcbdohi. Fi ðojgi quc vcád crd uo gdhdfsi y fds adois y fis lrdzis brdohcs y

ausgufisis hcf prjsjiocri.

[cod cstdld siftdohi fd cspdhd co fd vdjod y sc cgk÷ kdgjd hcfdotc, dzuzdohi d
Drbi. Df dgcrgdrsc, hcscovdjo÷ fd cspdhd y siorj÷. Dk, oi jld d adtdr d ojobuoi hc
cffis. W÷fi jld d hdrfcs tdf susti quc fd pr÷xjad vcz sc fi pcosdrádo his vcgcs dotcs
hc fdpjhdr d odhjc.

‘¡Dbärrdtc! ‘fc brjt÷ d Bdlrjcffc, quc rcspiohj÷ rihcdohi gio aäs mucrzd gio cf
lrdzi d [cod y cgkäohisc kdgjd hcfdotc, sjbujcohi cf japufsi hcf gdldffi.

Gio uo brjti sdfvd`c, kjzi pdsdr d Drbi d trdvês hcf gárgufi hc dfhcdois sðljtdacotc

pdsadhis, pcbdohi pdtdhds d vdrjis hc fis aäs brdohcs. Bdlrjcffc aivj÷ su vdrd
 

gio adoi cxpcrtd y cfjajo÷ d his au`crcs dradhds gio rdads ffcods hc cspjods y d
uo `ivco mirojhi quc tcoád his pjchrds.

‘Auy ljco ‘giacot÷ [cod, df tjcapi quc hc`dld gdcr fd capuôdhurd hc fd

cspdhd silrc fd gdlczd hc dfbujco y usdld uod hc sus ausgufisds pjcrods pdrd hdr
uod pdtdhd d itri quc fi fdoz÷ df itri cxtrcai hc fd dfhcd.

‘Brdgjds ‘rcpfjg÷ Bdlrjcffc, bifpcdohi d uo pdstir dfti `usti co cf pcgki. Fis

dfhcdois sc hjspcrsdrio, girrjcohi co tihds hjrcggjiocs. Bdlrjcffc fi dprivcgk÷
pdrd ld`drsc hc fis gudrtis trdscris hc Drbi y dgcrgdrsc df gdhdfsi, pcri sc pdr÷ co
scgi gudohi vji fi quc dffá kdlád y sc quch÷ ajrdohi. Hcträs hc cffd, [cod tdaljêo
sc ld`÷ hc Drbi y tcrajo÷ hc hcsdojadr d fis ðftjais
ðftj ais tirturdhircs hcf gdutjvi dotcs
hc rcuojrsc gio su dajbd df lirhc hcf gdhdfsi y ajrdr fi quc kdládo sdfvdhi.

Cf kialrc quc gifbdld hc fd pfdtdmirad hc adhcrd crd coirac, pir fi acois uod
gdlczd aäs dfti quc [cod, y gio uo gucrpi joacosi, guljcrti hc uo cspcsi vcffi
hirdhi gfdri. Xcoád fd gdlczd guljcrtd hc pcfi hcf ajsai gifir quc fc gdád pir cf
gucffi y miradld uod cspcgjc hc bifd. Wu gdrd, adbuffdhd y hcsmjburdhd, gio uo i`i
gcrrdhi y guljcrti hc sdobrc, crd hc pripirgjiocs cxtrdôds, gio uod adohálufd
joacosd, uod fáocd hc hjcotcs dfbi rchiohcdhd, fd odrjz dpfdstdhd y tihd cffd 4> 
guljcrtd tdaljêo hc pcfi. Cf i`i quc tcoád ljco cstdld gcrrdhi y pir fd mfi`chdh hcf
gucrpi y fd tcosj÷o hc fds gucrhds quc fi su`ctdldo, Bdlrjcffc supusi quc cstdld
jogiosgjcotc. I aucrti. Oi, df dgcrgdrsc aäs vji quc su dogki pcgki pcfuhi sc
aivád hêljfacotc.

‘¹Tuê cs9 ‘Bdlrjcffc sc vifvj÷ kdgjd [cod, hcsgiogcrtdhd‘. ¹Cs uo kialrc i...9

^ir uod vcz, fd bucrrcrd oi tcoád uod rcspucstd joachjdtd.

‘Xð crcs fd cxpcrtd co kjstirjd, ik ldrhi aád. ‘[cod acoc÷ fd gdlczd‘. Oi tcobi
oj jhcd. ^cri aäs vdfc quc fi sdqucais hc dquá i oi tcohräs ipirtuojhdh hc
prcbuotärscfi.

^drd cotiogcs, fis dfhcdois sc kdládo pcrgdtdhi hc quc [cod oi fis jld d adtdr d
tihis y sc cstdldo dgcrgdohi gio gdutcfd. ^cri oi augki. Cf `cmc hc fd dfhcd
gdrrdspc÷ ocrvjisi.

‘Ddk... ¹cs, i scd... cs... lucoi, cs dajbi tuyi, bucrrcrd9 ‘Muc rihcäohifds pdrd
vcrfds ljco. Bdlrjcffc sc dgcrg÷, imrcgjêohifc fd adoi.
 

‘Kifd. Wiy Bdlrjcffc. ‘Cf `cmc sc dpdrt÷ hc bifpc, ajrdohi su vdrd gio
prcigupdgj÷o ‘. Dk, oi tc prcigupcs ‘hj`i cffd, dfcbrcacotc‘. W÷fi bifpci d fd
bcotc gudohi fcs kdgco dfbi adfi d itrds pcrsiods. ‘]ifvj÷ d imrcgcrfc fd adoi y
cstd vcz cf `cmc fd dgcpt÷, gio gdutcfd.   Dsá
Dsá quc csti cs fi quc sc sjcotc gudohi tc
tjcoco ajchi,
ajchi, pcos÷ Bdlrjcffc.  Jotcrcsdotc.  Ajcotrds, sc pusi d kdlfdr gio cf `cmc
pdrd hjstrdcrfi hc fi quc cstdld kdgjcohi
kdgjco hi [cod co cf gdhdfsi‘. ¹^ir quê fi cstdldjs
adtdohi d bifpcs9 ‘prcbuot÷, ajrdohi df kialrc d fis i`is ‘. ¹Tuê fc kd kcgki
d cstd dfhcd9 ‘Wc jrbuj÷ c kjzi bjrdr cf gucrpi brägjfacotc, cxdajoäohifi tihi‘.
D aá ac pdrcgc quc cstä ljco jotdgtd. ‘Wc vifvj÷ y fc gfdv÷ fd ajrdhd vcrhc y
lruaisd.

‘Ik, pucs... ‘mdrmuff÷ cf `cmc, cgkdohi ajrdhds ocrvjisds

o crvjisds d [cod, quc kdlád siftdhi
df prjsjiocri hc sus dtdhurds y cstdld hcpisjtdohi gio gujhdhi su aifc co cf
sucfi‘. ^ucs oi ois kd kcgki odhd, cxdgtdacotc, pcri... ‘Wc vifvj÷ y scôdf÷ d fd
mjburd tcohjhd‘. Aárdfi. ¹G÷ai pihádais hc`dr quc dfbi giai êf vjvjcrd gcrgd hc
oucstrd dfhcd, hc oucstrds au`crcs c kj`is,
kj`is , quc cstdrádo johcmcosis giotrd êf9 Fugkd

giai uod lcstjd sdfvd`c y tcrrjlfc.

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‘¹Wdlcs9 ‘hj`i Bdlrjcffc, gio tioi trdoqujfi, drrihjffäohisc pdrd quc su gdlczd
quchdrd d fd dfturd hc fd hcf `cmc, quc cstdld co cf sucfi ‘. Hclcrádjs giomjdr aäs co
vucstrds au`crcs. Fds au`crcs oi sjcaprc cstäo johcmcosds. ‘Fc siorj÷ gio
hufzurd‘. ¹Z rcdfacotc is kd dacodzdhi, i sjapfcacotc kdlêjs hdhi pir
supucsti quc jld d cotrdr co fd dfhcd pdrd giacris d tihis9

Êf tuvi fd hcgcogjd hc siori`drsc dotc su tioi sdrgästjgi. Cffd fc sistuvi fd ajrdhd

uo aiacoti aäs y fucbi vifvj÷ fd gdlczd pdrd ajrdr d [cod y df gdutjvi. Cf `cmc fis
ajr÷ tdaljêo.

‘Ikk... cck... aa. Gdrdald. Êsd oi cs... cstiii... [cod, pir gdsudfjhdh, ¹vcrhdh9
‘Ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc, quc fc hji uods pdfadhjtds co fd ac`jffd y dsjotj÷.

‘Csi cs.

[cod giotcapf÷ df cojbad quc ydgád hcfdotc hc cffd, sjo sdlcr quê pihád scr. Ouogd
d fi fdrbi hc sus vjd`cs kdlád vjsti odhd pdrcgjhi0 giai uo grugc cotrc uo kialrc
y uo bdti hcf hcsjcrti, aäs quc odhd. ¹^ihrád
¹^ihrá d scr co pdrtc csmjobc9 Cgk÷ uod ajrdhd
d Bdlrjcffc, quc cstdld cotrctcojcohi df `cmc pdrd quc cffd puhjcrd rcgdpdgjtdr y
cvdfudr fd sjtudgj÷o. Co su gdrd sc hjlu`÷ uod siorjsd lrcvc y fucbi hcvifvj÷ su

dtcogj÷o df prjsjiocri.
 

Wu dogki pcgki sulád y ld`dld gio hjmjguftdh y [cod pcos÷ quc prildlfcacotc sc
cstdld aurjcohi. Wc dbdgk÷ pdrd cxdajodr fds kcrjhds quc kdlád sumrjhi co fd
gdlczd0 sdobrdldo augki, pcri oi crdo auy primuohds, sdfvi pir fd quc tcoád
dfrchchir hc fd ÷rljtd igufdr. Wc cogibj÷ pir rcmfc`i df vcr fis hdôis quc kdlád
sumrjhi. Lucoi, d fi ac`ir oi airád, pcri tcoád quc sdgdrfi hc cstd dfhcd. Kdstd
[cod, d fd quc oiradfacotc oi
o i dmcgtdldo fis daljcotcs, gdptdld
gdptdl d cf ajchi y cf ihji
quc fd bcotc quc rihcdld fd pfdtdmirad hjrjbád giotrd cstd grjdturd, u kialrc, i fi
quc mucrd. Z prildlfcacotc giotrd aá tdaljêo,
tdaljêo, dôdhj÷, sdrh÷ojgdacotc. Df  Df acois
tcocais csi co giaðo. 
giaðo. 

Wc jrbuj÷ y sc dfz÷ gio uo äbjf aivjajcoti y sc dgcrg÷ hiohc cstdldo cf `cmc y fd

ldrhi. Bdlrjcffc sc kdlád vucfti pdrd ajrdrfd ajcotrds sc dgcrgdld y sus i`is sc
cogiotrdrio gio uo räpjhi jotcrgdalji hc cotcohjajcoti.

‘Lucoi ‘hj`i [cod, dbdrrdohi df `cmc pir fd gdajsd y fcvdotäohifi pir giapfcti
hcf sucfi pdrd quc fd ajrdrd hjrcgtdacotc d fis i`is. Cf kialrc pdrcgád
pctrjmjgdhi ‘. Grci quc ac viy d kdgcr rcspiosdlfc hc oucstri pcfuhi dajbi. ¹Xc
japirtd9 ‘[cod jrrdhjdld dacodzd, gisd quc sc fc hdld auy ljco. Bdlrjcffc
Bdl rjcffc cstdld

4< 
giovcogjhd co prjvdhi hc quc [cod prdgtjgdld hurdotc kirds jotcrajodlfcs co
gkdrgds y cspc`is csdajrdhd
csdajrdhd  quc cgkdld d fd bcotc‘. Grci quc vds d cogiotrdr d
uois vdfjcotcs quc ac dyuhco d gdrbdrfi co aj gdldffi. Z scrê lucod... ‘Kjzi uod
pdusd pdrd siorcár‘. Z is fi qujtdrê hc cogjad.

Cf `cmc trdb÷ gio hjmjguftdh. Ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc, quc dsjotj÷, dpiydhd

hcsprcigupdhdacotc co su vdrd.

‘Giovjcoc kdgcr fi quc hjgc. Ihjd quc fd bcotc fd mdstjhjc. ‘Kjzi uod pdusd gio
‘
cmcgti lärhjgi . Wucfco dgdldr aucrtis.
‘]d-vd-vdfc ‘giotcst÷ êf pir mjo y suspjr÷ gudohi [cod fi ld`÷ y fc sift÷ fd pcgkcrd
hc fd gdajsd‘. ^cri fi vdjs d fdacotdr. Cs uo sdfvd`c. ‘Ajr÷ d fis i`is bêfjhis hc
[cod‘. I d fi ac`ir fi fdacotd êf.

Wdfj÷ girrjcohi pdrd ffdadr d uois mirojhis dfhcdois quc dyuhdrdo d fcvdotdr d fd
grjdturd. [cod ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc gio uod gc`d codrgdhd.

‘¹Wucfco dgdldr aucrtis9 ‘Wc rj÷ pir fi ld`i ajcotrds sdguhád cf lrdzi0 fd tcosj÷o
hc su`ctdr co vjfi df `cmc hurdotc tdoti
tdo ti tjcapi kdlád sjhi tcrrjlfc ‘. Tuê gisds hjgcs
d vcgcs.
 

Fd ldrhi fc hcvifvj÷ fd siorjsd y sc dpiy÷ co su vdrd.

‘Lucoi, sj oi ac dscburi hc quc sc adotcobd tu rcputdgj÷o,

rcpu tdgj÷o, ¹qujêo fi vd d kdgcr9
‘Wc cgk÷ kdgjd hcfdotc y dpiy÷ fd mrcotc co fd hc [cod, ajräohifd hjrcgtdacotc d
fis i`is‘. Z dhcaäs, oiradfacotc sá  quc dgdldo aucrtis. I gio pdrtcs hc acois.
^drtcs japirtdotcs.

[cod mruogj÷ cf gcôi y fucbi capu`÷ d Bdlrjcffc kdgjd Drbi.

‘]dais, tcocais quc prcpdrdr d fd pilrc Drbi pdrd quc gdrbuc gio oucstri
dajbi.

D Drbi oi fc kjzi brdgjd tcocr quc gdrbdr gio cstd aifc hc ifir cxtrdôi. Oi pdrdld
hc vifvcr cf gucffi pdrd ifcr fi quc ffcvdld df fiai y hc rcsipfdr. [cod fd su`ctdld
gio mjraczd pir fd lrjhd, kdgjcohi quc sjbujcrd dhcfdotc. Fd grjdturd scbuád
jogiosgjcotc, rcspjrdohi hêljfacotc. Fc kdládo vcohdhi fds kcrjhds aäs brdvcs
dotcs hc gdrbdrfi, pcri dfbuods sc cstdldo dlrjcohi d gdusd hc fis aivjajcotis hc
Drbi. [cod cstuhj÷ cf tcrrcoi y hjvjs÷ uo pcqucôi brupi hc ärlifcs gcrgd hc uo
drriyi hiohc pihádo dgdapdr. Kjzi uo bcsti d Bdlrjcffc pdrd quc sc hjrjbjcrd kdgjd
dffä y fd sjbuj÷ tjrdohi hc fd pigi hjspucstd Drbi. 47 
‘[cod. ‘Fd ldrhi sc vifvj÷ kdgjd cffd ‘. ¹^ir quê ois fi kcais ffcvdhi9 Tujcri
hcgjr, sê quc fi cstdldo adgkdgdohi y csi... pcri kds hjgki quc prildlfcacotc sc
cstê aurjcohi... ‘Mruogj÷ cf gcôi‘. Ois pihrádais kdlcr quchdhi dffá df fá y ilfjbdrfis
d gujhdr hc êf, qujcri hcgjr... ‘Wc gdff÷ df vcr fd cxprcsj÷o hc [cod ‘. ¹Tuê pdsd9

Fis i`is dzufcs tcoádo uod cxprcsj÷o hjstdotc, giai sj cstuvjcrd vjcohi dfbi quc
Bdlrjcffc oi vcád. Hcvifvj÷ su dtcogj÷o d su giapdôcrd.

‘¹Fd vcrhdh9 ‘hj`i, dfdrbdohi fd adoi y dpdrtäohifc cf pcfi d Bdlrjcffc hc fis

i`is‘. Oi fi sê. D vcgcs, Bdlrjcffc... d vcgcs kdgcs fds gisds pirquc sjcotcs quc cs
fi girrcgti, duoquc oi tcobd scotjhi gudohi fi pjcosds gio f÷bjgd. ‘Dvdoz÷ y
capcz÷ d qujtdr gisds hc cogjad hc Drbi, pdrd pihcr, hc dfbuod adocrd, hcpisjtdr
fd gdrbd prjogjpdf co cf sucfi.

‘Dk ‘susurr÷ Bdlrjcffc pir fi ld`i, rcmfcxjiodohi uo aiacoti silrc csi. Fucbi
cxtcohj÷ fds adotds hc fds quc sc kdládo dpihcrdhi co fd dfhcd y sc dgcrg÷,
joscburd, d Drbi‘. ^csd augki ‘giacot÷‘. ¹G÷ai fi vdais d ld`dr9
 

[cod cstdld `uoti df gdldffi, cstuhjdohi pcosdtjvd fd gdrbd hc Drbi. ^ir mjo, gibj÷
gio gujhdhi fis lrdzis hc fd grjdturd y sc fis gifig÷ gruzdhis silrc fis kialris.

‘Dträs, Drbi. ‘Cf gdldffi, hc adfd bdod, capcz÷ d rctrigchcr, sdguhjcohi fd

gdlczd giai pritcstd‘. ¡Dträs! ‘rcpjtj÷ [cod, dprctdohi fis hjcotcs gudohi cf
pcsi hc fd mjburd jogiosgjcotc gdy÷ silrc sus ausgufisis kialris. Wc cgk÷ kdgjd
hcfdotc pdrd cqujfjlrdr fd gdrbd y sc dpdrt÷ hc Drbi, hjrjbjêohisc d fds adotds.
Bdlrjcffc sc qujt÷ hc co achji y sc fjajt÷ d vjbjfdr cf trdycgti ld`i fis pjcs hc [cod
pir sj kuljcrd pjchrds i rdads gio fds quc puhjcrd tripczdr. Gudohi cstuvi cogjad
hc fds adotds, [cod sc dbdgk÷ hcspdgji silrc uod rihjffd, sc sift÷ fd gdrbd quc
ffcvdld co fis kialris y fd hcpisjt÷ co cf sucfi.

Bdlrjcffc sc drrihjff÷ d su fdhi y fc gifig÷ ljco fds cxtrcajhdhcs pdrd quc cstuvjcrd
aäs g÷aihi. Ajr÷ d [cod, quc cstdld hcsgdosdohi uo aiacoti pdrd rcgupcrdr cf
dfjcoti dotcs hc prcpdrdr fd lifsd hc kjcrlds co fd adotd `uoti d êf.

‘]iy d gibcr dbud y d kdgcr mucbi.

Fis i`is dzufcs sc dfzdrio uo aiacoti pdrd cogiotrdrsc gio fis suyis.
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‘Lucod jhcd, Bdlrjcffc. Brdgjds.

Fd ldrhi sc fcvdot÷ y rihc÷ fds adotds, hjrjbjêohisc d sus pcrtrcgkis.

Kjzi mdftd augki tjcapi pdrd fjapjdr y gurdr tihds fds kcrjhds hc fd grjdturd, pirquc
pirq uc
[cod tcoád quc jr girtdohi ziods hc pcfi quc cstdldo prjobdhds hc sdobrc. Cf pcfi
crd äspcri, pcri oi tdoti giai cf hc uo pcrri. Crd aäs pdrcgjhi d pcfi kuadoi
cspcsi quc d itrd gisd, pcos÷ [cod. Ld`÷ fd ajrdhd.

‘Ffcvd ripd. ‘Wcôdf÷ fis rcstis hc pdotdfiocs quc fc gulrádo fds cxtrcajhdhcs
jomcrjircs‘. Z ffcvd `iyds. ‘Wcôdf÷ cf pcqucôi lrdzdfctc gdsj igufti pir cf pcfi hc
sus lrdzis.

Bdlrjcffc ajrdld, mdsgjodhd, giai sjcaprc quc dprcohád dfbi oucvi.

‘Cotiogcs grccs quc cs uo kialrc. ‘Ilscrv÷ su joacosd mjburd, quc jogfusi co

su trjstc cstdhi hdld aucstrds hc uod mucrzd coirac ‘. ¹Grccs quc cf `cmc tcoád
rdz÷o9 Wj sc pioc ac`ir, ¹jotcotdrä dtdgdrois d oisitrds, i d cffis9 ‘Fdhc÷ fd
gdlczd y ajr÷ jotcrribdotc d [cod ‘. ^drcgc quc pihrád scr auy pcfjbrisi gudohi
cstê rcgupcrdhi.
 

‘Zi tdaljêo fi siy ‘giacot÷ [cod jr÷ojgdacotc‘. Wupiobi quc tihi hcpcohc
hcf puoti hc vjstd. ‘Ajr÷ d fd grjdturd, quc cfjbj÷ csc aiacoti pdrd dlrjr cf i`i
sdoi y ajrdrfds.

Bdlrjcffc simig÷ uod cxgfdadgj÷o df vcrfc cf i`i, quc crd hc uo gifir hirdhi fáqujhi,
gio fcvcs gkjspds dbdzdpdhds co sus primuohjhdhcs.

‘Ik... ¡quê liojti!

Cf i`i, sirprcohjhi, sc mj`÷ co su gdrd y fucbi co fd hc [cod. Hêljfacotc, giai sj fc

gistdrd uo brdo csmucrzi, fd giajsurd hc su ligd hc mirad cxtrdôd sc cfcv÷. Dlrj÷
fd adohálufd, rcvcfdohi uois jogjsjvis kuadois gialjodhis gio uois gifajffis
gurvis ljco dutêotjgis. Dtcotdacotc, cf i`i hirdhi ilscrv÷ fd gdrd hc [cod pdrd
vcr su rcdggj÷o, pcri fd bucrrcrd adotuvi su scrcojhdh japcrturldlfc y sjbuj÷
fjapjdohi fd kcrjhd quc tcoád gcrgd hcf itri i`i.

Fd grjdturd aivj÷ fd fcobud y fucbi giosjbuj÷ susurrdr0

‘Brdgjds.
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[cod y Bdlrjcffc sc ajrdrio.

‘Lucoi ‘giacot÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. Xcoáds rdz÷o. Itrd vcz. Giai sjcaprc. ‘Acoc÷
fd gdlczd y muc d gibcr uod tdzd hc dbud pdrd su pdgjcotc. [cod siorj÷ ajcotrds fd
ajrdld dfc`drsc y fd siorjsd pcradocgj÷ co su gdrd gudohi vifvj÷ d ajrdr d fd
grjdturd.

‘Hc odhd. ‘Fi ajr÷ gio mjraczd‘. Cstäs ldstdotc adfkcrjhi. ‘Fcvdot÷ fd ajrdhd

gudohi Bdlrjcffc
vds d tdrhdr rcbrcs÷
uois háds gio cf dbud‘. Kdrê tihi fi quc puchd pir tu i`i. ^cri
co rcgupcrdrtc.

Bdlrjcffc fc cgk÷ uod ajrdhd fdrbd y gjrguospcgtd df iárfi, pcri sc drrihjff÷ y imrcgj÷
cf dbud df... kialrc kcrjhi, scbðo fi giosjhcrdld dkird, yd oi uod grjdturd. [cod fi
fcvdot÷ pdrd quc puhjcrd lclcr y êf fd ajr÷ dfbi sirprcohjhi. Fi vifvj÷ d tualdr y
tcrajo÷ hc rcgibcr fd lifsd hc kjcrlds. Fi ajr÷.

‘¹G÷ai tc ffdads9

Cf i`i cstuhj÷ fis suyis fdrbi rdti. Fucbi fis fdljis sc aivjcrio fcvcacotc hc oucvi

y giosjbuj÷ vifvcr d susurrdr0

 

‘@cssdo. ‘Z sc fd quch÷ ajrdohi.

‘[cod ‘hj`i cffd y scôdf÷ df itri fdhi hc êf. Wu i`i sjbuj÷ cf bcsti y sc pis÷ co fd
gdrd hc Bdlrjcffc‘. Bdlrjcffc.
Bdlrjcffc.

Dfbi, cotiogcs, uo vcstjbji hc rcgioigjajcoti dsia÷ co su cxprcsj÷o. Dsjotj÷ y

auraur÷ sudvcacotc0
‘Csi grcád... ‘Z sc quch÷ hirajhi.

[cod cstdld aäs sjfcogjisd quc jogfusi hc gistualrc ajcotrds dhcgcotdldo cf

gdapdacoti hcspuês hc gcodr. Wu pdgjcotc hiraád dpdgjlfcacotc,
dpdgjlf cacotc, sjo riogdr, dotc
fd sirprcsd hc dalds, hdhd su hcotjgj÷o y fd cstrugturd hc su adohálufd.

‘¹]ds d hdrtc uo ldôi9 ‘prcbuot÷ Bdlrjcffc, sdgdohi ripd fjapjd. Ajr÷ d [cod,
quc giotcapfdld cf mucbi, gio cxprcsj÷o dlsirtd. Cstdld d puoti hc rcpctjr fd
prcbuotd gudohi [cod suspjr÷ pir mjo y fd ajr÷.

‘Wá. ‘Wc mrit÷ cf gucffi y sc cstjr÷ ‘. D csi viy. Kd sjhi uo hád auy fdrbi.

Bdlrjcffc sc pusi hcträs hc cffd y fc sift÷ fds tjrds y kcljffds hc fd dradhurd, quc 4= 
[cod sc qujt÷, `uoti gio fis lrdzdfcs, fds cspjojffcrds y fds litds.

‘¹Grccs quc cstdrä ljco sj sc quchd sifi uo aiacoti9 ‘prcbuot÷ Bdlrjcffc,

dpiydohi fd ldrljffd co cf kialri aäs ld`i hc [cod‘. Grci quc d aá tdaljêo ac
dpctcgc hdrac uo ldôi.

[cod fc hjrjbj÷ uod ajrdhd rjsucôd pcri johufbcotc.

‘Dk, dsá quc tc dpctcgc, ¹ck9 ‘Wc fcvdot÷, gibj÷ uod gdajsd fjapjd hc fjoi y fc
fdoz÷ uod d Bdlrjcffc‘. Z yi quc grcád quc yd kdlráds tcojhi ldstdotc dbud cstd
tdrhc.

‘¡Iyc! ‘cxgfda÷ fd ldrhi‘. ¡Cs gjcrti! Ac  hclcs  uod pir csi... ‘Dvdoz÷
dacodzdhird kdgjd [cod, quc cstdld hc pjc gio fis lrdzis gruzdhis, cgkäohifc csd
ajrdhd tjpi "d quc oi tc dtrcvcs". Bdlrjcffc cotrcgcrr÷ fis i`is gio rdljd mjobjhd y
bruô÷‘0 Xc fd vds d gdrbdr...

‘@d. ^rjacri tcohräs quc gibcrac ‘rcpfjg÷ [cod, quc cgk÷ d girrcr kdgjd cf
drriyi.
 

Adfhjgjcohi, Bdlrjcffc sdfj÷ hjspdrdhd trds cffd, sdljcohi pcrmcgtdacotc quc oi

pihrád dfgdozdr d fd au`cr aäs dftd oj duoquc fi jotcotdrd, pcri jotcotäohifi hc
tihds mirads. Girrád d tdf vcfigjhdh quc oi sc hji gucotd hc quc cf drriyi vifvád
silrc sá ajsai y sc cogiotr÷ co cf djrc cogjad hc uo trdai hc dbud dotcs hc
pcrgdtdrsc hc fi quc cstdld pdsdohi, df sdfjr girrjcohi hc fd irjffd.

‘Ik, Kdhcs ‘auraur÷ y gcrr÷ fis i`is, d fd cspcrd hcf dtdquc kcfdhi hcf drriyi.
Gudohi pcosdld quc cstdld d puoti hc hdr co cf dbud, muc dtrdpdhd co achji hcf
djrc y co gdalji dtcrrjz÷ co uod irjffd guljcrtd hc kjcrld‘. Summ ‘ `dhc÷ y dlrj÷ fis
i`is pdrd cogiotrdrsc gio fd siorjsd sdrh÷ojgd hc [cod, cgkdhd `uoti d cffd co fd
kjcrld.

‘Bdlrjcffc, ¹cs quc ouogd ajrds pir h÷ohc vds9 ¹Cs quc sjcaprc tc tjcocs quc
fdozdr d fds gisds hc gdlczd9 ‘Fd bucrrcrd cstdld dpiydhd co uo gihi, gio uod
siorjsd co fd giajsurd hc fis fdljis quc sudvjzdld gudfqujcr grátjgd japfágjtd.

‘Oi ‘ `dhc÷ Bdlrjcff

Bdlrjcffc,
c, sjo dfjcoti‘. Wjcaprc ac fdozi d fds gisds hc gdlczd. Z
ajrd h÷ohc cstiy. ‘Dfdrb÷ fd adoi, tig÷ d [cod co fd puotd hc fd odrjz y vji fd
siorjsd hc fd bucrrcrd.
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‘H÷ohc, ¹vcrhdh9 ‘rj÷ [cod.

 @cssdo oit÷ quc cf hifir crd aäs dbuhi dkird. Fd joscosjljfjhdh quc kdlád tcojhi
 pdrcgád cstdr hcsdpdrcgjcohi, fi gudf pihád giosjhcrdrsc lucod scôdf, supusi.
Kdlád hirajhi uo luco rdti y crd vdbdacotc giosgjcotc hc fi quc fi rihcdld.
Oitdld cf gdfir hc uod kibucrd, d su hcrcgkd, y cf i`i sdoi fc johjgdld quc tdaljêo
kdlád fuz co csd hjrcggj÷o. 
hjrcggj÷o. 

 Dsá quc êsd crd [cod, rcmfcxjio÷ su acotc dturhjhd. Hdhi fi quc êf ê f crd, kdlád iáhi
kdlfdr hc fd ^rjogcsd Bucrrcrd, pir supucsti. Cf ^uclfi sc adotcoád df tdoti hc fis
bucrrcris quc silrcsdfádo pir cogjad hc fi oiradf, quc pihádo supiocr uo pcfjbri
 pdrd su cspcgjc. [cod kdlád supucsti csc pcfjbri. Wu bcotc kdlád hcsdrriffdhi uod
kdljfjhdh auy ðtjf pdrd cvjtdr d fd cspcgjc hc cffd0 pcos÷ quc pihád giosjhcrdrsc
giai uod giogjcogjd hc fd vjhd. Oiradfacotc pihád pcrgjljr d fis scrcs vjvis quc fi
rihcdldo, fd vcrhc joacosjhdh hcf lisquc, fds grjdturds pcqucôds y kujhjzds, fd
rcspjrdgj÷o hc fd tjcrrd ajsad. Fds pcrsiods giai [cod hcstdgdldo co csd pdz giai
dfbi aucrti y mci, isguri y hcsdbrdhdlfc. Cvjtdrfds sifád scr mägjf, ouogd tcoád quc
 prcbuotdrsc sj uoi hc su cspcgjc qu
qucrád
crád kdgcrfc
kdgcrfc cf adf i cf ljco, s÷fi tcoá
tcoád
d quc Ajrdr
y fucbi hcsdpdrcgcr co cf vcrhir japcoctrdlfc hc su lisquc odtdf... ^cri cstis
dfhcdois, d qujcocs oi kdlád kcgki cf acoir hdôi, fc kdládo kcgki dfbi co fd
 

gdlczd y dkird oi gioscbuád pcrgjljr odhd. Csi fc hdld aäs ajchi quc odhd d fi
quc sc kuljcrd comrcotdhi co tihd su vjhd. Xcohrád quc tiadr hcgjsjiocs silrc cstds
his pcrsiods ldsäohisc ðojgdacotc co su jostjoti, y csi oi ldstdld. ¹G÷ai pihád
giomjdr co cffds9 ¹Giomjdr co [cod9 Japisjlfc. Csd au`cr hcstruád dfhcds, adtdld d
ojôis joigcotcs. ¹Tuê jld d kdgcr gio êf9 Gjcrti, fc kdlád fjapjdhi fds kcrjhds.
^rildlfcacotc pdrd pihcr sdgdrfc kdstd cf ðftjai hctdffc hc jomiradgj÷o dotcs hc
adtdrfi. Oi, csi oi tcoád scotjhi. Xdf vcz qucrád cxkjljrfi giai d uo dojadf. Wdlád
hc itris hc su cspcgjc quc kdládo sumrjhi csc hcstjoi. Iy÷ uois hêljfcs rigcs y ffcb÷
d fd giogfusj÷o hc quc prildlfcacotc cstdldo gcrgd. Aäs fc vdfád cgkdr uo vjstdzi
y capczdr d pfdocdr g÷ai csgdpdr. D fi ac`ir... ¡quê jhcd! D fi ac`ir pihrád
adtdrfd... ¡quê prcaji pdrd su bcotc, oi tcocr quc vifvcr d prcigupdrsc `daäs hc
quc fd ^rjogcsd Bucrrcrd fis puhjcrd cogiotrdr! Wu pdhrc cstdrád auy irbuffisi.
irbuffisi.  

Df prjogjpji fds ffdads ld`ds fc kjgjcrio pdrpdhcdr y fdbrjacdr y fc japjhjcrio vcr

odhd aäs dfrchchir hcf mucbi. Cspcr÷ pdgjcotcacotc y fds sialrds pigi d pigi sc
mucrio dgfdrdohi gdhd vcz aäs. So gdapdacoti ljco irbdojzdhi. So gdapdacoti

hc
oi bucrrcri.
auy fc`is,Dfiy÷
jotdotc sc sjotj÷
cf rujhi äspcriac`ir. Hjstjobuj÷
quc kdgád fd hjmusd
df pdstdr mirad
fd kjcrld. hirdhd hcf gdldffi
Aivjajcoti... su i`i
sc aivj÷ kdgjd fd jzqujcrhd y sc cogiotr÷ gio fd ajrdhd hc [cod, quc cstdld 4; 
rcgfjodhd co uod rigd gcrgdod, igupäohisc hc uod pjczd hc dradhurd. Cstdld
cgkdhd, vcstjhd gio uod gdajsd hc fjoi, silrc fi quc pdrcgád uod brucsd dfmialrd
hc pjcf ocbrd, gio fds pjcrods hcsouhds cstjrdhds y gruzdhds, y su kialri scrvád hc
dfaikdh÷o d fd au`cr ruljd aäs `ivco, quc cstdld primuohdacotc hirajhd.

Wc ajrdrio co sjfcogji uo aiacoti, giai fi kdrádo his pihcrisis dojadfcs hcf

lisquc, pdrd hcgjhjr sj sc trdtdld hc uo dajbi i uo cocajbi. [cod oi sc cobdôdld
gio rcspcgti d fi quc crd gdpdz hc kdgcr, gudfqujcrd gio i`is co fd gdrd sc pihád
hdr gucotd hc quc oi crd uo brdo`cri. ^cri cf i`i crd jotcfjbcotc, kdlád
pcosdajcoti trds csd ajrdhd, oi fd murjd gjcbd hc uod lcstjd. [cod tcoád fd scosdgj÷o
hc quc sc pihád rdziodr gio êf. Df acois, csi cspcrdld. Oi tcoád fd acoir bdod hc
kdgcrfc aäs hdôi.

Ouogd kdládo acogjiodhi, pcos÷ @cssdo, vdbdacotc hjvcrtjhi, quc dhcaäs crd
lcffd, pdrd trdtdrsc hc uod hc su cspcgjc. Fd cxgcfcogjd co cf gdapi hc ldtdffd sá,
csi sá quc fi acogjiod
acogjiodldo.
ldo. Fd mdftd hc ajscrjgirhjd, fds grucfhdhcs, cf hcsprcgji d fd
vjhd. Xihi csi yd fi sdlád. Z kdlád iáhi, giai tihis, quc kdlád rcouogjdhi d su vjhd
giai scôird hc fd bucrrd y quc sc hchjgdld d rcgirrcr fds tjcrrds, dyuhdohi d fd
bcotc gudohi pihád. Duoquc oi fi kdládo grcáhi, pucs sjo huhd odhjc tdo
sdobujodrji giai cffd pihád gdaljdr tdo hc rcpcotc. ¹^ihád hc`drfi sjo aäs gudohi
 

gioigád, co gucrpi y dfad, fi quc su ^uclfi tdaljêo gioigád0 fd cumirjd hcf gialdtc,
cf mucbi jogiapdrdlfc quc jovdhc cf girdz÷o df adtdr9 ¹Cf `ðljfi mcriz hcf gialdtc
d aucrtc quc girrád pir fds vcods
vc ods giai uo vjoi mucrtc9 ¡Cf hio hc Drcs! Êf fi gioigád.
Wdlád quc cffd tdaljêo0 fi ffcvdld csgrjti co fis i`is, fcbjlfc pdrd dfbujco giai êf.
Oi, oi fi kdládo grcáhi. 
grcáhi. 

 Dkird su vjhd hcpcohád hc quc hcsgulrjcrd sj crd rcdfacotc gjcrti, y s÷fi tcoád fis
scotjhis másjgis y fd gdpdgjhdh hc rdgjigjoji pdrd kdgcrfi. Oi crd `usti. Kdlrád sjhi
tdo mägjf... gio s÷fi gcrrdr fis i`is y cxtcohcr sudvcacotc su pcrgcpgj÷o, kdlrád vjsti
su Aifhc. Dkird, fi ðojgi quc pihád kdgcr crd ajrdr gio su vjstd jodhcgudhd y vcr d
uod au`cr aircod, aäs `ivco hc fi quc grcád, fjapjdohi uod pjczd hc dradhurd
 `uoti d uod mibdtd ljco k kcgkd.
cgkd. Drrbbb.
Drrbbb. LLucoi,
ucoi, cstdld sifd, sdfvi pir fd ldrhi. Kdstd
dká, fd kjstirjd crd gjcrtd. ¹Z cf rcsti9 ¹G÷ai pihád cspcrdr sdlcrfi9 Fd ldrhi sc
aucvc, dk, tjcoc sucôis isguris. Ilscrv÷ gudohi [cod dpdrt÷ fd ajrdhd hc êf y sc
giogcotr÷ co gdalji co Bdlrjcffc, y dkird vji fd caigj÷o hc su gdrd df rihcdr d fd
augkdgkd gio uo lrdzi y dkuycotdr su pcsdhjffd, trdoqujfjzäohifd. Dk. Hc rcpcotc,

sc sjotj÷
dkird, df augki
acois,ac`ir.
pdrcgádDcstdr
fi ac`ir crd  gjcrti. Adôdod jotcotdrád hcsgulrjrfi. ^ir
d sdfvi. 
sdfvi.

Df hcspcrtdrsc d fd adôdod sjbujcotc, @cssdo supi quc prildlfcacotc vjvjrád. Wus

4: 
girtcs sc cstdldo gurdohi y yd oi scotád cf adfsdoi gdfir hc fd mjclrc d su dfrchchir.
dfrc hchir.
Fis bifpcs fc hifádo y fd gdlczd fc adrtjffcdld
adrtjf fcdld cspcgjdfacotc, pcri cstdld aäs dfcrtd
y sus pcosdajcotis crdo gikcrcotcs y gucrhis. Dlrj÷ cf i`i gudohi uods pjsdhds sc
dgcrgdrio d êf y sc mj`÷ gio gjcrtd hjmjguftdh co fd `ivco ldrhi ruljd, quc cstdld hc
rihjffds d su fdhi gio dbud quc fc kdgád augkd mdftd. Fis i`is hc Bdlrjcffc sc
cogiotrdrio gio cf suyi sjo ajchi, ajcotrds fi dyuhdld d lclcr.

‘Lucois háds ‘hj`i, dfcbrcacotc‘. ^ir mdvir, lêlctc tihi csti. Fi ocgcsjtds.
@cssdo ilchcgj÷ y fucbi ilscrv÷ su liojtd gdrd gio jotcrês.

‘Oi tjcocs ajchi ‘giacot÷, ilscrvdohi quc codrgdld fd gc`d dotc fd prcbuotd
quc hc`dld cotrcvcr su viz äspcrd.

‘Oi ‘giotcst÷ Bdlrjcffc, imrcgjêohifc aäs dbud.

‘^ucs hclcráds ‘bruô÷ @cssdo, dfzdohi fis fdljis gio csmucrzi pdrd aistrdr fis
gifajffis‘. Jogfusi dkird, pihrád adtdrtc tdo hcprjsd quc oj sjqujcrd [cod pihrád

hctcocrac.
 

‘Fi huhi ‘susurr÷ uod viz brdvc y sjljfdotc co su itri iáhi. Oit÷ cf mrái dgcri co
cf gucffi y sc quch÷ joa÷vjf. Wu i`i hirdhi bjr÷ df itri fdhi pdrd cogiotrdrsc gio
fis dzufcs hc [cod d acois hc higc gcotáactris hc su gdrd.   ¡^ir Drcs! ¡G÷ai kd
gioscbujhi dgcrgdrsc tdoti!  Cf girdz÷o fc adrtjffc÷ co cf pcgki, kdstd quc sc hji
gucotd hc quc cf dgcri quc oitdld oi crd aäs quc cf gugkjffi pcqucôi quc usdld
pdrd fjapjdr fds kcrjhds y quc cstdld kdgjcohi `ustdacotc csi dfrchchir hc su i`i
kjogkdhi.

Bdlrjcffc sc rj÷ sudvcacotc.

‘Xrdoqujfi. Hc tihds mirads, oi fi kdlráds kcgki. ‘Fc imrcgj÷ uo pigi hc gdroc d

fd pdrrjffd‘. Df gdli hc uo tjcapi, tjcocs uod... oi sê... giai uod scosdgj÷o silrc
fds pcrsiods gudohi tjcoco jotcogj÷o hc adtdrtc i hc pcbdrtc i csc tjpi hc gisds.
D aá ac kd pdrcgjhi quc cstdlds ldstdotc ljco. ‘Fc pds÷ itri pchdzi hc gdroc,
hdhi quc êf cstdld adstjgdohi hjstrdáhi cf prjacri y kdgjcohi tihi fi pisjlfc pir
oi pcosdr co [cod drrihjffdhd d su fdhi gio uo gugkjffi giotrd su sjco ‘. Z fd vcrhdh
cs quc csi ois pdsd auy d acouhi, pirquc augkd bcotc qujcrc adtdrois i
pcbdrois i gisds dsá, ¹sdlcs9 ‘Fc pusi uod adoi co cf lrdzi y fi ajr÷ df i`i ‘.

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Wjcoti augkásjai quc csd bcotc tc kjgjcrd hdôi.

Êf hc`÷ hc adstjgdr y sc fd quch÷ ajrdohi. Df gdli hc uod vjhd cotcrd hc rcgjljr cf

ihji hc su cspcgjc, csti fc rcsuftdld gdsj hcadsjdhi huri hc sipirtdr. Cffd fc hji
uods pdfadhjtds co cf lrdzi y sc fcvdot÷, cogdajoäohisc df mucbi hiohc cstdld
gigjodohi.

Hcsgiogcrtdhi, vifvj÷ fd ajrdhd kdgjd [cod, quc cstdld tcrajodohi gio su kcrjhd
hc fd gdlczd. Cffd fc siorj÷ fcvcacotc.

‘]c fd liohdh co tihi cf auohi.

Êf sc quch÷ pcosdohi co csi. ^ihád scr gjcrti. Xdf vcz...

‘Cs cvjhcotc quc fd kd vjsti co tj ‘hj`i co viz dftd, iltcojcohi uod pcqucôd
vjgtirjd pir fd cxprcsj÷o silrcsdftdhd hc sus i`is. Dk... tcoád rdz÷o. Wc sjotj÷
ac`ir‘. Oi ac grcád quc kuljcrds hc`dhi hc adtdr. ‘Fd ajr÷ d fis i`is, cspc`is
hcf dfad jogfusi co cf gdsi hc cffd ‘. Dkird sá. ‘Wc dpiy÷ co uo gihi c jogirpir÷
cf gucrpi hifirjhi pdrd pihcr rcgfjodrsc d achjds y kdlfdr gio cffd. Oi sc jld d
pcrhcr cstd ipirtuojhdh. ^usi co irhco sus jhcds, sdljcohi quc tcohrád quc hdr

gjcrtd jomiradgj÷o dotcs hc iltcocrfd. Wc hji gucotd, df dlrjr fd ligd pdrd kdlfdr,
 

hc quc kdlád hcgjhjhi giomjdr co cffds, df acois pir dkird. Crd pdvirisi, giai sj
kuljcrd sdftdhi hc uo dfti prcgjpjgji sjo bdrdotád hc silrcvjvjr df dtcrrjzd`c.

‘Wiy ‘hcgfdr÷, cgkdohi uod ajrdhd d Bdlrjcffc, quc kdlád vucfti y dkird cstdld
scotdhd df fdhi hc [cod‘, uo kj`i hc Drcs.

Wjo caldrbi, cstd rjalialdotc hcgfdrdgj÷o oi iltuvi cf pdsai kdljtudf hc su

pðlfjgi.

Bdlrjcffc rcsipf÷.

‘Gdrdy, pucs sá quc adrjpiscd.

[cod sc fjajt÷ d piocr fis i`is co lfdogi.

‘G÷ai oi ‘adsguff÷‘. Xcohrád quc kdlêracfi jadbjodhi.

@cssdo pds÷ fd ajrdhd hc fd uod d fd itrd auy hcsgiogcrtdhi. Dsá pucs, ¹pihád scr
gjcrti9

‘Kdlfäjs hc Drcs giai sj fi gioigjêrdjs ‘hj`i, dfzdohi su viz äspcrd co tioi hc <4 
prcbuotd.

[cod suspjr÷.

‘¹Tujcrcs hcgjr quc tð oi9 ‘Wc dpiy÷ co uo tig÷o quc tcoád hcträs y cstjr÷ fds
fdrbds pjcrods‘. Tuê mdftd hc giosjhcrdgj÷o pir su pdrtc. Duoquc
Du oquc oi ac sirprcohc.
‘Fi ajr÷‘. Zi crd uod hc sus Cfcbjhis. ‘Êf fc sistuvi fd ajrdhd, rctäohifd d hcgjr
cf rcsti‘. Kdstd quc uo hád hcgjhá riapcr oucstri giotrdti. ‘Jovifuotdrjdacotc,
su ajrdhd sc hcsvj÷ kdgjd Bdlrjcffc, quc fc siorj÷ giai rcspucstd ‘. ^cri ouogd
kdlád iáhi kdlfdr hc tu cspcgjc. ¹Tuê crcs, yd quc cstdais9

@cssdo sc quch÷ co sjfcogji uo aiacoti, rcpdsdohi

rcpdsdo hi fi quc kdlád dvcrjbudhi. Kdlád
hcsdmjdhi d Drcs. Dsá quc fis ruaircs crdo gjcrtis.

‘Drcs hcgjhj÷ quc cstdld kdrti hc fis airtdfcs y qujsi grcdr uo c`êrgjti hc
bucrrcris joairtdfcs quc fc mucrdo fcdfcs. ‘Gdrrdspc÷ uo pigi y Bdlrjcffc sc
jogfjo÷ pdrd pdsdrfc cf ihrc hc dbud ‘. Brdgjds ‘rcspiohj÷ riogdacotc‘. Ois grc÷
aczgfdohi fd sdobrc hc uo fc÷o gio fd hc uo kialrc y uojcohi oucstrds his
cspcgjcs co uod sifd. ‘Lclj÷ uo fdrbi trdbi hc dbud‘. Wiais aäs mucrtcs quc
 

vucstrd cspcgjc y mjcris giai fciocs, y vjvjais pdrd

pdr d cf gialdtc y fd aucrtc. ‘Wdg÷
fd adohálufd y fcs cgk÷ su ac`ir ajrdhd hc bucrrcri hcspjdhdhi.

Fd ligd hc [cod csliz÷ uod siorjsd.

‘Dk, yd ‘giacot÷‘. ¹Z quê pds÷9

Cf brdo bucrrcri suspjr÷.

‘Dmrihjtd.

‘Ikkk... ‘hj`crio [cod y Bdlrjcffc d fd vcz, adfjgjisdacotc.

‘Wc prcscot÷ dotc êf gudohi cstdld tcrajodohi. Giactj÷ cf crrir hc hc`drfd uo

aiacoti d sifds gio oucstris dotcpdsdhis. ‘Wc quch÷ ajrdohi fd fuz hcf sif hc
fd adôdod‘. Cffd ois hji fd airtdfjhdh. Ois hji dfad y fd vifuotdh hc gioigcrfd.
Z... ‘Dquá sc hctuvi, gudohi fd pcod fc dbdrrit÷ fd bdrbdotd y fc japjhj÷ scbujr
kdlfdohi. Ld`÷ fd ajrdhd y df gdli hc uo aiacoti vifvj÷ d ajrdr sus gdrds scrjds,
pcri dtcotds‘. Z ois hji fd gdpdgjhdh hc dadr. ‘ Dk... Hcvio
Hcvio,, ffir÷ su girdz÷o.
<< 
\cspjrdohi kiohi, dpdrt÷ sus rcgucrhis pir fd mucrzd y gdrrdspc÷ ‘. Kdgc scjs dôis,
oi fc`is hc dquá, uois hc vucstrd cspcgjc rihcdrio d trcs hc oisitris y adtdrio d
aj Hcvio gio sus mfcgkds hc gildrhcs. ‘Gio mjcrczd, hcsdmjdotc, dfz÷ cf i`i pdrd
ajrdrfds d fis suyis, cspcrdohi oi sdlád auy ljco quê‘. Cstdld caldrdzdhd hc aj
kj`i. ‘Dkird sus pdfdlrds sc tjôcrio hc g÷fcrd ‘0 Oi kdládais kcgki  odhd odhd...
... d
vucstrd cspcgjc.

Bdlrjcffc fi ajr÷, kirrirjzdhd. Dfdrb÷ fd adoi y fc dbdrr÷ cf lrdzi gio giapdsj÷o.

[cod acocdld fd gdlczd y suspjr÷ primuohdacotc.

‘Fi sjcoti. ‘Wc quch÷ ajrdohi df kialrc dtcotdacotc, oitdohi g÷ai dprctdld
y dmfi`dld fis brdohcs puôis ‘. Dmrihjtd muc auy grucf.

@cssdo fd ajr÷.

‘¹Grucf9 ¹Z pir quê9 ‘prcbuot÷, gio gurjisjhdh‘. ¹Guäoti aäs grucf muc vucstrd
cspcgjc, df adtdrfd d sdobrc mrád9

‘]jvjais co uo auohi grucf, @cssdo ‘giotcst÷ [cod‘. Cf adyir rjcsbi quc sc

puchc girrcr cs dadr d dfbujco. ‘Kdlfdld sjo cxprcsj÷o‘. Oi puchi kdgcrac
 

rcspiosdlfc hc tihis fis dgtis, lucois i adfis, hc aj bcotc, pcri fi fdacoti, pir
tj y pir tu Hcvio. ‘Wc pusi lrusgdacotc co pjc y sc cogdajo÷ kdgjd Drbi.

‘¹Dfbuod vcz kds fdacotdhi codairdrtc, @cssdo9 ‘prcbuot÷ Bdlrjcffc, co viz

ld`d. Ilscrv÷ su gdrd, ajcotrds êf achjtdld su rcspucstd. Co rcdfjhdh oi crd tdo
cspdotisi hc dspcgti, uod vcz quc tc dgistualrdlds d êf. Wu ristri, duoquc
adbuffdhi, tcoád gjcrtd oilfczd.Csi
oilfczd.Csi prildlfcacotc tdaljêo prigchc hc Dmrihjtd,
Dmrihjtd,
pcos÷, scburi quc Drcs oi fis kdlrád kcgki tdo dtrdgtjvis. Dkird ljco, fis gifajffis
crdo puri Drcs. Fd odrjz rcspjobiod, pir itri fdhi, crd gfdrdacotc gisd hc Dmrihjtd.

‘Oi, Bdlrjcffc, ouogd fi kc fdacotdhi, y tdapigi dkird ‘giotcst÷ pir mjo, giai
sj fd rcspucstd fi sirprcohjcrd uo pigi‘. Cs hcgjr, [cod tjcoc rdz÷o, ¹sdlcs9
]jvjais pir fd cspdhd y sjcaprc sdlcais quc puchc pdsdr csti. Wiais fi quc
siais, d mjo hc gucotds. ‘Wuspjr÷‘. Oi, gdhd ajouti vdfj÷ fd pcod. ‘Csti pdrcgj÷
rcgiomirtdrfi, pucs fd ajr÷ hc oucvi gio uod cxprcsj÷o
cxp rcsj÷o aäs dpdgjlfc‘. Brdgjds pir
rcgirhäracfi.

Cffd fc siorj÷ y sc fcvdot÷.

‘Hjsgðfpdac uo aiacoti. <7 

Gio uo suspjri, sc cgk÷ hc oucvi y pdrpdhc÷. Kdlád sjhi uod giovcrsdgj÷o
sirprcohcotc, pcos÷. Dquá kdy dfbi aäs hc fi quc sê. Cstjr÷ fds cxtrcajhdhcs,
sjotjcohi cf hifir quc fds jovdhád. Gcrr÷ fis i`is c jotcot÷ hc oucvi cxtcohcr su
 pcrgcpgj÷o. Odhd. Giai sj tuvjcrd uo sdgi dtdhi d fd gdlczd. Wuspjr÷. ¹Cstdld
scburi hc cffds9 Oi... pcri co cf miohi tdapigi pihád ihjdrfds, giai hclcrád ihjdr
d fd bcotc quc adt÷ d su Hcvio. Cstds his oi crdo dqucffis dfhcdois. Csi fi sdlád.
¹Hclád kdgcr gdsi hc su girdz÷o9 Oi, hcadsjdhi pcfjbrisi, tdot
tdoti
i pdrd êf giai pdrd
su bcotc. Ac`ir quc oi kuljcrd ^rjogcsds Bucrrcrds pir cf auohi. 
auohi. 

[cod sc dfc`÷ hc cffis, gio fd acotc giomusd. Fi quc fc kdlád hjgki df kialrc crd fd
vcrhdh. Bdlrjcffc tihdvád tcoád pcsdhjffds silrc su aucrtc. ¡Fi quc fc kdlád kcgki
pdsdr d su dajbd! ¹Tuê hcrcgki tcoád
tcoá d d kdgcr csi9 Hclcrád kdlcr scbujhi aj pripji
giosc`i,, pcos÷ brdvcacotc.Hcadsjdhi
giosc`i brdvcacotc.Hcadsjdhi tdrhc...
tdrhc... Wc scot÷ co uod rigd pdrd piocr co
irhco sus jhcds giomusds y sc dprcsur÷ d gibcr uod pjczd hc dradhurd gudohi iy÷
quc sc dgcrgdld fd ldrhi. Ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc, quc sc scot÷ d su fdhi.

‘¹Cstäs ljco9 ‘prcbuot÷ fd ldrhi, co viz ld`d, ilscrvdohi su gdrd.

‘Wá ‘giotcst÷ cffd, pufjcohi cf trizi hc dradhurd.

 

Bdlrjcffc sc dgcrg÷ aäs y fc susurr÷ df iáhi0

‘Ajcotcs.

Giosjbuj÷ achjd siorjsd.

‘ ‘ ‘
Wá. [cod sift÷ uo rcsipfjhi . Ac kd rcgirhdhi quc sê fi quc
q uc sc sjcotc df airjr.
‘Ik... ‘hj`i Bdlrjcffc, gio tioi dpdbdhi.

[cod fd ajr÷.

‘¹Fdacotds kdlcr prcbuotdhi9

‘Oi ‘siorj÷ fd ldrhi‘. Ac dfcbri hc quc kdyds giotcstdhi. ‘Dpiy÷ fd gdlczd

co cf kialri hc [cod‘. Lucoi, ¹quê vdais d kdgcr gio êf9

‘Aaa ‘auraur÷ fd dftd bucrrcrd‘. Hcpcohc hc fi quc qujcrd kdgcr êf, ¹oi9
Cstä ldstdotc fc`is hc gdsd. Ac prcbuoti g÷ai kd ffcbdhi kdstd dquá.

Bdlrjcffc sc cogibj÷ hc kialris. <8 

‘Wupiobi quc tcohrcais quc prcbuotärscfi, ¹oi9 ‘Ajr÷ kdgjd cf itri fdhi hcf
gdapdacoti‘. Ac bustd. Cs hcgjr, sê quc hd ajchi ajrdrfi y quc prildlfcacotc
cs pcfjbrisi, pcri tdaljêo tjcoc dfbi hufgc.

‘Wá ‘giotcst÷ [cod csguctdacotc‘. Dfbi.

Csd oigkc, su brdo pdgjcotc

pdgjcot c sc uoj÷ d cffds pdrd gcodr dfrchchir hcf mucbi. Wc gurdld
dsialrisdacotc hcprjsd0 uo fcbdhi hc Drcs, sispcgkdld [cod.  Wj tc vds d pdsdr fd
vjhd fugkdohi, aäs vdfc quc tc gurcs räpjhi, ¹ck9   Wiorj÷ pir hcotri.  D
D aá ac kd
vcojhi ljco, hc vcz co gudohi.  Xcrajo÷ cf pcsgdhi y ajr÷ d @cssdo, quc
giotcapfdld pcosdtjvi cf mucbi.

‘Lucoi ‘hj`i. Êf fcvdot÷ fd ajrdhd df iár su viz‘. ¹Xc hjrjbcs d gdsd9

@cssdo suspjr÷.

‘Aj gdsd cstä co fd gistd oiricstc. ‘Wiorj÷ sjo kuair‘. Oi grci quc fi giosjbd.
Kdy hcadsjdhis dscotdajcotis, gio hcadsjdhd bcotc dsustdhd hcshc dquá kdstd
dffá. ‘Wc quch÷ ajrdohi df sucfi‘. Wijs uod cspcgjc grucf y cstðpjhd, ¹fi sdládjs9
Oucstrd bcotc `daäs kd dtdgdhi d fd vucstrd, pcri vjvjais co fds sialrds, gio fd
 

cspcrdozd hc quc oi ois vcdjs, pirquc gudohi ois vcjs, oi pdräjs hc hdrois gdzd
kdstd quc adtäjs d tihis fis quc cogioträjs.

‘Cf ajchi hd uod brdo aitjvdgj÷o ‘rcspiohj÷ [cod, gio tioi mrái‘. Ac jadbjoi
quc fd bcotc quc tc vcd, y @cssdo, tjcocs quc rcgioigcr quc tjcocs uo dspcgti hc fi
aäs mcriz, oi pihrád jadbjodrsc quc oi dtdgdráds sj puhjcrds. ‘@ubuctc÷ hjstrdáhd
gio uod pjchrcgjtd quc tcoád gcrgd hc fd litd ‘. Hc oi kdlcrtc gioigjhi, yi kdlrád
pcosdhi csi.

@cssdo fi dsjajf÷.

‘Z ac kdlráds dtdgdhi df jostdotc. ‘Ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc, quc budrhdld sjfcogji, pcri

ilscrvdld sus ristris ajcotrds kdlfdldo.

[cod fc hchjg÷ uod hc sus siorjsds fcotds y mjcrds.

‘Lucoi, co itri tjcapi tdf vcz. Dkird, prildlfcacotc kdlrád cspcrdhi d quc tð

ac dtdgdrds prjacri. ‘Cgk÷ uod ajrdhd räpjhd d fd ldrhi ‘. Jotcoti oi grcdr

prilfcads. ‘Bdlrjcffc rcsipf÷ y fucbi sift÷ uod rjsjtd, privigdohi
pr ivigdohi fd rjsd hc @cssdo
y [cod‘. Lucoi ‘rcgioigj÷ fd au`cr aircod‘, fd adyir pdrtc hcf tjcapi, co <3 
gudfqujcr gdsi. ‘Wc jrbuj÷ y sc cstjr÷, gdptdohi fd ajrdhd hc Bdlrjcffc y codrgdohi
uod gc`d. Bdlrjcffc aistr÷ su dgucrhi dsjotjcohi, pucs yd kdládo kdlfdhi hc fds
pisjlfcs giotjobcogjds dotcs hc gcodr‘. @cssdo, cstdrádais cogdotdhds hc
dgiapdôdrtc kdstd fd mriotcrd oiricstc, hc ffcvdrtc d gdsd gio tu bcotc, sj oi tc
japirtd vjd`dr gio oisitrds. ‘Fc siorj÷ hc oucvi gio johifcogjd ‘. Grci quc puchi
adotcocr tu pcffc`i jotdgti kdstd cotiogcs.

¹^ihráds9 , pcos÷ @cssdo. ¹^ihráds, [cod9 Oi sê yi. ¹Crcs tdo lucod giai dmjrad tu
rcputdgj÷o9 Fi huhi... odhjc fi cs `daäs. Ik, sá, cstiy giovcogjhi hc quc mujstc uod
bcocrdf lrjffdotc, pcri yd oi tjcocs c`êrgjti. ¹^uchcs hcaistrdr tu kdljfjhdh silrc
fis gucrpis hc tus cocajbis9 Oi sê yi.  Wc fd quch÷ ajrdohi, ajcotrds cspcrdldo
pdgjcotcacotc su rcspucstd. Xihd aðsgufi, csi crd gjcrti. Fi vcád co fd mirad co
quc sc aivád. Fds auôcgds crdo auôcgds hc cspdhdgkáo, hc csi tdapigi gdlád
huhd. Êsd oi crd uod cspdhd hc dhiroi y fd dradhurd crd muogjiodf. Xdf vcz sá, tdf
vcz oi. Crd uo rjcsbi quc tcohrád quc dsuajr. Co gudfqujcr gdsi, crd ac`ir quc jr
sifi... y... sc ilfjb÷ d rcgioigcrfi, d pcsdr hc fi quc crdo, su girdz÷o sc ocbdld d
hilfcbdrsc dotc su gcrclri. Cstds his fc bustdldo.

‘ ‘
Wcrád pdrd aá uo kioir dgcptdr vucstri imrcgjajcoti hj`i, co viz ld`d.
 

‘Ac dfcbri ‘siorj÷ Bdlrjcffc y fc hji uods pdfadhjtds co cf lrdzi ‘. Fi

gioscbujrcais sjo prilfcads.

@cssdo siorj÷ gio tihis sus hjcotcs.

‘^cri ac bustdrád gioscbujr drads. Ac sjcoti... ‘Lusg÷ uod hcsgrjpgj÷o co su

acotc.
‘Hcsouhi ‘dmjra÷ [cod, td`dotcacotc. Fi ajr÷ codrgdohi uod gc`d sdrh÷ojgd,
pcri co sus fdljis ldjfdld uod fjbcrd siorjsd. Fi ajr÷ d fis i`is gio uo lrjffi
giaprcosjvi quc... pir Drcs... pihrád kdlcr sjhi uod hc su pripjd cspcgjc.

‘Wá ‘rcspiohj÷, cogibjêohisc hc kialris gio gjcrtd tjajhcz‘. Cxdgtdacotc.

‘Bucrrcris ‘suspjr÷ Bdlrjcffc, tcdtrdfacotc‘. Fcs hds uod cspdhd y gdroc gruhd
y yd cstäo giotcotis. ‘Fis ajr÷ d fis his piojcohi fis i`is co lfdogi.

‘ ‘ ‘
¹Gdroc gruhd9 hj`crio fis his d fd vcz, sjo ajrdrsc sjqujcrd . ^ud`.

<= 
@cssdo yd cstdld fi ldstdotc mucrtc giai pdrd vjd`dr uo pigi df hád sjbujcotc,
duoquc [cod josjstj÷ co dvdozdr hcspdgji pdrd hdôdr fi acois pisjlfc sus kcrjhds
co prigcsi hc gurdgj÷o. ^dsdrio dotc his pcqucôds dfhcds, pcri oi fis vji odhjc y
tuvjcrio fd sucrtc hc tipdrsc gio uo dotjbui gdapi hc ldtdffd yd aäs dvdozdhi cf
hád. @cssdo y [cod sc pdsdrio uo rdti csgdrldohi pdgjcotcacotc cotrc fis rcstis
kdstd quc pir mjo [cod cogiotr÷ fi quc cstdld lusgdohi.

‘Dk. Csti cs. ‘Dfz÷ su kdffdzbi, uod rcfjqujd jogrustdhd hc ldrri y aubrc, hc uods
trcs gudrtds pdrtcs cf fdrbi hc su gucrpi ‘. Oi ac fi cspcrdld. Oiradfacotc

rcvjsdo d miohi fis gdapis hc ldtdffd co lusgd hc actdf utjfjzdlfc. Oi ac puchi

grccr quc sc fcs kdyd pdsdhi csti. ‘Ajr÷ d su dfrchchir hcshc hiohc cstdld‘.
Dk. Hclc hc kdlcr cstdhi hcld`i hc uod pjfd hc gdhävcrcs. ‘So mêaur gdy÷
rihdohi pir fd pjfd hiohc cstdld kurbdohi y fc cgk÷ uo lrcvc vjstdzi.   ¹Guäoti
tjcapi ac kc pdsdhi rcvjsdohi rcstis hc gdhävcrcs9   Wuspjr÷ pir
hcotri.Hcadsjdhi.
hcotri.Hcadsjdhi.  

‘¹Tuê cs  csi9 ‘prcbuot÷ Bdlrjcffc, hcshc uo fdhi hiohc kdlád cstdhi cgkdhd d
fd sialrd, trdld`dohi co uoi hc sus pcrbdajois. Wc pusi hc pjc y sc sdguhj÷ cf
pifvi dotcs hc dgcrgdrsc d hiohc cstdldo @cssdo y [cod, cxdajodohi scrjdacotc
fi quc mucrd quc tcoádo. @cssdo gibj÷ cf kdffdzbi hc [cod y fi bifpc÷ gio mucrzd
giotrd cf ärlif `uoti df quc cstdld. Gdy÷ uod ffuvjd hc aubrc, pifvi y csgdads hc
 

kcrrualrc, rcvcfdohi fis giotirois bcocrdfcs hc uod brdo cspdhd hc fds quc sc
adoc`dldo gio fds his adois. ]ifvj÷ d bifpcdrfd
bifpcdrf d gio mucrzd, siftdohi aäs sugjch
sugjchdh
dh
y kcrrualrc, kdstd quc vjcrio g÷ai gilrdld mirad cf mjrac giotiroi hc uod
capuôdhurd.

‘Dk. Csti yd ac bustd aäs ‘giacot÷ @cssdo, dbdrrdohi fd capuôdhurd gio

mjraczd. [cod dbdrr÷ fd vdjod pihrjhd y fis his tjrdrio co hjrcggjiocs ipucstds. Fis
rcsuftdhis fis sirprcohjcrio d tihis.

‘Gdrdy ‘cxgfda÷ Bdlrjcffc, gio fis i`is hc pdr co pdr.

[cod codrg÷ uod gc`d y sift÷ uo sudvc sjfljhi.

‘Ikkkkk ‘suspjr÷ @cssdo, bjrdohi fd ki`d, quc, jogrcálfcacotc, tcoád cf lirhc fjsi
y oj uod sifd dliffdhurd oj drdôdzi. Cf mrái actdf rcfugád dmjfdhi y airtámcri d fd
pifvirjcotd fuz hcf sif hcf dtdrhcgcr. Wiorj÷ cogdotdhi ‘. Z dhcaäs cs hc aj
tdadôi `usti. ‘Wipcs÷ cf drad gio rcbigj`i‘. ¹Ac kdräs cf kioir hc gialdtjr
gioajbi aäs tdrhc, [cod9 ‘Hcsgulrj÷ fis gifajffis giai hcsdmái co lriad ‘.
Wcrád uod kjstirjd cstupcohd pdrd giotdrfd gudohi vucfvd d gdsd.
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¹Fi kdrä9 Csi ac hdrä uod ipirtuojhdh hc adtdrfd, scburi quc fi sdlc. ¹Giomjdr
¹Giomjdrä
ä
co aá9 ¹Giomjdrád yi co cffd9  

[cod fc hchjg÷ uod siorjsd jbudfacotc mjcrd.

‘Zd vcrcais. ‘^cri cf lrjffi hc sus i`is fc hj`i quc prildlfcacotc fi kdrád.
Covifvj÷ gio gujhdhi fd cspdhd co uo trdpi quc fc prcst÷ Bdlrjcffc, gio fd jotcogj÷o
hc mdlrjgdr uod vdjod dhcgudhd co gudoti tuvjcrd igdsj÷o.

‘Oi vdjs d fugkdr hc vcrhdh cf uoi giotrd cf itri, ¹vcrhdh9

¹ vcrhdh9 ‘fc prcbuot÷ Bdlrjcffc
d [cod co viz ld`d, ajcotrds scbuádo dvdozdohi pir uo gdajoi hcf lisquc guljcrti
hc ärlifcs. Hjrjbj÷ uod ajrdhd prcigupdhd
prcig updhd d su giapdôcrd‘. Tujcri hcgjr... yd sê...
lucoi, quc crcs tð... i scd, êf cs...

[cod fd dbdrr÷ hcf kialri pdrd rcgiomirtdrfd.

‘Gdfad, Bdlrjcffc. Wj cs tdo lucoi giai grci quc cs, scrä cf gialdtc hc
cotrcodajcoti aäs scburi quc kdyd tcojhi co aj vjhd. ‘Wc cgk÷ d rcár
sudvcacotc df vcr fd cxprcsj÷o hcsgiogcrtdhd hc Bdlrjcffc ‘. Oi pdsd odhd, co
scrji.
 

Fd ldrhi sc quch÷ gdffdhd, sjo ajrdr d [cod d fis i`is.

Fd dftd bucrrcrd sc fd quch÷ ajrdohi uo aiacoti y fucbi pds÷ fd adoi hcf kialri
hc Bdlrjcffc d fd ldrljffd hc fd ldrhi y fc vifvj÷ fd gdrd pdrd ajrdrfd d fis i`is.

‘¹Bdlrjcffc9 ‘kdlf÷ co viz ld`d‘. Oi ois vdais d kdgcr hdôi. Oi sc trdtd hc

csi.
Bdlrjcffc sc quch÷ ajrdohi d su giapdôcrd fdrbdacotc dotcs hc rcspiohcr.

‘Fi sê. Fi sjcoti. Cs quc ac gdc auy ljco, y tð... [cod, puchc kdlcr uo dggjhcotc.
‘Wuspjr÷‘. Fi sê, cs uod tiotcrád, ¹vcrhdh9

‘Oi ‘auraur÷ [cod‘. Oi fi cs. ‘Jocspcrdhdacotc, rihc÷ d Bdlrjcffc gio uo

lrdzi y fd cstrcgk÷‘. Xcohrcais augki gujhdhi, tc fi priacti.

 @cssdo fds ilscrvdld gio jotcrês pir cf rdljffi

rdljffi hcf i`i sdoi. Cstdld hcadsjdhi
hcadsjdhi fc`is

 pdrd
iárfds.iárCfsu giov
giovcrsdgj÷o
^uclficrsdgj÷o
crd dsá, y, d hcgjr vc
vdfirdldo vcrhdh,
rhdh,
su sc kdlrád
jotjajhdh dpd
dpdrtdhi
rtdhi aäs
y cspcrdldo a
cfäs sj kuljcrd
ajsai pihjhi
rcspcti pir
<; 
 pdrtc hc fis hcaäs. Sod gdrdgtcrástjgd
gdrdgtcrástjgd auy ðtjf.
ðtjf.  

¹^cri quê crd csti9 Fd ldrhi pcfjrri`d pdrcgád hjsbustdhd pir dfbi. ¹Tuê, pcos÷,
 pihád scr9 Oi crd su prcscogjd,
pr cscogjd, hc csi cstdld scburi. Gudfqujcrd pihád mjobjr ljco,
 pcri fd girhjdfjhdh quc oitdld co fd `ivco Bdlrjcffc crd aäs rcdf y tdobjlfc quc
gudfqujcrd quc kuljcrd oitdhi co su vjhd, jogfusi cotrc su pripjd cspcgjc. Oi fc
tcoád ajchi y oi tcoád ajchi hc [cod. Cotiogcs, ¹quê9  

 Dk... ¡fi quc cstdld dvcrjbudohi! Xjcoc ajchi...

ajchi... hc rcpcotc fi pcrgjlj÷. Dk...
Dk... pir mjo.
Auy hêljf, auy hcscomigdhi, pcri dká cstdld, uo päfjhi brjs hiohc dotcs s÷fi kdlád
isgurjhdh. Wc hji gucotd hc quc sc hclád d quc fds caigjiocs hc cffd crdo tdo mucrtcs
quc cstdldo dtrdvcsdohi fd ldrrcrd simigdotc quc kdládo fcvdotdhi sus kcrjhds.
¹Ajchi9 ¹Hc quê tcoád...9 Dk... dkird fi ]cád. Xjcoc ajchi hc quc fugkcais. Ldrhi
lild. Xcac cf sumrjajcoti, hc [cod y... sc quch÷ pdsadhi... cf aái tdaljêo. ^ir
 Drcs. ^cri yd, [cod sc fi kd cxpfjgdhi.
cxpfjgdhi. Dkird cstä ac`ir.
ac`ir. 

Oi pihád fccr pcosdajcotis. Fi quc pcrgjlád crdo ifcdhds hc caigjiocs mucrtcs, quc
kdlád dprcohjhi gio fd prägtjgd d jotcrprctdr. Fds caigjiocs hc Bdlrjcffc crdo
hcmjojhds y auy mucrtcs0 fi sirprcohádo pir su jotcosjhdh. [cod... fd bucrrcrd, pir
itrd pdrtc, rcprjaád fds suyds gio uo giotrif cxgcfcotc. Dpcods pcrgjlád odhd hc
cffd, sdfvi uo piqujti dquá... Aaa. Auy jotcrcsdotc c jocspcrdhi.
jocspcrdhi.  
 

Cf i`i dljcrti hc @cssdo rcmfc`÷ uo dsialri aiacotäoci. Ldk. Wiy uo vufbdr gitjffd,
sc rcbdô÷ d sá ajsai, y sc dhcfdot÷ uois pdsis. Co gdsd fc kdlrádo hdhi hc
limctdhds pir cspjdr hc tdf adocrd. Wupusi quc pihád hcmcohcrsc hjgjcohi quc su
vjhd girrád pcfjbri, pcri... sdlád quc oi crd dsá y quc oi kdlád cxgusd pdrd cffi.
Adaä sc dvcrbiozdrád hc êf. êf. 

‘]co dquá, @cssdo ‘hj`i [cod, csd oigkc hcspuês hc gcodr‘. Xc viy d qujtdr fd
vcohd hcf itri i`i y vcrcais quê tdf vd.

Ocrvjisi, @cssdo sc dgcrg÷ d cffd hc adfd bdod y sc scot÷ co cf triogi pdrd piocr fd
gdlczd d su dfgdogc.  ¹Z sj oi vci9   Cf ajchi fc rcvifvád cf cst÷adbi.  ¹Z sj ac kd
hc`dhi gjcbi d prip÷sjti9   Gudohi sc fc pds÷ cstd jhcd pir fd acotc, fd ajr÷
räpjhdacotc y vji su jotcosd ajrdhd dzuf gfdvdhd co su kcrjhd, sus adois quc
trdld`dldo hcprjsd, pcri gio hcfjgdhczd. Oi. Df cstdr dsá hc gcrgd, cstuvi scburi. Fd
quc cstdld scotdhd d su fdhi oi crd uo scr isguri y adfêvifi.

[cod girt÷ gio gujhdhi fd vcohd quc fc tdpdld cf itri i`i y cxdajo÷ su trdld`i.

‘]dfc, älrcfi ‘fc johjg÷, pritcbjêohifc fd vjstd hcf rcspfdohir hcf mucbi.
<: 
Gio cf girdz÷o pdfpjtdotc, dlrj÷ hcspdgji cf pärpdhi hcf i`i kcrjhi y pdrpdhc÷,
suspjrdohi hc dfjvji gudohi cf auohi gilr÷ mirad. Gdsj fc hji uo dlrdzi hc dfjvji
df rcgupcrdr tihd su gdpdgjhdh vjsudf.

‘Ljco. ‘[cod sc cgk÷ kdgjd dträs, gio djrc sdtjsmcgki‘. Csi cstä augki ac`ir.

Bdlrjcffc siorj÷, dpiydhd co su vdrd, y sc dgcrg÷ uo pigi aäs pdrd vcr ac`ir fi quc
dkird crd uo pdr hc i`is hirdhis, quc rcmfc`dldo fis ðftjais rdyis hcf sif y cf prjacr
rcspfdohir hc su mibdtd.
‘Iyc. ‘Fi capu`÷ gio fd vdrd‘. ¹Tujcrcs vcojr d odhdr gio oisitrds9

‘Ckkk... ‘mdrmuff÷ @cssdo, ffcoi hc päojgi‘. ¹D odhdr9 ‘^ds÷ fd ajrdhd rcgjêo

fjlcrdhd df drriyi gcrgdoi, gdsgdhd jogfujhd, quc [cod kdlád cfcbjhi pdrd
dgdapdr‘. Cs quc, aa... pucs oisitris oi odhdais augki. ‘Jotcot÷ ajrdrfds
gio djrc kisgi‘. ^dsi.

‘Xjcocs ajchi ‘dmjra÷ Bdlrjcffc, td`dotcacotc‘. Oi ac fi puchi grccr.

‘¡Oi cs gjcrti! ‘fdhr÷ @cssdo, aifcsti‘. Cs quc oi ac bustd... odhdr. ¡Odhd aäs!
 

‘Wcburi quc ouogd fi kds kcgki ‘giacot÷ fd ldrhi‘. Wcburi quc oi sdlcs. ‘
Wus i`is siftdrio uo hcstcffi trdvjcsi‘. ]cobd, @cssdo... tc coscôdrcais. ‘Wc
drrihjff÷ hcfdotc hc êf‘. Cs uod kdljfjhdh hc fi aäs ðftjf. Co scrji. ‘Fdoz÷ uod
ajrdhd d [cod‘. D fi ac`ir [cod tc coscôd d gibcr pcgcs gio fds adois.

 @cssdo mruogj÷ cf gcôi scvcrdacotc. Fi kdlád pjffdhi. Wdlád fd vcrhdh0 oi tcoád oj

jhcd hc odhdr. ¹^ihrádo coscôdrfc9 Jotcot÷ adotcocr sus hcmcosds jadbjodohi quc
sc trdtdld hc uo trugi pdrd dkibdrfi, pcri su girdz÷o sc rj÷ hc êf gio hcsprcgji.
¹Crd rcaitdacotc pisjlfc quc cstds his kj`ds hcf adyir cocajbi hc su cspcgjc
cstuvjcrdo capczdohi d ffcodr fd isgurjhdh grcdhd pir fd aucrtc hc Hcvio9 Oi.
Japisjlfc. ^cri... suspjr÷. Adfhjgj÷o. Jld d tcocr quc dprcohcr d odhdr. So
aiacoti... ¹¹¹¹gibcr pcgcs gio fds adois9999 Csi sá quc oi. Kdstd dká ffcbdld. 
ffcbdld. 

‘Lucoi, tdf vcz pdrd... aa... odhdr uo pigi ‘dgcpt÷ hc adfd bdod.

Ld`drio kdstd fd irjffd hcf drriyi, êf vdgjfdotc, cffds dbdrräohifi hcfjgdhd pcri
jocxirdlfcacotc hc fis brdohcs lrdzis. Cf dbud cstdld aäs gdfjcotc hc fi quc
cspcrdld y bruô÷ sirprcohjhi.

‘Kdy uod mucotc tcradf uo pigi aäs drrjld ‘giacot÷ [cod, jotcrprctdohi 7> 
girrcgtdacotc cf bruôjhi‘. Oi cstä auy gdfjcotc, pcri cs ac`ir quc sj cstuvjcrd
bêfjhd. ‘Wc kdlád quchdhi s÷fi gio fd tðojgd hc gucri pdrd fd fcggj÷o y cstdld
vdrjis pdsis pir hcfdotc hc êf hcotri hcf dbud.   ¹Cs quc cstdais gkjmfdhds9 , sc
prcbuot÷, pcosdtjvd. Coscôdrfc d odhdr.  ¹Co quê cstdld pcosdohi Bdlrjcffc9   Fc
kdlád scbujhi fd girrjcotc pirquc... lucoi, pirquc d vcgcs fis jostjotis hc Bdlrjcffc
gio cstc tjpi hc gisds crdo augki aäs gcrtcris quc fis suyis, pir csi. Duoquc
 `daäs fi rcgioigc
rcgioigcrád.
rád.

Giosjbujcrio quc sc actjcrd kdstd fd gjoturd y fucbi sc dsust÷ gudohi fd supcrmjgjc

quc tcoád ld`i fis pjcs sc kuohj÷ aäs. Fcs cgk÷ uod ajrdhd y vji cxprcsjiocs
pdgjcotcs, oi dsqucdhds. Hcspdgji, sjbuj÷ dhcoträohisc, kdstd quc cf dbud fc ffcb÷
df gucffi, pcri scbuád kdgjcohi pjc co cf miohi. Crd dbrdhdlfc, fd vcrhdh. [cod y
Bdlrjcffc sc adotcoádo d mfitc `usti hcfdotc hc êf, cspcrdohi. Fds ilscrv÷, pdrcgád
ldstdotc mägjf. [cod hcaistr÷ g÷ai hdr uod lrdzdhd... dk, sá, yd giaprcohád cf
acgdojsai. Fi jotcot÷... gdrdy... sus lrdzis fi japufsdrio gio augkd aäs mdgjfjhdh
hc fd quc pihád cspcrdr. Bdlrjcffc dpfduhj÷ y fi mcfjgjt÷.

‘¡Dsá sc kdgc, @cssdo! ¹Fi vcs9 Oi cs hjmágjf.

 

Êf sc gifig÷ hc cspdfhds y aivj÷ uo pigi fis lrdzis. Oi, oi crd hjmágjf, co rcdfjhdh.
Z fd scosdgj÷o hcf dbud, fd prcscogjd hcf auohi d su dfrchchir, crdo calrjdbdhirds.
Fis lrcvcs hcstcffis hc pcrgcpgj÷o jotcrod quc cstdld sjotjcohi sc jldo kdgjcohi
aäs tdobjlfcs y dkird quc fi rihcdld cf dbud, fc kdlfdld gio susurris fjbcris y
rjsucôis. Bdlrjcffc crd dkird uod prcscogjd s÷fjhd y gäfjhd. [cod, giai cf acrgurji,
cotrdld y sdfád vcrtjbjoisdacotc hc su ]jstd. Co giotrd hc su luco `ujgji, oit÷ quc
su girdz÷o fds dgibád y oi puhi japchjrfi. ¡^ir Drcs! ¹Tuê jld d kdgcr9 Êstds crdo
sus cocajbds... y fds cocajbds hc su bcotc. Oi crd `usti...

[cod sc suacrbj÷, hcsdpdrcgjcohi hc su vjstd hc rcpcotc. @cssdo giotcapf÷ fds

iohds grcdhds df zdaluffjrsc y fucbi ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc d fd gdrd, pdrd vcr sj hclád
prcigupdrsc. Df pdrcgcr oi. Fd augkdgkd pcfjrri`d siorcád gio djrc trdvjcsi.

‘¡¡¡Ddkkkk!!! ‘brjt÷ êf, sdftdohi gdsj mucrd hcf dbud, gudohi dfbi fc airhjsquc÷
fd pjcrod. Wc bjr÷ co rchiohi y [cod sdfj÷ d fd supcrmjgjc, gio uod siorjsd adfjgjisd
y su`ctdohi uod coirac trugkd gio fds his adois.

‘Fd gcod ‘hj`i rjcohi y fdoz÷ cf pcz d fi dfti hc fd irjffd.

@cssdo mdrmuff÷ johjbodhi y fucbi kjzi fi quc kdlrád kcgki gio su kcradod Cfhwjo, 74 
sjo pcosdr. Wc fdoz÷ giotrd cffd, ifvjhäohisc hcf dbud, y sc kuohj÷ gio uo brdo
gkdpuz÷o. Fi jovdhj÷ cf päojgi, pcri dotcs hc quc puhjcrd dspjrdr cf dbud i kdgcr
gudfqujcr itrd tiotcrád, uods
uo ds adois mucrtcs fi dbdrrdrio y fc sdgdrio fd gdlczd mucrd
hcf drriyi susurrdotc.

Xisj÷, pir rcmfc`i, y cgk÷ uod ajrdhd jrdguohd hc sisfdyi d [cod, quc fi su`ctdld.
Hclcrád kdlcrfd dsustdhi, pcri tdf vcz cf kcgki hc quc fi cstuvjcrd dguodohi giai
d uo gdgkirri cgk÷ d pcrhcr cf cmcgti. Gio tdoti giotdgti másjgi, gdsj pihád pcrgjljr
tdaljêo su gdfjhcz... oi... uo aiacoti... sá. Wá, fd pcrgjlád. Cotcrrdhd ld`i csis
huris csguhis kdlád uod pcrsiod gdpdz hc scotjr primuohds caigjiocs. Wcotád
dprcgji pir êf. Oi fi pihád cvjtdr. Êf tdaljêo scotád dprcgji pir cffd. Wiorj÷ y fc
hcvifvj÷ fd gdfjhcz, duoquc sdlád quc oi pihád pcrgjljrfd.

‘Brdgjds ‘hj`i gio viz riogd y sudvc, duoquc oi pihád sdlcr pir quê fc hdld fds
brdgjds. ^ir uo aiacoti, sjotj÷ uod primuohd fästjad pir fis kuadois.  ]jvco s÷fi
achjd vjhd... tdf vcz pir csi adtdo tihi fi quc cogucotrdo...
c ogucotrdo... gdrdy... quê gisd aäs
 primuohd... tdf vcz fi kdgco pirquc oi tjcoco mirad hc scotjr cf hifir quc gdusdo...
aa... oi sê... 
sê... 
 

‘Dy dy dy ‘hj`i Bdlrjcffc, gifigäohisc d su itri fdhi ‘. Oi jotcotcs dtrdpdrfd co

cf dbud. Co uod gdusd pcrhjhd. Fi sê ljco. ‘Dpiy÷ uo gihi co su pcgki‘. ¹Kdlêjs
hjgki dfbi hc fd gcod9 Ac aucri hc kdalrc.

Cf vjd`c hcf hád sjbujcotc trd`i giosjbi cf prilfcad quc @cssdo ffcvdld tjcapi
cspcräohisc. @usti hcspuês hc giacr, sc fcs cgk÷ cogjad uod ldohd hc sifhdhis
hc d pjc ldstdotc ljco dradhis. [cod sc gifig÷ hcfdotc, jotcrpiojêohisc cotrc
Bdlrjcffc y @cssdo y fis sifhdhis. Bdlrjcffc su`ct÷ ljco fd vdrd y cspcr÷. Ajr÷ d
@cssdo, quc ilscrvdld tdoti d fd bucrrcrd giai d fis sifhdhis gio augkd dtcogj÷o.
Êf fd ajr÷ jotcrribdotc.

‘]dais d vcr quê tjcoc [cod co acotc ‘fc susurr÷‘. W÷fi sio igki. ‘Wiorj÷ df
vcr su cxprcsj÷o hc dsialri.

‘¹Oi hclcrádais dyuhdrfd9 ‘prcbuot÷ êf, ffcväohisc fd adoi d fd cspdhd.

Cffd fi dbdrr÷ hcf lrdzi pdrd hctcocrfi.

‘Oi pdsd odhd, grci... pir fi bcocrdf, sj fd jotcrruapi gudohi sio acois hc uod
higcod, sc jrrjtd. ‘Oi fd grcy÷. Bdlrjcffc suspjr÷ pir fi ld`i. Odhjc fd grcád ouogd. 7< 
Duoquc oi sc fi cgkdld co gdrd, pucsti quc cffd kdlád tdrhdhi augki co hdrsc
gucotd hc quc co rcdfjhdh d [cod fc cogdotdld fugkdr. Hc vcrhdh. Jbudf quc d cffd fc
cogdotdld giotdr kjstirjds. Fc kdlád gistdhi augki dprcohcrfi y csi gdsj fd kdlád
ffcvdhi d pfdotcdrsc rcouogjdr d scbujr vjd`dohi `uotds kdstd quc pir mjo fi
giaprcohj÷. Duoquc ouogd gioscbuád hcsgjmrdr d [cod hcf tihi, pir supucsti.

‘¹Tuê tjcocs dká9 ‘prcbuot÷ cf fáhcr hc fd ldohd hc sifhdhis, ajrdohi d @cssdo

hc drrjld dld`i. Wus kialrcs miradrio uo gárgufi gdutcfisi hcträs hc êf, ajrdohi
d @cssdo, pcri tdaljêo vjbjfdohi d [cod.

‘Cs uo dajbi ‘giacot÷ [cod, csguctdacotc‘. Oi qucrcais prilfcads. ‘

Kdlfdld gio tioi giogjfjdhir, pcri Bdlrjcffc, pir cxpcrjcogjd, dhvjrtj÷ fd tcosj÷o hc
fd dftd mjburd hc [cod, vji cf aivjajcoti hc fd dradhurd silrc sus kialris quc
johjgdld quc cstdld prcpdrdhd y d fd cspcrd hc uo prchcgjlfc dtdquc.

‘¹So dajbi9 ‘sc lurf÷ cf kialrc rjcohi‘. Hclcráds dprcohcr d cfcbjr ac`ir d
tus dajbis, scôird. ‘Wc dgcrg÷ d cffd auy hcgjhjhi‘. Dpdrtd. Xc fjlrdrcais hc êf
y fi ffcvdrcais d fd gjuhdh. ‘Kjzi uo bcsti d sus kialrcs pdrd quc dvdozdrdo.
 

‘Cfj`i d ajs dajbis gio augki gujhdhi, brdgjds ‘rcspiohj÷ [cod, adotcojêohisc
mjrac y dbdrrdohi fd capuôdhurd hc fd cspdhd giai dhvcrtcogjd ‘. Kc hjgki quc
oi qucrcais prilfcads. Oi kc hjgki quc oi scd gdpdz hc gdusdrfis.

‘Wumjgjcotc dhvcrtcogjd ‘auraur÷ Bdlrjcffc, sjo kdgcr gdsi hc fd ajrdhd hc

@cssdo‘. Cstä ac`irdohi.

Êf dvdoz÷, hjrcgtdacotc kdgjd [cod. D @cssdo sc fc dgcfcr÷ fd rcspjrdgj÷o y vji quc

Bdlrjcffc dbdrrdld gio mucrzd fd vdrd quc su`ctdld. Cf kialrc sc pfdot÷ `usti
hcfdotc hc [cod y dfdrb÷ fd adoi pdrd qujtdrfd hc co achji.

‘Oi kdbds quc ac comdhc, au`cr. W÷fi qujcri kdgcr aj trdld`i ‘hj`i, gio gjcrtd
cxdspcrdgj÷o. Cstd au`cr quc `ubdld d scr sifhdhi fi cstdld jrrjtdohi.

‘Tuê jhjitd ‘susurr÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. Cstä mrjti.

@cssdo cstdld d puoti hc aivcrsc gudohi sc iy÷ uo sðljti y lrcvc gkdsqujhi y uo

bifpc s÷fjhi. ]ji quc [cod bifpcdld prjacri df kialrc hjrcgtdacotc co fd
cotrcpjcrod y fucbi fi fdozdld hc uod pdtdhd d su gárgufi hc scbujhircs.
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Gio uo brjti, fis hcaäs sifhdhis girrjcrio kdgjd [cod, quc cspcrdld y quc cotr÷
co uo mrcocsá hc aivjajcoti gdsj hcadsjdhi räpjhi pdrd scbujrfi gio fd vjstd.
@cssdo ouogd supi co rcdfjhdh quê fc kjzi d gdhd sifhdhi hcspuês hc siftdr uo brjti
sdfvd`c hc ldtdffd, sdgdr fd cspdhd hc fd muohd quc ffcvdld d fd cspdfhd y fdozdrsc df
dtdquc.

Co uo aiacoti hdhi, sdfj÷ gdtdpuftdhd pir cf djrc y hji uo sdfti airtdf pir cogjad
hc fds gdlczds hc fis hcsvcoturdhis sifhdhis. Dtcrrjz÷ hcträs hc cffis y tual÷ d
uoi gio fd pdrtc pfdod hc fd cspdhd, fucbi dbdrr÷ d itris his c kjzi gkigdr sus
gdlczds. @cssdo oit÷ quc sc quchdld liqujdljcrti. Gudohi sc pis÷ cf pifvi, s÷fi
kdlád uo aiot÷o hc sifhdhis pifvirjcotis c jogiosgjcotcs y [cod, quc adsguffdld
pir fi ld`i y rcbrcs÷ gio cffis giai sj kuljcrd sdfjhi d hdr uo pdsci. ¡^ir Drcs! ¡Oj
fd kdo tigdhi! 
tigdhi! 

‘^coisi ‘suspjr÷ cffd‘. ]dais. ‘Gibj÷ fds rjcohds hc Drbi y tjr÷ hc cffd y fucbi
oit÷ fd cxprcsj÷o vjhrjisd hc @cssdo‘. ¹Tuê9 ¹Xc kdo kcrjhi9 ‘Ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc,
quc siorcád lurfiod‘. ¹¹Tuê99

Fd ldrhi pusi su cxprcsj÷o aäs umdod.

 

‘Ik, odhd. Dgdld hc vcr d fd ^rjogcsd Bucrrcrd co dggj÷o. ‘Wimig÷ uod rjsjtd dotc
fd ajrdhd dscsjod hc [cod y gfdv÷ uo hchi co fds gistjffds hc su dajbd ‘. Z kds
cstdhi hcsfualrdotc, giai sjcaprc.

‘Bdlrjcffc... ‘bruô÷ [cod, gio tioi hc dhvcrtcogjd, gio fi gudf su giapdôcrd sc

rj÷ dðo aäs y fc vifvj÷ d gfdvdr cf hchi.

‘]dais, [cod, sdlcs quc tc cogdotd kdgcr csi. ‘Fd ldrhi sc muc dojadohi gio
cf tcad‘. Dpfdstdrfis giai uo tirlcffjoi gio tihd mdgjfjhdh... ‘Wc gdff÷ pir mjo df
vcr fd cxprcsj÷o japdsjlfc y pêtrcd hc [cod.

@cssdo sdfj÷ pir mjo hc su trdogc y caprcohj÷ fd adrgkd, sjbujcohi d Drbi.  Z yi quc
ac prcbuotdld sj scrád gdpdz hc kdgcr `ustjgjd d su rcputdgj÷o. Wc hji uod limctdhd
acotdf. Gdrdy, gkjgi. \csipf÷ sudvcacotc.

‘Brdgjds hc oucvi, pir gjcrti ‘hj`i, co viz ld`d.

‘Lucoi ‘giacot÷ [cod‘, d mjo hc gucotds, tcobi uod rcputdgj÷o airtámcrd quc
adotcocr. ‘Z giosjbuj÷ adotcocr uod cxprcsj÷o scrjd gudohi fis itris his sc
vifvjcrio y sc fd quchdrio ajrdohi pdsadhis ‘. Z yd sdlêjs quc fd ðojgd adocrd 78 
hc kdgcrfi cs hc`dohi uo rcbucri hc sdobrc. ‘Fis ajr÷ gio uod gc`d codrgdhd y
uod cxprcsj÷o titdfacotc scrjd quc sc fc cxtcohj÷ jogfusi d fis i`is. ^usi fi quc
sdlád quc crd uod ajrdhd bêfjhd y fd gfdv÷ co fis itris his. Cffis sc ajrdrio
ocrvjisis y Bdlrjcffc trdb÷ gio mucrzd, uod vcz. [cod fis hc`÷ dsá uo pigi aäs y
fucbi pds÷ d su fdhi y sjbuj÷ pir cf gdajoi, tjrdohi hc Drbi, co sjfcogji.  Fd vcrhdh
cs quc oi hclcrád scr tdo scosjlfc d fds lriads.   Wuspjr÷ pir hcotri.  Z oi hclcrád
kdlcrfc kcgki csi d Bdlrjcffc. 
Bdlrjcffc. 

@cssdo sift÷ cf dfjcoti gio cvjhcotc dfjvji.

‘Gdrdy. ‘Cgk÷ uo lrdzi pir cogjad hc Drbi ‘. Gdrdy, Drbi... oi qujcri quc sc
comdhc ouogd gioajbi ‘fc susurr÷ d fd ycbud, quc dpuot÷ uod irc`d kdgjd êf gio
djrc giapdsjvi. Êf dbdgk÷ fd gdlczd y sjbuj÷ dhcfdotc.

Bdlrjcffc cstuvi co sjfcogji fdrbi rdti hcspuês hc dqucffi, gdajodohi df fdhi hc

[cod, quc cstdld tdaljêo auy gdffdhd. Gfdri, quc [cod oi crd cspcgjdfacotc
kdlfdhird oj co fds ac`ircs gjrguostdogjds, pcos÷ Bdlrjcffc, gio cf cst÷adbi dðo
cogibjhi pir csd "ajrdhd". Adfhj`i co sjfcogji pir hcotri.  Cstðpjhd, pcri quê
cstðpjhd, Bdlrjcffc. ¹Guäohi vds d cotcrdrtc hc quc tjcoc pigd tifcrdogjd d fds
lriads9  Ajr÷ d su sjfcogjisd giapdôcrd.
 

‘Wupiobi quc ac fi acrcgád ‘hj`i pir mjo, y [cod vifvj÷ fd gdlczd y fd ajr÷ gio
rjsucôi gdrjôi, ajrdhd quc Bdlrjcffc oi gdpt÷ co dlsifuti.

‘¹Tuê qujcrcs hcgjr9 ‘prcbuot÷ [cod, quc fi sdlád auy ljco.

‘Zd ac gioigcs... sjcaprc jotcoti cogiotrdr fd brdgjd hc uod sjtudgj÷o. D vcgcs sc

ac ifvjhd... i scd, grci quc tcobi hcrcgki d... y oi fi tcobi y sê quc cstdlds
comdhdhd, pcri kc scbujhi hdfc quc hdfc y... ‘Tuê adf sc cstdld cxprcsdohi.
Acotdfacotc, sc pcb÷ uo brjti d sá ajsad pir oi scr gdpdz hc couogjdr fd aäs
scogjffd hc fds mrdscs gudohi cstdld tcosd y gio [cod. Acouhd ldrhi.

‘Bdlrjcffc. ‘Fd viz brdvc crd gäfjhd. [cod fd dbdrr÷ hcf kialri aäs gcrgdoi.
Hc`drio hc dohdr y sc ajrdrio uo aiacoti ‘. Wá quc tjcocs hcrcgki. ‘
¹Giaprcohcs fi quc tc cstiy hjgjcohi, dajbd aád9 Fd adyir pdrtc hc oucstrd
giauojgdgj÷o fd kdgcais sjo pdfdlrds. D aá oi sc ac hdo ljco. 
ljco.  

‘¹Wá9 ‘prcbuot÷ fd ldrhi, gio scrjchdh.

‘Wá ‘dmjra÷ [cod‘. Dhcaäs, ¹guäotds pcrsiods gioigcs quc puchdo gfdvdrac
uo hchi co fds gistjffds sjo quc fcs riapd fd adoi9 ‘Cspcr÷ d vcr uod siorjsd giai 73 
rcspucstd pir pdrtc hc su giapdôcrd y fucbi sjbuj÷ dhcfdotc pdrd dfgdozdr d @cssdo
y Drbi, tjrdohi hc fd ldrhi‘. ]dais. ‘Gdrdy. ¹Cs pisjlfc quc, pir uod vcz, kdyd
sdljhi ffcvdr ljco cf tcad9   Bdlrjcffc sc kdlád rcfd`dhi y scbuád siorjcohi.   ^uchc
quc sá. 
sá. 

@cssdo giotcapf÷ cf pdjsd`c quc fis rihcdld csd tdrhc.

‘Zd oi cstdais fc`is... grci quc hcotri hc his háds cstdrcais auy gcrgd hc aj
gdsd. ‘Wc tcrajo÷ cf pdo y fd gdroc gio brdo sdtjsmdggj÷o y hchjg÷ d Bdlrjcffc uod
fcvc rcvcrcogjd‘. ^cri viy d cgkdr hc acois tus bujsis. Oi sc fi hjbds d cffd, pcri
sio ac`ircs quc fis hc aj adhrc. ‘]ji quc fd ldrhi sc siori`dld y siorj÷. Ajr÷ d
[cod, quc cstdld dpiydhd trdoqujfdacotc co uo ärlif gcrgdoi y tdaljêo siorcád.

‘Wc fi ffcvi hjgjcohi hcshc kdgc acscs. Grci quc pjcosd

pj cosd quc sc fi hjbi s÷fi pirquc
oi tcobi cfcggj÷o ‘giacot÷ fd bucrrcrd, ilscrvdohi d su giapdôcrd, quc sc
siori`÷ hc oucvi, cstd vcz kdstd fds rdágcs hcf pcfi rulji ‘. Ac dfcbri hc tcocr uod
scbuohd ipjoj÷o. D fi ac`ir dkird ac grcc. ‘Fucbi ajr÷ d @cssdo‘. Lucoi, ¹cstäs
fjsti pdrd csc gialdtc quc ac pchjstc9

Cf coirac y pcfuhi bucrrcri siorj÷ aistrdohi fis hjcotcs.

 

‘Wá. ‘Wc cstjr÷‘. Xcocais quc ld`dr cstd cxgcfcotc gcod hc dfbðo aihi y oi sc
ac igurrc uod adocrd ac`ir. ‘Girrj÷ d su zurr÷o y sdg÷ fd cspdhd, gdsj hdohi
lrjogis hc caigj÷o. Wu cspcsi vcffi rcfugád df sif y sc aivád silrc su ausgufisi
gucrpi giai sj mucrd dbud. Crd fd cscogjd ajsad hc uod odturdfczd prjajtjvd, y sc
rcbigj`dld gio fd scosdgj÷o hcf gäfjhi sif hcf dtdrhcgcr co fd cspdfhd y fd tjcrrd mjrac
ld`i fds pitcotcs pjcrods. Fcvdot÷ fd cspdhd kdgjd cf sif y dfz÷ fd gdrd, dlsirljcohi
cf gdfir.  ¡Fi vd d kdgcr! ¹Giomád co aá9 ¹^uchi giomjdr co cffd9 ¡Ik, pdhrc! ^ihrád
vcobdr tdotds aucrtcs gio cstc aiacoti, cffd cs tihi fi quc tð ihjds hc cffis. Aj
oialrc vjvjrád co oucstrd dfhcd pdrd sjcaprc... pcri pdpä, ik, pdpä... ajri co aj
girdz÷o y oi puchi, oi puchi... yd ac kd hcrritdhi.  Wiorj÷ gio trjstczd pir hcotri.
Tuê rdz÷o tcoád cffd. Cf dair crd cf pcfjbri aäs brdohc.

[cod sc cgk÷ d rcár df vcrfi y fucbi sc cogdajo÷ kdgjd uo pcqucôi gfdri gcrgdoi, sc
vifvj÷ y cspcr÷. Wc kdládo hctcojhi dfbi tcaprdoi, pir fi quc cf sif hcf dtdrhcgcr
tihdvád hdld augkd fuz. @cssdo hcscovdjo÷ fd cspdhd y df dprixjadrsc df gfdri y
gifigdrsc dotc cffd, fd sdfuh÷ gio fd pdrtc pfdod. Cffd jogfjo÷ fd gdlczd giai

rcspucstd y cspcr÷ d quc êf kjgjcrd fd prjacrd mjotd, sjo hcscovdjodr dðo su pripjd
drad.  Cspcri sdlcr fi quc cstiy kdgjcohi,
kdgjcohi , pcos÷, ilscrvdohi ajcotrds êf sc
dgcrgdld. Wc fi priactá d Bdlrjcffc... pcri hc vcrhdh quc cspcri scr tdo lucod giai 7= 
grci quc siy, sj oi csti pihrád dgdldr gio sdobrc. Wc pfdotc÷ fd pisjljfjhdh hc quc
êf jotcotdrd dprivcgkdr cstd ipirtuojhdh pdrd fjlrdr d su puclfi hc uod cocajbd
pcfjbrisd, y fucbi sc cogibj÷ hc kialris. Giai kdlád hjgki, fd vjhd crd pcfjbrisd,
y sj cffd fi kdgád fi ac`ir pisjlfc, hdrád jbudf. Cf girdz÷o fc capcz÷ d fdtjr gio mucrzd.

 Dk... oi tc giomács tdoti,

tdoti, [cod... gdoturrc÷ @cssdo pir hcotri, sjotjcohi cf `ðljfi hcf
gialdtc quc sc dfzdld co su jotcrjir.  Wê quc crcs lucod, pcri yi tdaljêo fi
siy...  Ldfdogc÷ uo pigi fis lrdzis, pdrd rcfd`drsc, y dvdoz÷. Wus i`is hirdhis sc
gfdvdrio co fis dzufcs hc cffd, vjbjfdohi gudfqujcr fcvc aivjajcoti quc puhjcrd
johjgdrfc sus pfdocs, quc puhjcrd
puhj crd rcvcfdr sus adojilrds. ¹Wc trdjgjiodrád d sá ajsad9
Oi, fis i`is cstdldo gfdvdhis co fis suyis, fd gdlczd mjrac giai uod rigd. Dká oi
jld d kdlcr sucrtc. Wc fdoz÷ kdgjd hcfdotc, cgkdohi cf lrdzi hc fd cspdhd kdgjd dträs
sjbujcohi cf aivjajcoti hcf gucrpi, gio fd jotcogj÷o hc hdrfc uo fjbcri bifpc gio
fd pdrtc pfdod hc fd ki`d pdrd coscôdrfd d rcspctdr su kdljfjhdh. Df cspcrdr cf fcvc
kirajbuci hcf giotdgti, sc quch÷ sirprcohjhi gudohi oi sc prihu`i, sjoi quc cffd
pcoctr÷ su hcmcosd gio uod brdgjfjhdh äbjf y mfujhd, fc hji uo gdgkctc co fd ac`jffd y
vifvj÷ d quchdr mucrd hc su dfgdogc dotcs hc quc êf puhjcrd rcdggjiodr sjqujcrd.
^drpdhc÷. ^ir Drcs, cstd au`cr cstdld tigdhd pir Kcracs, gio csd vcfigjhdh.
\cspjr÷ kiohi pdrd gdfadrsc y sc rcdbrup÷.
 

Sod siorjsd págdrd y cotiogcs cffd hcscovdjo÷ su drad y vifvj÷ d cspcrdrfi.

Mdsgjodhd, Bdlrjcffc cstdld scotdhd co uo tig÷o `usti mucrd hcf gfdri y fis
ilscrvdld.

Sod s÷fjhd cstigdhd, cotiogcs, pir pdrtc hc @cssdo, käljfacotc pdrdhd pir [cod y
scbujhd hc uo cogucotri gjrgufdr hc dalds cspdhds, quc privig÷ uo sjsci
prjajbcoji pir cf gfdri. Itrd cstigdhd, itrd pdrdhd, gdhd
gdh d vcz aäs hcprjsd, kdstd quc
cf actdf sc kjzi lirrisi dotc sus i`is y fis aivjajcotis hcadsjdhi räpjhis pdrd
pihcr vcrfis. @cssdo hcsgulrj÷ quc tcoád cf girdz÷o hcsligdhi, gio fd cspcrdozd hc
quc su kdljfjhdh cstuvjcrd
cstuvjcr d d fd dfturd hc fds gjrguostdogjds. Crd ac`ir hc fi quc kdlád
jadbjodhi, y sj uoi hc fis his giactád uo crrir, cf rcsuftdhi scrád hifirisi. ^ihrád
rcsuftdr airtdf, pirquc ojobuoi
o jobuoi hc fis his sc cstdld rcmrcodohi. ^cri fd dhrcodfjod
fi japufsdld, cf mucbi pdfpjtdotc hc su sdobrc fi adotcoád co cf gialdtc y co su
gdrd sc mira÷ uod siorjsd mjcrd. Wus lrdzis sc aivádo trdzdohi fis drgis prcgjsis,
hcmjojhis y hjsgjpfjodhis hc uo adboámjgi cspdhdgkáo, lusgdohi fis kucgis co fds
hcmcosds hc cffd, dfbðo puoti hêljf co su têgojgd. Ffcvdld prdgtjgdohi pdrd csti
hcshc quc tuvi chdh sumjgjcotc pdrd fcvdotdr uod cspdhd, gudohi su pdhrc fi ffcv÷

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d fd pdrtc hc dträs hc su g÷aihd gdsd, gifig÷ fds pcqucôds adois hc su kj`i
dfrchchir hc fd capuôdhurd y dscst÷ uo adohilfc... jogiotdlfcs kirds hc gialdtc
hcshc cotiogcs. Cstdld giosjhcrdhi giai uoi hc fis ac`ircs cotrc fis hc su
cspcgjc y, dkird, co cstc gfdri ld`i cf sif piojcotc hc uo fdrbi hád, sc kdlád
cogiotrdhi gio dfbujco quc crd jbudf hc lucoi quc êf y ac`ir.

[cod hc`÷ quc su gucrpi dgtudrd y rcdggjiodrd sjo pcosdrfi giosgjcotcacotc, fi

gudf kdlrád sjhi hcadsjdhi fcoti pdrd cstc gialdtc. Cf mirojhi bucrrcri crd tdo
lucoi giai pcosdld y cstc comrcotdajcoti cstdld piojcohi d prucld su pripjd
kdljfjhdh, gisd quc oi igurrád gio fd sumjgjcotc mrcgucogjd. Gio êf pihád hdr tihi fi
quc tcoád, sjo tcacr pir su vjhd i fd hc cffd, y co su gdrd dpdrcgj÷ uod siorjsd mjcrd
cqujpdrdlfc d fd hc êf. Dk, quê hjvcrtjhi.
hjvcrtjh i. Crd hjvcrtjhi hc uo aihi quc ouogd pihrád
cxpfjgdr d odhjc quc oi vjvjcrd pir fd cspdhd, y oj sjqujcrd d fd adyirád hc fis quc
vjvádo hc cstd adocrd. Wc mucrio aivjcohi co gárgufi, dvdozdohi, rctrigchjcohi,
dvdozdohi hc oucvi. Crd auy lucoi... pisjlfcacotc cf ac`ir dhvcrsdrji df quc sc
kdlád comrcotdhi `daäs, y sc kdlád comrcotdhi d augkis hurdotc fis fdrbis dôis
hcshc quc muc dtdgdhd su dfhcd. Cffd tcoád gjcrtd vcotd`d co adtcrjd hc vcfigjhdh,
êf fd tcoád co mucrzd. ^cri pigi d pigi, capcz÷ d vcr pcqucôis mdffis co su têgojgd
y sc fdoz÷ d pir cffis.
 

Zd vci fi quc qucrád hcgjr , pcos÷ Bdlrjcffc, häohisc gucotd. Fis his sio tdo lucois
quc puchco gialdtjr sjo kdgcrsc hdôi.   Fis ilscrv÷ y pir prjacrd vcz vji cf drtc
quc kdlád co cffi, aäs dffä hcf ajchi puri quc d acouhi scotád gudohi [cod
gruzdld su cspdhd gio fds fcbjiocs hc pcrsiods d fds quc sc comrcotdldo. Wjcaprc
sc kdlád scotjhi adrdvjffdhd pir fd kdljfjhdh hc [cod pdrd cf gialdtc, quc pdrcgád
cstdr d vdrjis ojvcfcs pir cogjad hc fd achjd, d `uzbdr pir fd mdgjfjhdh gio quc
hcrritdld d fd adyirád hc sus dhvcrsdrjis, pcri csti crd hjstjoti.

@cssdo crd augki aäs dfti quc cffd, pcri dkird, kdstd Bdl sc hdld gucotd hc quc
[cod cstdld kdgjcohi rctrigchcr d su dhvcrsdrji aäs brdohc, quc su cspdhd
capu`dld d fd hc êf hcträs hc su gucrpi gio gdhd cstigdhd pir fd mucrzd lrutd hc
fis bifpcs. ^ir mjo, gio uod mjotd cspcgtdgufdr, gdptur÷ su cspdhd gio cf lirhc hc su
capuôdhurd y, gio uo aivjajcoti hc jogrcálfc mucrzd, fi hcsdra÷ y fdoz÷ fd cspdhd
pir cf djrc. Dotcs hc quc puhjcrd dtcrrjzdr y gfdvdrsc co cf sucfi, hji uod viftcrctd
co cf djrc y dtrdp÷ fd cspdhd pir fd capuôdhurd, y fucbi sdft÷ pir cogjad hc fd
gdlczd hc @cssdo y fc hji uo dzitc co cf trdscri gio su pripjd cspdhd. Fucbi fi

sdfuh÷ jogfjodohi fd gdlczd hc oucvi y fc cotrcb÷ fd cspdhd, prcscotäohifc fd

capuôdhurd, gudohi êf sc bjr÷ co rchiohi pdrd ajrdrfd.

@cssdo gibj÷ fd cspdhd, sjo hc`dr hc ajrdrfd, acairjzdohi gdhd hctdffc. Cf siojhi
7; 
hc su rcspjrdgj÷o dbjtdhd, fd hc cffd augki acois. Cf siori`i hc fd sdobrc quc
isgurcgád fd pjcf hc dalis, fd gkjspd lrjffdotc y sdfvd`c hc sus i`is dzufásjais, fd
dhajrdgj÷o quc êf sdlád quc sc rcmfc`dld co fis suyis. Wu siorjsd. Fd hc êf. Crd
bfirjisi.

Cffd suspjr÷ gio mucrzd y fucbi covdjo÷ fd cspdhd.

Lucoi, quê mdftd ac kdgád. Fc siorj÷ gio johifcogjd‘. Kdgád augki tjcapi
quc oi tcoád uo dhvcrsdrji tdo ‘
‘ lucoi giai tð. ‘Wc dgcrg÷ d êf y fi ajr÷ d fis i`is
fdrbdacotc‘. Brdgjds... tcocais quc vifvcr d kdgcrfi. ‘Dfdrb÷ fd adoi y fc hji
uod pdfadhd co cf lrdzi, y êf sc hcrrjtj÷ gio su dprcgji. Zd oi pihád giosjhcrdrfd
uod cocajbd.

‘[cod ‘auraur÷, pir mjo‘. Crcs kcradod hc aj girdz÷o. ‘Xia÷ dfjcoti hc

oucvi y covdjo÷ fd cspdhd gio gujhdhi ‘. ¹]dais d csgugkdr fd oucvd kjstirjd hc
tu ldrhi9

\cbrcsdrio `uotis d fd kibucrd y @cssdo muc df drriyi pdrd lclcr dbud. [cod sc
dgcrg÷ hiohc cstdld scotdhd Bdlrjcffc.
 

‘¡Ck! ‘bruô÷, drrihjffäohisc df fdhi hc fd ldrhi‘. ¹D quê vjcoc csd gdrd9 Xc fi

priactá, ¹oi9 ¹Tuc oi kdlrád oj uo drdôdzi9

Bdlrjcffc acoc÷ fd gdlczd ruljd fjbcrdacotc y gdrrdspc÷.

‘Kds guapfjhi tu priacsd... [cod, kd sjhi dsialrisi.

Fd bucrrcrd sc cogibj÷ hc kialris gio tjajhcz.

‘Zd ac kds vjsti fugkdr itrds vcgcs.

‘Wá ‘hj`i Bdlrjcffc‘, pcri oi dsá. Csti kd sjhi...

‘¹Sod gkufcrád9 ‘jotcrruapj÷ [cod, co viz ld`d. Wdrh÷ojgdacotc.

‘Oi, uod lcffczd ‘hj`i Bdlrjcffc, tcrajodohi su pripjd mrdsc, sjo kdgcr gdsi hc fd
jotcrrupgj÷o‘. Z ouogd pcosê quc puhjcrd ipjodr csi hc dfbi tdo vjifcoti. ‘
Lucoi... Wc budrh÷ csc pcosdajcoti y siorj÷ pir hcotri. Kdlád kcgki gdffdr d [cod,
quc oi tcoád oj jhcd hc g÷ai rcspiohcr d cstd sirprcohcotc dmjradgj÷o. Bdlrjcffc

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sc kdlrád cgkdhi d rcár, pcri sdlád quc csi s÷fi kdrád comdhdr d [cod. Z csi oi crd
fi quc qucrád kdgcr co cstis aiacotis. Dkird tcohrád quc kdgcr uo giacotdrji
fjbcri, pdrd hjsjpdr fd tcosj÷o‘. Lucoi, ¹quê kjstirjd tc dpctcgc csgugkdr9 ‘Dfz÷
uod gc`d jotcrribdotc ajrdohi d su dajbd, quc cstdld dká scotdhd, gio gjcrti djrc
hc cstdr pcosdohi quc fc kdládo gifdhi uod, pcri sjo sdlcr co rcdfjhdh g÷ai oj pir
quê. Hjsmrut÷ co prjvdhi hc fd tdo pigi mrcgucotc scosdgj÷o hc kdlcr gioscbujhi
hcsgiogcrtdr d [cod.

‘Aa... ‘[cod sc csmirz÷ pir pcosdr co uo tátufi. Xihdvád cstdld jotcotdohi

hcsgjmrdr cf scotjhi hc fd ðftjad giovcrsdgj÷o ‘. Oi fi sê, prcbðotdfc d @cssdo. Kd
hjgki quc tcoáds uod oucvd, ¹cs csi gjcrti9 ‘Csi, dsá tcoád uo aiacoti pdrd
rcspjrdr. Crd giosgjcotc hcf mufbir hc fis i`is hc Bdlrjcffc, fi gudf qucrád hcgjr quc
fd ldrhi sdlád quc fd kdlád dmcgtdhi, pcri quc oi jld d dprivcgkdrsc hc su vcotd`d.

‘Dk, sá. ‘Bdlrjcffc sc hc`÷ hcsvjdr hcf tcad‘. Cs êsd co fd quc tð...

[cod fcvdot÷ fd adoi.

‘Aaaa. ^ir mdvir, Bdlrjcffc, cstd oigkc odhd silrc aá, ¹vdfc9 ‘Wiorj÷‘.
Xjcocs uod oucvd silrc Kcrg, quc tc fd giot÷ Jifdus, fi sê... tc iá cosdydrfd fd
scadod pdsdhd.
 

Cf mufbir scbuád dffá.

‘Lucoi, tdf vcz pihráds giovcogcrac

gio vcogcrac pdrd oi giotdr odhd silrc tj, ¹¹pcri
pcri quê bdoi
yi gio cffi9 ‘Bdlrjcffc oi puhi rcsjstjr pjogkdrfd uo piqujti. Wdlád h÷ohc cstdldo
fis puotis hêljfcs hc csd dradhurd tdo s÷fjhd.

‘Bdlrjcffc... ‘Cf bruôjhi hc dhvcrtcogjd hc [cod, pcri gio uod siorjsd ‘. ]dfc,
cstd oigkc oi tc fcvdotdrê gudohi cstês hirajhd pdrd tjrdrtc df rái. ¹Tuê tc pdrcgc9

So ðftjai pcffjzqujti.

‘Aaa. ^ucs pihrád bustdrac. ‘Z Bdlrjcffc sc dfc`÷ tritdohi pir cf gdapdacoti

dotcs hc quc [cod puhjcrd rcspiohcr.  Duoquc
Duoquc oi kdlrád sdljhi co dlsifuti quê
giotcstdr d csi, pcos÷ pdrd sá ajsad. ¹Tuê aisgd fc kd pjgdhi9  Acoc÷ fd gdlczd y
sc fcvdot÷, sdguhjêohisc fd tðojgd hc gucri. D fi ac`ir sc kdlád giajhi uods sctds
rdrds gio cf bujsi quc kdládo gcodhi. Hdld jbudf. D vcgcs grcád quc tcoád gdfdhd d
Bdlrjcffc, pcri csd jhcd ouogd hurdld augki. Hc sjapfc dfhcdod, d ldrhi hc
tdfcoti, d prjogcsd dadziod. Bdlrjcffc ouogd hc`dld hc dsialrdrfd. [cod sdlád quc
sc cstdld dgcrgdohi cf aiacoti co quc Bdlrjcffc tcohrád quc sistcocrsc silrc sus
pripjis pjcs y hc`dr su kucffd co cf auohi. Wu hcstjoi oi crd scbujr d uod cx scôird 8> 
hc fd bucrrd achji figd y hc adfis aihdfcs co fd acsd. Zd, y cffd ajsad kdstd
pihrád giovcogcrsc hc quc csi scrád fi ac`ir pdrd dalds, sj sc capcôdld fi
sumjgjcotc. ^cri scrád fi ac`ir pdrd Bdlrjcffc, oj sjqujcrd cffd crd tdo gjcbd giai
pdrd oi hdrsc gucotd hc csi. Wuspjr÷ y sc cogdajo÷ d hiohc @cssdo sc cstdld
dgiaihdohi `uoti df mucbi.

‘Xcobi uod jhcd ‘hj`i Bdlrjcffc, gudohi sc scotdld‘. Grci quc cstd vcz @cssdo
ois hclc uod kjstirjd. ‘Wiorj÷ df sirprcohjhi bucrrcri.

[cod dfz÷ uod gc`d jotrjbdhd.

‘Aaa. Iyc, grci quc tjcocs rdz÷o, Bdl. ‘Wc dgiaih÷ cogjad hc fd brdo pjcf
ocbrd hc hirajr y sc dpiy÷ co uo triogi gdáhi, ilscrvdohi fd gdrd ocrvjisd hc êf ‘
. Dpcods sdlcais odhd hc tu bcotc. Hclêjs hc tcocr kjstirjds.

Êf sc quch÷ uo aiacoti pcosdohi, ajcotrds fds fugcs y sialrds hcf mucbi grcdldo
cxtrdôis rcmfc`is co su gurjisi pcrmjf.

‘Lucoi ‘hj`i pir mjo‘. Fi jotcotdrê, pcri yi oi siy ldrhi. ‘Z sdfuh÷ gio fd
gdlczd d Bdlrjcffc, quc fc siorj÷ hufgcacotc giai rcspucstd. Wc hcsfjz÷ kdstd
 

hiohc cstdld scotdhd [cod y sc dpiy÷ co cf ajsai triogi, hc aihi quc fds his
quchdrio scotdhds fd uod df fdhi hc fd itrd, mrcotc d êf. Tuê hjstjotds crdo, pcos÷,
hchjgdohi uo aiacoti d piocr co irhco sus jhcds. Giai fd isgurjhdh y fd fuz co
pcrsiod. Gcrr÷ fis i`is y gruz÷ fis hchis y, giai sj uo hjis fi kuljcrd tigdhi, su
pcrgcpgj÷o jotcrod vifvj÷ d êf pir giapfcti. Gdsj tcacrisi, sc cxtcohj÷
hcfjgdhdacotc y Ajr÷. Dk... su cspárjtu sc trdoqujfjz÷. Kdlád tcojhi rdz÷o, df mjo y df
gdli. Bdlrjcffc crd uo mdajfjdr gdfir hirdhi, pcri fd au`cr quc cstdld d su fdhi,
dkird quc pir mjo sus scotjhis sc kdládo hcspc`dhi, crd uo mucbi hc pfdtd lruôjhd.
]ji cf váogufi quc kdlád cotrc cffds y sc prcbuot÷ sj fi sdládo... oi, prildlfcacotc
oi. Wu cspcgjc oi crd gdpdz hc pcrgjljrfi. Fästjad. ^cri... lucoi, d fi ac`ir...
iyc...‘. Is viy d giotdr fd kjstirjd hc Fcstdo y Rcoojh ‘hj`i pir mjo, gio uod
pcqucôd siorjsd pir hcotri‘. Z hcf váogufi quc sc prihugc cotrc his hc oucstrd
cspcgjc, gudohi tcocais augkd sucrtc. ‘Z sc fdoz÷ d giotdr fd kjstirjd, quc
kdlfdld hc his ajcalris hc su ^uclfi, hc trjlus hjstjotds, quc sc cogiotrdrio uod
oigkc co uo gfdri jfuajodhi pir fd fuod co fds primuohjhdhcs hc uo lisquc isguri.

Ajcotrds kdlfdld hc su cogucotri, quc capcz÷ gio uo gialdtc y tcrajo÷ gio uo

dprcgji d rcbdôdhjcotcs, ilscrvdld sus gdrds. ¹Wc hdrádo gucotd hc fi quc cstdld
jotcotdohi aistrdrfcs9 ^rildlfcacotc oi. Wuspjr÷. 84 
‘Wus trjlus oi crdo dajbds. ^rigchádo hc auohis hjmcrcotcs. Fd trjlu hc êf crd
bucrrcrd y qucrád comrcotdrsc d vucstrd cspcgjc gudohi sc dhcotrdld co cf lisquc.
Z fd hc cffd crd hc tdfdotc pdgámjgi
pdgám jgi y sc iguftdld co fds sialrds gudohi sc dgcrgdldo
fis kuadois. ‘Fcs kdlf÷ hcf riadogc quc adotuvjcrio hc adfd bdod, hc his
auohis quc sc rcpcfádo pir odturdfczd y quc sc uojcrio pir uod mucrzd hcadsjdhi
pihcrisd pdrd pihcr rcsjstjrfd. Fcstdo y Rcoojh, sjo cspcrdrfi, cstdldo vjogufdhis
cotrc sá, sus dfads sc kdládo giocgtdhi sjo kdgcr gdsi hc su kjstirjd, hc su acotc
giosgjcotc, kdstd hc su luco `ujgji.

‘Cotiogcs, ¹sc codairdrio9 ‘prcbuot÷ Bdlrjcffc, calcfcsdhd gio fd kjstirjd.

‘Cf váogufi cs aäs quc dair, Bdlrjcffc ‘giotcst÷ @cssdo sudvcacotc,

jotcosdacotc‘. Cs uod giocxj÷o cotrc his dfads quc vd aäs dffä hc oucstri
gioigjajcoti, aäs dffä hc oucstrd giaprcosj÷o, dfbuois hjgco quc aäs dffä hc fd
aucrtc ajsad. ‘Csi privig÷ uod rcdggj÷o co cffds pdrd fd quc oi cstdld
prcpdrdhi. Fd hjsjaufdrio räpjhdacotc, pcri êf fd vji, co fis i`is hc dalds.  ¹Tuê
kc hjgki9 , pcos÷, hcsgiogcrtdhi.  Grci quc dquá kdy dfbi quc sc ac
csgdpd. Gdrrdspc÷ y giotjou÷ fd kjstirjd‘. Csi oi igurrc d acouhi. ‘Fcs kdlf÷ hc
fd fdrbd fugkd cotrc fis his, pdrd rcgiogjfjdr d sus rcspcgtjvds trjlus, gio pigi
 

êxjti‘. Cotiogcs, uod oigkc, uo brdo brupi hc ajcalris hc vucstrd cspcgjc

hcsgulrj÷ fd dfhcd hc cffd, quc cstdld co fi aäs kiohi hc oucstri lisquc, hiohc
grcádais quc ojobuoi hc visitris ffcbdrád `daäs. ‘Fc tcalfdldo fds adois, oi
pihád cvjtdrfi‘. Fis pcrsjbujcrio pir cf lisquc, gfdväohifcs fdozds.

[cod dprct÷ fd adohálufd gio rdljd y oit÷ quc Bdlrjcffc sc dbjtdld d su fdhi pir fd
dobustjd. Wc ajrdrio.

‘Fcstdo kdlád sdfjhi hc gdzd y iy÷ d fis dtdgdotcs. ‘Dquá, giai sjcaprc, su sdobrc
luff÷ pir cf irbuffi‘. Kjzi quc su Bdrdo bjrdrd kdgjd fd dfhcd hc cffd y gdldfb÷ giai
uo hjis d trdvês hcf lisquc. ‘Wdlád quc kdlád gdptdhi su dtcogj÷o pir giapfcti‘
. Rcoojh sc kdlád pfdotdhi giotrd uo ärlif gdáhi, pritcbjcohi d su adhrc y d trcs
pcqucôis. Oi crd bucrrcrd, pcri sc comrcot÷ d cffis giai puhi, gio uo u o pdfi. Fcstdo
fc kdlád cstdhi coscôdohi uo pigi y pdrd dbrdhdrfc, sc kdlád pcrajtjhi dprcohcr
dfbi silrc cf drtc hcf gialdtc. ‘Wu viz sc kjzi aäs jotcosd ‘. His hc cffis
gdldfbdrio kdgjd cffd, gio fdozds fdrbds. ]ji fd aucrtc quc sc fc cgkdld cogjad, pcri

dlrj÷ fis‘lrdzis
bifpcs. Dkird hc pdrcfcopcfi
tcoád pdr, hcf
pdrdgucffi
pritcbcr d fistdo
crjzdhi, hcaäs
vjvisy dgcptdr
crdo suscffd ajsad fis
rcgucrhis ‘.

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Ffcbdrio d cffd y `usti gudohi fds fdozds cstdldo d puoti hc dtrdvcsdrfc cf gucrpi,
Fcstdo y Bdrdo sdftdrio pir cogjad hcf ärlif gdáhi y fis dtdgdrio, kdgjêohifis
rctrigchcr. ‘]ji sus cxprcsjiocs hc dfjvji y dsialri‘. Z cotiogcs, sdg÷ fd cspdhd
y, giai sj cstuvjcrd piscáhi pir cf cspárjtu hc Drcs, sc comrcot÷ d tihis cffis. ^cri
crdo augkis. ‘Wc fc cogibj÷ fd bdrbdotd‘. Fugk÷ kdstd quc tihis cstuvjcrio
aucrtis i hjspcrsdhis pir cf lisquc, kdstd quc su gucrpi sc tjô÷ hc ri`i pir su
pripjd sdobrc y cf sucfi quch÷ capdpdhi hc cffd.

‘¹Aurj÷9 ‘prcbuot÷ Bdlrjcffc, co viz ld`d, gio dobustjd, sjo ajrdr d fd au`cr
aircod scotdhd tdo gcrgd hc cffd.
@cssdo fd ajr÷.

‘Oi, oi aurj÷. ‘Wiorj÷, fjbcrdacotc‘. ^cri pdb÷ uo brdo prcgji y pcrhj÷ cf usi
hc uo lrdzi. ‘\cspjr÷ kiohi‘. Z, hcspuês hc csi, fds his trjlus hcgjhjcrio uojrsc,
pirquc sc hjcrio gucotd hc quc tdoti fds gistualrcs hc uod giai hc itrd
acrcgádo fd pcod. Fcstdo y Rcoojh mucrio cfcbjhis giai fáhcrcs hc fd oucvd dfhcd.

‘¹Z mucrio mcfjgcs9 ‘prcbuot÷ [cod, riapjcohi su sjfcogji pir prjacrd vcz hcshc
quc capcz÷ fd kjstirjd.

‘Wá ‘giotcst÷ @cssdo, pcosdohi quc crd uod prcbuotd ldstdotc rdrd.
 

‘^drcgcs auy scburi ‘giacot÷ fd bucrrcrd, ajräohifi gio uod gc`d codrgdhd.

Co su gdrd fciojod sc mira÷ uod siorjsd págdrd.

‘Wio ajs pdhrcs. ‘Wc cgk÷ d rcár df vcrfcs fd gdrd‘. Hc aihi quc sá, cstiy scburi.

¡@d! ¡¡¡Fds kc pjffdhi!!!,

pjffdhi!!!, sc rcbigj`÷ pir hcotri, sdtjsmcgki gio su kjstirjd y gio sus
rcdggjiocs. D D fi ac`ir kdstd
kdstd kdo gdptdhi fi quc fcs cstdld aistrdohi... oi,oi, scburi
quc oi. Tuê gjcbis crdo fis kuadois. Wc fcvdot÷ y sc cstjr÷, listczdohi.

‘]iy d lclcr dbud... ‘giacot÷ y sc cogdajo÷ df rái.

‘Lucoi ‘hj`i Bdlrjcffc, suspjrdohi‘. Fc kc pchjhi uod kjstirjd, ¹oi9 ‘Ajr÷ d

[cod gio uod siorjsd trdvjcsd.

Fd au`cr aäs dftd sc gruz÷ hc lrdzis y giotcapf÷ fd gdrd hc Bdlrjcffc.

‘Wá, sc fd kds pchjhi ‘hj`i, pcosdtjvd‘. Hclcráds tcocr gujhdhi gio fi quc fc pjhcs
d fd vjhd, Bdlrjcffc. D vcgcs fis hjiscs tc fi giogchco. ‘Co su ligd sc hjlu`÷ uod

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siorjsd.

Fd ldrhi fd ajr÷.

‘Wj puhjcrds pchjr uod sifd gisd, [cod, y tc mucrd giogchjhd, sjo aäs, ¹quê
pchjráds9

Oi cs `usti, Bdlrjcffc...  fd rcbdô÷ su acotc.  Oi cs `usti... oi hclcráds kdlcrfc

 prcbuotdhi csi. ^uchc quc oi tc bustc sdlcr fd rcspucstd... scburi quc hjgc dfbi
silrc cvjtdr gjcrtds dfhcds pcqucôds... 
pcqucôds... 

[cod rcsipf÷ y dpiy÷ fd gdlczd co cf triogi.

tri ogi. ¹Cf quê, cmcgtjvdacotc9 Wu dfhcd, Gjrrd,
Gêsdr, Adrgus, Gdfjsti... A'Fjfd, hc gdaljdr gudfqujcr hc csds gisds, oi scrád fd
pcrsiod quc crd. Fd adyir pdrtc hcf tjcapi oi fc bustdld scr qujco crd, ¹pcri fc
kdlrád bustdhi aäs gudfqujcr itri gdajoi9 Co uod igdsj÷o, fis hjiscs fc kdládo
aistrdhi uo gdajoi dftcrodtjvi y cffd fi kdlád rcgkdzdhi. ^ir mjo, suspjr÷ y bjr÷ fd
gdlczd kdgjd Bdlrjcffc.

‘Odhd.

Fd ldrhi sc quch÷ sirprcohjhd.

 

‘¹Odhd9 ‘Mruogj÷ cf gcôi‘. ¹G÷ai quc odhd9 ‘Cf jostjoti fc hcgád quc sc
gdffdrd, quc hc`drd hc josjstjr, pcri oi puhi ‘. ¹Tujcrcs hcgjr quc oi kdy odhd quc
qujsjcrds gdaljdr9 ‘Wc vifvj÷ hc fdhi y ajr÷ dtcotdacotc d [cod ‘. ¹Odhd9

‘Oi ‘hj`i [cod, sdljcohi quc Bdlrjcffc sc cstdld comdhdohi. Xcoád quc
trdoqujfjzdrfd‘. ^rägtjgdacotc gudfqujcr gisd quc gdaljdrd sjbojmjgdrád quc kdlrád
cstdhi co itri fubdr y oi co uo pcqucôi gfdri d fds dmucrds hc ^itchdjd kdgc his
dôis. ‘Hjsmrut÷ co sjfcogji hc fd cxprcsj÷o dt÷ojtd hc Bdlrjcffc ‘. Z oi qucrrád
kdlcrac pcrhjhi csi. ‘ Dk... oi tc cspcrdlds csd rcspucstd, ¹vcrhdh, dajbd
aád9 ‘. ¹Z tð quê9 ¹Tuê gdaljdráds sj puhjcrds9 ‘prcbuot÷, aäs pir hjstrdcr d fd
ldrhi quc pir itrd gisd. Cstdld ldstdotc scburd hc quc kdlád augkds gisds quc d
Bdlrjcffc fc bustdrád quc mucrdo hjstjotds. ^êrhjgds, pir c`capfi.

Bdlrjcffc sc airhjsquc÷ cf fdlji co sjfcogji, corchdhd co su pripjd trdapd.

¹Gdaljdrád fds gisds9 Lucoi, sá, sjcaprc kdlád pcqucôis hctdffcs, gisds aifcstds,
tdoti co [cod giai co cffd ajsad, quc d acouhi fc rcsuftdldo mdstjhjisds.

Hcscdld quc [cod

cstc pcqucôi vjd`c.kdlfdrd aäs, duoquc
¹^cri gdaljdr kdlád
gisds9 cstdhi
Wuspjr÷ pirhc fi aäs gkdrfdtdod hurdotc
hcotri.

‘Ac bustdrád... ‘Dfdrb÷ fd adoi y dbdrr÷ cf lrdzi hc su giapdôcrd gio mjraczd ‘ 88 
. Ac bustdrád... qujtdrtc tihi tu hifir, [cod. ‘Oi crd cxdgtdacotc fi quc qucrád
hcgjr, pcri sc dgcrgdld ldstdotc. Z fd rcspucstd muc uo fdrbi dlrdzi, tdo fdrbi quc
sc quch÷ hirajhd co êf, co tihd csd pdz.

@cssdo, dgurrugdhi co sus pripjds adotds df fdhi ipucsti hcf mucbi, sc siorj÷
ajcotrds sc quchdld hirajhi.

His háds hc
guljcrtd hcspuês,
lisquccstdldo
quc sc giotcapfdohi
cxtcohád kdstd uo dogki rái y[cod
cf kirjziotc. df itri fdhi uodajrdrio
y Bdlrjcffc rcbj÷o
jotcrribdotcs d @cssdo, quc siorj÷ dsjotjcohi.

‘Aj gdsd ‘dmjra÷, gio uod siorjsd sdtjsmcgkd‘. Ouogd pcosê quc vifvcrád d vcr
cstc rái.

Wc vifvj÷ kdgjd cffds.

‘Oi kdy pdfdlrds sumjgjcotcs pdrd cxprcsdris aj dbrdhcgjajcoti. ‘Dlrdz÷

prjacri d Bdlrjcffc, fcvdotäohifd hcf sucfi y cstru`äohifd. Cffd sc cgk÷ d rcár,

gdusdohi
quc puhi. uod vjlrdgj÷o
Fd hc`÷ co susgio
co cf sucfi lrdzis, y fc hcvifvj÷
hcfjgdhczd cf dlrdzi,
y fucbi sc vifvj÷ d gio tihd
[cod, qucfdfcmucrzd
cgk÷
 

uod ajrdhd mrád, dotcs hc rcohjrsc y siorcár. D cffd fd dlrdz÷ gio aäs mucrzd, pirquc
sdlád quc oi fc jld d kdgcr hdôi ‘. ]iy d kdgcr csti, pirquc puchi ‘fc susurr÷, y
fucbi fd fcvdot÷ hcf sucfi y hji vucftds gio cffd cotrc sus lrdzis. Wu rjsd sudvc
rcsio÷ co su iáhi. ^ir mjo fd hc`÷ co cf sucfi y sc siorjcrio cf uoi df itri ‘. Dfbðo
hád, gudohi fis kdyd dgistualrdhi d fd jhcd, vcohrêjs d gioigcr d aj bcotc ‘hj`i,
gio scrjchdh‘. ^cri fds his sjcaprc scrêjs mdajfjd pdrd aá.

‘Z tð pdrd oisitrds, @cssdo ‘giotcst÷ [cod, cstrcgkäohifc cf lrdzi. Bdlrjcffc sc

fjajt÷ d dscotjr. Fi ilscrvdrio ajcotrds sc hdld fd vucftd y girrád kdgjd cf rái.
Ajcotrds gruzdld, [cod hjstjobuj÷ dpcods fis johjgjis hc uods mjburds isgurds quc
sdfádo hc fd fáocd hc ärlifcs pdrd rcgjljrfi. Df ffcbdr d fds prjacrds, sc vifvj÷ y fds
sdfuh÷ dbjtdohi cf lrdzi. Cffds fc hcvifvjcrio cf sdfuhi.

‘Fi viy d cgkdr hc acois ‘giacot÷ Bdlrjcffc, dpiydhd co su vdrd.

‘Aa ‘dsjotj÷ [cod, dpdrtdohi d Drbi hc fd fdrbd cxtcosj÷o hc ärlifcs ‘. ^cri

pir dfbuod rdz÷o, tcobi fd scosdgj÷o hc quc fi vdais d vcr hc oucvi.

83 
 

Gdpátufi <

¹T
ujêocs crdo, @css9 ‘bruô÷ Hcbbjs df rcuojrsc gio su
prjai df itri fdhi hcf rái‘. Oi cs uo luco aiacoti pdrd
quc uois hcsgioigjhis scpdo h÷ohc vjvjais. ‘Cf
‘
kialrc aäs ld`i ajrdld d hcrcgkd c jzqujcrhd ajcotrds @cssdo y êf gdajodldo pir
cf scohcri kdgjd fd dfhcd.

@cssdo ajr÷ d su prjai gio gjcrtd jrrjtdgj÷o.

‘Gdfad. ‘Wuspjr÷‘. Ac dyuhdrio d csgdpdr hc fis kuadois y ac kdo trdáhi d

gdsd. ¹Csi oi cs sumjgjcotc9 ‘Ajr÷ kdgjd dträs‘. Co gudoti d qujêocs
qujêocs sio,
 sio, csi scrä
ac`ir quc fi ijbd aj pdhrc prjacri. ‘Ik, sá, pir supucsti, y pir gjcrti, Hcbbjs, êsd
hc dká crd [cod... ¹sdlcs, fd scôird hc fd bucrrd quc adsdgr÷ d fds au`crcs y fis
ojôis hcf vdffc vcgjoi9 Zd‘. ¹^ir quê, quê cstä pdsdohi9 ‘prcbuot÷ pir mjo, df
hdrsc gucotd hc fi quc kdlád hjgki Hcbbjs. 8= 
Wu prjai suspjr÷.

‘Cf práogjpc kuadoi hc fd giadrgd, Kcgtdtir, ois vji d uois gudotis gdzdohi ‘
giotcst÷ gio brdvchdh‘. Wc cstäo prcpdrdohi pdrd uod jovdsj÷o titdf hcf lisquc.
‘]ifvj÷ d ajrdr d @cssdo‘. ¡Ck! ¹Hc h÷ohc kds sdgdhi csd cspdhd9 ‘Wift÷ uo
sjfljhi‘. Cs cstupcohd...

‘Cs uod kjstirjd fdrbuásjad ‘rcspiohj÷ @cssdo, hjvjsdohi fd gdsd hc su mdajfjd‘.

Dkird quc fi pjcosi, cs uod fästjad quc oi kdyd jovjtdhi d ajs oucvds dajstdhcs.
Wcburi quc ois vcoád ljco su dyuhd.

Hcbbjs fi ajr÷ giai sj cstuvjcrd figi. ¹Kuadois9 ¹Dajbis9 ¹^cri quê fc kdlád
pdsdhi dká mucrd9

‘¹Tuê9 ‘Wdguhj÷ fd gdlczd‘. ¹Tuê pihrádo kdgcr fis kuadois pir oisitris9

@cssdo oi fc kjzi gdsi y cotr÷ girrjcohi co su gdsd. Giai cspcrdld, dffá cstdldo su
pdhrc y su adhrc, scotdhis d fd brdo acsd, y d su dfrchchir fis ac`ircs `cmcs
bucrrcris hc su pdhrc. Wc vifvjcrio pdrd ajrdrfi sirprcohjhis gudohi cotr÷ pir fd
pucrtd.
 

‘¡@css! ‘cxgfda÷ Rcoojh, pdsadhd‘. Ois... ‘Ajr÷ d Fcstdo dfbi giomusd‘. Ois
kdládo hjgki quc tc kdládo gdpturdhi.

Fcstdo hc`÷ quc uod cxprcsj÷o hc dfjvji fc jovdhjcrd fds mdggjiocs adrgdhds hc
gjgdtrjgcs.

‘Ac dfcbri hc vcr quc oi crd gjcrti ‘bruô÷, cgkdohi uod ajrdhd hc rci`i d vdrjis
hc fis bucrrcris hc aäs chdh, quc fc kdládo hdhi fd oitjgjd. Cffis fc hcvifvjcrio fd
ajrdhd auy hcsgiogcrtdhis. Wdládo fi quc kdládo vjsti.

‘Crd gjcrti ‘hj`i @cssdo, tdo trdoqujfi. Êstd oi cs fd mirad co quc cspcrdld rcvcfdr
aj kjstirjd, pcri...‘. Ac gdpturdrio y ac dtdrio d uo gdhdfsi y sc cstdldo
hchjgdohi d adtdrac d bifpcs, fd vcrhdh. ‘ D```. Oi hclcrád kdlcrfc hjgki csi d
adhrc, ajrd g÷ai sc kd cogibjhi. @cssdo, d vcgcs crcs uo jhjitd. Wc
jhjitd. Wc dgcrg÷ d cffd y
cogd`÷ cf gucrpi cotrc sus lrdzis dljcrtis pdrd rcgjljr uo dlrdzi. Tuê cxtrdôd cstd
ocgcsjhdh hc giotdgti másjgi, co uo puclfi tdo lcfjgisi, pcos÷. ^cri crd rcdf.

‘Xc csgdpdstc ‘hj`i Fcstdo, kdlfdohi hcspdgji. Mruogj÷ cf gcôi‘.

Cvjhcotcacotc. ‘Ajr÷ d su kj`i y dkird, gio fd fuz, vji fds kcrjhds rcgjêo gurdhds
quc tcoád co fd gdlczd y fis kialris. 82 
@cssdo ajr÷ pir cogjad hcf kialri hc su adhrc y gfdv÷ fis i`is co fis hc su pdhrc.

‘Oi. ‘Gcrr÷ fis i`is y sdlirc÷ cf aiacoti, iycohi cf trucoi hc fis gdsgis hc uo
gdldffi‘. Oi, ac rcsgdtdrio. ‘Wiorj÷ mcrizacotc‘. Ac rcsgdt÷ uo scr kuadoi.
‘Oit÷ quc su adhrc sc pioád rábjhd cotrc sus lrdzis ‘. His, co rcdfjhdh. ‘Ajr÷
fd gdrd giomusd hc su adhrc‘. Z uo gdldffi.

Wc hji gucotd, df ajrdr d su dfrchchir, hc quc tihi cf auohi fi cstdld ajrdohi.

Fcstdo vdgjf÷ y fucbi kjzi uo bcsti d fds hcaäs pcrsiods quc kdlád co fd cstdogjd.

‘Adrgkdis. ‘Hc`÷ fis pfdocs hc ldtdffd co fd acsd ‘. Wê quc tcocais pigi

tjcapi, pcri tcobi quc kdlfdr gio aj kj`i.

Wc kjzi uo sjfcogji cosirhcgchir gudohi tihis sdfjcrio. @cssdo sift÷ d su adhrc y

sc scot÷ d fd acsd, dpiydohi fd ldrljffd co fds adois.

‘So scr kuadoi ‘rcpjtj÷ Rcoojh, gibjcohi uod `drrd y uo vdsi hcf itri fdhi hc
fd acsd. Fc tcalfdldo fds adois.
 

‘His ‘giotcst÷ @cssdo, co viz ld`d, ilscrvdohi fd gdrd hc su pdhrc pir cf rdljffi
hcf i`i. Fcstdo tcoád uod cxprcsj÷o dbrjd ‘. Z uo gdldffi ‘dôdhj÷.

‘Oi tc kdbds cf brdgjisi ‘bruô÷ Fcstdo, scotäohisc co uod csqujod hc fd acsd‘

. ¹G÷ai tc rcsgdtdrio9 ‘Wc cgk÷ kdgjd hcfdotc‘. ¹Z d quê prcgji9

 Dy. @cssdo
 Dy. @cssdo kjzi uod aucgd.
‘Dkuycotdrio d fis dfhcdois, ac girtdrio fds gucrhds y ac sdgdrio hc dffá. ‘Kjzi
uod pdusd y sc tig÷ fd gdlczd gio gujhdhi ‘. Fucbi ac gurdrio fds kcrjhds y ac
gujhdrio kdstd quc puhc vjd`dr. ‘Fis ajr÷. Csti cstä sdfjcohi aäs i acois giai
cspcrdld‘. Co gudoti df prcgji... ‘¹Aj jrd9 ¹Aj hcscspcrdgj÷o9 ¹Aj hcsci hc
airjr y rcuojrac gio aj dadhd9 Sod pdrtc hc aj girdz÷o cs fi quc fcs kc hdhi.
Ljco ldrdti ac pdrcgc‘. Oi ac pjhjcrio odhd. ‘Z yi fcs hdrád... gudfqujcr gisd. 
gisd. 

‘¹Z fis hc`dstc gio vjhd9 ‘prcbuot÷ Fcstdo, co guyis i`is capczdld d dsiadr cf
kirrir‘. Fis kds trdáhi kdstd dquá ¹¹¹y kds hc`dhi quc vjvdo
vjvdo999
999 ‘Bifpc÷ fd acsd
gio cf puôi sdoi, kdgjcohi sdftdr fd `drrd y hcrrdadohi dbud co fd supcrmjgjc ‘. ¡Oi
ac fi puchi grccr! ‘Wc fcvdot÷ y sc pusi d jr y vcojr, hc fd pucrtd d fd acsd y
vucftd. 8; 
@cssdo suspjr÷ fcvcacotc.

‘Ik, sá. ‘Csc ðftjai dlrdzi‘. Zd fi grci quc vjvco. ‘Wiorj÷ pir hcotri. ^dpä...
¹g÷ai pihráds cotcohcrfi9 ¹Tujêo tuvi quc tcôjr cf lisquc gio cf ri`i hc su sdobrc9
Oj sjqujcrd adaä, quc ffcvd fd pdz co cf girdz÷o, puchc sipirtdr fd jhcd hc su
cxjstcogjd. ^cri... oi sio tdo hjstjotis hc oisitris. Oi sio tdo hjstjotis co dlsifuti. 
dlsifuti.  

Rcoojh ilscrv÷ fd gdrd hc su kj`i co sjfcogji. Crd cvjhcotc

cvjhco tc quc fc kdlád pdsdhi dfbi,
pcri oi sdlád quê. @cssdo sc kdlád adrgkdhi hc su lisquc odtdf... dtiracotdhi...
gio fis i`is cosialrcgjhis pir fd aucrtc hc Hcvio. Oi kdlád vjsti uod siorjsd co
sus rdsbis adrgdhis aäs quc uods pigds vcgcs hcshc quc cffd aurj÷. Wc kdlád
kcgki jotrivcrtjhi y su gdrägtcr liohdhisi y dfcbrc sc kdlád oulfdhi, pcrhjhi. Cstc
kialrc quc kdlád vucfti d cffd crd aäs pdrcgjhi df kj`i quc rcgirhdld. Fd siorjsd
hufgc fc ldjfdld co fd giajsurd hc fis fdljis, rcmfc`dohi fd tcouc siorjsd quc sc vcád
co sus i`is. ^crgjlád uod pdz co êf duscotc hcshc kdgád augki tjcapi. ¹^cri g÷ai
pihádo kdlcrfc hdhi csc rcbdfi uois kuadois9 Dhcaäs, ¹pir quê kdlrádo kdlrá do dyuhdhi
d @cssdo9 Wdlád hc dfbuoi quc itri quc, df giotrdrji
giotrdr ji quc fd adyirád, pdrcgád kdlcrsc
fjlrdhi hc su cstrcgkcz hc ajrds gdsj jogiaprcosjlfc, pcri... y sjo caldrbi, d su
 

kj`i fc kdlád pdsdhi dfbi. ^rcigupdhd, ajr÷ d Fcstdo, quc hdld aucstrds hc cstdr d
puoti hc pcrhcr fis cstrjlis.

Fcstdo sc dgcrg÷ d fd acsd y dbdrr÷ d su kj`i pir fd adohálufd,

adohálu fd, ilfjbäohifi d ajrdrfi
ajrdr fi
d fis i`is.

‘¹Tujêocs sio9 ‘prcbuot÷, gio tioi td`dotc. Giai sj oi tuvjêrdais yd

sumjgjcotcs prilfcads y dkird tcobi quc covjdr cxpfirdhircs trds csis his. Cstdld
his. Cstdld
comurcgjhi. ¹G÷ai kd pihjhi @cssdo kdgcrfc csti d su puclfi9 Gioigc fis rjcsbis.
Ojôi jhjitd. 
jhjitd. 

@cssdo sc fcvdot÷, siftäohisc hc fd adoi hc su pdhrc, y sc jrbuj÷ hcf tihi,

supcrdohi d Fcstdo pir vdrjis gcotáactris. Fi dprivcgk÷, gudhrdohi fis dogkis
kialris y tiadohi dfjcoti. Êstd crd fd pdrtc quc fc hdld ajchi.

‘^dhrc... ‘Wc kuachcgj÷ fis fdljis, ocrvjisi‘. Oi ois vdo d kdgcr hdôi. Oi fi
cotjcohcs, oi puchcs... ‘Wc dgcrg÷ d fd pdrch y vifvj÷ ‘. Zi... pdrd aá sio mdajfjd.
‘Oi kjzi gdsi hc fd cxgfdadgj÷o simigdhd hc su adhrc ‘. Fi sjcoti... sê quc fis
ihjäjs, adaä, pdpä... pcri... ‘So sioiri gkdsqujhi gudohi Fcstdo fc hji uod
limctdhd co fd gdrd gio cf lrdzi sdoi. Êf oj sc joaut÷ y tuvi fd sdtjsmdggj÷o hc vcr 8: 
fd aiacotäocd cxprcsj÷o hc dsialri co fis i`is hc Fcstdo.

‘¹Tuc fis ihjdais9 ‘bruô÷ su pdhrc, gio uo tioi cspdotisdacotc brdvc‘.

¡Jhjitd! Oi tjcocs oj jhcd hc fi pigi dpripjdhd quc cs csd pdfdlrd pdrd fi quc sjcoti.
‘Dbdrr÷ d @cssdo pir uo fdhi hcf gucffi y fi capu`÷ giotrd fd pdrch ‘. Xihis fis
háds hc aj vjhd tcobi quc gdajodr co csc lisquc silrc fd sdobrc hc ajfcs hc fis
oucstris pir fd jogdpdgjhdh hc fis kuadois hc vjvjr co pdz. ‘Xrdb÷ gio mucrzd,
‘
vifvjcohi d capu`dr
dsá9 ‘Dgcrg÷ d @cssdo
aäs fd gdrd giotrd fdcrdo99 
‘. ¹¹Tujêocs pdrch   . ¹G÷ai kds pihjhi trdjgjiodrois

‘Oi puchi. Oi tc fi viy d hcgjr ‘muc fd rcspucstd hc su kj`i, trdoqujfd, sudvc,

jomfcxjlfc giai cf brdojti‘. Wc `ubdrio fd pjcf pir sdfvdrac. Ac gujhdrio. Ac
imrcgjcrio su dajstdh. Ac trd`crio d gdsd. ‘Dbdrr÷ fd adoi hc su pdhrc y sc fd
qujt÷ hcf gucffi‘. ¹Z qujcrcs quc rcvcfc qujêocs sio pir tu jrd9 D aá s÷fi ac kdo
kcgki cf ljco, ¹cs quc
q uc siais tdo adfis giai cffis9 ¹Fcs vdais d hcvifvcr uo hdôi
gudohi oi kdo kcgki ojobuoi9 Oi. ‘Hjrjbj÷ uod ajrdhd d fd gdrd dtrjlufdhd hc su
adhrc‘. Oi, oi fi viy d kdgcr. ‘@cssdo vifvj÷ d ajrdr d fis i`is murjisis hc su
pdhrc‘. Oi fi viy d kdgcr.

Wjfcogji co fd cstdogjd. Rcoojh fd gruz÷ y sc pusi df fdhi hc su kj`i.

 

‘Hê`dac ]cr tu girdz÷o ‘hj`i, gifigäohifc uod adoi co cf pcgki. Ajr÷ d fis i`is
gud`dhis hc aitds hirdhds hc @cssdo, pcrgjljcohi... dk. Gcrr÷ fis i`is, gio uo
primuohi hifir. ¹Tuê gfdsc hc kuadois crdo cstis quc fc kdgádo scotjr csti9
Dkioh÷ aäs y gdpt÷ dpcods uois rctdzis hc fds jaäbcocs quc sc fc pdsdldo pir fd
acotc, gisd quc s÷fi pihád kdgcr gio su kj`i y gio su vjogufdhi. Sod pucstd hc sif.
Dbud. Sod kuadod hc pcfi ri`i y i`is vcrhcs giai cf adr, quc sc rcád. Dbud hc
oucvi, cstd vcz pir cogjad hc su gdlczd. Rcoojh simig÷ uod cxgfdadgj÷o. ¹Kdládo
jotcotdhi dkibdr d su kj`i9 Oi... uods adois mucrtcs, uois lrdzis quc fi fcvdotdldo
y fi sdgdldo hcf dbud. Itrd kuadod. ^cfi isguri y pcoctrdotcs i`is dzufcs...
^crgjlj÷ cf gdrjôi quc sc jotcrgdaljdldo, vji quc fd kuadod siorcád d su kj`i, supi
quc crd gjcrti.

Wupi quc rcgioigád d fd scbuohd kuadod, quc fd kdlád vjsti gio fds adois
cosdobrcotdhds co achji hc uod dfhcd sdqucdhd hcf vdffc vcgjoi y hc oucvi df
adohi hc uod ldohd hc dsdftdotcs dtdgdohi d fis pdstircs quc kdlád kdgjd cf cstc.

‘ ‘
Ik, ‘
pcgki @cssdo cxgfda÷
. Hjac quc Rcoojh sudvcacotc,
ac cqujvigi. corchdohi
‘Fi ajr÷ d fis fis hchis
i`is, hcsifdhd. co quc
Hjac cf pcfi hc su
fi quc fc

3> 
vj kdgcr co dqucf vdffc, d csd bcotc, oi crd gjcrti. Dk... pcri oi puchcs, ¹vcrhdh,
oilfc kj`i aái9 ^irquc yi fd vj. Zi ajsad. Oi puchcs giovcogcrac hc quc fd
 pcrsiod quc kjzi dqucffi cs hjbod hc tu... Ik, @cssdo... Oi. Adaä, oi... oi sc fi
hjbds, pirmdvirpirmdvirpirmdvir... oi... duff÷
oi... duff÷ fd acotc hc @cssdo. Wu adhrc crd cf
ðojgi mdgtir silrc cf quc oi tcoád ojobðo giotrif. Fd ajr÷ d fis i`is gfdris, ribdohi.
Cffd tcoád aäs aitjvis quc fd adyirád pdrd ihjdr d fd cspcgjc hc [cod, y dkird
gioigád cf ristri hc qujco fi kdlád rcsgdtdhi. Oi kdlád augkds au`crcs bucrrcrds,
y Rcoojh fd kdlád vjsti, pir fi acois uod vcz. Cf dspcgti hc [cod oi sc ifvjhdld
mägjfacotc. Wc hji gucotd hc quc Rcoojh sc hcldtád gio su hjfcad y dbudot÷ fd
rcspjrdgj÷o. Df mjodf, cffd suspjr÷ y dfz÷ fd adoi pdrd dgdrjgjdr hcfjgdhdacotc fd gdrd
hc su kj`i. ¹Giai hjsgufpd9 ¹Dgcptdgj÷o9 W÷fi hc pcosdrfi, sc cstrcacgj÷.

‘Fcstdo... dair aái ‘]ifvj÷ fd gdlczd y ajr÷ d su pdrc`d d fis i`is. Wu váogufi
trdosmira÷ jogfusi csd ajrdhd mirtujtd co dfbi aäs áotjai, df tigdrsc sus dfads, y
cffd sc sjotj÷ mfitdr co fd ajrdhd gdild hc êf‘. Fi quc sjcotc cs... gjcrti. ‘Mruogj÷
fis fdljis‘. Grci... quc oi supioco uo pcfjbri pdrd oisitris. ‘Wiorj÷ d su kj`i,
qujco gcrr÷ fis i`is ffcoi hc dfjvji y gdosdogji ‘. ^cri @cssdo... hclcs hcgjrfc d tu
pdhrc qujêo crd cstd pcrsiod. ‘Fc tig÷ fcvcacotc fd ac`jffd‘. Xjcoc quc sdlcrfi.
^irquc sj tc cqujvigds, supioco uo pcfjbri cxtrcai pdrd oucstri puclfi.

Êf fd ajr÷, hcsgiogcrtdhi. ¹Dgdsi oi fi cotcohád9 ^cosdld quc kdlád...

 

‘¹Z cxpiocrfd d cffd d su gdstjbi9 ‘prcbuot÷ sudvcacotc‘. Adaä, oi puchi.

‘¹¹Cffd99 ‘jotcrruapj÷ Fcstdo, pir prjacrd vcz hcshc fi quc pdrcgádo kirds.
^drtc hc fd jrd sdfvd`c kdlád hcsdpdrcgjhi hc su tioi, giosuajhd pir fd ajrdhd hc
Rcoojh‘. ¹¹D cffd99 ‘Mruogj÷ cf gcôi df ajrdr d su kj`i‘. ^ir Drcs, kj`i, ¹quê ac
cstäs hjgjcohi, quc uod kuadod tc kd sdfvdhi9 ‘Drrub÷ cf cotrcgc`i auy aifcsti.
Adtdr au`crcs oi crd fi suyi, oj sjqujcrd kuadods, cstdldo tdo johcmcosds giai
uois gdgkirris‘. Cstä ljco, cstä ljco... puchcs giotäracfi. Zd sdlcs fi quc sjcoti
df rcspcgti. ‘Mruogj÷ cf gcôi y dpiy÷ fd ldrljffd co fd adoi sdod. Rcoojh sc gifig÷
hcträs hc êf y sc jogfjo÷ silrc su gucffi, cstrcgkäohifi cotrc sus lrdzis.

@cssdo rcspjr÷ kiohi.

‘Crd [cod. ‘Fucbi gcrr÷ fis i`is gio mucrzd y cspcr÷ fd cxpfisj÷o. Gudohi oi sc
prihu`i, cotrcdlrj÷ uo pärpdhi y ajr÷ d su pdhrc. Fcstdo fi ajrdld gio uod gurjisd
aczgfd hc pdsai, jogrchufjhdh c jotrjbd‘. Cs auy dbrdhdlfc ‘dôdhj÷ @cssdo gio
gdutcfd‘. ¹Is dgirhäjs hc quc kdládais iáhi quc kdlád hc`dhi hc dtdgdr9 Dkird
vd pir dká dyuhdohi d fd bcotc... cs gjcrti. ‘Ajr÷ prcigupdhi d su adhrc, qujco
mruogj÷ fis fdljis, gio bcsti brdvc.
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‘Dbrdhdlfc ‘hj`i Fcstdo hcspdgji‘. @cssdo, kc iáhi augkis têrajois usdhis
pdrd hcsgrjljr d [cod. Dbrdhdlfc ouogd kd sjhi uoi hc cffis. ‘Xdalirjfc÷ gio fis
hchis co fd acsd, jotrjbdhi d su pcsdr ‘. Gdsj oi puchi grccrfi. ^cri... dquá cstäs.
‘Jotcot÷ hjsjaufdr su rcpcotjod gurjisjhdh‘. [cod, ¹ck9

@cssdo tuvi fd sðljtd sispcgkd hc quc su pdhrc oi hcsdprildld tdoti d su oucvd

dajbd giai kdlád pcosdhi. Hclc hc scr pirquc cs bucrrcrd,
bucrrcrd , siorj÷ pir hcotri.

Rcoojh dfz÷ fd gdrd kdgjd su kj`i.

‘Zi... kc vjsti fds pcsdhjffds quc kd gdusdhi csd kuadod. ¹Z dkird cspcrds quc ac
grcd quc sc kd trdosmiradhi co uod cspcgjc hc kcriáod9 @cssdo, tc cstäs
cobdôdohi. ‘Dpiy÷ fd ac`jffd co cf pcfi hc Fcstdo y giotjou÷ ‘0 Wcburi quc tc hds
gucotd hc fi japisjlfc quc cs.

‘Adaä... ‘@cssdo vdgjf÷‘. Zi tdapigi fi grcád df prjogjpji... ‘Cotiogcs sc

hctuvi y rcpds÷ sus rcgucrhis‘. Oi. Csi oi cs gjcrti. ‘Co su ligd sc hjlu`÷ uod
gurjisd siorjsd‘. Co gudoti fd vj, aj girdz÷o supi quc oi supioád ojobðo pcfjbri

pdrd aá. ^cri

dyuhdrac... aj acotc
gudohi tdrh÷ uo
fd gioizgäjs, fi tjcapi coFcvdot÷
vcrêjs. ‘ dgcptdrfi. Oi tcoád
fds adois dotcfdsus
]jstd pdrd
ajrdhds
 

hc silrcsdfti‘. Ik... oi dkird ajsai... pcri dfbðo hád, fd trdcrê dquá. Tujcri quc
fi vcäjs visitris ajsais... pcri hc`dh quc is gucotc tihd fd kjstirjd...

‘Lucoi ‘qujsi sdlcr Bdlrjcffc‘. ¹Z dkird d h÷ohc9 ‘Ajr÷ kdgjd hcfdotc, hiohc

cf gdajoi pdrcgád jr cosdogkäohisc y kdgjêohisc aäs hcmjojhi cotrc fd kjcrld.

[cod giotcapf÷ pcosdtjvd cf kirjziotc.

‘^ucs pihrádais jr d kdgcrfc uod vjsjtd d Kcgtdtir. Xcobi cotcohjhi quc su oucvd
gdpjtdf cs auy brdohc. ‘Hjrjbj÷ uod ajrdhd hc rci`i d su dajbd y fc siorj÷ gio djrc
hc budsd‘. Xdaljêo tcobi cotcohjhi quc sc puchco kdgcr giaprds auy lucods.
‘Fdhc÷ fd gdlczd y ajr÷ d fd ldrhi uo aiacoti. Wc fc igurrj÷ uod jhcd ‘. Wá, hc
kcgki, vdais d kdgcr csi.

Bdlrjcffc fd ajr÷ gio uod gc`d codrgdhd.

‘^ucs ac pdrcgc bcojdf. ‘¹Tuê sc trdád dkird [cod cotrc adois9 Xcoád csd

3< 
siorjsjtd co fd gdrd quc sc fc pioád gudohi cstdld trdadohi dfbi.  Dk, lucoi,
supiobi quc oi tdrhdrê co hcsgulrjrfi. Gudohi
hcsgulrjrfi. Gudohi cstdld d puoti hc caprcohcr hc
oucvi fd adrgkd, [cod sc aiot÷ hc uo sdfti co fd sjffd hc Drbi y fc dfdrb÷ cf lrdzi.

‘]cobd ‘fd urbj÷ [cod‘. Ac bustdrád ffcbdr d fd gdpjtdf dotcs hcf doigkcgcr.

Bdlrjcffc drrub÷ fd mrcotc gio hcsgiogjcrti, pcri sc cogibj÷ hc kialris y sc

dhcfdot÷ pdrd gibcr cf lrdzi quc sc fc imrcgád. [cod fcvdot÷ d Bdlrjcffc hcträs hc
cffd y dzuz÷ d Drbi gio uo lrcvc dprct÷o hc rihjffds.

Wuspjrdohi, fd ldrhi sc pusi fd girrcd hc fd vdrd df kialri y sc su`ct÷ d fd gjoturd

hc [cod gio fis his lrdzis. Hjiscs, ihji aiotdr d gdldffi, pcri df acois sj siais
his tcobi dfbi s÷fjhi hiohc dbdrrdrac. 
dbdrrdrac.  Wiorj÷ fjbcrdacotc. Drbi caprcohj÷ uo
luco pdsi y df gdli hc uo rdti, siscbdhd pir cf rjtai y cf sif, Bdlrjcffc sc quch÷
hirajhd dpiydhd co fd cspdfhd hc [cod.

‘Tuê oivchdh ‘auraur÷ [cod pir fi ld`i, rjsucôd. Wu`ct÷ gio uo lrdzi fis his
gio quc fd ldrhi fd kdlád rihcdhi, pdrd cvjtdr quc sc rcsldfdrd, y sc cgk÷ d rcár
cotrc hjcotcs. Aäs tdrhc pihrê tiadrfc cf pcfi gio csti. 
csti. 

[cod cspcr÷ kdstd quc sc cstdldo dgcrgdohi d fd gjuhdh dotcs hc piocr d Drbi df
pdsi, y vifvj÷ fd gdlczd pdrd ajrdr pir cogjad hcf kialri.
 

‘Ck, prjogcsd ‘fc hj`i d su giapdôcrd, y oit÷ cf silrcsdfti hc Bdlrjcffc df

hcspcrtdrsc.

‘¹Tuê9 ‘Ajr÷ d su dfrchchir dsialrdhd‘. ¹H÷ohc... guäoti tjcapi kc cstdhi

hurajcohi9 ‘prcbuot÷, dhvjrtjcohi fd siorjsd hjvcrtjhd hc [cod. Cf sif sc cstdld
piojcohi silrc fds tirrcs hc fd gjuhdh. Oi ac hjbds quc ac kc quchdhi hirajhd
cogjad hc cstc adfhjti gdldffi y quc ac kc pdsdhi kirds hurajcohi, [cod, pir
 mdvir.  
 mdvir.

‘So pdr hc kirds ‘giomjra÷ fd aircod dfcbrcacotc, y sc cgk÷ d rcár sudvcacotc

df vcr fd cxprcsj÷o airtjmjgdhd hc Bdlrjcffc‘. Z yi quc grcád quc oi cstdlds g÷aihd
co uo gdldffi.

Bdlrjcffc suspjr÷ y dpiy÷ fd gdlczd co fd cspdfhd hc [cod. ¹G÷ai puchi kdlcr

kcgki csi9 Hclc hc kdlcr sjhi cf sif. 
sif.   Hc rcpcotc, sc hji gucotd hc quc scbuád
dlrdzdhd d fd au`cr aäs dftd y quc tcoád fis
fi s lrdzis ljco su`ctis. ^ilrc [cod... kdstd
kd tcojhi quc japchjr quc ac gdycrd,
gdycrd, sc rcgrjajo÷ Bdlrjcffc, jrrjtdhd.

‘Hjsgufpd ‘auraur÷, aivjêohisc y siftdohi fis lrdzis‘. Oi sê quê ac kd

cotrdhi. 37 
[cod vifvj÷ d ajrdr pir cogjad hcf kialri.

‘Oi tc prcigupcs. ^drcgád quc tc kdgád mdftd hirajr y kc pdsdhi pir gisds pcircs.
‘Hc`÷ quc Drbi dvdozdrd tritdohi uo pigi aäs y fucbi ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc d fd gdrd,
quc scbuád scrjd y co sjfcogji‘. Bdlrjcffc ‘hj`i dadlfcacotc, vifvjêohisc d
achjds co fd sjffd‘. Oi pdsd odhd. Oi tjcoc odhd hc pdrtjgufdr. ]dfc, tc kds quchdhi
hirajhd cogjad hc Drbi. ¹Z quê9

‘Fi sjcoti ‘adsguff÷ Bdlrjcffc, gio cf gcôi mruogjhi‘. Ouogd tc vci d tj cgkdrtc
uod sjcstd sjo aitjvi dfbuoi.

[cod rcsipf÷.

‘Lucoi, oi, pcri gio uod hc fds his sjcaprc d puoti hc sdftdr cs aäs quc
sumjgjcotc, ¹oi grccs9 ‘Giotcapf÷ fds pucrtds hc fd gjuhdh quc yd tcoádo gcrgd ‘.
^drcgc quc kdy augkd dgtjvjhdh.

Fd ldrhi dtjsl÷ dfrchchir hcf dfti kialri hc [cod y ilscrv÷ fd pucrtd. Dgtjvjhdh,
sá. Kialrcs y gdldffis cotrdldo y sdfádo gio djrc hcgjhjhi.
 

‘^drcgc quc kdy...

‘^rilfcads ‘tcrajo÷ [cod brdvcacotc, gio uo kiohi suspjri ‘. ¹Cs quc ouogd
pihcais jr d dfbðo sjtji hiohc oi cstê igurrjcohi dfbi9 ‘Acocdohi fd aircod
gdlczd, vifvj÷ d piocr d Drbi df tritc fdrbi, fi gudf kjzi quc Bdlrjcffc sc dbdrrdrd d
cffd hc oucvi.

Cotrdrio tritdohi pir fds pucrtds, csqujvdohi sifhdhis d fd gdrrcrd y gdrris hc

gialdtc co aivjajcoti. Oi gdlád huhd hc fi quc sjbojmjgdld tihd dqucffd dgtjvjhdh0
fis prcpdrdtjvis pdrd fd bucrrd crdo cvjhcotcs. Kdlád sifhdhis pir tihds pdrtcs
cqujpäohisc, dmjfdohi drads, rcpdrdohi dradhurd. Dpcods sc mj`dldo co fd ycbud
hirdhd quc tritdld tdo hcgjhjhd y co sus jos÷fjtds `joctcs. ^ir mjo, [cod vji d dfbujco
d qujco gioigád.

‘Ck, Dfdrdo. ‘Wc ld`÷ hc Drbi c kjzi uo bcsti d Bdlrjcffc pdrd quc sjbujcrd
aiotdhd.

Cf gdoisi sifhdhi fcvdot÷ fd ajrdhd sirprcohjhi.

‘¡[cod! ‘Wimig÷ uod rjsd‘. ^cri lucoi... ‘Wc dhcfdot÷ y fc cstrcgk÷ cf lrdzi ‘ 38 
. Guäoti tjcapi. ¹Tuê tc trdc pir dquá9 Duoquc ffcbds ljco d tjcapi... ‘Fd su`ct÷
dfdrbdohi fis lrdzis‘. Cstäs cstupcohd. ‘Wiorj÷‘. Hd busti ajrdrtc.

[cod sc cgk÷ d rcár y fc hji uods pdfadhds co fd ldrrjbd.

‘^ucs tð pdrcgc quc oi kds cstdhi trdld`dohi augki. ‘Kjzi uo bcsti scôdfdohi
cf d`ctrcdhi pdtji‘. ¹Tuê igurrc9

‘Dk ‘rcziob÷ Dfdrdo‘. Kcais hcsguljcrti uo ojhi hc... oi sê, uois scrcs,
pihrádais hcgjr. Achji kuadois, achji oi sê quê, y aäs adfis quc fd qujod.
Kcgtdtir cstä irbdojzdohi uod brdo mucrzd pdrd cxpufsdrfis. ‘Fcvdot÷ fd ajrdhd,
dhvjrtjcohi pir mjo fd cxprcsj÷o hc [cod‘. ¹Tuê9 ¹Tuê pdsd9

‘Xcobi quc vcr d Kcgtdtir ‘bruô÷ [cod‘. Cstä d puoti hc giactcr uo brdvc
crrir. ‘Wc aiot÷ hc oucvi co Drbi y fc vifvj÷ fd gdlczd kdgjd cf gdstjffi,
dzuzäohifd ‘. Ac dfcbri hc vcrtc, Dfdrdo ‘brjt÷ pir cogjad hcf kialri.

‘Oj fd ajtdh hc fi quc ac dfcbri yi hc vcrtc d tj, [cod ‘fc brjt÷ cf vctcrdoi,
acocdohi fd gdlczd. ^ir Pcus, quê au`cr tdo lcffd pcri pcfjbrisd. Wc prcbuot÷ quê
sc pripioád.
 

Bdlrjcffc gdrrdspc÷.

‘Oi sdlád quc tcoáds vjc`is dajbis quc sc dfcbrdldo tdoti hc vcrtc ‘hj`i,
siorjcohi, dotcs hc hdrsc gucotd hc g÷ai hclád hc siodr dqucffi‘. Aa... qujcri
hcgjr, lucoi, csi oi cs fi quc qucrád hcgjr.

[cod simig÷ uod rjsd.

‘Wá quc fi cs. ‘Hji uods pdfadhjtds d Bdlrjcffc co fd pjcrod ‘. ^cri oi pdsd odhd,
oiradfacotc cs gjcrti. Dfdrdo crd uod cxgcpgj÷o. Ois gioigcais hcshc kdgc
augki tjcapi. ‘Wuspjr÷‘. Oi grci quc Kcgtdtir sc aucstrc tdo dajstisi. ‘
Hjrjbj÷ d Drbi kdgjd cf rdstrjffi hcf gdstjffi‘. Cspcri pihcr giovcogcrfi hc quc
piobd mjo d csti.

Hctuvi d fd ycbud y hcsaiot÷, dfdrbdohi fis lrdzis y dtrdpdohi d Bdlrjcffc gudohi

êstd sc hjspioád d kdgcr fi ajsai. Fd ldrhi cstdld d puoti hc pritcstdr hjgjcohi
quc crd gdpdz hc hcsaiotdr hc uo gdldffi gudohi ffcb÷ df sucfi, y sc kdlrád
hcspfiadhi sj [cod oi fd kuljcrd tcojhi dbdrrdhd.

‘Dy ‘sc quc`÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. Brdgjds. ‘Wc tia÷ uo aiacoti pdrd cstjrdr fds 33 
pjcrods hifirjhds y fucbi fc kjzi d [cod uo bcsti hc dscotjajcoti ‘. Cstiy ljco ‘
hj`i, y fd bucrrcrd fd sift÷ y fc hji uod pdfadhjtd co fd cspdfhd.

Cf gdstjffi crd hc tdadôi achji, pcri ljco kcgki, y fd pucrtd cstdld budrhdhd.
budrhdh d. [cod
sc hctuvi hcfdotc hcf budrhjd hc fd pucrtd y cspcr÷ d quc fc kjgjcrd gdsi. Df gdli hc
uo aiacoti, cf budrhjd fcvdot÷ fd vjstd y sc cgk÷ kdgjd dträs sirprcohjhi. Wcburi
quc oi sc cspcrdld vcr d uod au`cr bucrrcrd, quc fc sdgd vdrjis gcotáactris hc
cstdturd, pfdotdhd dotc su pucrtd,
pucrtd, pcos÷ [cod.

‘Ocgcsjti vcr d Kcgtdtir ‘hj`i gio su tioi hc viz aäs brdvc y aäs japiocotc.

Cf budrhjd trdb÷.

‘Cstä igupdhi ‘sc dtrcvj÷ d hcgjr‘. Cstä auy igupdhi.

‘Aäs igupdhi vd d cstdr sj oi ac hc`ds pdsdr d vcrfi ‘bruô÷ [cod, dôdhjcohi

uod hisjs hc fd ajrdhd d fd cxjbcogjd y dvdozdohi uo pdsi aäs. ]cobd, dajbi,
hê`dac pdsdr. Oi ac ilfjbucs d aifcrtc d bifpcs, ¹vdfc9 Kc tcojhi uo hád auy
fdrbi,, adsguff÷ pir hcotri. ¹W÷fi pir cstd vcz9 ¹^ir mdvir9  
fdrbi

Cf budrhjd fd ajr÷ hc drrjld dld`i, dfz÷ fds adois y acoc÷ fd gdlczd.

 

‘Wcôird, siy fi ldstdotc fjsti giai pdrd sdlcr quc oi puchi hctcocrtc, dsá quc
dhcfdotc. ^cri cspcri quc hc vcrhdh ocgcsjtcs vcrfi. Cstdais prcpdräohiois pdrd
fd bucrrd.

[cod dfz÷ fis i`is df gjcfi y hji fds brdgjds d qujcoqujcrd quc kuljcrd cstdhi
csgugkdohi.

‘Oi tc prcigupcs. Oi fc hjrê d odhjc

o dhjc quc ac kds hc`dhi pdsdr. ‘Gruz÷ fds pucrtds,
scbujhd hc Bdlrjcffc, quc sc rcád co sjfcogji. [cod jotcot÷ cgkdrfc uod ajrdhd
gcôuhd, pcri mrdgds÷ y giovjrtj÷ cf jotcoti co uod siorjsd jr÷ojgd‘. Ac dfcbri hc
kdlcrtc hjvcrtjhi ‘giacot÷.

Cogiotrdr d Kcgtdtir muc mägjf. Ffdadrfc fd dtcogj÷o muc uo pigi aäs hjmágjf. Kdlád
vdrjis giadohdotcs hc bucrrd aivjêohisc pir su sdfd hc rcuojiocs, drrdstrdohi
adpds y pfdocs hc ldtdffd. Cf pripji Kcgtdtir, uo kialrc dfti y ljco miradhi hc
pcfi y i`is isguris, pdsdld hc uo brupi d itri, hdohi ÷rhcocs.

Xrds vdrjis jotcotis hc jotcrruapjr, [cod pcrhj÷ pir mjo fd pdgjcogjd y hcgjhj÷ tiadr
achjhds hrästjgds. Fcvdot÷ uo cxtrcai hc fd coirac acsd hc rcuojiocs y fd vifg÷
cotcrd, adohdohi pir fis djrcs adpds, giadohdotcs hc bucrrd y il`ctis hjvcrsis. 3= 
Dhcaäs hcf kirririsi cstrêpjti gudohi fd acsd gdy÷ df sucfi. D giotjoudgj÷o sc
kjzi cf sjfcogji. [cod sc gifig÷ co cf gcotri dkird hcspc`dhi hc fd sdfd y sc gruz÷ hc
lrdzis.

‘Kifd, Kcgtdtir ‘hj`i hcspdgji‘. Xcocais quc kdlfdr.

Grci quc hjsmrutd gio csti,

csti, pcos÷ Bdlrjcffc, ilscrvdohi fd rcdggj÷o. Grci quc fc
bustd hc vcrhdh cstdr dká pfdotdhd, co achji hc cstd sdfd ffcod hc kialrcs
dradhis, sdljcohi quc cffd cs fi aäs pcfjbrisi quc kdy dquá y sdljcohi quc tihis
cffis fi sdlco tdaljêo. Wiorj÷
tdaljêo. Wiorj÷ pir hcotri. Z grci quc yi hjsmruti vjêohifi. Csi cs
tcrrjlfc, ¹oi9 ^cri cs gjcrti. 
gjcrti. 

‘Aa. ¹Ois hjsgufpäjs, pir mdvir9 ‘hj`i Kcgtdtir, gdrrdspcdohi‘. Kifd, [cod. Oi
tc kdlád vjsti cotrdr. ‘Kjzi uo bcsti d sus kialrcs, quc sdfjcrio d tihd prjsd hc fd
sdfd, hc`äohifis d fis his gdrd d gdrd. Co fis i`is hc êf sc dhvcrtád uo rcspcti
gdutcfisi ajcotrds giotcapfdld d su jocspcrdhd jovjtdhd ‘. Wupiobi quc tc kds
cotcrdhi hc oucstri pcqucôi prilfcad. ¹Tujcrcs dyuhdrois9 ‘Fd ajr÷
codrgdohi uod gc`d gio bcsti jotcrribdotc‘. Ois vcohrád ljco fd dyuhd, pir
supucsti.
 

[cod sc dgcrg÷ d êf, fi dbdrr÷ hcf lrdzi y fi ffcv÷ d uo dsjcoti gcrgdoi.

‘Wjêotdtc. ‘Cffd sc scot÷ co fd acsd d su fdhi ‘. Bdlrjcffc, vco dquá. ‘Fd ldrhi
gruz÷ fd sdfd y sc dgiaih÷ co uo ldogi‘. Csgugkd. Cstäs giactjcohi uo brdvc
crrir. ‘Fi ajr÷ d fis i`is ‘. Csis aiostruis gio fis quc vds d gialdtjr oi sio
aiostruis. ‘Bdlrjcffc sjcaprc ac josjstc pdrd quc jotcotc sifugjiodr fds gisds
kdlfdohi prjacri. ]dfc. ^ucs fi jotcotdrê. 
jotcotdrê. 

Kcgtdtir simig÷ uod rjsitdhd.

‘]dais, [cod. Fis kc vjsti. Oi puchcs hcgjrac quc oi sio pcfjbrisis. ‘Wc gruz÷
hc lrdzis y acoc÷ fjbcrdacotc fd gdlczd.

‘¹^cfjbrisis9 ‘[cod codrg÷ uod gc`d‘. ^ir supucsti quc sio pcfjbrisis. Xð crcs
pcfjbrisi. Zi siy pcfjbrisd. ‘Fc gfdv÷ fd mrád ajrdhd‘. Hc kcgki, yi siy augki aäs
pcfjbrisd quc cffis. ‘Fc pusi uod adoi co fd adobd‘. Csgugkd, fis gioizgi. Cstäo
ljco sj fis hc`ds co pdz. ¹Xc kdo kcgki dfbi9 ¹Kdo adtdhi d dfbujco9

Kcgtdtir sc fcvdot÷ hc bifpc y sc pusi d pdscdr auy dbjtdhi.

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‘Oi sê quê cs fi quc tc pripiocs, [cod. Oi puchcs cspcrdr quc hc`c d uois
dojadfcs pcfjbrisis co ajs mriotcrds, oj duoquc mucrdo brdo`cris y oi bucrrcris,
gisd quc cvjhcotcacotc sio. Dkird, sj oi ois vds d dyuhdr, kdz cf mdvir hc hc`drac
quc tcrajoc hc kdgcr fi quc tcobi quc kdgcr. ‘Fd ajr÷ gcôuhi‘. Z dpärtdtc hc
aj gdajoi.

[cod suspjr÷ y sc vifvj÷ kdgjd Bdlrjcffc.

‘¹Wdlcs9 Xcoád augkds bdods hc quc csti hc kdlfdr sdfjcrd ljco. Cstiy gdosdhd,
kd sjhi uo hád auy fdrbi y pcosê quc d fi ac`ir, s÷fi pir cstd vcz, fi jld d jotcotdr.
‘Wc pusi co pjc, d tjcapi hc jotcrgcptdr d Kcgtdtir gudohi êstc sc dgcrg÷ aäs d
cffd. Gio uod adoi, fi dbdrr÷ hcf gucffi hc fd gkdquctd. Wu itrd adoi mira÷ uo
puôi y bifpc÷ su adohálufd gio uo mucrtc gkdsqujhi.
gkdsquj hi. Êf sc hcspfia÷ mfäggjhdacotc
co sus lrdzis sjo cajtjr cf aäs aáojai rujhi‘. Wupiobi quc oi crd cf aiacoti.

Wdguhjcohi fd gdlczd, sc dbdgk÷ y fi dbdrr÷ pir fd gkdquctd y cf gjotur÷o, fi fcvdot÷

gio uo mucrtc japufsi y sc fi cgk÷ silrc fis kialris.

‘]dais ‘hj`i, kdgjcohi uo bcsti d Bdlrjcffc pdrd quc mucrd hcfdotc hc cffd ‘. ]d
d scr uod oigkc auy fdrbd.
 

‘¹H÷ohc fi vdais d ffcvdr9 ‘prcbuot÷ Bdlrjcffc, gio gurjisjhdh.

‘D fd dfhcd hc @cssdo ‘giotcst÷ [cod, gifigdohi d Kcgtdtir co uod pisturd aäs

g÷aihd pdrd ffcvdrfi d gucstds‘. D fi ac`ir giosjbi quc Fcstdo y êf sifugjioco fds
gisds kdlfdohi. Duoquc s÷fi scd, d fi ac`ir giosjbi quc Kcgtdtir sc hê gucotd hc
quc fi quc tjcoc co sus mriotcrds oi sio uois dojadfcs cstðpjhis.

‘Aaa ‘giacot÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. ¹Z sj hcgjhco fjlrdr df auohi hc trcs kuadois

aäs9 ‘Wu tioi crd fjbcri, pcri oi puhi cvjtdr gjcrti brdhi hc prcigupdgj÷o co fd
prcbuotd.

[cod fd ajr÷, gio uod fjbcrd siorjsd co fd giajsurd hc fis fdljis.

‘¹Cstäs prcigupdhd9

‘Wá ‘giotcst÷ fd ldrhi, gio sjogcrjhdh‘. D @cssdo fc prcigupdld augki quc

cstuvjêrdais gcrgd hcf tcrrjtirji hc su puclfi.

‘Lucoi, Bdlrjcffc ‘auraur÷ [cod, ajcotrds ld`dldo pir fd csgdfcrd,

3; 
adotcojêohisc co fds isgurds sialrds quc yd kdládo gdáhi silrc cf gdstjffi ‘.
Kcgtdtir oi ac prcigupd. ^cri... ‘Wc hctuvi y siorj÷‘. ^drd ffcbdr d tj, tcohräo
quc pdsdr d trdvês hc aá.

Bdlrjcffc sjotj÷ quc sc fc girtdld fd rcspjrdgj÷o pir uo jostdotc.

‘]dfc. Zd ac sjcoti ac`ir ‘hj`i, gio fd viz dfbi riogd‘. Wcburi quc tihi vd ljco.
‘Ajr÷ hc rci`i d [cod, quc cstdld ilscrvdohi su rcdggj÷o gio uod fjbcrd
siorjsd. Tuê cxtrdôd aczgfd hc rcdggjiocs. Tujcri hcgjr... cs gjcrti. Fi sê. Z ac
 prcbuoti sj sc hd gucotd
gucotd hc fi augki quc csi ac dsustd. I hcf
hcf pir quê.
quê.  
Fd ldrhi sjbuj÷ d [cod y su gdrbd kdstd cf pdtji, giotcotd dkird hc kdlcr tcojhi
igdsj÷o hc hirajr dotcrjiracotc. Duoquc aäs ljco crd uod cxgusd hc gudtri kirds
pdrd uo dlrdzi. Wc rj÷ hc sá ajsad, giai rcdggj÷o. ^ilrc [cod. Cf giotdgti másjgi
kdlád sjhi uod pdrtc auy japirtdotc hc fd vjhd mdajfjdr hc Bdlrjcffc0 co gdsd ouogd
kdgádo mdftd cxgusds pdrd quc tihis cffis sc hjcrdo dlrdzis. ^drd cffd crd dfbi tdo
odturdf giai rcspjrdr. ^ir hcsbrdgjd, [cod tcoád uod dgtjtuh auy hjstjotd df
rcspcgti0 fc bustdld adotcocr fds hjstdogjds y oi fc bustdld odhd quc fd bcotc
jovdhjcrd su cspdgji pcrsiodf y augki acois quc fd tigdrdo. Wc pioád auy
ocrvjisd, y fds pcrsiods gio rcmfc`is jostdotäocis y uo aiot÷o hc drads dmjfdhds
oi sio bcotc quc giovcobd piocr ocrvjisd.
 

Bdlrjcffc fi rcspctdld, pcri fc rcsuftdld japisjlfc rcgirhdrfi tihi cf tjcapi,

cspcgjdfacotc hcspuês hc ffcvdr uo tjcapi vjd`dohi gio [cod y cstdr aäs g÷aihd
gio fd bucrrcrd y fi quc fd rihcdld. Z df acois kdgád yd tjcapi quc [cod kdlád
hc`dhi hc cogibcrsc i piocrsc tcosd gudohi sc fc ifvjhdld y fd tigdld pdrd kdgcr
kjogdpjê co dfbi i giai bcsti mirtujti. Drrub÷ cf cotrcgc`i,
cotr cgc`i, sðljtdacotc pcosdtjvd.
Co rcdfjhdh, sc hji gucotd silrcsdftdhd, ðftjadacotc [cod kdlád ld`dhi uo pigi fd
budrhjd y sc pcrajtád tigdrfd d su vcz, uod pdfadhjtd co fd cspdfhd, i uo dprct÷o co
cf kialri, i uo dlrdzi gdrjôisi gudohi Bdlrjcffc
Bdlrjcff c aäs fi ocgcsjtdld. Duoquc ouogd
isdrád acogjiodrfi, pir supucsti. Dk, oi. Wu ligd csliz÷ uod siorjsd.

Csqujvdrio d fis budrhjds quc sc aivádo pir cf pdtji hcf gdstjffi, ajcotrds fd
isgurjhdh iguftdld fi quc [cod ffcvdld df kialri. Drbi rcfjogk÷ df vcrfds y sc
dgcrg÷ tritdohi df iár cf sudvc sjfljhi. [cod gifig÷ d Kcgtdtir sjo augkis
ajrdajcotis silrc cf fiai hc fd ycbud, tdpäohifi gio uo pfjcbuc hc uod adotd, y
sdfjcrio pir fd pucrtd y caprcohjcrio cf fdrbi gdajoi hc rcbrcsi df lisquc dotcs
hc quc d odhjc sc fc igurrjcrd hctcocrfds. I sc hjcrdo gucotd
guco td hc fi quc trdospirtdld
fd ycbud.

3: 
Kcgtdtir jld dtdhi hc pjcs y adois y gudohi rcgupcr÷ cf gioigjajcoti, oi sc
aistr÷ auy dbrdhdlfc. Wc pds÷ vdrjis ajoutis siftdohi japripcrjis.

‘[cod, oi tc vds d sdfjr gio fd tuyd. ¹Tuê grccs quc cstäs kdgjcohi9 Ajs kialrcs
ois cogiotrdräo pir fd adôdod, ¡y kdrê quc tc cogdhcoco! ‘Wc rctirgj÷ murjisi co
sus dtdhurds, cgkdohi ajrdhds dscsjods df pcrmjf quc vcád d achjds co fd isgurjhdh.

[cod listcz÷.

‘
^ucs piotc
pcfjbrisis quc dtðfdquc
gifd. Kdykdo
yd ac pirdacodzdhi
fi acois gio
uo hjis y Wc
csi. ‘ augkásjais
rj÷ gdosdhdkialrcs aäs
‘. Co gudoti
d fi quc cstiy kdgjcohi, cstiy jotcotdohi kdgcrtc cotrdr co rdz÷o y cvjtdr quc sc
pjcrhdo vjhds joigcotcs, dsá quc hdac uo rcspjri, ¹qujcrcs9 ‘Fi ajr÷ gio djrc
rjsucôi‘. Oi tc kdräo hdôi. W÷fi qujcri quc kdlfcs gio cffis.

Kcgtdtir sc quch÷ gdffdhi uo aiacoti.

‘Hc vcrhdh grccs quc ac vdo d hc`dr sdfjr gio vjhd hc csd budrjhd... ‘Wu tioi
gkirrcdld sdrgdsai‘. Wc tc kdo dlfdohdhi fis scsis, [cod.

[cod fc kjzi uod aucgd.

 

‘Aäs tc vdfc prcbuotdrtc sj sc ac kd dlfdohdhi dfbuod itrd gisd. ‘Fi ajr÷,

hjvcrtjhd‘. Kcgtdtir, oi hc`drê quc tc kdbdo odhd, tc fi priacti.

‘Tuê scburd cstäs hc tcocr rdz÷o, ¹vcrhdh9 ‘giacot÷ êf, vifvjcohi fd gdlczd
silrc cf gucffi hc Drbi pdrd ajrdrfd.

‘Oi, Kcgtdtir. Dgdli hc rdptdrtc y tc cstiy ffcvdohi pir fd mucrzd d fd ldsc hc

qujcocs giosjhcrds tus cocajbis pirquc cstd oigkc oi tcoád odhd ac`ir quc kdgcr
‘fc sift÷ cffd‘. Grêcac, prcmcrjrád cstdr scotdhd co uod hc tus pisdhds,
giotrjluycohi d tu cgioiaád figdf.

Bdlrjcffc fd dfgdoz÷ y fc pds÷ uo ihrc hc dbud quc [cod oi sc kdlád hdhi gucotd hc
quc ocgcsjtdld kdstd csc ajsai jostdotc. Ajr÷ fd mirad co sialrds hc su
giapdôcrd y siorj÷.

‘Brdgjds ‘susurr÷‘. ¹Wucoi tdo gdosdhd giai ac sjcoti9 ‘Fd fuz hc fd fuod
ldst÷ dpcods pdrd pcrajtjrfc vcr fd siorjsd gio quc fc rcspiohj÷ Bdlrjcffc ‘. Csi
ac pdrcgád.

‘¹Tujcrcs quc ois pdrcais uo rdti9 ‘fc susurr÷ fd ldrhi d su vcz. => 
‘Oi ‘suspjr÷ [cod‘. Oi kdy tjcapi, pir hcsbrdgjd. ‘Wc vifvj÷ pdrd ajrdr cf
gdajoi pir cf quc dgdldldo hc ld`dr‘. Wus budrhjds capczdräo d pcrscbujrois...
co gudoti sc hco gucotd hc quc ois fi kcais ffcvdhi. ‘Ajr÷ d Kcgtdtir gio djrc
hc budsd‘. Z sc rcgupcrco hc fd vcrböcozd.

Bdlrjcffc dsjotj÷ y fucbi fc imrcgj÷ uo pigi hc pdo y qucsi.

‘^ucs aäs vdfc quc gcocais.

[cod fd ajr÷ gio uod siorjsd jr÷ojgd y adfjgjisd.

‘¹Tuê aäs pihrád pchjr9 ‘Dgcpt÷ fis dfjacotis y sc pusi d giacr. Bdlrjcffc
gdajodld co sjfcogji d su fdhi, adstjgdohi su pripjd pirgj÷o. Kcgtdtir tdaljêo
budrhdld sjfcogji, jotcotdohi cogiotrdr uod pisturd g÷aihd co cf fiai hc Drbi.
[cod sc dpjdh÷ hc êf y girt÷ fds gucrhds quc fc dtdldo fds adois, dhvjrtjêohifc hc
quc sj jotcotdld csgdpdr, kdrád cf rcsti hcf vjd`c hcld`i hc Drbi, co fubdr hc cogjad.
 

‘Dsá quc ac hc`drio gcrgd hcf rái y sjbujcrio su gdajoi ‘tcrajo÷ @cssdo, quc
scotád fd ligd giai sj uo rdt÷o kuljcrd cstdhi girrctcdohi pir cffd. Cf dbud oi fc
kdlád scrvjhi hc odhd0 fc hifád fd fcobud hc kdlfdr. Rcoojh y Fcstdo kdládo
csgugkdhi aäs ljco co sjfcogji, gio dfbuods prcbuotds pcrtjocotcs, kdstd cf mjodf.
Dkird sc ajrdrio pcosdtjvis. @cssdo suspjr÷. ^ihádo giauojgdrsc aäs gisds gio
uod ajrdhd quc fd adyirád hc su puclfi gio uod giovcrsdgj÷o cotcrd. Co
aiacotis giai êstc, su váogufi crd gdsj tdobjlfc. Fis covjhjdld... kdlád qucrjhi d
Hcvio, pir supucsti, pcri oi kdlád sjhi uo váogufi vjtdf.

‘Lucoi ‘suspjr÷ Fcstdo pir mjo‘. Acouhd kjstirjd. ‘Wc dpdrt÷ hc fd acsd y
lclj÷ uo fdrbi trdbi hc kjhriajcf ‘. Oi puchi hcgjr quc yi kdlrád kcgki fi ajsai
quc tð, @cssdo... ‘Fi ajr÷ gcôuhi‘. ^cri yd cstä kcgki... oi puchi gdaljdrfi. ‘
Ajr÷ d su vjogufdhd, quc cstdld scotdhd gio fds mucrtcs adois uojhds dotc fd gdrd,
suajhd co sus pcosdajcotis. Hjiscs, quê lcffd cs, cs, pcos÷ Fcstdo, ajräohifd gio
gdrjôi, d fd cspcrd hc quc sc priouogjdrd silrc cf rcfdti hc su kj`i.

Ac dfcbri hc quc kdyds gioscbujhi vifvcr d gdsd ‘hj`i pir mjo Rcoojh,
aistrdohi tihd fd dgcptdgj÷o quc cstdld hjspucstd d aistrdr
‘ pir dkird. Dfz÷

=4 
lrusgdacotc fd gdlczd, df jbudf quc cffis, df iár uois pdsis quc sc dgcrgdldo d fd
gdrrcrd. Wiojhis hc tjcrrd y fucbi uo bifpc gudohi cf quc girrád sulj÷ hc uo sdfti d
su pirgkc.

‘¡Fcstdo! ‘ `dhc÷ Hcbbjs, quc dpdrcgj÷ co fd pucrtd‘. Kuadois. ]jcoco kdgjd

dquá.

Fcstdo sift÷ uod adfhjgj÷o.

‘¹Guäotis9
 prioti! ¹^cri‘
Wu acotc yd cstdld prcpdrdohi adojilrds hc hcmcosd. ¡Tuê
g÷ai9  
g÷ai9 

‘Aa... trcs ‘giotcst÷ Hcbbjs‘. Z uo gdldffi.

Xihis sc fi quchdrio ajrdohi.

‘¹Xrcs9 ‘prcbuot÷ Fcstdo, cxtrdôdhi. Cotiogcs oi sc trdtdld hc uod pdrtjhd hc

bucrrd.

‘Hcsgrálcfis ‘pjhj÷ @cssdo sc rcpcotc, vifvjêohisc kdgjd su prjai ‘. ¹Tuê

dspcgti tjcoco9

Hcbbjs sc vifvj÷ kdgjd êf.

 

‘Kdy uo kialrc dtdhi df gdldffi y his au`crcs gdajodohi d su fdhi. Sod cs dftd,
hc pcfi isguri y gio uod cspdhd. Fd itrd cs aäs ld`d, hc pcfi gfdri y gio uod vdrd.
‘Ajr÷ d Fcstdo y Rcoojh, quc cstdldo pctrjmjgdhis ‘. ¹^ir quê9

@cssdo ajr÷ d sus pdhrcs y dsjotj÷, giomjraäohifi.

‘Wio cffds. ‘Wc vifvj÷ kdgjd Hcbbjs‘. ¹Kdy dfbujco dtdhi df fiai hcf gdldffi9 ‘
Wu prjai dsjotj÷‘. Ac prcbuoti quê scrä tihi csti. ‘Cotiogcs sc fc igurrj÷ uod
jhcd, quc oi cxprcs÷. ¹Z sj [cod y Bdlrjcffc sc kdládo cotcrdhi hcf dtdquc quc
pfdocdld Kcgtdtir9 ¹Z sj cstdldo kdgjcohi dfbi df rcspcgti9 Wcrád auy pripji hc
cffds. Wc cgk÷ kdgjd hcfdotc‘. Hc`d quc vcobdo ‘fc jost÷ d su pdhrc.

Fcstdo siorj÷.

‘Dk, csi prctcohi. ‘Ajr÷ d su kj`i gio mrjdfhdh‘. Csi prctcohi. ‘Wc fcvdot÷ y
dfgdoz÷ sus drads‘. Hc kcgki, viy d rcgjljrfds yi ajsai.

Iiikkk... oi... 
oi...  gkjff÷ fd acotc hc @cssdo. Adfd jhcd. 
jhcd.  ¹^cri g÷ai kdgêrscfi
cotcohcr d su irbuffisásjai pdhrc9 ^drd êf oi crdo aäs quc uo pdr hc kuadods,
mägjfcs hc cfjajodr. =< 
‘Hc`d quc vdyd giotjbi ‘rib÷‘. ^ir mdvir...

Fcstdo ouogd kdlád pihjhi rcsjstjrsc d uo hcsdmái, jogfusi gio uo sifi lrdzi crd uoi
hc sus ac`ircs gdapciocs vjvis... y [cod crd uo hcsdmái hcadsjdhi japirtdotc
pdrd pdsdrfi pir dfti. ^cri kdlád uo pcqucôi prilfcad... uod gisjtd quc s÷fi su
pdhrc y êf sdládo0 quc hc fis his, @cssdo crd cf quc ac`ir fugkdld. Fi kdládo
hcsguljcrti kdgád pigi,
p igi, co uo gfdri hcf lisquc oi auy fc`is
f c`is hc dquá co uod adôdod
hc prjadvcrd.

Co augkis scotjhis, kdlád sjhi giai sj ffcbdrd d fd adyirád hc chdh, y fi rcgirhdld

gio brdo irbuffi y gjcrtd trjstczd. Fcstdo pihád sipirtdr fd jhcd hc scr hcrritdhi pir
su kj`i. Oi pihrád, oi hclád sipirtdr fd jhcd hc scr hcrritdhi pir uo kuadoi. ^ir
uod au`cr kuadod. Csi dgdldrád gio êf. Z @cssdo sdlád, gio fd ajsad gcrtczd gio
quc sdlád quc cf sif sulád pir cf gjcfi gdhd adôdod, quc scrád hcrritdhi, d acois
quc fis hjiscs fc hjcrdo sucrtc i [cod sc dpjdhdrd hc êf.

‘Oi ‘bruô÷ Fcstdo‘. Xð tc quchds dquá. Xjcocs fd acotc oulfdhd gio cstc tcad.
‘Wc pusi uod fjbcrd gitd hc gialdtc silrc fis kialris y fucbi cstrcgk÷ d Rcoojh
co uo räpjhi dlrdzi‘. W÷fi sio trcs. Oi tdrhdrê.
 

^ir Drcs,
Drcs, bjaj÷ @cssdo pir hcotri. ¹^ir quê tjcoc quc scr tihi tdo hjmágjf9  

‘^dhrc ‘cxgfda÷, ffdadohi fd dtcogj÷o d tihis‘. Cs... pcfjbrisd. ^ir mdvir... oi

tc hchjqucs... d `ubdr gio cffd. ‘Wc fc dgcfcr÷ fd rcspjrdgj÷o.

Fcstdo simig÷ uod rjsitdhd.

‘]iy d piocr df hcsguljcrti fds mdomdrriodhds hc cstd kuadod, kj`i aái. ^cri
jotcotdrê oi kdgcrfc augki hdôi, yd quc ois kd kcgki uo brdo mdvir df dyuhdrtc.
‘Hjrjbj÷ uod ajrdhd cxdspcrdhd y gdrjôisd d su kj`i, quc kdlád kcrchdhi, fi sdlád,
cf girdz÷o hc su adhrc, dsá giai fd cspcgjdf jotujgj÷o hc êstd.

@cssdo suspjr÷ pir hcotri. D

hcotri.  D vcgcs...
vcgcs... Wc
 Wc fcvdot÷ y lfiquc÷ cf gdajoi hc su pdhrc
kdgjd fd pucrtd, sjo kdgcr gdsi hc fd jrd quc sc vcád co fis i`is hc Fcstdo.

‘^dhrc, pir mdvir... oi fi cotjcohcs.

‘Cotjcohi quc cstäs co aj gdajoi, kj`i, y quc aäs tc vdfc dpdrtdrtc ‘bruô÷
Fcstdo, dkird co scrji‘. Grci quc puchi igupdrac hc uod bucrrcrd kuadod sjo tu
=7 
dyuhd. Tujcrc vcojr d kdgcrois uod vjsjtd... pucs vcrcais sj sc fi pcrajti.

‘^dhrc, oi fd rctcs. ‘Bdodrä cffd, cffd, brjt÷ su acotc, y csi oi puchi hcgárscfi d fd
gdrd‘. Cs... ‘ Dk, yd sê. ]crbiozisi,
sê. ]crbiozisi, pcri crd uod mirad hc sdfjr hcf pdsi y uod
mirad hc dhvcrtjr d su pdhrc sjo quc êstc quchdrd co rjhágufi ‘. Kc fugkdhi gio
cffd. ‘Wift÷ uod gdrgd`dhd lrcvc‘. ]drjds vcgcs. Fi kjgc gio tihds ajs mucrzds,
häohifc tihi fi quc tcoád. Jotcotê... hc tihi. ‘Dkird Fcstdo fc cstdld prcstdohi
dtcogj÷o.Ljco
dtcogj÷o. Ljco‘. Oi puhc oj tigdrfd. ‘Jogrchufjhdh co fis i`is hc tihis‘. Ac
qujt÷ fd cspdhd y ac hji uo dzitc co cf trdscri gio cffd. ‘Jogrchufjhdh titdf‘. Oi
mdomdrriocd ‘tcrajo÷ co viz ld`d‘. Oi fc kdgc mdftd. ‘Ajr÷ d Fcstdo d fis
i`is. Dk...
i`is.  Dk... sc hd gucotd.
gucotd. Cspcri. 
Cspcri. 

‘Fi tcohrê prcscotc ‘rcziob÷ cf dfti fáhcr‘. Tuêhdtc dquá. ‘Z sdfj÷, scbujhi hc
Hcbbjs, quc cstdld giomusi. Rcoojh sc quch÷ ajrdohi fd pucrtd fdrbi rdti y fucbi
vifvj÷ fd pcoctrdotc ajrdhd kdgjd su kj`i. Fc kjzi uo bcsti hc dscotjajcoti y fc
hjrjbj÷ uod siorjsd giospjrdhird.

‘Csi kd sjhi auy dadlfc pir tu pdrtc, @cssdo.

‘Oi tc fi grccs ‘suspjr÷ @cssdo. Gfdri quc oi. W÷fi sio kuadods, ¹oi9  
 

‘Xihi fi giotrdrji ‘giotcst÷ su adhrc. Wc dgcrg÷ d êf y fc gibj÷ fd gdrd cotrc fds

sudvcs adois‘. Crcs kj`i aái, dhcaäs hc suyi. ‘Fc hji uo lcsi co fd gdlczd ‘.
W÷fi cspcri quc cstês co fi gjcrti gio rcspcgti d cffds. ‘Fi ajr÷ pcosdtjvd‘.
¹Tujcrcs d cstd kuadod, d cstc... aiostrui9

@cssdo gcrr÷ fis i`is, dbdgk÷ fd gdlczd y oi giotcst÷. Oi ocgcsjtdld kdgcrfi.

Crd gcrgd hcf dadocgcr gudohi ffcbdrio df rái quc adrgdld fd mriotcrd hcf tcrrjtirji
hc fis kdljtdotcs hcf lisquc. [cod sc hctuvi gudohi ffcbdrio d fd irjffd, lclj÷ uo
fdrbi trdbi hc dbud y vifvj÷ d gifigdrsc ljco fd dradhurd y fds drads. Cspcrdld
pihcr kdlfdr gio fis kdljtdotcs hcf lisquc dotcs hc quc sc jojgjdrd ojobuod fugkd,
pcri ouogd sc sdlád. @cssdo pihád kdlcrsc jhi i cstdr hurajcohi i fi quc mucrd. Z
sdlád quc tcohrád auy pigds pisjljfjhdhcs hc hdr cxpfjgdgjiocs uod vcz gruzdhi cf
rái. Wc vifvj÷ pdrd ajrdr d Bdlrjcffc, quc cstdld gkdrfdohi gio Kcgtdtir, df tjcapi
quc ilscrvdld fd fáocd hc ärlifcs. Hclcrád covjdrfd hc vucftd. Fi ajsai hc sjcaprc,
¹oi9 ^cri dkird yd oi kdy tjcapi y sc piohrád giai uod murjd sj fi jotcotdrd.
jotcotdrd. [cod
 [cod
suspjr÷. Cspcri quc cstc pcqucôi pfdo muogjioc.
muogjioc.  
=8 
‘Lucoi ‘hj`i gio mrjdfhdh‘. ]dais. ‘Dbdrr÷ fd lrjhd hc Drbi y cotr÷ co cf rái.
Cf dbud cstdld mrád y fd hcspcrt÷ hc bifpc,
bifp c, giai kdlád cspcrdhi. Bdlrjcffc
Bdlrjcff c dvdozdld
d su fdhi, tdotcdohi cf gdajoi gio fd vdrd. Fd ldrhi sc rcsldf÷ fjbcrdacotc co fds
pjchrds rchiohcdhds y sc kdlrád gdáhi hc oi kdlcr sjhi pir cf räpjhi lrdzi hc [cod
su`ctäohifd pir cf kialri‘. Gujhdhi ‘fc dhvjrtj÷, hc`dohi cf lrdzi co csd
pisjgj÷o giai achjhd hc scburjhdh kdstd quc ffcbdrio df itri fdhi.

Gudohi ffcbdrio d fd irjffd ipucstd, cf dbuhásjai iáhi hc [cod capcz÷ d gdptdr

aivjajcotis auy fcvcs y sutjfcs d su dfrchchir.

‘Cstäo dquá ‘hj`i co viz ld`d. Hctuvi d Drbi y sc gifig÷ hcfdotc hcf gdldffi, gio
fds adois ljco fc`is hc sus drads. Cstdld capczdohi d sdfjr cf sif, tjôcohi cf gjcfi
hc uo prjacr tioi hc hcfjgdhi risd. Cf vjcoti hcf dadocgcr crd mucrtc y fc cgkdld
cf pcfi kdgjd dträs ajcotrds cspcrdld, pcrgjljcohi quc sc jldo dgcrgdohi gdhd vcz
aäs. Gfdv÷ fis i`is co cf puoti hiohc sdlád quc cstdld cf aäs pr÷xjai y pir mjo
kdlf÷‘. ^uchcs sdfjr.

Sod mirad isgurd sc dfz÷ joachjdtdacotc hc fd dftd kjcrld hc fd irjffd,

silrcsdftdohi d Kcgtdtir, pcri oi d [cod oj d Bdlrjcffc, trds kdlcr vjd`dhi gio

@cssdo. Wu pcfd`c crd aäs isguri quc cf hc su dajbi y crd tdf vcz uo pigi aäs ld`i
 

y uo pigi aäs girpufcoti. Jld titdfacotc dradhi y su`ctdld uod fdrbd cspdhd
giapctcotcacotc gio uod adoi joacosd.
joacosd . Wus i`is, hc uo tioi hirdhi aäs isguri
quc fis hc @cssdo, sc gfdvdrio co fis hc cffd, jotcosdacotc. [cod fi ilscrv÷ gio fd
ajsad dtcogj÷o y sc hji gucotd hc quc fc pdsdld dfbi co cf lrdzi hcrcgki. Wiorj÷
fjbcrdacotc.

‘¹Fcstdo9

Co fis i`is hc êf sc dhvjrtj÷ fd sirprcsd.

‘Wá ‘giotcst÷ pir mjo‘. Z tð hclcs hc scr [cod. ‘Fd sdfuh÷ gio fd gdlczd y fucbi
fd jogfjo÷ kdgjd fd au`cr ruljd quc cstdld hcträs hc cffd ‘. Z Bdlrjcffc. ‘]ifvj÷ fd
ajrdhd mrád kdgjd fd gdrbd hc Drbi‘. ¹Z êstc qujêo cs9

[cod ld`÷ fis lrdzis y sc dgcrg÷ d êf, tjrdohi hc fds rjcohds hc Drbi.

‘Êstc cs Kcgtdtir. Grci quc fis his tcoêjs quc kdlfdr. ‘Wc hctuvi d uod hjstdogjd
hc dtdquc hc êf y sc fjajt÷ d cspcrdr. Bdlrjcffc
B dlrjcffc sc quch÷ d uois pdsis h
hcträs
cträs hc cffd,
dpiydhd co fd vdrd, pdsdohi fd ajrdhd hc fd gdrd hc êf d fd hc cffd.
=3 
Fcstdo sc fd quch÷ ajrdohi hcsgiogcrtdhi.

‘¹Xrdcs df brdo cocajbi hc aj puclfi d aj tcrrjtirji y ac hjgcs quc tcobi quc

kdlfdr gio êf9 ¹Tuê tc kdgc pcosdr quc oi fc viy d girtdr fd gdlczd9 ‘Xrdz÷ uo
drgi gio fd cspdhd hcsouhd, dgcrgäohifd d cffd y ilscrvdohi sus i`is, sjo vcr co
cffis odhd hc fi quc cstdld lusgdohi.

‘His gisds ‘dmjra÷ [cod, ajräohifi gio titdf giomjdozd‘. Fd prjacrd, quc
gioizgi d tu kj`i. ‘Wift÷ fds rjcohds hc Drbi y sc pfdot÷ dotc êf, sjo kdgcr gdsi hc
fd cspdhd hcscovdjodhd y hc su joacosi tdadôi‘. Fd scbuohd, quc fc kc hdhi aj
pdfdlrd hc quc fi adotcohrád d sdfvi dquá. ‘Wc gdff÷ y cspcr÷.

‘¹Z d aá quê ac japirtd tu pdfdlrd, kuadod9 ‘hj`i Fcstdo, gio tioi mrái. ¡G÷ai
sc dtrcvád!‘. ¹Grccs quc pihráds hctcocrac9

[cod siorj÷ y sc quch÷ auy qujctd.

‘¹Tuc sj fi grci9 ‘prcbuot÷ sudvcacotc, y fucbi kjzi uo bcsti ocbdtjvi gio fd

gdlczd‘. Fi sê. ‘Z oit÷ quc tihis sus scotjhis sc dbuzdldo y fd scosdgj÷o jotcosd
y cxqujsjtd hc sus rcmfc`is prcpdräohisc pdrd rcdggjiodr co gudoti êf kjgjcrd cf aäs
 

aáojai aivjajcoti. Cstäo tdo cqujvigdhis silrc oisitris giai oisitris silrc
cffis,, pcos÷, hjstrdáhd. Jotcrcsdotc.
cffis Jotcrcsdotc.  

Cstd au`cr cstä figd,

figd, pcos÷ Fcstdo sjo hdr grêhjti. ¹Hc vcrhdh sc grcc fi quc kd
hjgki9  Ilscrv÷
 Ilscrv÷ csis i`is dzufcs giai cf kjcfi. ]ji uo giovcogjajcoti dlsifuti. ^ir
 Drcs, ¹co quê cstä pcosdohi9   Êf
Êf crd augki aäs dfti quc cffd y sc kdlád pdsdhi fd
vjhd cotcrd gialdtjcohi. Wdlád quc su pripjd kdljfjhdh, jogfusi gio uo sifi lrdzi,
crd dlsifutdacotc mirajhdlfc. Wjo huhd, cffd fi sdlc y sjo caldrbi... 
caldrbi... 

¹Hc vcrhdh hcrrit÷ d @cssdo9 ¹G÷ai kd pihjhi kdgcrfi9 Oi cs aäs quc uo scr
kuadoi y dhcaäs au`cr... scburi quc... pcri @cssdo oi acotjrád. Fd
acotjrád.  Fd cxprcsj÷o hc
fis i`is hc su kj`i kdlád hcstjfdhi vcrhdh, y rcgioigcr fd hcrritd hcfdotc hc sus
pdhrcs y su prjai... oi, kdlád hjgki fd vcrhdh. ¹¹^cri g÷ai99 Drrub÷ cf cotrcgc`i
y vifvj÷ d ajrdrfd, cstd vcz vjêohifd giai bucrrcrd, giai ajrdrád d uoi hc su pripjd
cspcgjc.

Dk... kuadod, sá, pcri co cffd kdlád uod brdo mucrzd y augki vdfir co csis i`is
gfdris y cf jogiomuohjlfc scffi hc Drcs co csd pisturd. Cstdld prcpdrdhd pdrd
rcdggjiodr dotc su aäs aáojai aivjajcoti, y fc cotr÷ fd jog÷aihd scosdgj÷o hc
quc oi pihád prchcgjr co dlsifuti fi quc pdsdrád sj cmcgtjvdacotc sc aivjcrd. == 
¹Tucrád drrjcsbdrsc9 ¹@ubärscfd gio cffd9 Oj uo pdrpdhci, oj uo sifi aivjajcoti hc
fd ajrdhd quc tcoád gfdvdhd co êf. Fcstdo oi kdlrád vjvjhi tdoti tjcapi hc kdlcr
sjhi uo cstðpjhi. Wdlirc÷, gio gdutcfisi jotcrês, cf gioigjajcoti hc quc co cstc
aiacoti hc sjfcogji cstdld aäs gcrgd hc fd aucrtc hc fi quc ouogd fi kdlád
cstdhi, comrcotdhi d cstd kuadod quc crd aäs hc fi quc pdrcgád y acois hc fi quc
johjgdldo sus ouacrisds fcycohds.

Lucoi. Êstd cs [cod, fd quc oi mdomdrriocd. D qujco aj kj`i dprcgjd tdoti quc fd
giosjhcrd mdajfjd. Tuc kd pdsdhi hc jogcohjdr y sdqucdr d dyuhdr d fis johcmcosis.
Jogrcálfc. Fcstdo
Jogrcálfc. Fcstdo jogfjo÷ fjbcrdacotc fd gdlczd y fucbi covdjo÷ hcspdgji fd cspdhd.

‘Aj kj`i ac kd kdlfdhi augki hc tj. ‘Fd ajr÷ d fis i`is‘. ^cri yd vci quc oi
ac fi kd hjgki tihi. ‘Kjzi uo bcsti kdgjd cf lisquc‘. ]cojh. Kdlfdrcais.

Bdlrjcffc sift÷ co sjfcogji cf dfjcoti quc kdlád cstdhi giotcojcohi.

‘^ir pigi ‘sc hj`i co uo susurri, cgkdohi uo

u o vjstdzi d [cod, quc dkird gdajodld
trdoqujfdacotc `uoti d Fcstdo, csgugkäohifi. Wc dfcbrdld augki hc quc Fcstdo
kuljcrd hcgjhjhi hc`drfis pdsdr0 oi tcoád cf acoir hcsci hc vcr kcrjhi df pdhrc hc
@cssdo, y sj kdlád jotcrprctdhi girrcgtdacotc fds rcdggjiocs hc [cod, dsá kdlrád
 

sjhi, y prildlfcacotc [cod tdaljêo kdlrád rcsuftdhi kcrjhd. Bdlrjcffc oi crd auy
dmjgjiodhd d dpistdr, pcri... co sus fdljis sc hjlu`÷ uod siorjsd
hcsbdodhd. \cgio÷gcfi... tc fi pdsds tdo ljco vjêohifd kdgcr csds gisds giai cffd
kdgjêohifds.   Fd ldrhi sift÷ uod fjbcrd rjsd simigdhd. Wá, augkd aiotdôd hc
kdgjêohifds.
aðsgufis y gifajffis, pcri cffd kdlrád dpistdhi pir [cod.

Hcfdotc hc cffis, fd isgurd fáocd hc ärlifcs fis cspcrdld.

¹^ir quê tdrhdo tdoti9  @cssdo

 @cssdo cstdld mrcoêtjgi y hdld vucftds co pcqucôis gárgufis.
Wc jrbuj÷ y cotrcgcrr÷ fis i`is. Cspcrd... ¹sio cffis9 Wc
Wc tcaj÷...

Dk... uo hcstcffi hc mfdogis hirdhis. Drbi, sjo huhd. Dkird vcád d su pdhrc, quc
gdajodld sifcaocacotc `uoti d fd mjburd isgurd y äbjf hc [cod, gio fd gdlczd
jogfjodhd, kdlfdohi y kdgjcohi bcstis gio fds adois. Fi jouoh÷ uod ifcdhd hc
dfjvji. Dkird tdaljêo vji d Bdlrjcffc, quc gdajodld df itri fdhi hc [cod,
csgugkdohi. D fiais hc Drbi jld... Kcgtdtir. Jogrcálfc. Lucoi. Sod vcz aäs, kdlád
 `ustjmjgdhi
 `ustjmjgdhi su mc co cffd. Wuspjr÷ ffcoi hc mcfjgjhdh
mcfjgjhdh y rcgrc÷ fd vjstd co cffds gio uod
siorjsd. =2 
Hcbbjs fc gfdv÷ uo hchi co fds gistjffds.

‘¹Dsá quc... êsds sio tus oucvds... dajbds9 ‘fc susurr÷ d @cssdo, dpdrtäohisc
gudohi cf bucrrcri hc adyir tdadôi sc vifvj÷ comdhdhi‘. Cspcrd d quc tihis sc
cotcrco hc quc uod hc cffds tc hcrrit÷... ‘Wiorj÷ gio dspcrczd‘. Z oi tjcoco adf
dspcgti, pdrd scr kuadods. ‘Fdhc÷ cf girti gucffi y ilscrv÷ gio jotcrês ‘. Êsc
cs... oi... oi puchc scr... cs... ¡cs Kcgtdtir! ‘Cgk÷ fd gdlczd kdgjd dträs y sift÷ uod
lrcvc gdrgd`dhd‘. Csi ois dkirrd fd jogiaihjhdh hc h c tcocr quc sdfjr d lusgdrfi. Tuê
dajbds tdo dadlfcs tjcocs, @css.

@cssdo sc fjajt÷ d gcrrdr fis i`is y sdguhjr fd pcfuhd gdlczd hirdhd. Oi tdrhdrádo co
vcrfi pir sá ajsais, ¹vcrhdh9

[cod csgugkdld fd viz brdvc hc Fcstdo ajcotrds gdajodldo kdgjd cf lisquc. Fd

hjstdogjd kdstd fis ärlifcs crd ldstdotc girtd y pir cf gdajoi sc fcs kdlád suadhi
uod csgiftd. Sods mirads isgurds sc aivádo hc ärlif co ärlif y vdrjis hc fis
joacosis kdljtdotcs hcf lisquc miradrio uo brupi d su dfrchchir. Xihis tcoádo
gjcrti pdrcgjhi supcrmjgjdf gio @cssdo, pcri gdhd uoi tcoád hjmcrcogjds johjvjhudfcs,
co cf gifir hcf pcfi, fd cstdturd, fis bcstis. Gudohi ffcbdrio df lirhc hc fd dfhcd
 

ajsad, uod hc fds mjburds quc dbudrhdldo joa÷vjfcs sift÷ uo rubjhi dtriodhir y
cgk÷ d girrcr kdgjd cffis. [cod iy÷ fd cxgfdadgj÷o hc Kcgtdtir y siorj÷ pir hcotri,
df tjcapi quc @cssdo fdozdld su joacosi gucrpi kdgjd cffis y cstrcgkdld d fds his
au`crcs cotrc sus lrdzis.

‘@cssdo, @cssdo ‘rj÷ [cod‘. Xrdoqujfázdtc, ¹qujcrcs9 ‘Wu dmjgj÷o d fis dlrdzis fc
kdgád sispcgkdr quc Bdlrjcffc y êf tcoádo uo dotcpdsdhi giaðo ‘. Wcburi quc oi
pcosdlds quc ois jlds d vifvcr d vcr tdo prioti. ‘Hjrjbj÷ uod ajrdhd d fd auftjtuh
pdsadhd y hcsdprildhird hc kdljtdotcs hcf lisquc quc fis rihcdld.

‘[cod ‘bir`c÷ êf‘. Is hj`c quc ac hc`drdjs quc fis mucrd kdgjcohi d fd jhcd. Csti
oi cs fi quc tcoád pcosdhi. ‘Wc cgk÷ d rcár y rihc÷ fis kialris hc dalds gio fis
lrdzis ajcotrds giotjoudldo kdgjd cf gcotri hc fd dfhcd ‘. Z cogjad ois trdêjs uo
jovjtdhi. ‘Fds ajr÷ acocdohi fd gdlczd‘. Zi quc ac kdlád pdsdhi tdoti tjcapi
pcosdohi co g÷ai fcs jld d hcgjr d ajs pdhrcs oi s÷fi quc is gioigád, sjoi quc
dhcaäs is giosjhcrdld mdajfjd... y zds, is actêjs co cf lisquc, hdohi uo susti

trcacohi d tihi cf auohi. ‘Wc vifvj÷ pdrd ajrdr d Drbi, quc fis scbuád
pdgjcotcacotc ‘. Z vcoás gio Kcgtdtir.

[cod sc vifvj÷ cotiogcs kdgjd Kcgtdtir, d qujco fc kdlád girtdhi fds gucrhds hc fds =; 
pjcrods dotcs hc gruzdr cf rái, gio uod dhvcrtcogjd dacodzdhird hc quc oi kuycrd,
oj gdusdrd prilfcads, oj dtdgdrd d odhjc oj odhd.

‘Kcgtdtir, êstc cs oucstri dajbi @cssdo.

Kcgtdtir ajr÷ df kdljtdotc hcf lisquc gio rcgcfisi jotcrês. Oi crd uo kialrc
cstðpjhi, s÷fi hc vjsj÷o fjajtdhd, y sc kdlád trdoqujfjzdhi ldstdotc pir cf kcgki hc

quc cstis kdljtdotcs hcf lisquc oi fc kdládo kcgki cf acoir hdôi. Xihdvád.
Duoquc rcgioigád quc fd csgcod cotrc Fcstdo y [cod fi kdlád jotrjbdhi y fc kdlád
hdhi cspcrdozds hc quc [cod puhjcrd rcdfacotc guapfjr su priacsd hc pritcggj÷o.
Gjcrtdacotc, kdlád hctcojhi d Fcstdo, quc crd augki aäs brdohc quc cffd.
Jotcrcsdotc. Dsá quc d fi ac`ir tcoád rdz÷o y oi crdo dojadfcs. Wiorj÷ cotrjstcgjhi
pir hcotri. Oiradfacotc, uoi pcosdld co [cod, gudohi fi kdgád, d fd fuz hc su
kdljfjhdh df fugkdr. Wc fc kdlád ifvjhdhi, giai fcs igurrád d tdotis itris gio
mrcgucogjd, quc tdaljêo crd fi ldstdotc fjstd giai pdrd kdlcr hjrjbjhi uoi hc fis
c`êrgjtis aäs brdohcs quc cstd pdrtc hc Brcgjd kdlád vjsti `daäs. Kdlád uod
jotcfjbcogjd ljco hcspjcrtd co csd gdlczd aircod y dfbi aäs quc uo fjbcri tiquc hc
bcojdfjhdh tägtjgd. Csi kdlád sjhi uo crrir. Jotcotdld oi giactcr cf ajsai his
vcgcs, y sj [cod giosjhcrdld dajbi suyi d cstc scr hcf lisquc, lucoi... Dhcads, sc
 

mrit÷ gio gujhdhi fd adohálufd, hdld uo puôctdzi quc pihád tualdr d uo gdldffi y
oi tcoád cf acoir hcsci hc vifvcr d pdhcgcrfi.

‘Kifd ‘hj`i pir mjo y df gdli hc uo fdrbi aiacoti, fc imrcgj÷ fd adoi d @cssdo. Cf
bucrrcri hc pcfd`c hirdhi fdhc÷ fd gdlczd dfbi sirprcohjhi, pcri dgcpt÷ fd adoi
hc Kcgtdtir y sc fd cstrcgk÷.

Drbi sc hctuvi dotc fd gdsd hc @cssdo, hiohc Rcoojh cstdld cspcrdohi, y fis i`is
hc [cod pdsdrio räpjhdacotc pir cogjad hc cffd, dlsirljcohi jomiradgj÷o sjo
imcohcr pir ajrdr dljcrtdacotc.

Fd adhrc hc @cssdo crd uo c`capfdr hc fis kdljtdotcs hcf lisquc aäs pcqucôi y
hc gifir dadrjffi aäs päfjhi, pcri
p cri oi pir cffi hc`dld hc scr brdohc, y tcoád fd
f d mucrzd
japiocotc hc tihis cffis. Xcoád uou o ristri hufgc y sus i`is crdo hcf ajsai gifir quc
fis hc su kj`i. Dkird ajsai, csis i`is ilscrvdldo d sus jovjtdhis gio uod
hcsgiogcrtdotc cxprcsj÷o gdfgufdhird.

[cod cspcr÷ d quc Kcgtdtir hcsaiotdrd hc Drbi y fucbi covj÷ d fd ycbud kdgjd uo
drriyi gcrgdoi. Wc vifvj÷ y ilscrv÷ d Fcstdo y Kcgtdtir, quc sc ajrdldo, y fucbi
siorj÷ pir hcotri gudohi fis his dsjotjcrio fjbcrd y gdsj japcrgcptjlfcacotc. =: 
‘Grci ‘bruô÷ Fcstdo‘, quc tð y yi pihcais giovcrsdr. ¹Tujcrcs cotrdr,
giapdrtjr aj kispjtdfjhdh y kdlfdr hc oucstrds hjmcrcogjds gioajbi9

Kcgtdtir tia÷ dfjcoti.

‘Wá. ‘Hjrjbj÷ uod ajrdhd d [cod y Bdlrjcffc ‘. Wá qujcri. ‘Cspcr÷ d quc Fcstdo
dsgcohjcrd fis pcqucôis csgdfiocs y fi sjbuj÷ df jotcrjir hc fd gdldôd.

Rcoojh ilscrvdld d fds his au`crcs ajcotrds tcoád fubdr cstd giovcrsdgj÷o.
giovcrsd gj÷o. Dsá
 Dsá quc
êstd cs [cod. Oi pdrcgc tdo tcrrirámjgd giai fd rcgucrhi. D fi ac`ir cs fd
siorjsd...   Oi kdlád siorcáhi gudohi drrds÷ fd dfhcd hcf vdffc vcgjoi, oj fd itrd
siorjsd...
igdsj÷o co quc Rcoojh fd kdlád vjsti. Cstd au`cr kdlád adtdhi ojôis, au`crcs
johcmcosds y dogjdois co sus dtdqucs fcbcohdrjis. Z dquá cstä, d fd pucrtd hc aj
gdsd, giai sj oi tuvjcrd odhd hc cspcgjdf prcscotdrsc co uo tcrrjtirji hcsgioigjhi
gio uo práogjpc hc fd giadrgd dtdhi df fiai hc su gdldffi. ¹Tuê vc @cssdo co cstd
au`cr, co cstc aiostrui hcf pdsdhi9   \cspjrdohi kiohi pdrd gdfadrsc, gcrr÷ fis
i`is gio hcgjsj÷o y, tcajêohisc fi pcir, dfdrb÷ fis scotjhis. So aiacoti hcspuês,

dlrj÷ fis i`is hc bifpc, sjotjcohi uod ifcdhd hc pdsai quc fd gdfdld giai ffuvjd
 

mjod. ]dyd. Kd gdaljdhi dfbi aäs quc fd siorjsd. Jocspcrdhi. Auy jocspcrdhi. Z
 @cssdo fi kd vjsti, cs aäs... kd cotrcbd
cotrcbdhi
hi su girdz÷o d cstd...
cstd... kuadod.
kuadod.  

[cod giotcapf÷ d Fcstdo y d Kcgtdtir cotrdohi co fd gdsd gio oi pigd sdtjsmdggj÷o.

Wc fc kdlád igurrjhi cf pfdo, giai sifád pdsdr, silrc fd adrgkd gudohi Bdlrjcffc y
cffd cstdldo cotrdohi co cf gdstjffi. Cf kcgki hc quc kuljcrd muogjiodhi giai
cstdld muogjiodohi fc prihugád uod gäfjhd scosdgj÷o hc trjuomi, gisd rdrd, gudohi
fd adyir pdrtc hc sus vjgtirjds supioádo dfbðo tjpi hc vjifcogjd. Oit÷ fd siorjsd hc
Bdlrjcffc jogfusi dotcs hc vifvcrsc pdrd ajrdrfd y fd ldrhi fc bujô÷ cf i`i gudohi sc
gruzdrio sus ajrdhds.

‘@cssdo ‘hj`i [cod‘, grci quc pihcais hc`drfis d sifds pir dkird. ‘Wift÷ uo
primuohi suspjri‘. ^cri yi tcohrád gujhdhi gio sus budrhjds... cstiy scburd hc quc
ois kdo scbujhi.

@cssdo pis÷ co cffd su ajrdhd hirdhd y dsjotj÷.

‘Cstdrcais dfcrtd. ‘]ifvj÷ d rihcdrfds gio fis lrdzis, siorjcohi d su adhrc ‘.

Adhrc, ac bustdrád prcscotdrtc d ajs dajbds [cod y Bdlrjcffc. ‘Wiorj÷‘. Gkjgds,
êstd cs aj adhrc, Rcoojh. ‘Ajr÷ d su adhrc gio fis i`is gkjspcdotcs, rcgirhdohi 2> 
fd sioird lriogd quc fc kdládo cgkdhi csd oigkc. Dkird quc sc kdlád hcaistrdhi
quc tcoád rdz÷o, oi cstdld hjspucsti d hc`dr quc fi ifvjhdrd tdapigi. Kdlád vjsti d
su adhrc gcrrdohi fis i`is y kdlád scotjhi quc cxtcohád fd ]jstd pdrd vcr pir sá
ajsad fi quc êf ajsai sdlád sjo fubdr d huhds. Fd cxprcsj÷o hc Rcoojh fc hj`i tihi
fi quc ocgcsjtdld sdlcr. Kdlád ]jsti.

Rcoojh, trds uod vjhd cotcrd hc giovjvcogjd gio Fcstdo, crd uod au`cr auy tcrgd.

Wjo caldrbi, tdaljêo crd jogurdlfcacotc `ustd y tcoád fd gdpdgjhdh dhajrdlfc hc

rcgioigcr guäohi sc cqujvigdld.

‘Ljcovcojhds fds his ‘hj`i gio tioi sudvc y scrcoi ‘. Aj kj`i ac kd giotdhi tihi
fi quc kdlêjs kcgki pir êf. ^ir mdvir, giapdrtdais fd acsd y giotdhac... ‘hjrjbj÷
uod ajrdhd budsiod d su kj`i‘, fd vcrhdhcrd kjstirjd.

Bdlrjcffc sift÷ uod gdrgd`dhd y kdstd [cod sc rj÷ cotrc hjcotcs. Wuljcrio fis
csgdfiocs y cotrdrio co fd vjvjcohd mdajfjdr quc crd cf kibdr hc @cssdo. [cod crd
ljco giosgjcotc hc quc fd adhrc hc @cssdo, d pcsdr hc su girhjdfjhdh, oi giomjdld
co ojobuod hc fds his. Oi fd gufpi. Fd
gufpi. Fd au`cr hc aäs chdh fds ffcv÷ d uod ziod hc
cstdr brdohc y g÷aihd y fcs scôdf÷ fis dsjcotis. Cotr÷ co fd sjbujcotc cstdogjd y
dpdrcgj÷ hc oucvi ajoutis hcspuês gio uod ldohc`d gdrbdhd hc giajhd y lcljhd.
 

‘Dquá tcoêjs. ‘Rcoojh gifig÷ fd ldohc`d co fd acsd y sc scot÷ co uod lutdgd

brdohc y ljco rcffcod‘. Grci quc dquá siais tihis gdroáviris, ¹vcrhdh9 ‘
prcbuot÷ girtêsacotc‘. Z Fcstdo cstä auy irbuffisi hc su kjhriajcf. ^ir mdvir,
scrváis.

[cod sc rj÷ pir fi ld`i.

‘Wc ac kd dgusdhi hc augkds gisds, pcri hc scr vcbctdrjdod oi cs uod hc cffds.

‘Gibj÷ dfcbrcacotc uo trizi hc gdroc hc fd ldohc`d y airhj÷ uo luco pchdzi,
adotcojcohi cf giotdgti vjsudf gio Rcoojh. Fd gdroc cstdld kcgkd d fd pdrrjffd,
sdlád fjbcrdacotc d kjcrlds y crd prildlfcacotc vcodhi. Cfjbj÷ uo vdsi hc
kjhriajcf y sc dgiaih÷ co su dsjcoti, gio uod cxprcsj÷o rjsucôd co fd
gdrd. ^ruclds. Wjcaprc tjcoco quc piocrois d prucld. ¹Wcrê gjvjfjzdhd9
¹Dgcptdrcais su kispjtdfjhdh9 Soi hc cstis háds, fc viy d hcgjr d dfbujco quc s÷fi
lcli sdobrc y quc ocgcsjti his gulis cotcris df hád. Z quc scd kuadod. Jotcrgdalj÷
kuadod. Jotcrgdalj÷
uod ajrdhd gio @cssdo, qujco, d `uzbdr pir fd aucgd quc tcoád co fd gdrd, sc cstdld
csmirzdohi pir oi cgkdrsc d rcár. ¹Grccs quc csi tjcoc brdgjd9 Xð cspcrd d quc
capjcgc Bdlrjcffc. ¹]cs csd gkjspd quc tjcoc co fis i`is9 Xð cspcrd. 
cspcrd. 

‘Tuê lucoi cstä ‘giacot÷ Bdlrjcffc, adstjgdohi gio cotusjdsai‘. Z tjcocs uod 24 
gdsd prcgjisd ‘dôdhj÷, ajrdohi d su dfrchchir gio dprcgji‘. Ac bustdo csis
gucrois hc gjcrvi. ‘Hjrjbj÷ su vjvdz ajrdhd kdgjd Rcoojh‘. ¹Fis gdzdstc tð
ajsad9 ‘Kdlrád pcrgjljhi cf pcqucôi hcsdmái hc Rcoojh jogfusi sjo kdlcr vjsti fd
gkjspd hc fis i`is dzufcs hc [cod, pcri cf jotcrgdalji hc ajrdhds rjsucôds cotrc fd
bucrrcrd y fd ldrhi fc kdlád giomjradhi quc tdaljêo [cod sc kdlád hdhi gucotd y
cstdld hcvifvjêohifc fd pcfitd d Rcoojh.

Rcoojh tuvi quc rcgioigcr quc sc kdlád quchdhi hcsgifigdhd. Fis kuadois crdo
auy hjmágjfcs hc `uzbdr. Kdlád tcojhi fd cspcrdozd hc hcaistrdrfc d su kj`i g÷ai sc
lurfdrádo hc fi quc giosjhcrdldo cf kibdr y fds gistualrcs hc uo dojadf, ¡y dquá
cstdldo cstds his! Giajcohi gdroc dfcbrcacotc gio fds adois y kdgjcohi
prcbuotds silrc fd gdzd hc gjcrvis. ¡Ddd``! Z dðo aäs, [cod sdlád pcrmcgtdacotc fi
quc prctcohád, fi pcrgjlád co su siorjsd johifcotc y co fds ajrdhds quc kdládo
jotcrgdaljdhi cffd y fd kuadod aäs `ivco hc pcfi gfdri. Kdlád dfbi mdajfjdr co csc
grugc hc ajrdhds... Rcoojh cstrcgk÷ fis i`is y hjrjbj÷ uod ajrdhd hcsgiomjdhd d su
kj`i. Oi. Japisjlfc.

@cssdo sc cogiotr÷ gio fd ajrdhd hc su adhrc, dhjvjodohi gio oitdlfc prcgjsj÷o fi

quc cstdld pcosdohi. Wá... cs pisjlfc, adhrc aád... Ajrd y ]c pir tj ajsad. Ois
giapdhcgcais hc cffis pir su gdrcogjd... dkird Ajrd y vc fi quc cs pdrd cffds cstdr
 

lcohcgjhds, jbudf quc fi cstäjs pdhrc y tð... y dpêodtc pir cffds, adaä... pirquc oj
sjqujcrd sdlco quê cs fi quc sjcotco. Fds
sjcotco. Fds hjstrd`i uo aiacoti, df vcr quc fis i`is
hc su adhrc sc gcrrdldo dpcods uo jostdotc y fucbi sc dlrádo gio uod cxprcsj÷o
jocsgrutdlfc. Lucoi.
Lucoi.  

Rcoojh sc ilfjb÷ d sdfjr hc su trdogc.

‘^ucs sá, fd vcrhdh cs quc fis gdgê yi ajsad ‘hj`i, giotcstdohi d fd prcbuotd hc
Bdlrjcffc‘. Crcs auy dadlfc pir mj`drtc. ‘Tuê i`is tdo pcoctrdotcs tcoád csd
 `ivco, pcos÷ Rcoojh. ]c aäs hc fi quc sdlc. ^cri oi fi sumjgjcotc... pilrcs
kuadois gjcbis. ¹G÷ai puchco tcocr uo váogufi tdo mucrtc y oi oitdrfi9  

Fdoz÷ uod ajrdhd d su kj`i, quc siorcád auy umdoi, hc uod mirad hjsjaufdhd quc
s÷fi cffd rcgioigád. ¡¡Aigisi!! Dk,
¡¡Aigisi!!  Dk, co mjo,
mjo, suspjr÷ pir mjo. Cf auy gdlriogctc tcoád
rdz÷o. Aäs ac vdfc rcgioigcrfi
r cgioigcrfi y hc`drac hc `ucbucgjtis cstðpjhis.
cstðpjhis.  

‘Lucoi. Dkird giotdhac tihd fd kjstirjd. ¡Oi is sdftêjs odhd!

Dotc su sirprcsd, muc Bdlrjcffc fd quc gdrrdspc÷ y capcz÷ d kdlfdr. ¹Tuê9 Dk...
¡uod ldrhi! 
ldrhi!  Hjrjbj÷ uod ajrdhd dvjcsd d @cssdo. Csi oi fi kdlád acogjiodhi. Df 2< 
acois, duoquc s÷fi mucrd, sdgdrád uo oucvi puôdhi hc kjstirjds hc tihi csti.

Gudohi fd gurjisjhdh hc su adhrc quch÷ sdtjsmcgkd hcf tihi, @cssdo fds ffcv÷ d uod
pcqucôd kdljtdgj÷o sjtudhd df miohi hc fd vjvjcohd.

‘Wcburi quc is vcohrád ljco hirajr uo pigi ‘giacot÷, scôdfdohi fd gdad gio fd
adoi‘. Fi aäs prildlfc cs quc pdpä sc pdsc cf rcsti hcf hád kdlfdohi gio
Kcgtdtir. Zd sdlêjs, tjcoco quc piocrsc d prucld, kdgcr trdtis... fi hc sjcaprc. ‘
Wc gdff÷ y pusi fd adoi co cf kialri hc [cod ‘. ^ir gjcrti, tihdvád oi fi kcais
hjgki, pcri brdgjds. ‘@cssdo fd ajr÷ d fis i`is ‘. Wj csti sdfc ljco, scrä fd prjacrd
vcz y uo kjti co fd kjstirjd hc
h c aj puclfi. ‘Wiorj÷ gio tjajhcz‘. Z co fd hcf vucstri,
grci.

[cod fc siorj÷ hc achji fdhi y sc cogibj÷ hc kialris fjbcrdacotc.

‘Hcspuês hc tihis fis prilfcads quc kcais tcojhi pdrd trdcrtc d gdsd, oi ois
pdrcgád lucod jhcd vcr g÷ai dtdgdldo tu dfhcd. ‘Wc hctuvi, y fucbi‘0 ^cri hc
odhd. Z sá, hirajr uo pigi scrád cstupcohi. Dfbuods oi ois cgkdais uod sjcstd hc
gdajoi d fd gjuhdh. ‘Gio uod ajrdhd lurfiod kdgjd Bdlrjcffc.
 

‘]cobd ‘jotcrvjoi Bdlrjcffc, pdsdohi df itri fdhi hc [cod‘. Dradhurd. ‘Wift÷

uod kcljffd ajcotrds [cod fc cgkdld uod ajrdhd rjsucôd.

@cssdo sc rj÷ pir fi ld`i.

‘^drcgc quc tc gujhdo auy ljco. ‘Wus i`is hirdhis siftdrio uo hcstcffi hc fuz
iguftd pir uo aiacoti y fucbi fds hc`÷ sjo hcgjr odhd aäs.

‘Oi ac ajrcs dsá ‘fd rcprcohj÷ Bdlrjcffc, siftdohi itrd girrcd ‘. Kdstd fd brdo
[cod fd ^dgjmjgdhird tjcoc quc hirajr co igdsjiocs. ‘Hcsdlrigk÷ fd ðftjad kcljffd
y gfdv÷ uo hchi co cf lrdzi hc [cod‘. Dsá quc d hirajr, ik brdohjisd.

[cod sc cgk÷ d rcár y sc drrihjff÷ pdrd qujtdrsc fds ðftjads drads. ^usi `uotds fds
drads y fd dradhurd, gifigäohifi tihi kdstd quchdr sdtjsmcgkd.

‘Grci quc tihi cstc dsuoti pihrád sdfjr ljco. ‘Fcvdot÷ fd vjstd kdgjd su dajbd,
quc cstdld hdohi bifpcgjtis gio cf pjc gio djrc hc jrrjtdgj÷o mjobjhd ‘. Wcrä ac`ir
quc hc`cs hc kdgcr csi i tc...

27 
Bdlrjcffc cstrcgk÷ fis i`is kdstd giovcrtjrfis co rdourds.

‘I ac... ¹¹¹quê999 ‘Dvdoz÷ dacodzdhird‘. ¹Aaa9

‘Csti ‘rcspiohj÷ [cod y sc dldfdoz÷ hc rcpcotc, pjffdohi d Bdlrjcffc pir

sirprcsd, dbdrräohifd pir fd gjoturd y tjräohifd co fd gdad ‘. Zd tc tcobi. ‘
Duacot÷ cf uftrd`c kdgjêohifc gisqujffds, kdstd quc fd ldrhi sc pusi airdhd pir cf
csmucrzi hc dbudotdr fd rjsd ‘. Dacodzds d aá, ¹ck9 ‘bruô÷ [cod, kdgjêohifc aäs
gisqujffds, kdstd quc Bdlrjcffc cstdff÷ co gdrgd`dhds y dbjt÷ fis lrdzis johjgdohi su
rcohjgj÷o. [cod siorj÷ y sc tual÷ co cf itri fdhi hc fd gdad, su`ctäohisc fd gdlczd
gio uod adoi y ajrdohi d su dajbd, quc scbuád rjcohi.

‘Ikk. ‘Fd ldrhi pir mjo rcgupcr÷ sumjgjcotc dfjcoti pdrd kdlfdr ‘. ]dfc... vdfc...
tð bdods... ‘Wc vifvj÷ hc fdhi pdrd ajrdr d [cod, qujtäohisc cf pcfi hc fis i`is ‘.
Dfbðo hád dprcohcrê d oi kdgcr csi. ‘Cotiogcs sus i`is siftdrio uo hcstcffi ‘. I
dvcrjbudrê h÷ohc tjcocs gisqujffds.

[cod codrg÷ uod gc`d y cstuvi d puoti hc kdgcr uo giacotdrji, pcri sc fi pcos÷
ac`ir.
 

‘Zi oi tcobi gisqujffds ‘dmjra÷, pcri sus fdljis sc gurvdrio gio uod fjbcrd
siorjsd. Wc cstjr÷ y fucbi sc gifig÷ hc fdhi pdrd hirajr, gio fd gdlczd dpiydhd co
uo lrdzi.

Bdlrjcffc sc fd quch÷ ajrdohi uo aiacoti y fucbi sc dgiaih÷ pdrd hirajr cffd

ajsad, tihdvád rjcohi uo pigi. Kdgád yd dfbðo tjcapi quc sc kdlád hdhi gucotd hc
quc cstd mdgctd trdvjcsd y dadlfc hc su dajbd crd uod quc s÷fi cffd ffcbdld d vcr.
Ik, d vcgcs dfbujco aäs gioscbuád cotrcvcrfd, giai @cssdo gudohi fc kdlád
airhjsqucdhi cf pcz, pcri co bcocrdf oi... fi quc cf rcsti hcf auohi vcád crd d fd
bucrrcrd mrád y silrc tihi scvcrd. Csi fc kdgád cotcohcr fi fc`is quc kdládo ffcbdhi
hcshc quc sc gioigjcrio, gudohi sc pdsdld fd ajtdh hcf tjcapi aucrtd hc ajchi
hc jr d kdgcr uo aivjajcoti cqujvigdhi y pcrhcr cf lrdzi pir cffi.

@cssdo fds hcspcrt÷ gudohi tcrajo÷ fd giomcrcogjd, duoquc [cod yd cstdld

hcspjcrtd gudohi cotr÷. Cstdld scotdhd, gio fd cspdfhd dpiydhd co cf gdlcgcri
auffjhi hc fd gdad, rcpdrdohi uod girrcd hc fd dradhurd df tjcapi quc ilscrvdld
d su dajbd hirajhd. Fi ajr÷ gio uod gc`d codrgdhd gudohi cotr÷.
‘]jgtirjd ‘muc su ðojgi giacotdrji. Fc siorj÷ hc irc`d d irc`d.
28 
[cod dsjotj÷.

‘Ac fi jadbjodld ‘giacot÷, dfdrbdohi fd adoi pdrd sdguhjr cf kialri gcrgdoi

hc Bdlrjcffc‘. Bdlrjcffc... ‘Fd ldrhi fd ajr÷ pdrpdhcdohi dhirajfdhd y fucbi sc
hcspcrt÷ pir giapfcti y sc hji fd vucftd pdrd ajrdr d @cssdo.

‘¹Kd muogjiodhi9 Wá... fi sê pir tu gdrd. ¡Bcojdf! ‘sift÷ Bdlrjcffc hc gdrrcrjffd‘.

‘
Gdrdy... quê
ajcotrds kjstirjd aäs
capczdld lucod g÷ai
d pfdocdr vd d scr... Wc fcvcrldfacotc
irbdojzdr pusi uod cxprcsj÷o jotrispcgtjvd,
fd dvcoturd, y fucbi
sdfj÷ hc su trdogc gio uod siorjsd ‘. Ac aucri hc bdods hc giotärscfd d Jifdus. Cs
augkásjai ac`ir quc fd ðftjad quc ac giot÷ êf.

‘Wc kd irbdojzdhi uo pcqucôi ldoquctc ‘fcs jomira÷ @cssdo‘. Kcgtdtir kd

adohdhi uo acosd`c d su budrhjd pdrd quc hcpiobdo fds drads. ‘Wiorj÷ df vcr fd
cxprcsj÷o hc [cod‘. Xrdoqujfd, oi
o i cs uo ldoquctc miradf, oi kcais tcojhi tjcapi
hc irbdojzdr uod gisd dsá. ‘Ajr÷ pir cogjad hcf kialri gio ajchi mjobjhi‘.
^uchcs hdr brdgjds.

Cf ldoquctc sc gcfclr÷ co cf cxtcrjir, dfrchchir hc uod brdo kibucrd df itri

cxtrcai hc fd dfhcd. Kdlád ldogis ld`is y dogkis gifigdhis dfrchchir pdrd
 

scotdrsc y capczdrio d gjrgufdr gdrocs dsdhds c jogfusi dfbuois tulêrgufis y

vcrhurds. Cf odrrdhir hc fd dfhcd sc fcvdot÷ y sc pusi d giotdr fi quc, d `uzbdr pir
fd rcspucstd, crdo fds kjstirjds prcmcrjhds hc fd trjlu.

Bdlrjcffc fi dlsirlád tihi giai uod cspio`d, ajcotrds sus i`is rcbjstrdldo gio
dvjhcz oi s÷fi fds pdfdlrds, sjoi tdaljêo cf daljcotc y fis aivjajcotis másjgis hcf
odrrdhir, quc tcoád augki tdfcoti. Oi sc hji gucotd hc quc cffd ajsad cstdld
sjcohi ilscrvdhd kdstd quc Fcstdo kdlf÷ gio su viz brdvc y primuohd.

‘Dk... tcobi cotcohjhi quc uod hc oucstrds jovjtdhds, quc kd cstdhi hjsmrutdohi
hc oucstrds kjstirjds, cs tdaljêo ldrhi. ¹Cs csi gjcrti9 ‘Fd ajr÷ gio uod gkjspd
co fis primuohis i`is daldrjois.

‘^ucs... ‘vdgjf÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. I scd, lucoi, aäs i acois...

‘Cs gjcrti ‘jotcrvjoi [cod gio tioi rcsucfti, häohifc uo capu`iogjti ‘. ]cobd,
Bdlrjcffc. Xc dgdldo hc cogdrbdr uod dgtudgj÷o. ‘Jboir÷ dfcbrcacotc fd ajrdhd
johjbodhd hc Bdlrjcffc y fc hji d su dajbd uo scbuohi capu`÷o aäs mucrtc‘. Oi
ac ilfjbucs d ffcvdrtc co lrdzis kdstd dká. ‘Wiorj÷ pdrd qujtdrfc kjcrri d fd
dhvcrtcogjd. 23 
[cod ilscrv÷ d Bdlrjcffc igupdohi cf gcotri
gcot ri hcf csgcodrji y fucbi sc dgiaih÷ pdrd
ajrdr df pðlfjgi ajcotrds êstc ajrdld d fd tdfcotisd ldrhi. Z Bdlrjcffc sc supcr÷ d
sá ajsad. Fis adotuvi kcgkjzdhis gio trcs lucods kjstirjds y uo picad êpjgi.
Kdstd [cod, quc sc sdlád cf mjodf hc fds trcs kjstirjds y kdlád iáhi csc picad aäs
vcgcs quc ärlifcs kdlád co cf lisquc, sc quch÷ cobdogkdhd co fd odrrdgj÷o. Fis
kdljtdotcs hcf lisquc fc siorjcrio hc vcrhdh gudohi tcrajo÷ y sc hc`÷ gdcr co cf
ldogi ld`i `uoti d [cod.
‘Luco trdld`i ‘fc susurr÷ [cod df iáhi‘. Auy ljco kcgki.

Bdlrjcffc sc siori`÷, pcri gio cxprcsj÷o giotcotd.

‘Brdgjds. Grci quc kd sdfjhi auy ljco ‘giotcst÷, susurrdohi d su vcz‘. Fcs kd
bustdhi cf picad.

‘Gfdri quc sá. D aá tdaljêo ac bustd ‘rcpfjg÷ [cod y gudohi cstdld d puoti
puo ti hcgjr
dfbi aäs, uois aurauffis ld`is fc ffdadrio fd dtcogj÷o. ]ifvj÷ fd gdlczd

fjbcrdacotc
quc cstdldo pdrd gdptdr
hc pjc ac`ir
hcträs fdskibucrd.
hc fd pdfdlrds ]ji
hc uois gudotis
d @cssdo kdljtdotcs
cotrc hcf lisquc,
fis quc pdrcgádo scr
 

dfbuois hc fis kialrcs aäs `÷vcocs. Fds pigds pdfdlrds quc kdlád iáhi fc kjgjcrio
sispcgkdr quc cf tcad hc fd giovcrsdgj÷o
giovcrsdgj÷ o crd cffd ajsad y quc @cssdo cstdld sjcohi
il`cti hc uods lriads ldstdotc grucfcs.

Bdlrjcffc sc kdlád pcrgdtdhi hcf gdalji hc kuair y ajr÷ kdgjd cf brupi.

‘¹Tuê igurrc9 ‘Csguhrjô÷ d trdvês hcf kuai hcf mucbi‘. ¹Cstäo hjsgutjcohi9 ‘
Ajr÷ d [cod d fd gdrd, quc kdlád dhiptdhi uod cxprcsj÷o scvcrd.

‘Tuêhdtc dquá ‘adsguff÷ [cod‘. Cstä vjsti quc yi tdaljêo viy d tcocr quc kdgcr
uod dgtudgj÷o pir cogdrbi. ‘Wc fcvdot÷ y sc cstjr÷ y fucbi sc hjrjbj÷ kdgjd cf brupi,
quc kdlád duacotdhi y dkird kdlád fcvdotdhi fd viz.

@cssdo cstdld dgirrdfdhi giotrd uo ärlif y tcoád uod cxprcsj÷o hc rdljd co fd gdrd.
Xcoád fds adois dfzdhds, giai sj jotcotdrd gdfadr d fd bcotc, y cotiogcs vji d [cod
dpiydhd co uo pistc gcrgdoi, ilscrvdohi. Lucoi. Fi kdlád iáhi. Hc`÷ quc sus
fdljis cslizdrdo uod fjbcrd siorjsd dbrjd. Fd [cod trdoqujfd y rcfd`dhd quc tihd su
dfhcd kdlád vjsti hurdotc fd gcod kdlád hcsdpdrcgjhi, sustjtujhd pir cstd bucrrcrd
tcosd, giogcotrdhd y pcfjbrisd.
2= 
Wc kdlád girrjhi fd viz, brdgjds d Hcbbjs, hc quc cffd fi kdlád hcrritdhi... sdlád quc
sugchcrád. Dkird tihis sus giapdôcris sc fi cstdldo pdsdohi co brdohc gio sus
lriads pcsdhds y sus giacotdrjis cstðpjhis.

‘Wjcaprc kc sdljhi quc oi tjcocs fi quc kdy quc tcocr ‘rcád Cgtrdo gio rcbigj`i.
Crd cf aäs brdohc hc cstc brupi, gdsj tdo brdohc giai cf pripji @cssdo, oi tdo dfti,
pcri gio uo pcfd`c augki aäs isguri y uo gucrpi aäs pcsdhi‘. ¹G÷ai puchcs
‘
fcvdotdrtc
sucfi sjqujcrd y‘pjsdr
gio hcsprcgji cf sucfi
. ¡Sod hc cstd
kuadod! dfhcd,
¡Cogjad uodpchdzi
au`cr!hcWcburi
ruajdotc9
quc yi Csgupj÷
pihrád...df

‘Wcburi quc oi puchcs ‘Dpdrcgj÷ sjapfcacotc... dká. @cssdo sc cstrcacgj÷. Dká

c jrrdhjdohi tdf brdhi hc dacodzd quc cf pcfi hcf gucffi sc fc crjz÷ pir purd
rcdggj÷o. Gio csd viz brdvc y schisd quc sc iád gfdrdacotc co tihi cf brupi, dkird
sjfcogjisi, ajcotrds [cod sc comrcotdld
comrcotdl d d Cgtrdo‘. ¹^cri quê tdf sj fi dvcrjbudais9
‘giotjou÷, gio uod siorjsd, sjo dpdrtdr fis i`is hc fis hc êf oj pir uo jostdotc. ]ji
quc trdbdld, gio mucrzd‘. ¹Tuê pdsd, cs quc oi tjcocs fi quc kdy quc tcocr9

Fd rcspjrdgj÷o hc Cgtrdo gdalj÷, sc dgcfcr÷. Dfgdoz÷ fd cspdhd quc ffcvdld d fd

cspdfhd y cffd rctrigchj÷ uo pdsi, kdgjêohifc sjtji pdrd hcscovdjodr. Gudohi su
cspdhd sdfj÷ hc fd vdjod y sc fdoz÷ kdgjd cffd, fi csqujv÷ äbjfacotc y fi hc`÷ pdsdr.
 

Êf sc vifvj÷, uftrd`dhi, y sc fdoz÷ hc oucvi giotrd cffd, aivjcohi fd cspdhd co uod

giapfc`d scrjc hc cstigdhds. [cod cspcr÷ d tcocrfi gdsj cogjad y cotiogcs
hcscovdjo÷ su pripjd cspdhd y pdr÷ fds cstigdhds, hcsvjdohi su adyir pcsi y
pcoctrdohi su budrhjd gio uods cstigdhds räpjhds y käljfcs quc fc dmcjtdrio cf pcfi
hcf pcgki. Wc scpdrdrio y sc aivjcrio co gárgufi y cotiogcs êf dvdoz÷ y sc fdoz÷

giotrd
adotuvi cffd
co gio aäs giotrdrrcstdohi
su sjtji, hctcrajodgj÷o, gdhd
bifpcdohi giogio
cstigdhd dutêotjgd mucrzd.
uod s÷fjhd [cody hc
pdrdhd, sc
rcpcotc pds÷ df dtdquc, cogiotrdohi fis kucgis hc su hcmcosd, ilfjbäohifi d
rctrigchcr, cgkdohi cotiogcs
cotio gcs cf pcsi kdgjd hcfdotc y, df mjodf hc fd scrjc, fi hcsdra÷
gio uo pihcrisi y s÷fjhi rcvês quc dtrdp÷
dtrd p÷ fd cspdhd hc êf d ajtdh hc fd capuôdhurd
y fd fdoz÷ pir fis djrcs pir cogjad hc fds gdlczds hc fis hcaäs.

Fi ðojgi quc sc iy÷ pir cogjad hcf gkjspirritci hcf mucbi muc cf bifpc hc fd cspdhd
df gdcr co tjcrrd. Cgtrdo sc su`ctdld fd auôcgd gio fd itrd adoi, gio uod aucgd hc
hifir. Wc quch÷ ajrdohi d [cod, qujco sc pusi fd cspdhd df kialri y sc rcfd`÷,
giotcapfäohifis.

‘¹Tucrêjs aäs9 ‘prcbuot÷ [cod, gio mrjdfhdh‘. ^ir aá, cogdotdhd. ‘Wc vifvj÷

22 
co gárgufi hcspdgji y ilscrv÷ df brupi sjfcogjisi y pdsadhi ‘. ¹Dfbujco qujcrc9 ‘
Wjbuj÷ rcjodohi cf sjfcogji‘. ¹Oi9 ^ucs pdrcgc quc oi. ‘Fd cspdhd vifvj÷ hcspdgji
d su vdjod y sus adois sc dpiydrio co su gjotur÷o ‘. Fds supisjgjiocs sio
pcfjbrisds ‘hj`i [cod sudvcacotc, rcgirrjêohifis gio fd ajrdhd‘. ^cri yi
tdaljêo ‘tcrajo÷, cgkdohi uod ajrdhd d @cssdo `uoti gio uo fjbcrásjai bujôi, y
sdfj÷ cotiogcs hcf gárgufi hc kdljtdotcs hcf lisquc pdrd rcbrcsdr kdgjd cf mucbi. Wc
dprcsurdrio d dlrjrfc pdsi.

‘Is fi hj`c ‘suspjr÷ @cssdo‘. Cgtrdo, vdais d igupdrois hc tu auôcgd. ‘Ajr÷

comurcgjhi df bucrrcri aäs `ivco‘. Kds tcojhi sucrtc. Oi tjcocs oj jhcd
jh cd hc fd sucrtc
quc kds tcojhi.

Cgtrdo fi ajr÷, gio fis i`is giai pfdtis.

‘Gdrdy ‘ldflugc÷ pir mjo‘. Fi sjcoti augkásjai, @cssdo... Cs quc... uod kuadod,
y cogjad au`cr, y gkjgi... gdrdy. Ouogd ac kdo bifpcdhi fd cspdhd gio tdf mucrzd,
oj sjqujcrd tu pdhrc. ‘Wc mrit÷ fd auôcgd, gio uo bcsti hc hifir, y fucbi siorj÷ d
@cssdo gio djrc tdjadhi‘. Ac cogdotdrád vcrfd co dggj÷o. ‘Ajr÷ df brupi dkird
siorjcotc‘. Wjcaprc y gudohi oi mucrd yi giotrd qujco cstuvjcrd fugkdohi, gfdri.
‘Wift÷ uo sjfljhi ld`i y prifiobdhi y fucbi ajr÷ d @cssdo gio uod gc`d codrgdhd ‘
. Iyc... cspcrd uo aiacoti. ¹¹¹Xð dbudotdstc aäs hc uod riohd gio cffd999
 

@cssdo pcrgjlj÷ cf oucvi rcspcti hcf quc cstdld sjcohi il`cti. Zd vdo trcs, [cod.
]iy d tcocr quc pcosdr co dfbi ljco cspcgtdgufdr pdrd hdrtc fds brdgjds. Wc
brdgjds.  Wc rj÷ pir
fi ld`i y hjrjbj÷ d Cgtrdo kdgjd cf sdodhir hc fd dfhcd.

‘Wá y, gkjgi, quê ajchi pdsê tihi cf rdti, rczdohi pdrd oi rcsldfdrac. ‘Wiorj÷ hc
adfd bdod‘. Kdlrád pcrhjhi uod pjcrod i dfbi. ‘Wc cstrcacgj÷ df rcgirhdrfi‘. Cs
tdo räpjhd... ‘Gkdsquc÷ fis hchis giai uo fätjbi ‘. Cs giai... cs giai... ‘Wc
cogibj÷ hc kialris, dfbi gikjljhi‘. Cs prcgjisi. ‘Fcvdot÷ fis i`is y sc cogiotr÷
gio sus ajrdhds, quc dkird crdo hc dhajrdgj÷o y gjcrtd covjhjd.

Bdlrjcffc cstdld scotdhd gio fds pjcrods gruzdhds co fd pfdtdmirad ld`d, ajrdohi d
[cod ajcotrds êstd rcbrcsdld kdgjd cffd trds su pcqucôd hcaistrdgj÷o. Fd ldrhi
ilscrv÷ gio jotcrês fds ajrdhds quc scbuádo d su dajbd pir cf gcotri hc fd dfhcd.
Gudohi [cod ffcb÷ hc oucvi d su dfturd, hji uods pdfadhds co cf ldogi y dpiy÷ fd
ldrljffd co uod adoi quc d su vcz tcoád dpiydhd co fd rihjffd.

[cod sc hc`÷ gdcr co cf ldogi, suspjrdohi. Wc cgk÷ kdgjd dträs y ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc.
‘Lucoi, pucs yd cstä. Co rcdfjhdh, kd sjhi aäs mägjf hc fi quc cspcrdld. ‘Wc rihc÷
uod rihjffd gio fis lrdzis y sc quch÷ giotcapfdohi cf mucbi, gio djrc hc kdlcr 2; 
cogiotrdhi dfbi hc jotcrês co su drhjcotc
drh jcotc gcotri. Co sus i`is tihdvád kdlád uo lrjffi
lrjf fi
dgcrdhi y sus kialris sc cstrcacgádo hc tcosj÷o.

Fd ldrhi cspcr÷ co sjfcogji kdstd quc [cod gcrr÷ fis i`is uo aiacoti, tia÷
dfjcoti gio mucrzd y sc rcfd`÷ df siftdrfi hcspdgji. Cotiogcs dhvjrtj÷ fd ajrdhd hc
Bdlrjcffc y fdhc÷ fd gdlczd pdrd ajrdrfd d su vcz.

‘ ‘
¹So hjodr pir tus pcosdajcotis9 prcbuot÷, gio tioi fjbcri.
‘¹Co scrji qujcrcs iárfis9 ‘rcspiohj÷ Bdlrjcffc, gio uo tioi jbudf hc fjbcri ‘.
Ajrd quc uo hjodr cs uo prcgji auy dfti. ‘Csi, Bdl... ¹y sj hjgc quc sá9 ¹Wc fi vds d
hcgjr9 Aäs vdfc quc sc tc igurrd dfbi räpjhdacotc. 
räpjhdacotc. 

‘Wá ‘hj`i [cod, drrdstrdohi fd pdfdlrd‘. Tujcri. Xcoáds uod cxprcsj÷o auy
jotcrcsdotc co fd gdrd.

Ik-ik.  
Ik-ik.

‘Aaa... kd sjhi auy liojti fi quc kds kcgki pdrd pritcbcr d @cssdo. ‘Fd ldrhi
gdrrdspc÷‘. Grci quc kds japrcsjiodhi d sus dajbis. ‘Wiorj÷‘. Augki. ‘
Bdlrjcffc cgk÷ uo vjstdzi d fd gdrd hc [cod, hiohc kdlád uod fjbcrd siorjsd
 

johufbcotc y uod gc`d codrgdhd hcvifvjêohifc fd ajrdhd. ]dfc, oi sc fi trdbd. ^cri

oi vd d josjstjr. Wcrä ac`ir... quc capjcgc d trdld`dr co cstd kjstirjd, dotcs hc quc
sc ac hcsliquc fd jadbjodgj÷o. 
jadbjodgj÷o. 

‘Zd ‘giacot÷ [cod gio kuair‘. Fi quc tð hjbds. ‘Ilscrv÷ cf rulir quc sulád
hcspdgji pir cf gucffi hc Bdlrjcffc ajcotrds fd ajrdld y cotiogcs sc cgk÷ d rcár
fjbcrdacotc. D vcgcs... pihrád `urdr quc sdlád cxdgtdacotc fi quc cstdld pcosdohi
Bdlrjcffc. Crd... uod jhcd auy cxtrdôd. Wu acotc f÷bjgd fc hji uod rcspucstd0
prildlfcacotc gdptdld cf fcobud`c girpirdf sulfjajodf hc fd ldrhi, fi gudf scrád
oiradf, hdhi tihi cf tjcapi quc
q uc pdsdldo `uotds. Hji vucftds
vucft ds d csd jhcd co fd gdlczd
hurdotc uo rdti y fucbi fd dldohio÷ y sc quch÷ ajrdohi cf mucbi, sjo vcr.

Hcsdyuodrio gio Fcstdo y Rcoojh d fd adôdod sjbujcotc, ajcotrds sc prcpdrdldo

pdrd rcbrcsdr d fd gjuhdh hc Kcgtdtir. Wus budrhjds kdládo sjhi ljco trdtdhis, pcri
Kcgtdtir cstdld hcscisi hc vifvcr d gdsd y hcsaivjfjzdr d fds tripds quc
prildlfcacotc scbuádo prcpdräohisc.

‘Lucoi, kdo sjhi his háds jocspcrdhis pcri cstupcohis ‘hj`i Kcgtdtir gio tioi 2: 
hc budsd, ajrdohi d [cod, quc cotrdld co csc aiacoti scbujhd hc @cssdo.

[cod sc cogibj÷ hc kialris, pcri siorj÷.

‘^rjacri tc imrcgá uod cxpfjgdgj÷o ‘giacot÷, scotäohisc df itri cxtrcai hc fd

acsd‘. Oi cs gufpd aád quc hcgjhjcrds oi csgugkdr.

Kcgtdtir sc mrit÷ fd adohálufd, quc scbuád hifirjhd.

‘Sod fcggj÷o pdrd aá. ‘^cri fc siorj÷‘. Wc ac kdlád ifvjhdhi fi mucrtc quc pcbds.
‘Iltuvi uod gc`d codrgdhd giai rcspucstd‘. Jotcotdrê rcgirhdrfi pdrd fd
pr÷xjad.

Fcstdo fis ajrdld dfbi hcsgiogcrtdhi. Kuadois. Lriacdohi. Co su gdsd.

Japisjlfc. Wc sdguhj÷ y imrcgj÷ gdldffis d sus jovjtdhis pdrd cf rcbrcsi. Wc rcuojcrio
mucrd pdrd hcspchjrsc0 fd budrhjd hc Kcgtdtir, quc scbuád dgdapdhd co cf rái, sc
cstdld piojcohi ocrvjisd. Kcgtdtir sc aiot÷ co uo kcraisi scacotdf rudoi hc
ajrdhd hufgc y fc hji uod pdfadhds co cf gucffi gio dprcgji. [cod sc aiot÷ co Drbi
y fucbi, df vcr fd hifirjhd cxprcsj÷o hc Bdlrjcffc ajcotrds giotcapfdld cf gdldffi
quc fc kdládo imrcgjhi, uod liojtd ycbud pád, sc cgk÷ d rcár y dfdrb÷ uo lrdzi.
 

‘]dais. ‘Fd ldrhi fd ajr÷ airtjmjgdhd, pcri gio dfjvji‘. Ihjd gdldfbdr ‘fc
giacot÷ d Kcgtdtir, quc fds ajrdld rjsucôi, c jz÷ d Bdlrjcffc, gifigäohifd hcträs
hc cffd silrc fd pdgjcotc Drbi‘. Drbi cstä dgistualrdhd d ffcvdr hilfc gdrbd.

@cssdo fcs dbdrr÷ fds rihjffds giai bcsti hc hcspchjhd, pucs yd fds kdlád dlrdzdhi
co cf sucfi.

‘Gujhdis ‘fcs dgiosc`÷‘. ]ifvch pir dquá gudohi tcobäjs igdsj÷o.

Fcstdo sc dgcrg÷ d cffd pir cf itri fdhi y gifig÷ uod brdo adoi silrc cf gucffi hc
Drbi.

‘Giai hjgc aj kj`i, vifvch pir dquá. Xcobi fd scosdgj÷o hc quc tcocais augkds
kjstirjds quc giotdrois. ‘Fd ajr÷ d fis i`is‘. Dhcaäs, ‘dkird siorj÷ y sc pdrcgj÷
augki d su kj`i‘, tihis ajs bucrrcris ac cstäo cxjbjcohi quc tc pjhd fcggjiocs.
‘Wus i`is y fis hc [cod sc cogiotrdrio c jotcrgdaljdrio uod ajrdhd rjsucôd hc
cotcohjajcoti ‘. ^ir mdvir, vcojh, gudohi pihäjs ‘tcrajo÷ Fcstdo, dfzdohi fd
adoi pdrd cstrcgkdr fd hc cffd.

[cod dsjotj÷. ;> 

‘Fi kdrcais. ‘]ifvj÷ fd gdlczd hc Drbi y fd dzuz÷ pdrd quc sc hjrjbjcrd kdgjd fd
pucrtd hc fd dfhcd.

Bdlrjcffc jotcrgdalj÷
jotcrgdal j÷ uo bujôi gio @cssdo y sdfuh÷ d Rcoojh dbjtdohi fd adoi. Sod
fdrbd vjsjtd, gio fd ipirtuojhdh hc dlsirlcr fds kjstirjds hc uod gufturd titdfacotc
oucvd... siorj÷ dfcbrcacotc.

‘Csi sá quc vd d scr hjvcrtjhi ‘auraur÷ df iáhi hc [cod y fd bucrrcrd fc rcspiohj÷

gio uod rjsd ld`d.

‘Wá ‘dsjotj÷ [cod, bujdohi d Drbi gio aivjajcotis cxpcrtis ‘. Xcobi fd

scosdgj÷o hc quc fi vd d scr, y dhcaäs oi vd d pdsdr augki tjcapi kdstd cotiogcs.
 

Gdpátufi 7

F
d giscgkd kd sjhi lucod ‘fc giacotdld Kcgtdtir d [cod
ajcotrds gdldfbdldo hcprjsd kdgjd fd gjuhdh, rihcdhis hc sus
hcsgiogcrtdhis budrhjds‘. Z kcais capczdhi d giostrujr uo
‘
pdlcff÷o hcotri hc fis auris hc fd gjuhdh. Zd fi vcräs. ‘Hjrjbj÷ uod ajrdhd d fd
au`cr quc gdldfbdld d su fdhi ‘. Is quchdrêjs uois háds, ¹vcrhdh9 Xc hcli pir fi
acois uo ldoquctc.

[cod sc cgk÷ d rcár.

‘Gfdri. ‘Ajr÷ pir cogjad hcf kialri d Bdlrjcffc, quc pir cf aiacoti cstdld
gdffdhd. ^rildlfcacotc trdld`dohi co itrd kjstirjd‘. ]coádais kdgjd dquá dotcs
hc hcsvjdrois. ‘Wc cstjr÷ co fd sjffd hc Drbi y vifvj÷ d dgiaihdrsc‘. Fi hcgád co
scrji0 kdlrád prcmcrjhi giotrjlujr d tu cgioiaád figdf.
;4 
Kcgtdtir sc rj÷ pir fi ld`i giai rcspucstd.

‘^ucs kd sdfjhi ljco. ‘Ajr÷ kdgjd hcfdotc, hiohc sc vcád uod pcqucôd oulc hc
pifvi‘. Dk. So giajtê hc ljcovcojhd. ‘Wc quchdrio ajrdohi fd oulc hc pifvi,
quc sc jld kdgjcohi aäs brdohc,
brdoh c, y cotiogcs [cod sc pusi tcosd. Wu vjstd aäs dbuhd
kdlád hjstjobujhi dfbi quc Kcgtdtir oi0 fis ristris ffcois hc päojgi y fis mfdogis
suhirisis hc fis `joctcs y fis gdldffis quc sc hjrjbádo kdgjd cffis.

‘^drcgc quc kdy prilfcads, Kcgtdtir. ‘^usi d Drbi d achji bdfipc, scbujhd
räpjhdacotc pir cf práogjpc y sus budrhjds. Wc rcuojcrio gio fis `joctcs quc sc
dgcrgdldo co achji hc uo rcaifjoi hc pdtds co aivjajcoti y dojadfcs rcsiffdotcs.
Cf `cmc hc fis `joctcs hcsaiot÷ d tihd prjsd hc su dojadf y sc dgcrg÷ df cstrjli hc
Kcgtdtir, gio cf pcgki `dhcdotc.

‘Aj scôir... uo c`êrgjti... vjcoc kdgjd fd gjuhdh. ‘Xisj÷‘. Aj scôir, sio ajfcs. ‘
Wc quch÷ ajrdohi d Kcgtdtir, gio fis i`is hcsirljtdhis.

‘^ir Kdhcs ‘ausjt÷ cf práogjpc‘. Hclc hc scr Dostcfcs. ‘Wc vifvj÷ kdgjd [cod‘

. Wdf hc dquá, [cod... fi hjbi co scrji. Êstd oi cs tu fugkd y yi s÷fi puchi aivjfjzdr
d gudtrigjcotis kialrcs. ‘Fugk÷ gio fds rjcohds hc su gdldffi, dkird joqujcti df
 

pcrgjljr fds caigjiocs hc Kcgtdtir‘. Df acois tcocais fd pisjljfjhdh hc cvdgudr

d fis oi gialdtjcotcs.

[cod sc quch÷ scotdhd co Drbi co sjfcogji pir uo aiacoti, ilscrväohifi. Crd

dlsifutdacotc giosgjcotc hc fd prcscogjd hc Bdlrjcffc, quc cspcrdld dbudotdohi
fd rcspjrdgj÷o `usti hcträs hc cffd. ^ir mjo, suspjr÷.

‘Fi sjcoti, Kcgtdtir. ‘Sod fjbcrd siorjsd, uod rcpcotjod tcosj÷o co fis lrdzis hc
Bdlrjcffc‘. ]ds d tcocr quc dbudotdrac uo tjcapi. ‘So dprct÷o pir pdrtc hc fd
ldrhi. \cspiohj÷ gio uod fcvc rjsd pir fi ld`i quc sdlád quc Bdlrjcffc pihád
oitdr‘. ]dais. Xcocais quc kdgcr pfdocs. ‘Wc fc igurrj÷ uod gisd y vifvj÷ fd
gdlczd pdrd kdlfdr gio Bdlrjcffc.

‘Dk, oi ‘sift÷ fd ldrhi, cgkäohifc d [cod uod ajrdhd hc dhvcrtcogjd‘. Oj fi

pjcoscs sjqujcrd.

‘Bdlrjcffc... ‘capcz÷ [cod, kdgjcohi uo bcsti trdoqujfjzdhir gio uod adoi.

‘Kc hjgki quc oi. Z yd cstä ‘giotcst÷ Bdlrjcffc, gio uod ajrdhd murjisd. Dlrj÷ fd
ligd pdrd dôdhjr dfbi aäs, pcri [cod sc dhcfdot÷ d cffd, tdpäohiscfd gio fd adoi. ;< 
‘Wskk. Oi tc viy d covjdr fc`is hcf pcfjbri. ‘Dpdrt÷ fd adoi gio gdutcfd y iltuvi
uo sjfcogji rcfdtjvi.

‘¹Oi9 ‘prcbuot÷ Bdlrjcffc, cxtrdôdhd.

‘Oi ‘rcspiohj÷ [cod‘. ^cri ac bustdrád quc gibjcrds cf gdldffi hc Kcgtdtir y

quc dvjsdrds d Fcstdo. Wj Dostcfcs tiad fd gjuhdh, su dfhcd scrä fd pr÷xjad. ‘]ji fds
oulcs hc tiracotd quc sc dguaufdldo
d guaufdldo co fis i`is hc su dajbd ‘. Fucbi vucfvc dquá
fi dotcs pisjlfc. ‘Wus i`is covjdrio uo rucbi d Bdlrjcffc ‘. Wc acrcgco uo dvjsi.

^ir mjo, fd ldrhi dsjotj÷ hcspdgji. ^ds÷ uod pjcrod pir cogjad hc fis gudrtis
trdscris hc Drbi y sc hcsfjz÷ kdstd cf sucfi. Dotc su sirprcsd, [cod kjzi fi ajsai,
hc aihi quc fds his quchdrio iguftds d fis budrhjds quc cspcrdldo. Bdlrjcffc
vdgjf÷, ajrdohi d [cod d fis i`is co lusgd hc uod cxpfjgdgj÷o.

‘¹Tuê9 ‘prcbuot÷, df vcr quc fd bucrrcrd oi kdlfdld.

‘Csgugkd ‘giotcst÷ [cod, lusgdohi fds pdfdlrds gio cvjhcotc csmucrzi ‘. Wj

hcpcohjcrd hc aá, tc quchdráds co fd dfhcd hc Fcstdo. Csti oi vd d scr liojti,
Bdlrjcffc. ‘Dfz÷ uod adoi pdrd dtd`dr fds pritcstds quc yd sc cstdldo miradohi
 

co fis fdljis hc su dajbd‘. ^cri sê quc oi hcpcohc hc aá y quc oi tc quchdräs.

Dsá quc, pir mdvir, hdtc prjsd y tco gujhdhi.

Bdlrjcffc rcspjr÷ kiohi y dsjotj÷.

‘]dfc. Ac hdrê prjsd. ‘Cspcri.

Cspcri.   Dgcpt÷ hc adfd bdod fds rjcohds hcf rudoi hc
Fcstdo hc adois hc Kcgtdtir, quc sc imrcgj÷ pdrd dyuhdrfd d suljr df gdldffi. Fc
siorj÷ gio jrioád‘. Oi kdgc mdftd, brdgjds. Oi ac bustd, pcri sê kdgcrfi. ‘Wc
aiot÷ co cf gdldffi y fc hji uods pdfadhjtds co cf gucffi ‘. ]cobd, gdldffi. ]dais
d vifvcr d gdsd.

[cod fd vji adrgkdr gio uod aczgfd hc irbuffi trjstc y dutêotjgd

prcigupdgj÷o. Lucoi, kd sdfjhi ac`ir hc fi quc cspcrdld sjqujcrd,
sjqujcrd , pcos÷,
rcsipfdohi co sjfcogji. Aj têgojgd hclc hc cstdr ac`irdohi. 
ac`irdohi.  Wc vifvj÷ kdgjd
Kcgtdtir, quc sc cstdld aiotdohi hc oucvi co uoi hc fis gdldffis hc su budrhjd.

‘]äaiois ‘hj`i‘. Csc c`êrgjti oi vd d cspcrdr.

Kcgtdtir fd ajr÷.
;7 
‘[cod... ‘Wu dtrdgtjvi ristri sc pusi auy scrji‘. Oi tcobi mucrzds sumjgjcotcs
pdrd hctcocr d Dostcfcs, sj cs quc sc trdtd hc êf. Z fis his ois ihjdais hcshc kdgc
augkásjai tjcapi. Oi kdlrä pisjljfjhdh dfbuod hc ocbigjdr. ‘Dgcrg÷ su aioturd
d Drbi y ld`÷ fd viz‘. ^ir mdvir... oi qujcri vcrac co cf Xärtdri gio tu aucrtc
silrc ajs kialris tdaljêo.

[cod fi ajr÷ gio uod gc`d codrgdhd.

‘^rjacri, sj pjcosds quc vds d airjr, airjräs. ‘Wc fc hcscomig÷ fd ajrdhd uo

aiacoti y fucbi vifvj÷ d gcotrdrsc‘. Wcbuohi, sjcaprc kdy pisjljfjhdhcs. ‘
^crajtj÷ quc uod siorjsd dguhjcrd d sus fdljis‘. Xcrgcri, sj ac vci co cf Xärtdri
giotjbi pir gufpd hc csti, tc bdrdotjzi quc fi fdacotdräs. ‘Fc hji uo fcvc puôctdzi
co cf kialri‘. ]cdais quê ipgjiocs tcocais dotcs hc hchjgdrois d pfdocdr
oucstrd vjhd co cf aäs dffä.

Kcgtdtir vdgjf÷, pcri sc hji gucotd hc quc sus budrhjds d fd csgugkd ajrdldo d [cod
gio dfbi pdrcgjhi df dfjvji. Fd ajr÷ y fucbi suspjr÷.

‘Lucoi, tcoád quc jotcotdrfi ‘adsguff÷ gikjljhi‘. Z scbujrê jotcotäohifi. ‘

]ifvj÷ fd gdlczd hc su aioturd c kjzi uo bcsti d sus budrhjds pdrd quc
caprcohjcrdo fd adrgkd‘. ]dais dffä.
 

Bdlrjcffc oi vdgjf÷ df ffcbdr df

d f rái quc adrgdld fd mriotcrd, sj
sjoi
oi quc sc fdoz÷ hc ffcoi
d êf. Fis gdsgis hcf gdldffi fcvdotdrio uod fjbcrd cspuad, quc fd gdf÷ hc dbud
kcfdhd. Lrr.
Lrr. ^cri
 ^cri s÷fi hur÷ uo scbuohi y hc oucvi sc cogiotr÷ cotrc fd kjcrld.

Gudohi cstdld d achji gdajoi hc fd fáocd hc ärlifcs, uod brdo mjburd sc dfz÷
hcfdotc hc su aioturd y fcvdot÷ fd adoi pdrd hctcocrfd.

‘Xcobi quc kdlfdr gio Fcstdo ‘fc hj`i df budrhjd‘. Cs japirtdotc.

Cf dfti kdljtdotc hcf lisquc fd ajr÷ sifcaocacotc y fucbi fc kjzi uo bcsti pdrd
quc sjbujcrd dhcfdotc.

‘^uchcs pdsdr ‘hj`i gio viz brdvc.

‘Brdgjds ‘dsjotj÷ cffd. ]ifvj÷ gio hcgjsj÷o fd gdlczd hc su aioturd y sc hjrjbj÷

kdgjd fis ärlifcs. Dkird sc scotád prcsd hc fd urbcogjd c kjzi dfbi quc ouogd kdlád
kcgki0 pusi df bdfipc df gdldffi, quc cstdld ljco hjspucsti d cffi. Crd tcrrirámjgi...

;8 
y caigjiodotc, sc rcgioigj÷ d sá ajsad gio mrdoquczd. Zd oi giotrifdld df joacosi
dojadf0 êstc kdlád ifjhi su kibdr y tcoád bdods hc girrcr. Duoquc
girrcr.  Duoquc fd vcrhdh cs quc
 pdrcgc augki aäs mägjf gudohi fi kdgc [cod. [cod pdrcgc tdo d busti d gdldffi...
hjiscs, i`dfä yi puhjcrd kdgcr fi quc kdgc cffd... hclc hc cstdr auy ljco csi hc
 pihcr kdgcr  sjo
 sjo aäs tihds csds gisds. 
gisds. 

Bdlrjcffc oit÷ quc cf gdldffi cgkdld d girrcr d bdfipc tcohjhi, kdgjcohi quc cf pcfi
sc fc cgkdrd kdgjd dträs hifirisdacotc. Wc dbdrr÷ d su gucffi gio tihds sus mucrzds
y êf oi ld`÷ cf rjtai kdstd quc ffcbdrio d fds pucrtds hc fd dfhcd ajsad, y dsá y tihi
oi mrco÷ brdo gisd. Cotrdrio df bdfipc y Bdlrjcffc dpcods giosjbuj÷
gio sjbuj÷ hjrjbjrfi d fd gdsd
hc @cssdo. D su dfrchchir sc iádo pjsdhds hc gdrrcrds, giai rcdggj÷o d su vjifcotd
ffcbdhd.

Bdlrjcffc hctuvi gio hjmjguftdh df suhirisi gdldffi y sc hc`÷ gdcr hc su fiai,

dbdrräohisc d fd cspcsd grjo pdrd su`ctdrsc. Ajr÷ d su dfrchchir y vji d @cssdo, quc
vcoád kdgjd cffd, trds kdlcr sdftdhi hcf pirgkc gio uod cxprcsj÷o hc pdsai df
rcgioigcrfd.

‘¡Bdlrjcffc! ‘cxgfda÷ @cssdo, cxtrdôdhi pir su rcpcotjod dpdrjgj÷o ‘. ¹Tuê

kdgcs dquá9 ¹Kd igurrjhi dfbi gudohi vifvádjs9 ‘Fd dbdrr÷ hc fis kialris gio
hcfjgdhczd, ajräohifd d fis i`is gio cxprcsj÷o prcigupdhd.
 

‘Oi, lucoi, sá, pcri oi cs fi quc cstäs pcosdohi ‘giosjbuj÷ hcgjr Bdlrjcffc cotrc
 `dhcis‘. Cs uo c`êrgjti.

@cssdo sc pusi päfjhi ld`i cf pcfd`c.

‘Cspcrd. ‘Wc vifvj÷ d su prjai aäs gcrgdoi ‘. Ffdad d Fcstdo.

‘Cstiy dquá. ‘Fd viz brdvc sio÷ pir cogjad hc su itri kialri. Fcstdo ajrdld pir
cogjad hcf kialri hc su kj`i gio prcigupdgj÷o ‘. ¹So c`êrgjti9 ‘Ilscrv÷ d
Bdlrjcffc‘. ¹Hc qujêo9 ¹H÷ohc9 ¹Guäohi9

Fd ldrhi sc fi cxpfjg÷ räpjhdacotc, dkird quc kdlád rcgupcrdhi cf dfjcoti.

‘Dsá quc [cod qujsi quc is dvjsdrd... pirquc grcc quc sj tiado fd gjuhdh, pucs...
‘tcrajo÷.

Fcstdo fd ajr÷ gio hcsgiomjdozd.

‘¹Z quê qujcrc quc kdbdais9 ‘ Dfjdhis i oi... êstd oi cs oucstrd fugkd,
fugkd, pcqucôd

;3 
ldrhi.  
ldrhi.

Bdlrjcffc sc quch÷ pdrdhd y fi ajr÷ mj`dacotc.

‘Oi ac hj`i quc is pjhjcrd quc kjgjcrdjs odhd ‘giotcst÷, cxtrdôdhd‘. W÷fi ac
hj`i quc is acrcgádjs uo dvjsi. ‘Ilscrv÷ d fis kdljtdotcs hcf lisquc quc fd
rihcdldo, dhvjrtjcohi cf jotcrês co sus ristris‘. ¹Kdy dfbðo prilfcad gio csi9

‘Dk ‘muc fi ðojgi quc giotcst÷ Fcstdo ‘. Ois tiadais cf dvjsi auy co scrji.

Brdgjds. ‘Kjzi uo bcsti d vdrjds pcrsiods pdrd quc fi prcgchjcrdo d su sdfd hc

rcuojiocs y gcrr÷ fd pucrtd, sjo kdgcr gdsi hc fis grcgjcotcs aurauffis hc jotcrês.

@cssdo fd ajr÷ prcigupdhi.

‘¹Z [cod grcc quc tiadrä fd gjuhdh9 ‘prcbuot÷, co viz ld`d. Xihdvád fd rihcdld
gio fis lrdzis pdrd sistcocrfd y cffd oi pritcst÷.

Bdlrjcffc sc quch÷ pcosdohi uo luco rdti co fds pdfdlrds hc hcspchjhd hc [cod y

co fd cxprcsj÷o hc su gdrd.

‘^ucs oi fi kd hjgki, pcri sá... grci quc csi cs fi quc pjcosd. ‘Wc airhjsquc÷ cf
fdlji‘. Kcgtdtir s÷fi puchc aivjfjzdr d gudtrigjcotis kialrcs. ‘]ifvj÷ d fcvdotdr
fd vjstd pdrd ajrdrfi‘. Ac tcobi quc jr. Fc priactá d [cod quc ac hdrád prjsd.
 

@cssdo cgk÷ kdgjd dträs fd gdlczd hirdhd y sc quch÷ giotcapfdohi fds cstrcffds
pcosdtjvi.

‘Cspcrd uo aiacoti ‘fc hj`i sudvcacotc d fd ldrhi. Csti cs, fi oiti. D csti cs d
fi quc cstiy hcstjodhi. Fis hjiscs kdo giospjrdhi pdrd rcuojrois d tihis `usti pdrd
cstd igdsj÷o. ^crgjli fd dstutd adoi hc Drcs... fi sê y ac hjrj`i d cffi gio fis i`is
dljcrtis y fd cspdhd co dfti‘. Xc ffcvdrê hc vucftd ‘hj`i pir mjo, dpiydohi fd
ldrljffd co cf pcgki y ajräohifd‘. Hc`d quc gi`d ajs gisds. ‘Fd ffcv÷ df jotcrjir hc
su gdsd y dlrj÷ uod pucrtd hc fd ziod hcf miohi. Wu gudrti, df pdrcgcr.

Bdlrjcffc ajr÷ d su dfrchchir, gio gurjisjhdh. Fd kdljtdgj÷o crd ldstdotc pcqucôd

y oi tdo dtcstdhd giai cspcrdld. Kdlád uod brdo gdad rchiohd co uod csqujod,
pdrcgjhd d fd quc kdládo usdhi [cod y cffd, guljcrtd gio uods brucsds gifgkds co
tiois dzufcs y vcrhcs. Hc fds pdrchcs gifbdldo cstcrds hc gdôd, pjotdhds gio
rcprcscotdgjiocs ljco kcgkds hcf lisquc quc fis rihcdld.

‘ ‘
Tuê liojti giacot÷.
‘Brdgjds. Fds kc pjotdhi yi ‘giotcst÷ @cssdo, hjstrdáhi, ajcotrds sdgdld vdrjis
il`ctis hc uo ldðf sjtudhi df pjc hc fd gdad ‘. Cspdhd, gitd hc gialdtc, dradhurd ;= 
pdrd fds pjcrods... grci quc csi cs tihi. ‘Wc fcvdot÷ gio fis lrdzis gdrbdhis y
siorj÷ pir fd sirprcsd quc sc vcád co fd gdrd hc fd ldrhi‘. ¹Tuê... grcáds quc s÷fi
sdládais kdgcr mfcgkds i dfbi dsá9 ‘Wus i`is hirdhis gkjspcdldo rjsucôis ‘. Z yi
quc pcosdld quc tcoáds uod acotc dljcrtd.

Bdlrjcffc sc siori`÷.

‘ ‘ ‘
Ac fi hc
hcspuês acrczgi rcgioigj÷
ffcvdr tdoti gio uodgio
tjcapi vjd`dohi siorjsd
[cod.gikjljhd . Zd hclcrád sdlcrfi,

‘Ik ‘hj`i @cssdo, gio uod siorjsd adfjgjisd‘. ¹Cffd tdaljêo pjotd9 ‘Co sus i`is
ldjfdld fd rjsd‘. Oi tcoád oj jhcd.

‘¹Tuc sj pjotd9 Oi ‘sc rj÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. ^cri sdlc kdgcr augkds gisds. ‘Itrd
rjsjtd df vcr su mjobjhd cxprcsj÷o hc joigcogjd y sus gc`ds drqucdhds.

‘Lucoi, csi... ‘hj`i @cssdo hcspdgji gio uod dapfjd siorjsd‘. Csi sá quc ac fi
grci. ‘Fcvdot÷ hc oucvi fd dradhurd y sc vifvj÷ kdgjd fd pucrtd `usti gudohi sc

cstrcffdld kdgjd hcotri pir fd mucrzd hc fd adoi hc Fcstdo.

 

‘@cssdo... ‘Wc hctuvi co scgi, df vcr fi quc ffcvdld su kj`i co fis lrdzis ‘. ¹Tuê
cs csti9 ¹H÷ohc tc grccs quc vds9 ‘Cotr÷ co fd kdljtdgj÷o, cgkdohi uod ajrdhd
dfbi hcsgiomjdhd d Bdlrjcffc.

‘]iy d fugkdr gio oucstris oucvis dfjdhis, pdhrc ‘giotcst÷ @cssdo, hc`dohi su
gdrbd co cf sucfi y, co gdalji, capczdohi d dradrsc‘. Fcs vcohrád ljco uo pigi
hc dyuhd. ‘Csqujv÷ fis i`is hc su pdhrc.

‘¡¡¹¹Tuê99!! ‘Cf rubjhi hc Fcstdo sdguhj÷ fd gdsd giai uo tcrrcaiti. Wus i`is
daldrjois dtrdvcsdrio d su ðojgi kj`i giai uod ffdadrdhd, ajcotrds @cssdo sc
dradld auy trdoqujfi‘. ¡Csti oi cs dsuoti tuyi! ‘Wc dgcrg÷ d su kj`i‘. ¹Cs quc
cstäs figi9 ¡Xjcocs tdotds pisjljfjhdhcs hc airjr d adois hc oucstris oucvis
dfjdhis giai d adois hc sus cocajbis! ‘Bifpc÷ cf ldðf gio cf puôi‘. Oi,
@cssdo... tc prikáli quc fi kdbds.

@cssdo sc hctuvi y fucbi fcvdot÷ fd vjstd pdrd ajrdr d Fcstdo.

‘Oi puchcs ‘hj`i gio gdfad‘. Cfj`i cstc gdajoi sdljcohi h÷ohc tcrajod, pdhrc.
‘Wc pusi fd gitd hc gialdtc y sc gifig÷ fds pfdgds co gdpds silrc fis dogkis
kialris. Wc vifvj÷ y ajr÷ d Fcstdo d fis i`is‘. Dhcaäs, ¹quê sáalifi aäs tdobjlfc ;2 
hc oucstrd oucvd dfjdozd pihráds hcscdr tcocr quc tu kj`i fugkdohi co hcmcosd hc
su gjuhdh9 ‘Hcsgulrj÷ fis gifajffis‘. ^dhrc... csti ac cstä ffdadohi. Xcobi quc
jr. ‘Wc pusi fd girrcd hc fd cspdhd y sc gifig÷ gio mjraczd d fd cspdfhd fd fdrbd
cspdhd hc uod ldtdffd hcf pdsdhi. Fucbi sc vifvj÷ y, gfdvdohi fis i`is co fd gdrd
dtrjlufdhd hc su pdhrc, sc drrihjff÷ dotc êf. Iy÷ fd cxgfdadgj÷o simigdhd hc su
pdhrc‘. Lcohágcac ‘rib÷ @cssdo, sudvcacotc. Cf rucbi trdhjgjiodf gudohi uo
kj`i hcf lisquc pdrtád kdgjd cf gdapi hc ldtdffd pir prjacrd vcz‘. Crcs aj pdhrc y
cf rái quc kd cobcohrdhi cf drriyi quc siy yi. ‘Xrdb÷ y sjbuj÷ dhcfdotc‘. Covádac
df gialdtc gio tu lcohjgj÷o. \cspctd aj hcgjsj÷o. ‘^ir uo aiacoti, pcos÷ quc
Fcstdo oi fi jld d kdgcr, y fucbi vji fds fäbrjads quc ffcodldo fis i`is hc su pdhrc.

‘Crcs aj kj`i ‘giosjbuj÷ hcgjr Fcstdo‘. Crcs fd dotirgkd cogcohjhd gio cf mucbi
hc aj girdz÷o y tc covái d tu muturi gio aj lcohjgj÷o. ‘Gifig÷ fds his adois silrc
fd gdlczd hirdhd hc @cssdo‘. Aj girdz÷o sc cstrcacgc df covjdrtc pir cstc gdajoi,
@cssdo, pcri... pir Drcs... tu hcgjsj÷o y fd aád kdlrádo gdajodhi `uotds pir cf
lisquc. ‘Dbdrr÷ fd gdrd hc @cssdo y sc quch÷ ajrdohi d su kj`i d fis i`is fdrbi
rdti‘. \cspcti tu hcgjsj÷o ‘dôdhj÷ pir mjo, gio viz äspcrd. Fucbi sc muc y fd
kdljtdgj÷o quch÷ co sjfcogji. @cssdo sc dfz÷, dfbi cstrcacgjhi, y sc vifvj÷ pdrd
ajrdr d fd sjfcogjisd Bdlrjcffc.
 

‘Cs kird hc jrsc ‘susurr÷.

‘¹Cstäs scburi, @cssdo9 ‘susurr÷ Bdlrjcffc d su vcz‘. Êstd rcdfacotc oi cs tu

fugkd.

‘Dk... Bdlrjcffc ‘siorj÷ su dfti dajbi‘, quê cqujvigdhd cstäs. Cs prcgjsdacotc

aj fugkd. ‘Wcôdf÷ kdgjd fd pucrtd y fucbi vdgjf÷‘. ^cri... tð pihráds quchdrtc dquá,
¹sdlcs9 Crcs auy cxpcrtd gio fd vdrd, pcri csi oi sjrvc hc augki giotrd
cspdhdgkjocs d gdldffi. ‘Wupi su rcspucstd dotcs hc quc cffd sc fd hjcrd. ^ir
supucsti. Tuê cstupjhcz pir su pdrtc acogjiodrfi sjqujcrd. ^drd cffd crd tdo
japisjlfc adotcocrsc df adrbco giai pdrd êf.

‘Oi ‘suspjr÷ fd ldrhi‘. Oi, tcobi quc jr. ‘Wc hjrjbj÷ kdgjd fd pucrtd pir hcfdotc
hc êf‘. Oi sê cxpfjgdrfi ljco...

@cssdo sc rj÷ sudvcacotc.

‘Oi, oi sdlcs, ¹vcrhdh9 ‘auraur÷ pir fi ld`i, pcri cffd fi iy÷ y fi ajr÷
sirprcohjhd‘. Ddkk... qujcri hcgjr... Lucoi, väaiois. ‘Fc kjzi uo bcsti pdrd quc
fi prcgchjcrd y co csc aiacoti fis hctuvi su adhrc, quc fi ajrdld gio hifirisd ;; 
trjstczd. Wus i`is sc cogiotrdrio y cffd fi cstrcgk÷ cotrc sus lrdzis sjo hcgjr pdfdlrd
y fi dguo÷ giai d uo ojôi. Fucbi sc cgk÷ kdgjd dträs y fc hji uo lcsi co fd gdlczd.
W÷fi gudohi êf fc hcvifvj÷ cf lcsi, sc vifvj÷ kdgjd Bdlrjcffc.

‘Ojôd, träcfi hc vucftd hc uod sifd pjczd y yi tc fi cxpfjgdrê. Grci quc fi

giaprcohi ac`ir quc aj kj`i. ‘Rcoojh fc siorj÷ gio trjstczd. ¡Oj sjqujcrd sc hd
gucotd! Tuê gjcbis sio fis kuadois. 
kuadois. 

Bdlrjcffc cspcr÷ d cstdr mucrd y,

y , hc kcgki, kdstd quc @cssdo
@ cssdo cstuvi aiotdhi co Crjs
dotcs hc siftdr0

‘¹¹^cri hc quê cstdld kdlfdohi99 ‘Dbdrr÷ cf lrdzi quc fc imrcgád @cssdo, quc fd
sulj÷ d fis dogkis gudrtis trdscris hc Crjs.

 Ddjj``. Dkird @cssdo cstdld dtrdpdhi. ¹Hclád cxpfjgärscfi9 Gdrdy... crd uo tcad co

 Ddjj``. Dkird
cf quc oi grcád quc hclád cotrdr gio cffd... dkird oi, oi co fd váspcrd hc uod ldtdffd.
Oi... sjo kdlfdr tdaljêo gio [cod.

‘Oi ac fi prcbuotcs dkird, pir mdvir, Bdlrjcffc. ‘]ifvj÷ fd gdlczd hc Crjs kdgjd
fd pucrtd y caprcohj÷ cf fdrbi gdajoi d fd gjuhdh‘. ^rcbðotdacfi gudohi kdyd
dgdldhi tihi csti.
 

Bdlrjcffc fc gfdv÷ puôdfcs vjsudfcs co fd cspdfhd. Wcgrctis, itrd vcz. Fis ihjdld. ¹Hc
quê kdlfdldo @cssdo y su adhrc9 Wdlád quc tcoád quc vcr gio cffd, hc uod mirad
hjmusd. ¹Cxpfjgdrac cf quê9 ¹Tuc giaprcohc ac`ir cf quê9 ¹Tuê tjcoc Rcoojh quc
 puchd ffcvdrfd d cxpfjgdr dfbi quc giap... Ik. So aiacoti.
aiacoti.   Fd ldrhi sc quch÷
qujctd, dt÷ojtd dotc uod sðljtd jhcd. Tuê vd. Tuê tiotcrád. Wc
tiotcrád. Wc cogibj÷ hc kialris

y sc dgiaih÷ pdrd cstd gudrtd riohd hc fi quc sc cstdld giovjrtjcohi co uo

trdycgti auy hcsdbrdhdlfc. Xcoád tjcapi aäs quc sumjgjcotc pdrd pcosdr co fi
tiotd quc crd su jhcd.

[cod y Kcgtdtir cstdldo co fd aurdffd, ilscrvdohi uod oulc

o ulc fc`dod quc sc dgcrgdld
y csgugkdohi fis gkdsqujhis
gkdsqujhi s ajcotrds cf vjcoti kdgád trjzds sus cstdohdrtcs. Fis his
cstdldo hc uo kuair sialrái, pucs s÷fi tcoádo trcsgjcotis oivcotd y his kialrcs
pdrd pritcbcr cf gdstjffi, y sc comrcotdldo d uo c`êrgjti gdhd vcz aäs gcrgdoi quc
suadld gcrgd hc ajf hisgjcotis y giotdld gio lucods drads y lucois gdldffis.

[cod sc kdlád pucsti fd dradhurd cxtrd quc rdrd vcz sc pioád yd, y sc kdlád
budrhdhi co vdrjis sjtjis uois gudotis puôdfcs aäs gio sus girrcspiohjcotcs
muohds. Cstdld scotdhd gio gdfad co fd pdrtc supcrjir hc fd aurdffd y sus i`is
giotcapfdldo fds tripds quc sc dvcgjodldo. ;: 

Kcgtdtir fd ajr÷, japrcsjiodhi d su pcsdr. Cffd sdlád quc sc trdtdld hc uod gdusd
pcrhjhd. Oi kdlrád daojstád oj trdtdhis0 gio Dostcfcs oi. Wu rcogir kdgjd Kcgtdtir
crd dotjbui y ljco dfjacotdhi. W÷fi fc gdlád fd cspcrdozd hc pfdotdr gdrd gio vdfir
y cvdgudr d tihis fis oi gialdtjcotcs d fis dfrchchircs. Adôdod airjrád co cstc
gdapi, fi ajsai quc sus tripds y, auy prildlfcacotc, cstd kcraisd au`cr quc
cstdld scotdhd gio cobdôisd trdoqujfjhdh co su aurdffd.

Sod vcz aäs.

‘[cod. ‘Gio isdhád, fd dbdrr÷ hcf kialri y cffd sc vifvj÷ pdrd ajrdrfi d fis i`is.
Êf sc cstrcacgj÷‘. Oi kdbds csti. Dquá oi tjcocs odhd quc hcaistrdr. Aärgkdtc...
ffêvdtc d Bdlrjcffc. ‘Fc tig÷ su puoti hêljf gio hcfjgdhczd. Fi sdlád y cffd
tdaljêo‘. Oi fd ilfjbucs d vcr csti.

Hcspdgji, cffd fc siorj÷.

‘Kcgtdtir, dbrdhczgi tu prcigupdgj÷o. Co scrji. ‘]ifvj÷ d ajrdr df kirjziotc‘.

Bdlrjcffc gioigc cf pcfjbri. Oi cs giai sj oi kjgjêrdais csti tihi cf tjcapi. ‘Ac
kd vjsti airjr his vcgcs. Odhd oucvi‘. Hjbdais quc ac cstiy `ubdohi fd vjhd
 

giotrd aj pripji luco `ujgji. ‘Wc fcvdot÷, gruz÷ cf cstrcgki auri y sc quch÷
ajrdohi kdgjd fd pucrtd hcf gdstjffi. Hc fd isgurjhdh hcf lisquc, hjajouti co fd
hjstdogjd, surbj÷ uo dojadf ocbri df bdfipc guyi prjacr `joctc dtrdpdld fis ðftjais
rdyis hcf sif, quc kdgádo drhcr su pcfd`c hirdhi. Ld`dohi fd vjstd, [cod sc siorj÷ co
sjfcogji.

‘Dká cstä cf gdstjffi ‘giacot÷ @cssdo, vifvjêohisc kdgjd Bdlrjcffc, quc budrhdld
sjfcogji. Oi kdlád hjgki brdo gisd hurdotc cf trdycgti, fi gudf crd jousudf ‘. ¹Cstäs
ljco9

Bdlrjcffc dsjotj÷.

‘Ldstdotc. ‘Giotcapf÷ fds tirrcs hcf gdstjffi, hiohc dpcods hjstjobuád uod mjburd
dftd quc hcstdgdld giotrd cf gjcfi tcôjhi hc igdsi. D cstd hjstdogjd oi fc vcád fd
gdrd, pcri fd mirad y uod scosdgj÷o jotcrod quc Bdlrjcffc kdgád pigi quc kdlád
capczdhi d pcrgjljr fc hj`crio qujêo cstdld dffá, ilscrvdohi. Co su gdrd sc hjlu`÷
uod fcvc siorjsd‘. ]dais hcotri.
:> 
Cf budrhjd hc fd pucrtd sc silrcsdft÷ df vcr d @cssdo, hc csi oi gupi huhd. Bdlrjcffc
sc dprcsur÷ d trdoqujfjzdrfi, ajcotrds cf dfti kdljtdotc hcf lisquc ilscrvdld co
sjfcogji. Cf kialrc dsjotj÷ gudohi cffd sc fi cxpfjg÷.

‘Wá, gioigcais cf trdtdhi. Cs quc oi ois cspcräldais... ‘Fcvdot÷ fis i`is kdgjd
@cssdo‘. Oi cs quc oi ois vcobd ljco tu dyuhd.

Cstä dsustdhi,
dsustdhi, pcos÷ @cssdo, sirprcohjhi.  Dk... d fis kuadois oi fcs bustd cf
gialdtc co rcdfjhdh, sdfvi d uois pigis. Wc ac kdlád ifvjhdhi. 
ifvjhdhi.  

‘¹^ihcais cotrdr9 ‘prcbuot÷, dpdgjlfcacotc, ajrdohi df budrhjd gio uod gc`d

codrgdhd.

‘Gfdri... gfdri ‘Cf budrhjd, dvcrbiozdhi, sc qujt÷ hc co achji ‘. Aa... ‘Wc

vifvj÷ kdgjd Bdlrjcffc‘. [cod ac hj`i quc cstuvjcrd dtcoti d tu ffcbdhd... Kcgtdtir
y cffd cstäo...

‘Co fi dfti hc fd aurdffd. Brdgjds ‘giotcst÷ Bdlrjcffc, hjstrdáhd. Gruz÷ fd pucrtd y

sc hjrjbj÷ d fd brdo cotrdhd, quc cstdldo prcpdrdohi pdrd cf dschji.

@cssdo girrj÷ hcträs hc cffd, fd dbdrr÷ hcf lrdzi y mrco÷ su dvdogc.

 

‘¹G÷ai fi sdláds9 ‘prcbuot÷, fdhcdohi fd brdo gdlczd gio uod cxprcsj÷o

g÷ajgd‘. H÷ohc cstdldo, ac rcmjcri. ‘D cstd hjstdogjd, êf hcshc fucbi quc oi
pihád pcrgjljr d [cod, hc aihi quc...

Bdlrjcffc sc cogibj÷ hc kialris.

‘^irquc fd kc vjsti dká drrjld, gfdri. ‘Fi ajr÷ gio gurjisjhdh‘. ¹G÷ai grcáds quc
fi sdlád9 ‘Mruogj÷ cf gcôi‘. Oi tc ac jräs d piocr tihi aástjgi, ¹vcrhdh9 I scd,
cs uod cxpfjgdgj÷o pcrmcgtdacotc rdziodlfc.

‘Ddjj`` ‘mdrmuff÷ @cssdo‘. Wá. I scd, oi. I scd... ik, pir Kdhcs. ‘Fc pusi uod adoi
co cf kialri y fd buj÷ kdgjd fds csgdfcrds‘. Ifvjhd fd prcbuotd. ‘^cri sdlád quc
cffd oi fi jld d kdgcr. Wdlád quc jld d tcocr quc hdrfc dfbuod cxpfjgdgj÷o cstðpjhd.
^ir Drcs, quê jalêgjf crd co igdsjiocs‘. Oi, cs hcgjr, oi ifvjhcs fd prcbuotd.

Bdlrjcffc sc fjajt÷ d ajrdrfi y d cspcrdr, ajcotrds giotjoudld cf fdrbi dsgcosi.

‘Sum... vdfc... ‘suspjr÷ êf pir mjo‘. ^cosê quc tdf vcz pihádjs... cs hcgjr, oisitris
pihcais... dsá giai... pcrgjljr... d fd bcotc. ‘@cssdo fd ajr÷ d fd gdrd uo
aiacoti‘. Dsá quc... pcosê quc d fi ac`ir... duoquc pir fi bcocrdf fis kuadois :4 
oi puchco... pcri visitrds sijs ðojgds, dsá quc tdf vcz... aa... visitrds tdaljêo
pihádjs.

‘Dk. ‘Bdlrjcffc rcmfcxjio÷ silrc cffi uo aiacoti‘. ^ucs sá. Cs hcgjr, [cod fi
kdgc tihi cf tjcapi ‘giacot÷‘. Z supiobi quc yi tdaljêo puchi, df acois gio
cffd, uo pigi. ‘Fi ajr÷, dfjvjdhd‘. ¹Csi cs tihi9 ^ucs pihráds kdlcr prcbuotdhi.
Hdhi giai tc kdláds pucsti, pcosê quc crd dfbi... oi sê quê pcosê quc crd.

‘[cod fi kdgc tihi cf tjcapi ‘rcpjtj÷ @cssdo, sjo giaprcohcr‘. ¹Xihi cf

tjcapi9 ‘Wjbuj÷ suljcohi co sjfcogji hurdotc uo luco rdti‘. Jogrcálfc.

‘^ucs sá. ‘Bdlrjcffc sc rj÷ fjbcrdacotc, dbdrräohisc df pdsdadois pdrd dyuhdrsc

d suljr‘. Zi grcád quc crd uod
u od hc csds... yd sdlcs, csds gisds h
hcc fis bucrrcris. Giai
fi quc is coscôdo co fd csgucfd pdrd bucrrcris i hiohc scd quc dprcohêjs tihds
csds gisds. ‘Ajr÷ jrrjtdhd cf mjodf hc fds csgdfcrds dffä co fi dfti‘. Co fi aäs dfti
hc fd tirrc, ¹ck, [cod9 Xc vds d cotcrdr.

@cssdo sjbuj÷ suljcohi, primuohdacotc pcosdtjvi. ^ir mjo0

‘Bdlrjcffc.
 

‘¹Wá9 ‘giotcst÷ fd ldrhi, ajräohifi‘. ¹Tuê9

‘¹Xc puchi kdgcr uod prcbuotd sjo quc tc comdhcs gioajbi9 ‘@cssdo fd ajr÷, gio
gjcrtd prcigupdgj÷o. [cod
prcigupdgj÷o. [cod cs augki aäs mägjf hc gdfjlrdr quc êstd. Êstd tjcoc uods
kiohurds quc yi oi giaprcohi. 
giaprcohi. 

Bdlrjcffc sc pdr÷ co scgi y sc pusi co `drrds.

‘¹Tuê9 ¹Tuê pihráds prcbuotdrac pdrd quc ac comdhdrd

comdhdrd,, @cssdo9

Cf dfti kdljtdotc hcf lisquc sc hctuvi tdaljêo y fd ajr÷, gio cxprcsj÷o scrjd co sus
i`is hirdhis.

‘¹\cgucrhds gudohi is giotê fd kjstirjd hc ajs pdhrcs9 ‘]ji quc drrubdld fd

mrcotc.

‘Wá ‘giotcst÷ Bdlrjcffc, hcspdgji. ¹D h÷ohc qujcrc jr d pdrdr gio csti9 ¹Hc vcrhdh
qujcri sdlcrfi9 ^rildlfcacotc oi. 
oi. 

:< 
‘¹\cgucrhds gudohi ac prcbuotdstc sj sc kdládo codairdhi9 Z yi hj`c quc uo
váogufi vjtdf cs aäs quc dair, cs uo váogufi quc vd aäs dffä... ‘Wc hctuvi df vcr fd
cxprcsj÷o hc su gdrd. So cspc`i hc fi quc kdlád vjsti df giotdrfi fd prjacrd vcz‘.
¹^ir quê csi qujcrc hcgjr dfbi pdrd tj9 ‘@cssdo cspcr÷, jog÷aihi, sjo sdlcr sj cffd
jld d giotcstdr. Wc adfhj`i pir cotriactcrsc, pir dlrjr fd ligd pdrd capczdr. Csti
oi crd dsuoti suyi. Dhcaäs, oi sc fi jld d hcgjr, fi vcád co sus i`is.

Bdlrjcffc sc vifvj÷ y sjbuj÷ suljcohi fds csgdfcrds. Df gdli hc uo aiacoti, @cssdo

sc rcuoj÷ gio cffd.

‘^crhiod ‘hj`i, gio gdutcfd‘. Oi prctcohád...

‘Oi, oi pdsd odhd, @cssdo ‘auraur÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. Cs fi hc aäs dffä hc fd aucrtc.

Oisitrds kcais pdsdhi pir csi. ‘Ajr÷ su gdrd pdsadhd‘. Wupiobi quc ac kd
dmcgtdhi.

‘Ik ‘giotcst÷ @cssdo, gio uo tioi auy dpdbdhi ‘. Csi cxpfj... gdrdy. Fi sjcoti,
Bdlrjcffc. ‘Lucoi. Fcggj÷o oðacri uoi. Oi hcs odhd pir supucsti gio rcspcgti d
fis kuadois. Cspcgjdfacotc êstds. 
êstds. 

‘Oi pdsd odhd, @cssdo ‘rcpfjg÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. Dkird yd puchi gio cffi ldstdotc
ljco. ‘Fc siorj÷‘. Gisds quc pdsdo, ¹oi9
 

‘Wá ‘giotcst÷ @cssdo, gio cf ajsai tioi cxdgti quc capfcdld fd pripjd [cod
gudohi qucrád hcgjr prcgjsdacotc tihi fi giotrdrji. Ffcbdrio d fi dfti hc fds
csgdfcrds y @cssdo dfdrb÷ uod adoi coirac pdrd dlrjr fd pucrtd.

^jsdhds co fds csgdfcrds supcrjircs. Fis his sc vifvjcrio pdrd ajrdr gudohi sc dlrj÷
fd pucrtd hc fd pdrtc supcrjir hc fd aurdffd y sdfj÷ Bdlrjcffc, scbujhd hc fd aifc y cf
gifir jogiomuohjlfcs hc @cssdo. [cod sc mj`÷ co fd ldrhi df dgcrgdrsc d cffis y oit÷ fd
cxprcsj÷o dfbi tcosd hc Bdlrjcffc.

‘¹Cstäs ljco9 ‘prcbuot÷ co viz ld`d gudohi cstuvjcrio aäs gcrgd.

‘Wá ‘giotcst÷ Bdlrjcffc csguctdacotc‘. W÷fi uo pigi gdosdhd. ‘Wiorj÷ d [cod

mubdzacotc‘. Hcadsjdhis gdldffis pdrd uo sifi hád. ‘[cod dsjotj÷ y fucbi prcst÷
dtcogj÷o df kdljtdotc hcf lisquc.

‘@cssdo. ‘[cod priouogj÷ su oialrc giai sj fi sdlircdrd ‘. Oi tjcocs ojobuod

ilfjbdgj÷o hc cstdr dquá. ‘Fcvdot÷ fis i`is pdrd ajrdrfi‘. Csti oi vd d scr uod
:7 
prägtjgd hc gialdtc. ‘Wus i`is dzufcs gdpturdrio fis hirdhis hc êf.

‘Fi sê ‘giotcst÷ @cssdo, gio uod gdrgd`dhd brdvc rcsiodohi co su pcgki ‘. Giai
fc kc hjgki d aj pdhrc, cotri co csti gio fis i`is dljcrtis. ‘Wiorj÷, fi gudf rcvjstj÷
su ristri mcriz hc uod cxprcsj÷o jogrcálfcacotc hufgc ‘. Ac kd lcohcgjhi, ac kd
covjdhi d fd ldtdffd y yd fi cstiy pdsdohi co brdohc.
brdoh c. ‘Wc fc jfuajo÷ fd gdrd‘. Cstiy
hcscdohi fugkdr d tu fdhi.

[cod mruogj÷ fis fdljis pcosdtjvd y fucbi su ajrdhd sc kjzi aäs gäfjhd gio fd
giaprcosj÷o quc kdy cotrc pcrsiods dmjocs.

‘Zd ac sjcoti ac`ir ‘giacot÷, vjcohi g÷ai sc fc jfuajodld

jfuajodl d fd gdrd hc pfdgcr pir
cf guapfjhi. Df giotrdrji quc Kcgtdtir, df giotrdrji quc fd joacosd adyirád hc fis
sifhdhis quc sc prcpdrdldo dld`i, @cssdo
@ cssdo crd cf ðojgi quc scotád fd jotcosd puozdhd
hc caigj÷o quc cffd tdaljêo scotád. Êf fi vji co sus i`is y fis suyis fi rcgjljcrio
gio uo hcstcffi sifcaoc.

Cffd sc fcvdot÷ y scôdf÷ kdgjd fd pucrtd.

‘Hclcrádais hcsgdosdr uo pigi ajcotrds pihdais. ‘Hjrjbj÷ uod ajrdhd df

kirjziotc‘. Cstdräo dquá kdgjd cf dadocgcr. ‘Ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc, quc cstdld
dpiydhd co cf auri gcrgdoi, gio djrc cxkdusti‘. Xð tdaljêo. ¹Guäoti kds
 

aiotdhi d gdldffi kiy9 ‘dôdhj÷ fd bucrrcrd, co lriad‘. ¹Grccs quc yd tc vd

bustdohi9

Bdlrjcffc giosjbuj÷ siorcár, duoquc oi vcád odhd quc acrcgjcrd uod siorjsd. Df vcr
fd dradhurd cxtrd quc rihcdld d su dajbd, kdlád scotjhi uo csgdfimrái pir fd
cspdfhd giai rcmfc`i. Xdaljêo pcrgjlád fd mjclrc rcprjajhd hc [cod quc jld co
duacoti y sdlád quc êstd crd uod mdgctd hc fd bucrrcrd quc oi cotcohád, quc oi fc
crd pisjlfc giaprcohcr, hcf ajsai aihi quc [cod oi pihád giogcljr g÷ai cffd
rcuoád fis hctdffcs hcsfdvdzdhis pdrd grcdr uo japrcsjiodotc rcfdti. Lucoi, dkird
oi pihád pcosdr co csi.

‘Wê quc adôdod fi fdacotdrê. ‘Wc dpdrt÷ hcf auri y sc dgcrg÷ d cffis ‘. ¹Kc iáhi
d dfbujco acogjiodr fd gcod9

[cod sc rj÷ pir fi ld`i y fd ffcv÷ kdgjd fd csgdfcrd gio uod adoi co cf kialri hc
Bdlrjcffc.

‘Xð sjcaprc jbudf. ‘Kjzi uo bcsti d Kcgtdtir y @cssdo pdrd quc fds prcgchjcrdo y
fis ilscrv÷ ajcotrds hcsdpdrcgádo co fd isgurjhdh hc
h c fd csgdfcrd. Cotiogcs sc vifvj÷
kdgjd Bdlrjcffc y cf kuair hcsdpdrcgj÷ hc su gdrd ‘. ¹Wcburi quc cstäs ljco9 ‘ :8 
[cod cxdajo÷ fd gdrd hc fd ldrhi‘. ^drcgcs uo pigi tcosd.

Bdlrjcffc fc siorj÷ lrcvcacotc.

‘Wá, cstiy ljco. W÷fi gdosdhd, hc vcrhdh. ^cri brdgjds pir prcbuotdr. ‘Capcz÷ d
ld`dr fds csgdfcrds‘. Z ac aucri hc kdalrc ‘dôdhj÷, gio uod siorjsd budsiod co
hjrcggj÷o d [cod.

[cod rcsipf÷.

‘¹Z guäohi oi9 ‘hj`i, simigdohi uod rjsd.

Ld`drio d uo pdtji joacrsi co uod sialrád dgtjvjhdh. Dkird quc kdlád isgurcgjhi,
kdstd fis rujhis pdrcgádo dpdbdhis, ajcotrds fis sifhdhis y fis gjuhdhdois hc fd
gjuhdh hc Kcgtdtir sc prcpdrdldo pdrd cf dtdquc quc tdo räpjhdacotc sc
dvcgjodld. Cf pdtji ajsai cstdld jouohdhi hc pjfds hc drads y dradhurd y hcf rujhi
hc fds dotirgkds dbjtdhds pir cf vjcoti giostdotc.

@cssdo crd giosgjcotc hc fds ajrdhds sulrcptjgjds quc rcgjlád, sirprcohjhi hc quc
oi kuljcrd aäs kistjfjhdh hc fd quc pcrgjlád, y cotiogcs gdy÷ co fd gucotd hc quc
cstds pcrsiods cstdldo augki aäs prcigupdhds pir fd jhcd hc fd pêrhjhd y fd
 

aucrtc quc pir uois cxtrdôis scrcs hcf lisquc gdajodohi cotrc cffds. Fi vcád co
sus gdrds, co sus aivjajcotis giostdotcs y prcgjsis, co sus ajrdhds gcôuhds. Xdo
mucrtc crd fd scosdgj÷o quc pcsdld silrc cstc fubdr giai uo suhdrji, oulfäohifc fd
]jstd aäs quc fd vjsj÷o. Cgk÷ uod ajrdhd d Kcgtdtir, quc gdajodld d su fdhi,
suajhi co sus pripjis pcosdajcotis fðbulrcs, y sc dgcrg÷ uo pigi aäs d êf.

‘Kcgtdtir ‘auraur÷, sudvcacotc. Cf práogjpc fcvdot÷ fd ajrdhd, dfbi

silrcsdftdhi‘. Wê quc oi tc scrä hc augki giosucfi, pcri ac dfcbri augki hc
cstdr dquá pdrd dyuhdr ‘giotjou÷ cf kdljtdotc hcf lisquc, co viz ld`d ‘. Xdf vcz
fds gisds vdydo ac`ir adôdod hc fi quc cspcrds.

Kcgtdtir suspjr÷.

‘@cssdo, oi sê pir quê cstds dquá sjqujcrd. Oi cs quc oi fi dbrdhczgd. ‘Ajr÷ df

kialrc aäs dfti gio hcscspcrdgj÷o co fis i`is ‘. ¹^ir quê9 ¹^ir quê tc `ucbds fd
vjhd co csti, gudohi kdgc his háds ac cstdld prcpdrdohi pdrd dtdgdr tu dfhcd9

¹^ir quê ois dyuhds9 Oi fi cotjcohi. Oi tc cotjcohi d tj y oi fd cotjcohi d cffd. ‘

Cgk÷ uod räpjhd ajrdhd pir cogjad hcf kialri d fds au`crcs dpcods vjsjlfcs quc
fis scbuádo‘. Zi quc tð, sdfhrád df bdfipc hc dquá tihi fi hcprjsd quc puhjcrd
ffcvdrac aj gdldffi. :3 

‘¹Csi kdráds9 ‘prcbuot÷ @cssdo, dpdgjlfcacotc‘. Fi huhi. ‘Fc cgk÷ su siorjsd

gäfjhd y hufgc‘. Fd vjhd cs uod fugkd, Kcgtdtir. Xihis fi sdlcais. Wupiobi quc
gudohi puchcs cfcbjr cf sjtji hiohc kdgcr mrcotc d dfbi, fi kdgcs. ‘Ld`÷ fd ajrdhd
df sucfi y fd sulj÷ hc oucvi‘. Df acois yi fi kdbi. ‘So vjstdzi kdgjd dträs‘. Z
oi puchi kdlfdr pir [cod, gfdri cstä, pcri grci quc cffd tdaljêo fi kdgc.

‘¹Fd gioigcs hcshc kdgc augki9 ‘prcbuot÷ Kcgtdtir, ifvjhdohi pir uo

aiacoti su acfdogifád brdgjds d uod vdbd gurjisjhdh.

@cssdo sc cgk÷ d rcár.

‘Tujogc háds. ‘Wus i`is hcstcffcdrio‘. Z ac pdrcgco tihd uod vjhd. ‘Wc
cogiotr÷ gio fd ajrdhd dsialrdhd hc Kcgtdtir ‘. Ac rcsgdt÷ hc uod dfhcd df itri
fdhi hc cstd rcbj÷o. ‘Dhjvjo÷ mägjfacotc fd prcbuotd tägjtd co cf ristri hcf
práogjpc‘. Z sá. Csti fi kdbi aäs pir cffd quc pir tj. ¹Giotcoti9

Kcgtdtir sc quch÷ gdffdhi uo aiacoti, dsjajfdohi

dsjajfdo hi cstd jomiradgj÷o. Fucbi dsjotj÷
y siorj÷ d @cssdo tcosdacotc.
 

‘^uchi... giaprcohcr... tus aitjvis ‘rcgioigj÷‘. ^cri grci quc cstdráds dquá
hc tihds mirads. ‘Ajr÷ gio uod gc`d codrgdhd d @cssdo, quc fc siorj÷ aistrdohi
fis hjcotcs giai rcspucstd.

‘Fis kuadois oi cstäjs tdo adf hcspuês hc tihi ‘giacot÷ dfcbrcacotc‘. Df

acois dfbuois hc visitris. ‘Cf kdljtdotc hcf lisquc fcvdot÷ uod adoi pdrd dlrjr
hc uo capu`÷o fd pucrtd hc fd gäadrd jotcrod, hiohc fis trdld`dhircs hcf gdstjffi
kdládo rcuojhi dfjacotis pdrd fis kdljtdotcs hc fd gjuhdh‘. Aaa... quê ljco
kucfc ‘giacot÷ gio dprildgj÷o.

Kcgtdtir fis ffcv÷ d fd acsd prjogjpdf, fcvdotdohi fd adoi pdrd sdfuhdr d achjhd
quc sus gdpjtdocs dhvcrtádo su prcscogjd. Dfrchchir hc fds acsds hc gdldffctcs
cspdrgjhds pir fd sdfd kdlád pcqucôis brupis hc kialrcs y au`crcs y dfbuods hc
fds au`crcs tcoádo ojôis pcqucôis co lrdzis, cvjhcotcacotc mdajfjdrcs quc
cstdldo pdsdohi cf rdti gio sus pdhrcs y adrjhis sifhdhis. Kcgtdtir kjzi uod
aucgd. Êf oi tcoád hdad, tihdvád, duoquc kdlád vdrjds pisjljfjhdhcs co
pcrspcgtjvd. Cgkdrê hc acois fd pisjljfjhdh hc kdlcr gioigjhi csi, csi, pcos÷ pdrd sá
ajsai. Oi sc kdgád jfusjiocs hc silrcvjvjr0 Dostcfcs sc cogdrbdrád hc cffi, duoquc

:= 
pcrajtjcrd d pdrtc hc sus mucrzds rcohjrsc y hjspcrsdrsc.
hjsp crsdrsc. Wuspjrdohi, dpdrt÷
dpdrt ÷ uod sjffd
hc fd acsd prjogjpdf y sc scot÷, y sus trcs dgiapdôdotcs kjgjcrio fi ajsai. So
grjdhi hcf gdstjffi sc dgcrg÷ d cffis, gio uod `drrd y uod ldohc`d hc pdo.

‘Brdgjds ‘ausjt÷ Kcgtdtir, hjstrdáhi,

hjstrdáhi , pdsäohifc cf pdo d @cssdo. Sod adoi fc tig÷
cf lrdz÷ y fi silrcsdft÷. Ajr÷ d fd jzqujcrhd y quch÷ gdpturdhi pir fis gfdris i`is
dzufcs hc [cod. Dfz÷ uod gc`d jotcrribdotc.

‘Kcgtdtir ‘hj`i [cod, co viz ld`d‘. Xjcocs quc giotrifdrtc. Dsá oi puchcs hjrjbjr
d tus tripds.

‘¹Dsá g÷ai9 ‘giotcst÷ Kcgtdtir, dpdgjlfcacotc, dpiydohi fd ldrljffd co uod

adoi‘. Fi sjcoti, [cod, oi puchi mjobjr cotusjdsai oj iptjajsai gudohi oi fis
sjcoti co dlsifuti. ‘Kjzi uo bcsti scôdfdohi fd sdfd ‘. ¹Wcrád `usti pdrd cffis9 Fi
sdlco, [cod. Ajrd sus gdrds. Aárdfis d fis i`is. Adôdod oi tcocais fd aäs aáojad
pisjljfjhdh. Z dfbuois hc cffis puchc quc giosjbdo csgdpdr df lisquc. ‘Ld`÷ fd viz
y fc hcvifvj÷ fd jotcosd ajrdhd‘. Dsá quc, pir ðftjad vcz, ¡qujcrcs kdgcr cf mdvir hc
jrtc hc dquá! Z ffêvdtc d @cssdo giotjbi.

‘Csgugkd ‘hj`i [cod, dbdrräohifi pir fds sifdpds y sirprcohjêohifi gio su

rcpcotjod vjifcogjd‘. Kc vjvjhi yd fi aái, fi sumjgjcotc giai pdrd sdlcr quc co fd
bucrrd puchc pdsdr gudfqujcr gisd, Kcgtdtir. Gudfqujcr gisd. ^cri sj cotrds
 

hcrritdhi, sdfcs hcrritdhi. Wj qujcrcs grccr quc vds d airjr dká mucrd, auy ljco.
^cri d tihis fis hcaäs fcs tjcocs quc hdr uod ipirtuojhdh. Csi jogfuyc d @cssdo.
Csi ac jogfuyc d aá. Oi viy d sdfjr adôdod dká mucrd pcosdohi quc oi viy d vifvcr.
Oi puchi. ‘Wu viz sc dpdb÷ kdstd giovcrtjrsc co uo susurri sjljfdotc‘. Oi puchi.
‘Ajr÷ räpjhdacotc kdgjd fd hcrcgkd, hiohc @cssdo kdlfdld co viz ld`d gio

Bdlrjcffc. Fd ajrdhd oi fc pds÷ hcsdpcrgjljhd d Kcgtdtir ‘. Dsá quc aäs vdfc quc
hcgjhds sj puchcs kdgcr uod lucod dgtudgj÷o hcfdotc hc tu bcotc i viy d tcocr quc
kdgcr dfbi df rcspcgti. ¹Ac iycs9

Kcgtdtir fd giotcapf÷ co sjfcogji, giaprcohjcohi aáojadacotc y pir prjacrd vcz

d cstd cxtrdirhjodrjd au`cr.

‘Cstä ljco ‘giotcst÷, fdozdohi su vjhd, sus grccogjds, su kioir df rái rcvucfti hcf
hcstjoi. Oi grcád co su muturi, pcri, jocfuhjlfcacotc, grcád co cffd. Csi tcohrád quc
ldstdr, df acois pir dkird ‘. Xc ijbi. ‘Xia÷ dfjcoti gio mucrzd y fucbi fi sift÷.
Gudohi dfz÷ fis i`is, co cffis yd oi sc vcád fd hcrritd. \cgirrj÷ fd sdfd gio fd vjstd,
jotcrgdaljdohi ajrdhds gio sus gdpjtdocs, hchjgdohi d csis ristris adrgdhis hc
gjgdtrjgcs uod fjbcrd jogfjodgj÷o hc gdlczd, uod fcvc siorjsd. Jocxpfjgdlfcacotc, fd

:2 
pcsdhualrc quc kdlád co fd sdfd hjsajouy÷, fds vigcs dhiptdrio uo tioi aäs
oiradf. Kcgtdtir sjotj÷ uo fcvc cstrcacgjajcoti hc caigj÷o quc fc ld`÷ pir fd
cspdfhd. Csi fi kc kcgki yi. Ajr÷
yi. Ajr÷ d [cod, vji fd fcvc siorjsd quc fc ldjfdld co fis
fdljis y fd girrcspiohj÷‘. Wjcaprc ac ifvjhi hc quc yd kds pdsdhi pir csti ‘
rcgioigj÷, dligkirodhi.

[cod simig÷ uod rjsd.

‘Wá. Sod i his vcgcs. ‘Wc rcgfjo÷ y airhj÷ pcosdtjvd uo trizi hc gdroc ajcotrds
csgugkdld d Bdlrjcffc rcfdtdr uod kjstirjd d @cssdo, quc cstdld mdsgjodhi. Hc
rcpcotc fds pdfdlrds fc ffdadrio fd dtcogj÷o y siorj÷. G÷ai oi, fc cstä giotdohi csd
kjstirjd. So aiacoti. Cstd au`cr cs ldrhi...‘. Bdlrjcffc ‘jotcrruapj÷ [cod,
cgkäohisc kdgjd hcfdotc pdrd ffdadrfc fd dtcogj÷o.

‘¹Aaa9 ‘giotcst÷ Bdlrjcffc, jogfjodohi fd gdlczd kdgjd su dajbd ‘. ¹Tuê pdsd9

‘¹Xc dpctcgc giotdr uod kjstirjd d tihd cstd bcotc9 ‘[cod scôdf÷ fd sdfd gio fd
gdlczd‘. Grci quc fcs vcohrád ljco uo pigi hc äojai. ‘Ilscrv÷ d Bdlrjcffc
ajcotrds êstd cstuhjdld fd sdfd y fucbi dscotád, giaprcohjcohi.
 

‘Zd vci d quê tc rcmjcrcs ‘giacot÷, tiadohi dfjcoti‘. ]dfc. Grci quc ac kc
rcgupcrdhi uo pigi. D vcr quê sc ac igurrc. ‘Wc quch÷ co sjfcogji uo aiacoti
y fucbi sc fc jfuajo÷ fd gdrd gio uod siorjsd‘. Grci quc yd fi tcobi.

[cod ilscrv÷ d fd ldrhi ajcotrds êstd gruzdld brägjfacotc kdstd fd pdrtc hcfdotcrd

hc fd sdfd ysilrc
gjuhdhdois sc scotdld silrc capcz÷
cffd. Gudohi uod acsd ld`d, dtrdycohi
d giotdr fd kjstirjd yfdsfd ajrdhds
dtcogj÷ohchcfis
fd
auftjtuh sc gcotr÷ co cffd, [cod rcgioigj÷ cf rcfdti. Ik, Bdlrjcffc... lucod
cfcggj÷o. Wc
cfcggj÷o.  Wc rj÷ cogdotdhd pir hcotri. Itrd kjstirjd hc uod pcqucôd mucrzd giotrd
ilstägufis japisjlfcs, co fd quc fds vágtjads, supcrdhds co oðacri y kdljfjhdh,
supcrdldo fis ilstägufis, fd ipisjgj÷o y su pripjd odturdfczd pdrd kdgcrsc gio fd
vjgtirjd. Crd uod hc sus prcmcrjhds, y fd ldrhi fi sdlád. Wc dgiaih÷ pdrd hjsmrutdr,
ajrdohi hc rci`i fd gdrd dkird calcfcsdhd hc Kcgtdtir.

Bdlrjcffc cstdld scotdhd co fd kdljtdgj÷o hiohc fds kdládo ffcvdhi hcspuês hc

gcodr y ilscrvdld d [cod ajcotrds êstd kdgád uois drrcbfis hc ðftjad kird co su
dradhurd y sus drads.
:; 
‘So trdld`i cstupcohi gio csd kjstirjd, pir gjcrti ‘giacot÷ [cod, ajräohifd pir
cogjad hcf kialri‘. Kd sjhi pcrmcgti.

‘Brdgjds ‘giotcst÷ Bdlrjcffc, hjstrdáhd‘. Wê quc d tj tdaljêo tc bustd êsd. ‘

Capcz÷ d hcgjr dfbi aäs, pcri sc gdff÷. Df gdli hc uo aiacoti, vifvj÷ d capczdr,
pdrd gcrrdr fd ligd, joscburd‘. [cod ‘pir mjo giosjbuj÷ prcbuotdr‘, oi kdy mirad
hc quc adôdod bdocais, ¹vcrhdh9

[cod fcvdot÷ fd vjstd pdrd ajrdr d su dajbd, dhvjrtjcohi fd cxprcsj÷o hc su gdrd.

Xcrajo÷ räpjhdacotc fi quc cstdld kdgjcohi y muc kdstd fd ldrhi, scotäohisc co
fd gdad mrcotc d cffd. Gio hcfjgdhczd, [cod... oi fd adtcs hcf susti. 
susti. 

‘Odhd cs japisjlfc, Bdlrjcffc. ‘Wc ajr÷ cf lrdzdf hc fd dradhurd y fucbi fcvdot÷

fd vjstd pdrd ajrdr d fis i`is vcrhcs hc fd ldrhi gio mrdoquczd ‘. ^cri oi. Oi tjcoc
lucod pjotd.

‘Dk ‘auraur÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. Xcohräs gujhdhi, ¹vcrhdh9 ‘Tuê tiotcrád dgdlds hc

hcgjr, Bdlrjcffc‘. \cgucrhd, ac fi priactjstc ‘dôdhj÷, gio uod hêljf siorjsd.

[cod suspjr÷ sudvcacotc.

 

‘Wá, tc fi priactá, ¹vcrhdh9 ‘]ifvj÷ d cxdajodrsc cf lrdzdf‘. Oi ac bustdrád quc

sc ac giosjhcrdrd giai uod pcrsiod quc oi guapfc sus priacsds. ‘Fcvdot÷ fd
vjstd y sc cogiotr÷ ajrdohi hjrcgtdacotc d fis i`is hc Bdlrjcffc d girtd
hjstdogjd. Lucoi, dkird i ouogd. Ihji kdgcr csti, pcri oi sê sj tcobi cfcggj÷o. Oi sj
cspcri guapfjr csd priacsd‘. ¹Tujcrcs kdgcr dfbi pir aá9

‘¹^ir tj9 ‘cxgfda÷ Bdlrjcffc, hcsgiogcrtdhd‘. Fi quc scd, gfdri... ¹quê...9 ‘

¹Tuê pihád pchjrfc9

‘^dsc fi quc pdsc... Bdlrjcffc, adôdod oi sdfbds df gdapi hc ldtdffd. ‘So tioi
scgi, prcgjsi, dlsifutdacotc scrji.

‘Cspcrd uo aiacoti ‘cspct÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. Oi Oi ac

 ac vds d kdgcr csti. ‘Dprct÷ fis
puôis‘. Oj kdlfdr. Oi ac vds d hc`dr dquá dträs giai d uod gcstd. Zd fi kcais
kdlfdhi uod y ajf vcgcs, [cod. Oj kdlfdr.

Cf tioi hc [cod sc kjzi aäs huri.

‘Bdlrjcffc... ‘capcz÷, gio uod brdvc dhvcrtcogjd co cf tioi.

:: 
Fd ldrhi fdoz÷ fds adois df djrc, aifcstd c jrrjtdhd.

‘¡Csgugkd! ¡Cstiy aäs quc kdrtd hc quc sc ac trdtc giai d uod ojôd pcqucôd!
¡^uchi gujhdr hc aá ajsad, [cod!

]dfc. Xägtjgd cqujvigdhd. ^rilcais gio cf pfdo L. 

L. 

‘^ir mdvir. ‘[cod fc gibj÷ fds adois y sc cgk÷ kdgjd hcfdotc, sudvjzdohi cf tioi
y fd ajrdhd‘. Bdlrjcffc, yi ouogd tc kc pchjhi odhd. ¹]crhdh9

Bdlrjcffc quch÷ dtrdpdhd pir fd prcbuotd.

‘Oi ‘susurr÷ pir mjo‘. Oi ac pjhds csti. Oi ac pjhds quc ac quchc d uo fdhi
ajcotrds tð sdfcs dká mucrd, pir fis hjiscs, [cod, pir mdvir...

‘Xc fi pjhi. ‘Fis i`is dzufcs hc [cod siftdrio gkjspds df tjcapi quc hdld rjcohd
sucftd d su pihcrisd pcrsiodfjhdh pir uo aiacoti ‘. ^riaêtcacfi. ‘Wu viz ld`÷
hc tioi‘. ^riaêtcacfi.
^riaêtcacfi.  

‘]dfc... vdfc... ‘giotcst÷ fd ldrhi, rcgkjodohi fis hjcotcs ‘. Fi priacti. ‘Xcoád

fd ajrdhd tcapcstuisd‘. ^cri... [cod, ¹pir quê9 Tujcri hcgjr, sê quc cs pcfjbrisi,
 

pcri tihi cf auohi, jogfujhis fis brdo`cris gio sus kirgds, vdo d cstdr dká mucrd...
‘Wc fc dpdb÷ fd viz df vcr fd cxprcsj÷o hc fd gdrd rcpcotjodacotc japdsjlfc hc
[cod. Ik-ik. Ac pdrcgc quc csti oi tjcoc odhd quc vcr gio aj kdljfjhdh gio fd vdrd,
¹vcrhdh9  

[cod ld`÷ fis Cf

giotcojcohi. i`is hurdotc
pfdo uo luco
L rcqujcrc rdti y fucbi
uod cxpfjgdgj÷o,
cxpfjgdgj÷ sift÷ cf
o, [cod... dfjcoti
pir quc kdlád
csi tcoáds cstdhi
fd cspcrdozd
hc quc cf pfdo D sdfjcrd ljco, ¹gjcrti9 Gjcrti. 
Gjcrti. 

‘Ajrd, adôdod fds gisds sc vdo d piocr... auy gruhds dká mucrd. ]iy d ocgcsjtdr
tihd fd giogcotrdgj÷o quc tcobi s÷fi pdrd... lucoi, csi ‘hj`i pir mjo [cod,
ilscrvdohi fd gdrd hc Bdlrjcffc ajcotrds dprctdld gio sudvjhdh fds adois hc fd
ldrhi, quc tihdvád tcoád cotrc fds suyds‘. Z sj tð cstäs dká mucrd, Bdlrjcffc, aj
acotc cstdrä hiohc tð cstês, oi gio cf tjpi hc fd cspdhd quc tcobd hcfdotc. ‘
Fcvdot÷ fis i`is y sc cogiotr÷ gio fd ajrdhd sirprcohjhd hc Bdlrjcffc. Csi ouogd fi
kdláds pcosdhi, ¹vcrhdh9  Wiorj÷
 Wiorj÷ fcvcacotc‘. Z ac bustdrád tcocr uod pisjljfjhdh
hc guapfjr csd priacsd.
Fds pdfdlrds rcsiodrio co fis iáhis hc Bdlrjcffc, co achji hc uo sjfcogji rcpcotjoi
y qujcti. Wjcaprc ac kc prcbuotdhi pir quê sjcaprc ac ilfjbd d adotcocrac df 4>> 
adrbco. Z ac fi hjgc dkird. 
dkird. 

‘Ik ‘suspjr÷‘. Oi ac kdlád hdhi gucotd... ‘Co su acotc dpdrcgj÷ fd jadbco

rcpcotjod hc jogiotdlfcs aiacotis hc pcfjbri co fis quc [cod sjapfcacotc
pdrcgád cogiotrdrsc co cf fubdr dhcgudhi co cf aiacoti dhcgudhi pdrd pdrdr uod
mfcgkd, uo gugkjffi, uod cspdhd... ‘. Wupiobi quc tcohrád quc kdlcrac hdhi
gucotd. ‘¹Wc puchc scr aäs hurd hc aiffcrd9 ¹Aäs gjcbd9 Hjiscs. 
Hjiscs.  

Co achji hc uo sjfcogji tdo primuohi quc [cod kdlrád `urdhi quc iád g÷ai sc
cogd`dldo fds pjchrds hcf chjmjgji, sc quchdrio scotdhds ajräohisc fd uod d fd itrd.
^ir mjo, [cod ld`÷ fd ajrdhd kdgjd sus adois, quc scbuádo uojhds, y suspjr÷. Dprct÷
uod vcz y fucbi sift÷ d fd ldrhi.

‘Xcocais quc hcsgdosdr uo pigi dotcs hc adôdod.

‘Wá ‘rcspiohj÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. Wupiobi quc sá. ‘Fd viz fc siodld dkibdhd.

[cod sc qujt÷ fd dradhurd y fucbi sc dgiaih÷ giotrd cf gdlcgcri hc fd gdad, achji

tualdhd. Gruz÷ fds adois silrc cf cst÷adbi y vifvj÷ fd gdlczd fjbcrdacotc pdrd
ajrdr d Bdlrjcffc, quc sc cstdld dgurrugdohi d su fdhi, hcadsjdhi hcspdgji, gio
 

uod cxprcsj÷o hifjhd co fd gdrd. ]dfc, vdfc... ¹y dkird quê9 Kc dbitdhi tihds ajs
jobcojisjhdhcs co cstd riohd... y oi cs quc tcobd augkds...
augkds... Fdhc÷
 Fdhc÷ fd gdlczd aircod
y sc cogiotr÷ gio fd ajrdhd dtrjlufdhd hc Bdlrjcffc.

‘Ck ‘hj`i sudvcacotc, fcvdotdohi uo lrdzi y rihcdohi d fd ldrhi gio êf ‘. ]co

‘
dquá giotjou÷, cstrcgkdohi d Bdlrjcffc. Gio uo rujhjti dkibdhi, su dajbd
ilchcgj÷.

Csi ac kd hdhi aäs ajchi quc fd ldtdffd hc adôdod,

adôdod, pcos÷ [cod. Hjiscs, quê adf
 prcpdrdhd cstiy pdrd fugkdr co cstc gdapi hc ldtdffd, cs pdtêtjgi. Giotcapf÷
pdtêtjgi. Giotcapf÷ fd
giriojffd hc Bdlrjcffc, ajcotrds fd ldrhi sc rcfd`dld. Df
rcfd`dld.  Df acois kc gioscbujhi quc
sc sjcotd ac`ir. Wê quc fc bustdo fis dlrdzis. 
dlrdzis.   Wus fdljis cslizdrio uod siorjsd
jr÷ojgd. Ouogd pcosê quc ac dgistualrdrád
dgistualrdrád d csi. 
csi.  

Wc dgiaih÷, rcgirhdohi hjstrdáhd sus prjacris vjd`cs gio Bdlrjcffc. Fc kdlád

cxpfjgdhi d fd tcrgd augkdgkd, uod y itrd vcz, kdstd piocrsc gdsj airdhd, quc tigdr

i cspcgjdfacotc dbdrrdr d [cod crd uod adfd jhcd, pir oi hcgjr airtdf. Aj gucrpi
oi sdlc quc crcs uod dajbd, Bdlrjcffc. Hd pir supucsti quc tihi cf auohi cs uo
cocajbi y oi sc pdrd d prcbuotdrfc d aj gcrclri quê tjcoc quc kdgcr. ^ihráds
rcsuftdr kcrjhd. Wj fi kdgcs adf, pihráds dgdldr aucrtd. Z
aucrtd. Z Bdlrjcffc kdlád sjhi auy 4>4 
lucod hcshc cotiogcs, dscburäohisc sjcaprc hc quc sc dgcrgdld d [cod pir
hcfdotc, sjo sirprcsds...
sirprcsds.. . y gudohi hc vcz co gudohi sc fc ifvjhdld
ifvjh dld y dfdrbdld fd adoi
pdrd dbdrrdrfc uo lrdzi, df acois [cod fi vcád vcojr y gioscbuád cvjtdr aifcrfd d
pdfis.

Hc aihi quc uo hád, gudohi yd ffcvdldo vjd`dohi uo tjcapi, sc cogiotrdrio gio

uois ldohjhis quc cstdldo sdqucdohi uod dfhcd. ¹Guäf9 D sdlcr. Hctuvjcrio cf
sdquci y dkuycotdrio d fis rumjdocs, pcri muc uod fugkd hurd y hjmágjf. ^igi hcspuês,
[cod cstdld scotdhd `uoti df mucbi, gdosdhd, hifirjhd y hcprjajhd, y Bdlrjcffc,
pcosdohi oi sc sdlc quê, ffcb÷ pir hcträs hc cffd, fc dbdrr÷ fd ougd gio fds his
adois y sc pusi d hdrfc uo adsd`c.

[cod sc rj÷ dkird pir fi ld`i, df pcosdr co cffi. @usti

cffi. @usti hcspuês hc
hc uo gialdtc hjmágjf,
hjmágjf,
y yi cstdld hc pêsjai kuair. Xcohrád quc kdlcrfc riti fd ajtdh hc fds gistjffds. ^cri
gistjffds. ^cri
oi fi kjzi, y fds adois hc fd ldrhi rcfd`drio fd tcosj÷o hc sus kialris gio s÷fi
tigdrfd. Oj uod aucstrd hc sus rcmfc`is d mfir hc pjcf. Oj uod aucstrd hc sus
gdgdrcdhis jostjotis hcmcosjvis. Odhd.

Hclcrád kdlcrfi sdljhi cotiogcs,

cotiogcs, pcos÷ [cod, ajräohi d su dajbd gio
gdrjôi. Acouhd sirprcsd ac ffcvê. Z cffd tdaljêo. ¹Tuê giacotdrji sdrgästjgi kjgc9
 

 Dk, sá. "Grci
sá. "Grci quc cstdld aäs gdosdhd hc fi quc pcosdld. Kds tcojhi sucrtc". [cod
pusi fis i`is co lfdogi acotdfacotc. Z dkird aárdois. Acoc÷
aárdois. Acoc÷ fd gdlczd sjo hdr
grêhjti. Z pihrád kdstd acotjrac d aá ajsad y hcgjr quc s÷fi fi kdbi pir cffd. Zd.
¹Z guäotd bcotc kdy co aj vjhd quc giomác gjcbdacotc co aá, hc cstd adocrd9  

¹G÷ai fi sdlc9 ,hc
lrdzi dfrchchir scfdprcbuot÷ Bdlrjcffc,
gjoturd hc drrjaäohisc
[cod y dpiydohi hc luco
fd gdlczd brdhi,
co cf kialricgkdohi uo
hc [cod,
hiohc su iáhi hctcgtdld fis giostdotcs fdtjhis. Wjcaprc sdlc guäohi ocgcsjti csti.
Oj pdfdlrds, oj cxpfjgdgjiocs, s÷fi... csti. ]dyd sj oi ac pdsi fd adyir pdrtc hcf
tjcapi dtjsldohi pir fd vcotdod y cotiogcs vd cffd y dlrc fd pucrtd y ac jovjtd d
 pdsdr. Z dquá kdy tdoti
tdoti gdfir y scburjh
scburjhdh
dh quc oi qujcri vifv
vifvcr
cr d sdfjr ouogd. 
ouogd. 

‘Brdgjds ‘susurr÷, fcvdotdohi fd vjstd‘. Wê quc pir fi bcocrdf oi tc bustdo cstds

gisds.

[cod fd ajr÷ gio uod cxprcsj÷o jocsgrutdlfc.

‘^ir fi bcocrdf, oi ‘hj`i hcspdgji, gio mrjdfhdh. Cotiogcs siorj÷ y fd siorjsd ffcb÷
kdstd sus i`is‘. ^cri tð crcs uod cxgcpgj÷o d fd rcbfd, Bdlrjcffc.
4>< 
‘¹Fi siy9 ‘ausjt÷ fd ldrhi, giotcotd hc quc [cod oi puhjcrd vcr fd gdrd hc tiotd
quc cstdld scburd hc quc sc fc kdlád pucsti.

‘Aaaa ‘giomjra÷ [cod.

Bdlrjcffc sc quch÷ gdffdhd uo aiacoti, dlsirljêohifi. Fucbi prcbuot÷, pcosdtjvd0

‘[cod, ¹dfbuod vcz tjcocs ajchi9 Tujcri hcgjr, gudohi sdlcs quc vds d tcocr
quc...

‘Oi ‘rcpfjg÷ [cod, pcosdtjvd‘. Gudohi fugki, oi. ‘Xjtulc÷‘. Fd vcrhdh cs quc
oi kdy tjcapi hc tcocr ajchi.

Bdlrjcffc fd ajr÷ pdrpdhcdohi.

‘¹Z co itri aiacoti9 ‘prcbuot÷, gio gurjisjhdh. Df tcocr uod irc`d pcbdhd df
pcgki hc [cod, iy÷ quc d êstd sc fc dgcfcrdld uo pigi cf girdz÷o.

Sod prcbuotd scogjffásjad, gio rcspucstds giapfjgdhásjads.

 

‘D vcgcs ac dsusti gudohi pjcosi co fds gioscgucogjds ‘giotcst÷ pir mjo fd

bucrrcrd, gio tioi acsurdhi‘. Wj ajs pfdocs vdo d muogjiodr, guäotd bcotc vd d
dgdldr aucrtd pir su gdusd, quê vd d scr hc fis supcrvjvjcotcs... csc tjpi hc gisds.

‘Dk. ‘Fd ldrhi sc quch÷ pcosdohi uo aiacoti ‘. Lucoi, tus pfdocs sucfco
‘
muogjiodr...
Xcoád pcri gdutjvdhi
uo pðlfjgi ¹dfbuod vcz...
c jldid scd,
kdgcrdfbuod vcz tjcocs...9 Bdlrjcffc sc hctuvi.
cstd prcbuotd.

[cod fd ajr÷ gio uod sirprcohcotc hisjs hc giapdsj÷o.

‘¹Tuc sj tcobi ajchi hc airjr9

Bdlrjcffc sc quch÷ gdffdhd. Wc dfcbrdld augki hc quc [cod oi puhjcrd iár su

girdz÷o dkird ajsai, pirquc fc fdtád gio tdf mucrzd quc fc sirprcohád quc oi
rcsuftdrd duhjlfc.

‘Wá. Dfbi dsá ‘mdrmuff÷, y oit÷ quc cf pcgki hc [cod sc aivád df tiadr dfjcoti gio
mucrzd y siftdrfi.

4>7 
‘Dotcs oi ‘rcgioigj÷ [cod pir mjo, ajcotrds co su gdrd sc capczdld d hjlu`dr
uod siorjsd, quc fd ldrhi oi vcád‘. Hc kcgki, co gjcrtd êpigd fi kdlrád dbrdhcgjhi.
dbrdhcg jhi.
‘Oit÷ quc Bdlrjcffc sc quchdld rábjhd ld`i su lrdzi pritcgtir‘. Oi tcoád brdo
gisd quc ac prcigupdrd hc`dr. Dkird... ‘Wc rj÷ fjbcrdacotc‘. Hjbdais quc cs
dfbi quc ac prcigupd scrjdacotc.

‘^ir mdvir, tco gujhdhi ‘hj`i Bdlrjcffc co viz ld`d‘. Xc cgkdrád augkásjai hc
acois.

‘Fi tcohrê ‘rcpfjg÷ [cod, jbudfacotc co viz ld`d ‘. Zi tdaljêo tc cgkdrád

augkásjai hc acois. ‘Dfdrb÷ cf lrdzi fjlrc y dpdb÷ fd vcfd quc kdlád `uoti d fd
gdad‘. Hcsgdosd uo pigi ‘dôdhj÷ [cod, y ajr÷ pcosdtjvd d fd ldrhi, quc oi hdld
scôdfcs hc qucrcr aivcrsc oj uo gcotáactri. Fd bucrrcrd siorj÷ gio rcsjbodgj÷o y
fucbi gcrr÷ fis i`is gio mjraczd.

Wcbuád isguri mucrd gudohi Bdlrjcffc sc hcspcrt÷ df oitdr uo bifpcgjti sudvc co fd

cspdfhd. ^drpdhc÷ dhirajfdhd
dhirajfdh d y fucbi fcvdot÷ fd ajrdhd y hjstjobuj÷ dpcods cf lrjffi
hc fis i`is gfdris hc [cod d fd hêljf fuz hc fd vcfd.
 

‘Ik... fi sjcoti ‘auraur÷, df hdrsc gucotd hc quc sc kdlád quchdhi hirajhd

cogjad hcf kialri hc su dajbd ‘. Oi hclcráds kdlcrac hc`dhi kdgcr csi, [cod.
Oi tjcoc quc kdlcr sjhi g÷aihi. ‘Ajr÷ kdgjd fd vcotdod‘. ¹Guäoti tjcapi kc...9

[cod sc rj÷ pir fi ld`i.

‘Cstä gdsj dadocgjcohi. ‘Ajr÷ rjsucôd fd cxprcsj÷o giostcrodhd hc fd ldrhi y sc

cogibj÷ hc kialris‘. Kc hirajhi auy ljco. Oi tc prcigupcs. ‘Listcz÷
fjbcrdacotc‘. Ac viy d fdvdr dotcs hc piocrac tihd csd dradhurd.

Bdlrjcffc fd vji cotrdr co sjfcogji co cf ldôi dotcs hc jogirpirdrsc y

cstjrdrsc. Aaa.
Aaa. Oi Oi tdo hifirjhd giai cspcrdld, hdhi tihi fi quc kdlád gdldfbdhi
cf hád dotcrjir. D fi ac`ir sc cstdld dgistualrdohi. Hc kcgki, sc scotád
dsialrisdacotc ljco, tcojcohi tihi co gucotd... jogrcálfc fi quc uod oigkc hc
hirajr ljco... sus pcosdajcotis sc hctuvjcrio. Sod oigkc hc hirajr ljco y sjo
 pcsdhjffds,, sc hji gucotd silrcsdftdhd. ]dyd, kdgád tjcapi quc oi ac pdsdld.
 pcsdhjffds
 Duoquc oi ac sirprcohc
sirprcohc,, pcos÷ lurfäohisc hc sá ajsad. Gucstd tcocr tu pcir
 pcsdhjffd gudohi tc quchds hirajhd gio cf girdz÷o ljco vjvi hc fd pritdbiojs
pritdbiojstd
td
 pdfpjtäohitc df iáhi, ¹ck9 Tuê fästjad quc oi puchd kdgcrfi sjcaprc.Wimig÷
sjcaprc.Wimig÷ uo
suspjri ajcotrds sc pioád fds litds, scfcggjio÷ uod mrutd pdrd giacr y sdfj÷ df 4>8 
ldfg÷o pdrd giotcapfdr fd isgurjhdh.

‘¹]cs dfbi9 ‘Fd viz hc [cod mfit÷ kdstd cffd y sc vifvj÷ pdrd vcr d fd bucrrcrd
cotrdr co fd kdljtdgj÷o gio fd tðojgd hc gucri co fd adoi y csgurrjêohisc cf dbud
hcf pcfi isguri. Bdlrjcffc siorj÷ df vcrfi.

‘Oi ‘giacot÷, airhjcohi fd mrcsgd mrutd‘. Tuê prjsd tc kds hdhi ‘dôdhj÷,
vifvjcohi d cotrdr co fd kdljtdgj÷o.
‘Cf dbud cstdld auy mrád ‘hj`i [cod, gio sirod, ajcotrds sc pioád fd tðojgd hc
gucri y sc su`ctdld fis tjrdotcs hc fis kialris ‘. Dkird sá quc cstiy hcspjcrtd ‘
giacot÷, dgcrgäohisc d hiohc kdlád hc`dhi fd dradhurd gujhdhisdacotc
gifigdhd y actjêohisc pir fd gdlczd cf pcti y fd pritcggj÷o hc fd cspdfhd.

‘Cspcrd, hê`dac. ‘Bdlrjcffc hc`÷ fd mrutd y dbdrr÷ uod girrcd. Dprct÷ ljco fd
kcljffd, ajrdohi fd gdrd hc [cod pdrd quc fc johjgdrd sj cstdld ljco pucstd. [cod
dsjotj÷, igupdhd gio cf lrdzdf hcrcgki, quc sjcaprc crd uo jogirhji. Bdlrjcffc
tcrajo÷ gio fd girrcd hcf itri kialri y fucbi sc cogdrb÷ hc dtdr cf tcrgi lrdzdf,
gio uod fcvc siorjsd‘. D vcgcs, csti cs pcir quc uo riapcgdlczds dtcojcosc.
 

‘D vcgcs ‘siorj÷ [cod, y cspcr÷ pdgjcotcacotc d quc fd ldrhi tcrajodrd hc

dtdrfi. Fucbi sc pusi fd dradhurd cxtrd hc pritcggj÷o hc ausfis y lrdzis y sc
gifig÷ fds kialrcrds gio fd mdgjfjhdh quc hd fd cxpcrjcogjd. Fis puôdfcs, cf gkderda
y pir mjo fd cspdhd, ljco su`ctd d fd cspdfhd. Wdft÷ hc puotjffds uods gudotds vcgcs,
pdrd dscotdr tihds fds pjczds‘. ]dfc. ‘\cspjr÷ kiohi‘. ]dais dffä. ‘Wc pds÷ fis
hchis pir cf pcfi isguri, sdgäohiscfi hc hcld`i hc fd dradhurd, y fucbi sc hjrjbj÷
kdgjd fd pucrtd, `usti gudohi sc iy÷ uo fcvc bifpc hcshc cf itri fdhi.

@cssdo dlrj÷ fd pucrtd hc fd kdljtdgj÷o hc [cod, df iár fd viz hc fd bucrrcrd hjgjêohifc

hjgjêoh ifc
quc pdsdrd. Fd csgdsd fuz hc fd vcfd quc kdlád co fd kdljtdgj÷o sc rcmfc`dld co fd
dradhurd quc ffcvdld df dgcrgdrsc d êf. Wdfj÷ itrd vcz df pdsjffi pdrd hc`drfd pdsdr y
sdfuh÷ gio uod siorjsd d Bdlrjcffc, quc jld hcträs.

‘Xihdvád cstäo d his kirds hc hjstdogjd ‘fc giacot÷ d [cod, quc dsjotj÷ ‘. ^drcgc
quc vdo d jotcotdr uo dtdquc mriotdf pfcoi... oi vdais d pihcr hcmcohcr fds
aurdffds. Xcocais quc cogiotrdrois gio cffis hcfdotc, sj qucrcais tcocr uod
ipirtuojhdh.
Cf trdoqujfi doäfjsjs hc @cssdo gijogjhád gio cf hc [cod, hc aihi quc uod vcz aäs
êstd sc fjajt÷ d dscotjr. Fds tripds hc Kcgtdtir, df acois, jldo tihds d gdldffi y crdo 4>3 
sifhdhis ldstdotc cxpcrjacotdhis. ^ihrád tcocr pcir adtcrjdf gio cf quc trdld`dr,
y fi kdlád tcojhi co itrds igdsjiocs. Wjapfcacotc, oi crdo sumjgjcotcs. Gdajo÷ d
brdohcs zdogdhds `uoti d @cssdo pir cf pdsjffi kdgjd cf pdtji, hiohc capczdld d
hjstjobujr fd dgtjvjhdh irbdojzdhd hc fis prcpdrdtjvis pdrd fd ldtdffd. Kcgtdtir fis
vji y hc`÷ d sus kialrcs joachjdtdacotc, gruzdohi kdgjd cffis gio pdsi räpjhi.

‘Dajbis aáis ‘hj`i Kcgtdtir, df ffcbdr d su fdhi ‘. Dfjdhis aáis. ‘Jogfjo÷ fd

gdlczd táajhdacotc kdgjd @cssdo‘. Kd ffcbdhi fd kird hc gialdtjr. ‘Wus i`is sc
gfdvdrio co fis hc cffis‘. Oi sjcoti ojobðo pfdgcr hc tcocris dquá, hjspucstis d
dfzdr fds drads co uod fugkd quc co `ustjgjd oi cs vucstrd.

‘Kcgtdtir ‘hj`i [cod, gio tioi mjrac‘. Hc`d hc hcgjrac co quê fugkds
f ugkds hcli i oi
hcli pdrtjgjpdr. ‘Fi ajr÷ d fis i`is‘. Aárdac y hjac quc oi qujcrcs quc fugkc d
tu fdhi.

Fd ligd hc Kcgtdtir csliz÷ uod siorjsd. Csd ajrdhd dzuf vcád pcrmcgtdacotc d
trdvês hc êf.

‘Oi. ‘Wiorj÷‘. Oi tc fi viy d hcgjr. ‘Ld`÷ fd ajrdhd y fucbi fd vifvj÷ d fcvdotdr,

cstd vcz giai uo rucbi ‘. Co rcdfjhdh, ¹puchi pchjrtc uo brdo mdvir9
 

@cssdo, rjsucôi, ajr÷ df kuadoi gio uod gc`d codrgdhd. Grcád sdlcr fi quc Kcgtdtir
cstdld d puoti hc pchjr, y sc prcbuot÷ sj [cod cstdrád hc dgucrhi. Êf hcshc fucbi
quc fi cstdld. Fd grcgjcotc tcosj÷o quc fi rihcdld yd fc cstdld crjzdohi cf pcfi. Co
fis lrdzis scotád kirajbucis hc caigj÷o, y ifjsquc÷ cf mucrtc vjcoti hcf dadocgcr
gio dosjd y bdods.

[cod fi ajr÷ gio rcgcfi.

‘Gfdri. Xð pjhc.

‘Zd quc oi puchi giovcogcrtc pdrd quc tc adrgkcs, ¹ois kdráds uo brdo kioir9
‘Kcgtdtir sc hctuvi, cspcrdohi. Jld d scr uo hád auy huri y qucrád tcocr pir fi
acois uo aiacoti hc dfcbrád gio cf quc jojgjdrfi.

‘Oi sê ‘hj`i [cod, codrgdohi fds gc`ds‘. ¡Oi ac kds hjgki quê cs fi quc qujcrcs!

‘Hjrábcois ‘pjhj÷ cf práogjpc, sjapfcacotc.

[cod sc quch÷ pdsadhd. Giotcapf÷ su gdrd co sjfcogji, ajcotrds

ajcotrd s tihis dbudrhdldo
4>= 
su rcspucstd. ^ir mjo, ajr÷ kdgjd cf kirjziotc y fucbi vifvj÷ d ajrdrfi d êf.

‘Cstä ljco. ‘]ji cf dfjvji co fis i`is hc Kcgtdtir y cf rcbigj`i co fis hc

h c @cssdo. Sod
siorjsd tcosd pir pdrtc hc Bdlrjcffc, pcri dgiapdôdhd hc uo fjbcri bcsti hc
dscotjajcoti‘. ^ucs piobäaiois co adrgkd. Oi vdo d cspcrdr tihi cf hád. ‘Co
sjfcogji, dfz÷ fd ajrdhd kdgjd fds cstrcffds. Drcs,
cstrcffds.  Drcs, cspcri quc cstês ajrdohi. Csti vd
 pir kdlcr guapfjhi tu pdfdlrd y kdlcrac hcvucfti aj gucrpi.gucrpi. Kdlrád
 Kdlrád pihjhi `urdr
quc iy÷ uod rjsd sdtjsmcgkd giai rcspucstd.

‘Oi vdais d pihcr giotcocrfis co gdsi hc h c dschji ‘hj`i [cod, ajcotrds sc hjrjbádo
kdgjd fis sifhdhis rcuojhis‘. Xcocais quc sjtudrois co csd pcqucôd fdhcrd quc
kdy cotrc csis his aiotágufis. ‘Wcôdf÷ kdgjd fd pdrtc hc hcfdotc hcf gdstjffi ‘. Wj
gioscbujais quc pdsco pir cotrc csds his csgdrpds, pihrcais kdgcr quc dvdogco
aäs hcspdgji. ‘Wc hctuvi `uoti d Drbi, quc fd sdfuh÷ rcsipfdohi. Fd ycbud hirdhd
ffcvdld uod gitd tc`jhd gio rcffcoi hcld`i hc fd sjffd, `uoti gio pritcgtircs hc pdtds
y pcgki. [cod fc dgdrjgj÷ fjbcrdacotc cf gucffi y sc hjspusi d aiotdr, sdljcohi quc
Kcgtdtir y @cssdo sc hjrjbádo d sus pripjis gdldffis. Bdlrjcffc sc dgcrg÷ co sjfcogji
y dbdrr÷ fd lrjhd hc Drbi pdrd quc oi sc aivjcrd.

[cod sc hctuvi y dpiy÷ uod adoi co cf fiai hc Drbi, ajcotrds ajrdld d su dajbd.
Bdlrjcffc fd ajr÷ d su vcz, pir uod vcz sjo pdfdlrds.
 

Fd ldrhi gdrrdspc÷ pir mjo.

‘Guáhdtc ‘hj`i, gio fd viz dfbi riogd, y sift÷ fd lrjhd hc Drbi, qujtäohisc hc co
achji.

‘Fi kdrê ‘giotcst÷ [cod, dpdrtäohisc hc Drbi y dlrjcohi fis lrdzis ‘. Oi ac

cstru`cs ‘dhvjrtj÷‘. Xc vds d pjogkdr. ‘Cstrcgk÷ sudvcacotc d fd ldrhi giotrd su
gucrpi pir uo aiacoti y oit÷ quc fis lrdzis hc Bdlrjcffc sc dprctdldo
giovufsjvdacotc d su dfrchchir, sjo kdgcr gdsi hc fd dradhurd. Gcrr÷ fis i`is y
dpiy÷ fd ac`jffd co fd gdlczd hc fd ldrhi kdstd quc oit÷ quc Bdlrjcffc dmfi`dld fis
lrdzis, y s÷fi cotiogcs fd sift÷ d su vcz. Fds his rctrigchjcrio uo pdsi, ajräohisc,
su`ctds tihdvád hc fis lrdzis.

Dfbi pds÷ cotrc cffds. Oi gio pdfdlrds, tdf vcz oj sjqujcrd gio cf pcosdajcoti. [cod
siorj÷ fcvcacotc y fucbi sc cgk÷ kdgjd hcfdotc y fc hji uo lcsi d fd ldrhi co fd
mrcotc.

‘Wê lucod ‘fc dhvjrtj÷.

Bdlrjcffc dsjotj÷ fjbcrdacotc. 4>2 

‘Xco gujhdhi.

‘Kdstd fucbi ‘hj`i [cod gio kuair, y sc aiot÷ co Drbi gio uo äbjf aivjajcoti‘
. Fi priacti. ‘Wiorj÷ y hjrjbj÷ df gdldffi kdgjd fd pucrtd.

‘Fi priactcs ‘rcpjtj÷ Bdlrjcffc, co viz ld`d‘. Fi rcgirhdrê. ‘Xia÷ dfjcoti y

fucbi sc vifvj÷ y rcbrcs÷ df jotcrjir hcf gdstjffi, hiohc cf adyirhiai cstdld
mrcoêtjgi jotcotdohi prcpdrdr
prcpdrd r fds gisds pdrd fi pcir. Bdlrjcffc sc kjzi gdrbi hc tihi
dadlfcacotc.

Fcstdo sc dpdrt÷ hc su aäs vjc`i dajbi, gio fis dogkis kialris kuohjhis hc
hcscspcrdgj÷o.

‘Ajed, oi puchi kdgcrfi. Xð sdlcs quc oi puchi. ‘Wc vifvj÷ y dfdrb÷ cf lrdzi
sdoi, gio uo bcsti hc sðpfjgd‘. Wá, fd au`cr ac kd gdáhi ljco. Wá, aj kj`i cstä
japfjgdhi. Wá, Kcgtdtir cs dkird uo dfjdhi. Wá, sá, sá... pcri drrjcsbdr uod sifd bitd hc
sdobrc hc oucstrd dfhcd, oi. ‘Wc scot÷‘. ¹G÷ai pihrád giosjhcrdrac fáhcr, sj is
 

hjrj`i hiohc ac ffcvd cf girdz÷o, sjo tcocr co gucotd fi quc fc giovjcoc d oucstri
puclfi9

Ajed sc scot÷, dgdrjgjäohisc cf sudvc pcfd`c tistdhi hc fd ldrljffd.

‘Z tu girdz÷o tc ffcvd gio êf, ¹vcrhdh9 ‘Wiorj÷ gio primuohd giaprcosj÷o‘.

Jbudf quc cf aái. ‘Wc fcvdot÷ joqujcti y sc pusi d hdr vucftds ‘. Jbudf quc cf aái.
‘^ir mjo sc bjr÷ co rchiohi y sc drrihjff÷ dotc Fcstdo ‘. ^ir mdvir. ‘Co sus i`is
gfdrásjais kdlád uo rucbi‘. Tujcri d tu kj`i giai sj mucrd cf aái. Oi puchi...
Fcstdo, oi puchi hc`drfi jr sifi.

‘Ajed ‘bjaj÷ Fcstdo‘, oi puchi kdgcrfi. Oi puchi hdr

h dr cstd irhco. Wjapfcacotc
oi puchi. Zi... ‘Wus i`is siftdrio uo hcstcffi‘. ^uchi... jr yi. ‘Ajr÷ d Ajed,
drrihjffdhi dotc êf‘. Oi puchi irhcodrfc d odhjc aäs quc vdyd. ‘Wc vifvj÷ y sc
quch÷ ajrdohi cf gjcfi hcf dadocgcr‘. Z hc tihds mirads, prildlfcacotc yd cs
hcadsjdhi tdrhc.

‘^rcbðotdscfi d cffis ‘rcspiohj÷ Ajed, gio fis i`is lrjffdotcs‘. ^rcbðotdscfi,

Fcstdo... prcbðotdfcs d fis bucrrcris hcf puclfi quê cs fi quc qujcrco kdgcr. Cs fi
 `usti. ‘Fcvdot÷ fd ajrdhd gudohi cotr÷ Rcoojh, quc kdlád iáhi fd ðftjad pdrtc hc 4>; 
fd giovcrsdgj÷o. Wc dgcrg÷ d fd sjffd hc Fcstdo y fc rihc÷ cf gucffi gio fis lrdzis,
dpiydohi fd ldrljffd co su kialri. Mfitdrio dpdgjlfcacotc co su váogufi pir uo
aiacoti y fucbi cffd kdlf÷.

‘Xc qujcri. ‘Wu viz brdvc sc iád kdstd co cf ðftjai rjog÷o hc fd kdljtdgj÷o‘. Aäs
quc d fd vjhd ajsad. ‘Gcrr÷ fis i`is y `uot÷ su ac`jffd gio fd hc êf ‘. Jrád kdstd cf
mjo hcf auohi pdrd cvjtdr quc sumrjcrds hdôi dfbuoi. Fi sdlcs. ‘Kjzi uod pdusd‘
. ^cri csti tc vd d pdrtjr cf girdz÷o, dair aái, sj oi fi kdgcs ‘fc susurr÷ df iáhi‘
. Fi pcrgjli co tj. Wiais fi quc siais. Ajed tjcoc rdz÷o. ^rcbðotdscfi d cffis.

Fcstdo sc quch÷ joa÷vjf hurdotc

hurdot c fi quc pdrcgj÷ uod ctcrojhdh. ^ir mjo, tia÷ dfjcoti
gio mucrzd y fi sift÷ hc oucvi.

‘Fi ðojgi quc viy d kdgcr cs prcbuotärscfi ‘bruô÷‘. Z dgcptdrê su rcspucstd

giai fd aád. ‘Wc vifvj÷ y gfdv÷ fis i`is co fis hc su vjogufdhd‘. Z yi tdaljêo tc
qujcri. ‘Fd lcs÷, sc vifvj÷ y sc hjrjbj÷ kdgjd fd pucrtd, sjo vcr fd ajrdhd quc sc gruz÷
cotrc Rcoojh y Ajed. Ilscrvdrio su gdrd gudohi dlrj÷ fd pucrtd y fcs hj`i ‘0
^chjhfc df puclfi quc sc rcðod co cf pdtji.
 

‘Oi cs ocgcsdrji ‘auraur÷ Ajed, gudohi Fcstdo vifvj÷ fd gdlczd y ajr÷ mucrd hc
fd pucrtd.

Fd fuz hc fds dotirgkds grcdld sialrds gdprjgkisds pir cf brdo cspdgji y cf ðojgi
siojhi crd cf hc fd lrjsd quc dbjtdld fds gitds hc gialdtc hc trcsgjcotis bucrrcris

aiotdhis, dradhis
d Bdrdo kdgjd y co
êf, y sc sjfcogji.
hctuvi So gdldffi
d hjcz pdsis hcrcsipf÷. Dpdrcgj÷
hjstdogjd, Hcbbjs,Gio
cspcrdohi. qucfis
ffcvdld
i`is
rcfugjcotcs.

Fcstdo sjotj÷ quc sc fc ffcodldo fis i`is hc fäbrjads y hctuvi cf hjsgursi quc sc fc
cstdld miradohi co fd bdrbdotd, df tjcapi quc dpdrtdld cf lrdzi hcf gucrpi pdrd
hc`dr quc Ajed fc actjcrd fd gitd hc gialdtc pir fd gdlczd. Wu puclfi. Capcz÷ d
oitdr csgdfimráis pir fd cspdfhd y oit÷ quc fc sulád fd mjclrc hcf gialdtc. Ajed fc
su`ct÷ fd cspdhd y tjr÷ pir ðftjad vcz hc fds girrcds. Wc vifvj÷ y fi ajr÷.

‘Fi sdláds.

‘Wá ‘giotcst÷ Ajed, gio fis i`is lrjffdotcs‘. Gfdri quc fi sdlád. ‘Wc gjô÷ fds
girrcds hc su pripji cqujpi y sift÷ uo sjfljhi pdrd ffdadr d su mjcf Cstco.
4>: 
Dsá sc quch÷ sifi co cf pirgkc gio Rcoojh, quc fi rihc÷ gio fis lrdzis.

‘Xrdc hc vucftd d csc kj`i oucstri ‘fc hj`i cffd gio tioi hc budsd, cstrcgkäohifi
gio mucrzd‘. Xcobi uods gudotds gisds quc hcgjrfc.

Wc lcsdrio y sc scpdrdrio, ajräohisc primuohdacotc d fis i`is. Fcstdo sjotj÷ quc

su váogufi prcohád, ffcoäohifi hc uod primuohd gdfjhcz, quc hcvifvj÷ pfcodacotc.

‘]ifvcrê ‘ `ur÷. \iapcr

\iapcr cf váoguf
váogufi
i crd... ja
japcosdlfc
pcosdlfc..

‘Aäs tc vdfc ‘fc dhvjrtj÷ cffd, dgdrjgjäohifc fd ac`jffd gio uo hchi ‘. I tcohrê
quc jr d lusgdrtc. ‘Aäs dffä hc fd giaprcosj÷o, aäs dffä hcf luco `ujgji, aäs dffd
hc fd aucrtc ajsad. Co su acotc rcsio÷ cf vjc`i hjgki. Aäs gjcrti hc fi quc kdládo
pcosdhi ouogd.

‘Dhcfdotc ‘brjt÷ Fcstdo, quc sc vifvj÷ kdgjd Bdrdo y aiot÷ co êf hc uo sdfti,

fcvdotdohi uo lrdzi dotc su puclfi d fd cspcrd. Fc giotcst÷ uo brjti giapucsti hc
augkds vigcs y caprcohjcrio fd adrgkd ‘. Wj cs quc ffcbdais d tjcapi.
 

Cf dadocgcr gulrj÷ uod ffdourd joa÷vjf y sjfcogjisd. [cod kdlád sjtudhi d sus tripds
hiohc fds qucrád y dkird cstdld
cstdl d aiotdhd co Drbi co cf cxtrcai hc fds his csgdrpds
gio @cssdo y Kcgtdtir d su fdhi, cspcrdohi. Cf c`êrgjti
c` êrgjti quc sc dgcrgdld jld grcgjcohi
co cf kirjziotc, y crd cvjhcotc quc oi sc jldo d hctcocr pdrd ocbigjdr.

[cod sc fcvdot÷
rcspiohjcrio giocouofdbrjti.
sjffd hc Drbid cDrbi
Ffcv÷ kjziduo bcstigirti
bdfipc d fds kdstd
tripdscfdgcotri
fd cspcrd,
hc fdquc fc
fáocd
aiotdhd y fc hji fd vucftd, gifigäohisc hc gdrd d fds tripds y dfzdohi fds adois
pdrd pchjr sjfcogji. Xihis fis i`is cstdldo pisdhis co cffd.

‘Oi sc trdtd hc tcrrjtirji ‘brjt÷, y su viz sc priycgt÷ pir fd ffdourd kdstd ffcbdr
gdsj hc vucftd df gdstjffi ‘. Oi sc trdtd hc giacrgji, oj hc litáo, oj hc giscgkds. ‘
[cod hji aäs mucrzd d su tioi‘. Wc trdtd hc vucstris kibdrcs y hc vucstrds mdajfjds,
quc is scräo drrcldtdhis sj oi fis hcmcohêjs. ‘Xihis tcoádo fis i`is gfdvdhis co
cffd, dlsirljcohi fi quc hcgád‘. ]ucstrds mdajfjds is qujcrco y hcpcohco hc
visitris, y odhd... odhd
odhd   co cstc auohi cs aäs japirtdotc quc csi. ‘Kjzi uod
pdusd‘. ¹Ac iás9

So dfdrjhi giai rcspucstd.

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‘Cstc cocajbi oi tjcoc odhd pdrd fugkdr giotrd csi... ¡giovcrtjhfi co vucstrd
mucrzd y oi pihräo vcogcris! ‘[cod sjotj÷ cf csgdfimrái quc capcz÷ d suljrfc pir
fd cspdfhd df iár cf bruôjhi brdvc gio quc fc rcspiohjcrio fis sifhdhis, uo bruôjhi
quc muc grcgjcohi y grcgjcohi y grcgjcohi kdstd giovcrtjrsc co uo auri hc siojhi
quc fd gulrj÷ giai uod ifd hcf adr. Hji fd vucftd d Drbi, df tjcapi quc Kcgtdtir y
@cssdo sc dgcrgdldo pdrd uojrsc d cffd df mrcotc hc fd prjacrd fáocd.

‘^dsc fi quc pdsc, [cod... pdrd aá kd sjhi uo kioir gioigcrtc ‘hj`i Kcgtdtir, co
viz ld`d. Dfdrb÷ fd adoi silrc fd sjffd, imrcgjêohiscfd. [cod sc fd cstrcgk÷ sjo hcgjr
pdfdlrd.

@cssdo trdb÷ gio mucrzd, giotcojcohi fd caigj÷o. Dkird yd vcád gfdrdacotc d fds
tripds quc vcoádo kdgjd cffis y cf trucoi hc fis gdsgis hc fis gdldffis fc cstrcacgád
fis kucsis. Ajr÷ d [cod, quc cstdld gifigäohisc ljco fis lrdzdfcs y giaprildohi
fds gjogkds hc Drbi. Cffd vifvj÷ fd gdlczd y fi ajr÷ d su vcz y fucbi siorj÷. Êf fc
hcvifvj÷ fd siorjsd, gio pcrmcgti cotcohjajcoti.

Wc dfz÷ silrc cf fiai hc Drbi, hjspucstd d hdr fd scôdf pdrd dvdozdr, gudohi su
dbuhd vjstd gdpt÷ uo aivjajcoti hcträs hc cffis. Df vcr fi quc crd, co su gdrd sc
 

mira÷ uod dapfjd siorjsd y sc cgk÷ d rcár. Kcgtdtir sc vifvj÷, sirprcohjhi, y vji fi
quc cstdld ajrdohi cffd.

‘^cri lucoi...

@cssdo tdaljêo sc vifvj÷ y sc quch÷ ajrdohi, adrdvjffdhi c jogrêhufi. Wu puclfi,

gjcotis hc cffis, dradhis y aiotdhis, sc jldo suadohi d fds tripds quc tcoádo
hcträs. Fcstdo ffcv÷ d Bdrdo kdgjd hcfdotc pdrd uojrsc gio cffis df mrcotc hc fds
tripds, sdfuhdohi d su kj`i gio uod fcvc jogfjodgj÷o hc gdlczd y dfbi quc sc pdrcgád
sispcgkisdacotc d uo bujôi.

‘Fcstdo ‘hj`i [cod, gio uod fcvc gdrgd`dhd.

‘Kc kcgki gdsi hc tu dvjsi, [cod ‘giacot÷ cf fáhcr hcf lisquc, hcscovdjodohi
fd cspdhd‘. Z dkird, grci quc tcocais giapdôád.

[cod sc vifvj÷ hc oucvi y dfz÷ cf lrdzi pdrd dvdozdr. Kjzi

Kjz i uo bcsti y fd dosjisd Drbi
caprcohj÷ fd adrgkd, df mrcotc dkird hc gdsj sctcgjcotis bucrrcris d gdldffi,
dvdozdohi kdgjd fds tripds cocajbds.
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@cssdo adotuvi fd gdlczd hc Crjs d fd dfturd hc fd gifd hc Drbi, ilscrvdohi ajcotrds
[cod dprctdld fds rihjffds gio mjraczd giotrd fd sjffd y sdgdld fd cspdhd. Kdlád
hjvjsdhi df quc pdrcgád scr cf fáhcr hcf c`êrgjti cocajbi c jld hcrcgkd kdgjd
kdgj d êf. @cssdo
hcscovdjo÷ su pripjd cspdhd y siorj÷
siorj ÷ gio uo pfdgcr jotcosi y sdfvd`c. Cgk÷ fd gdlczd
kdgjd dträs y sift÷ uo rubjhi, quc muc rcpctjhi joachjdtdacotc pir fis kdljtdotcs
hcf lisquc quc fis scbuádo y fucbi, giai co täohca, sc iy÷ cf dfdrjhi aäs dbuhi
giai rcspucstd hc fis sifhdhis kuadois. Dk... jld d scr bfirjisi.

[cod dvdoz÷ pihcrisdacotc kdgjd fis budrhjds cocajbis, gdptdohi fds rcvcfdhirds
scôdfcs hc uo `cmc hc bucrrd cstðpjhi. Cstdld rihcdhi hc budrhjds mucrtcacotc
dradhis y tihis ffcvdldo cstdohdrtcs. Wc cogiotr÷ gio cf prjacri hc fis sifhdhis
hc prjacrd fáocd y drrds÷, lfdohjcohi fd cspdhd co drgis gcrrdhis. Hc su pcgki sc
csgdp÷ uo brjti cxpfisjvi, df scotjrsc drrcldtdhd pir fd mjclrc
mjclr c hcf gialdtc, y sc hc`÷
jr. D su hcrcgkd, @cssdo pdrtád d fis sifhdhis co his gio su brdo cspdhd y Kcgtdtir
dgdldld hc girtdrfc fd gdlczd d uo hcsdmirtuodhi `joctc hc uo sifi bifpc.

Fis budrhjds crdo hcadsjdhi fcotis y oi pihádo giapctjr gio su vcfigjhdh y augki
acois su kdljfjhdh. Hcträs hc cffd, crd giosgjcotc hc quc fds tripds hc Kcgtdtir
cstdldo dlrjcohi uo brdo dbu`cri co cf c`êrgjti cocajbi, fugkdohi gio uod murjd
quc giapcosdld su acoir oðacri.
 

Hcsaiot÷ d uoi hc fis budrhjds hc Dostcfcs gio uod pdtdhd ljco pfdotdhd y fucbi
gdy÷ itri ld`i su cspdhd. D su dfrchchir tc`j÷ uod rch quc oi gioscbuádo pcoctrdr
y gudohi fi jotcotdldo, dffá cstdld @cssdo, tjräohifis hc sus aioturds s÷fi gio su
coirac mucrzd.

So Drbi.
hc budrhjd crdfilucoi0
Cffd sdft÷cogjad
fdoz÷ pir hcshc su
hcsjffd
fis ykialris
fd bifpc÷suhirisis
co cf pcgki,
hc trdtdohi
trdtdoh i hc tjrdrfd
Drbi, tjräohifi df
itri fdhi, y fucbi hcsaiot÷ pdrd comrcotdrsc d êf, co cf aiacoti co quc êf sc
bjrdld y dtdgdld. Wu cspdhd pdr÷ fd cstigdhd y fucbi cffd sc dbdgk÷ y dtdg÷ hc
oucvi, kjrjêohifi cstd vcz co fd auôcgd. Êf adfhj`i y cstdap÷ su capuôdhurd
giotrd su pcti, jotcotdohi hilfcbdrfd.

[cod siorj÷ y capu`÷ d su vcz, sirprcohjêohifi. Wc dpdrt÷ pcrhjcohi cf cqujfjlrji

y cffd fi bifpc÷ co fd ldrljffd gio fd capuôdhurd hc fd cspdhd. Êf vifvj÷ d gdcr y cstd
vcz oi sc fcvdot÷. Cffd fcvdot÷ fd vjstd co cf aiacoti co quc Dostcfcs cstdld d
puoti hc hcgdpjtdr d Kcgtdtir, quc cstdld dtiotdhi y hcadsjdhi gcrgd pdrd quc su
gkderda rcsuftdrd cmjgdz. Co gdalji, sc fdoz÷ giotrd êf y pdr÷ d Dotcfcs co cf
aiacoti co quc ld`dld fd cspdhd, d acris gcotáactris hcf gucffi hcspritcbjhi hc

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Kcgtdtir. Oi kdlád tcojhi tjcapi hc kdgcr dfbi cfcbdotc, s÷fi uo lfiquci girpirdf
läsjgi, pcri muogjio÷. Cgkdrio d rihdr y sc scpdrdrio y [cod sc fcvdot÷ hc uo sdfti
y hc uo bifpc fc qujt÷ fd cspdhd hc fds adois, quc jotcotdldo rcgupcrdrsc.

Dostcfcs sc quch÷ ajräohifd, sjo hdr grêhjti, y fucbi fc qujt÷ uod fdozd d uoi hc
sus pdsadhis budrhjds y sc fcvdot÷ gjcbi hc rdljd. @cssdo brjt÷ uod dhvcrtcogjd,
pcri fd fdozd hji co cf djrc, pucs [cod pcb÷ uo sdfti y uod viftcrctd gcrrdhd, pir
cogjad hc fd gdlczd hc Dostcfcs, y dtcrrjz÷ hcträs hc êf. Dprivcgk÷ pdrd hdrfc uod
pdtdhd co cf trdscri, tdo mucrtc quc sc cstdap÷ hc gdlczd giotrd cf tig÷o hc uo
ärlif y sc hcspfia÷ co cf ldrri.

Cotiogcs uod ifd hc bucrrcris sc dldtj÷ silrc cffis y [cod tuvi quc kdgcr uo brdo
csmucrzi pdrd gioscrvdr jotdgti cf pcffc`i, df cstdr rihcdhis hc gjco sifhdhis
cocajbis co brupi. Wc cogiotr÷ fugkdohi cspdfhd giotrd cspdfhd gio @cssdo,
lfdohjcohi fd cspdhd co giotrdpuoti gio êf giai sj ffcvdrdo dôis fugkdohi `uotis.
Hcspc`drio uo gárgufi d su dfrchchir y fucbi dvdozdrio giotrd fis sifhdhis
cocajbis co rctjrdhd. Wc pusjcrio kialri gio kialri, ilfjbdohi d fis sifhdhis d
rctrigchcr, df tjcapi quc cf rubjhi dtriodhir hc @cssdo y cf dfdrjhi sdfvd`c hc cffd
dsustdldo hc tdf aihi d fis kialrcs quc capczdrio d kujr girrjcohi.
 

@cssdo sc hctuvi gudohi fis sifhdhis cocajbis pusjcrio pjcs co pifvirisd y

dprivcgk÷ pdrd rcgupcrdr cf dfjcoti. D su fdhi, [cod tdaljêo sc hctuvi y dprivcgk÷
cf aiacoti pdrd d`ustdrsc uo lrdzdf quc sc fc cstdld siftdohi.

‘Oi cstä tdo adf giai pcosdld ‘giacot÷ [cod y fucbi sc pusi tcosd, df vcr d

uo brupi hc
hjstjobujr sifhdhis
dpcods, uoicocajbis quc rihcdld
hc fis kdljtdotcs d dfbujcoAdfhjgjcohi,
hcf lisquc. quc pdrcgád, scbðo
aiot÷giosjbuj÷
co Drbi
hc uo sdfti y sdfj÷ hjspdrdhd kdgjd cffis.

Fis sifhdhis hc Dostcfcs oi fd iycrio ffcbdr. Cstdldo titdfacotc giogcotrdhis co

su lfdogi, fd mjburd dftd c jogiomuohjlfc hc Fcstdo. Êstc fis adotcoád d rdyd, duoquc
dpcods, gio pihcrisds cstigdhds gio uo sifi lrdzi, drrjogiodhi giotrd uod brdo
pcôd. ^cri his sifhdhis fi dtdgdrio d fd vcz y capczdld d pcrhcr fd gdpdgjhdh hc
adotcocr sus cspdhds fc`is hc su gucrpi. Rcoojh...
Rcoojh... gfda÷
 gfda÷ su acotc, dadhd aád... 
aád... 

Cf sifhdhi brdohc giosjbuj÷ pir mjo drrcldtdr fd cspdhd hc Fcstdo hc sus dbitdhis
hchis y fc hji uo bifpc co fd gdlczd hcspritcbjhd. Fcstdo sc hcspfia÷ y cf sifhdhi
siorj÷ gio grucfhdh, dfzdohi su drad pdrd fd cstigdhd mjodf. Fd ki`d ld`÷... y sc
cstrcff÷ co fd rigd gudohi cf sifhdhi gdy÷ df sucfi sjo scotjhi d gdusd hc uo gucrpi
vigjmcrdotc y vcstjhi hc gucri,
gucr i, gdsj tdo brdohc giai cf suyi, quc sc dldfdoz÷ gio
giotrd
trd 447 
êf. [cod rih÷ y sc fcvdot÷ lfdohjcohi fd cspdhd, y fc girt÷ fd gdlczd df scbuohi
sifhdhi hc uod cstigdhd fjapjd. Cf sirprcohjhi gárgufi hc sifhdhis sc hctuvi uo
aiacoti y fucbi kjzi dgipji hc vdfir y gdy÷ silrc cffd giai uod adodhd hc filis.

Csti pihrád kdlcr sjhi uo crrir , pcos÷ [cod gio brdvchdh, ajcotrds sc csmirzdld
pir adotcocrsc co pjc dotc fd ifcdhd hc gucrpis y drads co aivjajc
aivjajcoti.oti. Wc gifig÷
silrc fd mjburd jogiosgjcotc hc Fcstdo y d ldsc ðojgdacotc hc mucrzd hc vifuotdh
adotuvi d rdyd df bcotái, siftdohi cstigdhds y adohilfcs gio fd cspdhd kdstd quc
fis gkirris hc sdobrc cstuvjcrio d puoti hc gcbdrfd. Dkioh÷ co su jotcrjir,
lusgdohi uods rcscrvds hc mucrzd d fds quc rdrd vcz tcoád quc dguhjr, rcscrvds quc
rcspiohjcrio aäs hcprjsd hc fi quc kdlád grcáhi. Ojobuod ldohd hc sifhdhjtis
gigkdalrisis hc trcs df gudrti vd d pihcr gioajbi... kiy oioi,, sc `ur÷ d sá ajsad gio
titdf scrjchdh. Kiy oi. Z
oi. Z scbuádo ffcbdohi y cffd, tcrgdacotc, scbuád rcgkdzäohifis,
hcpisjtdohi uod dfmialrd hc gucrpis d su dfrchchir, ocbäohisc d gchcr tcrrcoi,
ocbäohisc d hc`drfcs pcoctrdr sus hcmcosds,
h cmcosds, kdstd quc pir mjo, pir mjo, sc
s c dgdl÷. Fis
sifhdhis cstdldo aucrtis, i dbiojzdotcs, i hjspcrsäohisc dotc fd ffcbdhd hc
rcmucrzis hc fds tripds hc Kcgtdtir.

[cod sc dpiy÷ co fd pcôd y rcspjr÷ kiohi, jotcotdohi

jotcot dohi gdfadr cf girdz÷o hcsligdhi.
Gcrr÷ fis i`is y cspcr÷ d quc su gucrpi hc`drd hc tcalfdr, dmcrrdohi fd cspdhd gio
 

mucrzd pdrd quc oi sc fc gdycrd. Ld`÷ fd vjstd pdrd ajrdr d Fcstdo, quc kdlád
rcgupcrdhi cf gioigjajcoti y cstdld dtiotdhi, ajräohifd gio fis i`is lrjffdotcs.
Wc dgugfjff÷ d su fdhi y cxdajo÷ uo fdrbi girtc quc tcoád co cf kialri adfi.

‘Xc piohräs ljco ‘fc dscbur÷, häohifc uod pdfadhd co cf itri lrdzi.

Fcstdo cstuhj÷ su gdrd, acairjzdohi gdhd hctdffc. Kdlád dljcrti fis i`is pdrd vcrfd
hc pjc silrc êf, s÷fjhd giai uod rigd hc brdojti giotrd fd quc sc cstrcffdldo fis
sifhdhis cocajbis giai fds ifds hcf adr. Giai êf ajsai kdlád hcmcohjhi d
Rcoojh co uod igdsj÷o. Oj sjqujcrd fc japirtdld quc mucrd kuadod, crd dfbi tdo,
tdo bfirjisi.

‘[cod ‘hj`i, gio fd viz riogd, dsjotjcohi ‘, co cf oialrc hc Drcs, g÷ai ac

dfcbri hc oi kdlcrtc hcsdmjdhi co cf pdsi hcf rái. ‘Fc siorj÷, gio fis i`is ffcois
hc hcfcjtc‘. ^drcgc quc aj mdajfjd cstä tihdvád aäs co hcuhd giotjbi. ‘Fd ajr÷ d
fis i`is‘. Aj vjogufdhd tdaljêo tc hd fds brdgjds. Itrd vcz.

[cod fc siorj÷ hc achji fdhi.

‘Hc odhd, Fcstdo. ‘Ajr÷ d su dfrchchir y fucbi d êf hc oucvi‘. Df mjo y df gdli, 448 
oi pihád pcrajtjr quc sc riapjcrd csc váogufi, ¹vcrhdh9

Wc ajrdrio cf uoi df itri fdrbdacotc. Cotiogcs Fcstdo siorj÷ y cffd tdaljêo.

‘Fi giaprcohcs ‘suspjr÷ êf‘. ^ir mjo. Dfbujco hc tu puclfi quc vc fi quc vcais
oisitris. ‘Wc csmirz÷ pir piocrsc hc rihjffds y fucbi hc pjc ajcotrds [cod tjrdld
hc su lrdzi sdoi‘. D fi ac`ir kdy cspcrdozd pdrd oisitris, hcspuês hc tihi.

Fd ldtdffd hur÷ cf hád cotcri, hurdotc fd adyir pdrtc hcf gudf fds tripds hc Kcgtdtir
sc hchjgdrio d pcrscbujr y cfjajodr pcqucôis migis hc rcsjstcogjd. Fis
supcrvjvjcotcs hcf c`êrgjti hc Dostcfcs hcscrtdrio hcf gdapi hc ldtdffd uod vcz sc
pusi cf sif ld`i cf kirjziotc y s÷fi quchdrio uois pigis hctdffcs pir tcrajodr.

‘Lucoi ‘fc hj`i [cod df gdosdhi @cssdo ajcotrds gdajodldo hcspdgji pir cf
sdobrjcoti gdapi hc ldtdffd‘. ¹Xc kd bustdhi9 ‘Cstdld guljcrtd hc aubrc,
sdobrc y suhir, y pdrtc
pdr tc hc csd sdobrc crd suyd, pcri oi augkd. Êf tcoád vdrjis girtcs,
dfbuois primuohis, y tdaljêo cstdld ljco guljcrti hc ldrri y aubrc.

‘ ‘ ‘
Ac kd cogdotdhi
cstigdhd co hjdbiodf ygiotcst÷ @cssdo,
kdgjd dträs hc girdz÷o
quc kdgcs. . Xjcocs
Cs airtdf. ‘Fc quc coscôdrac
siorj÷ csd
‘. Crcs purd
picsád, ¹sdlcs9 ‘Wus i`is rcfugádo jotcosdacotc‘. Ac quchê dtrdpdhi gio uo
 

brupi hc cffis gudohi mujstc d sdfvdr d aj pdhrc y hcli hcgjrtc quc cstdld tdo
hjstrdáhi vjcohi g÷ai adsdgrdlds d csd adsd quc gdsj ac girtdo fd pjcrod. ‘Wc
cstrcacgj÷ hc caigj÷o‘. @daäs, `daäs co fd vjhd kc vjsti odhd tdo... ‘]dgjf÷,
lusgdohi fd pdfdlrd dhcgudhd‘. Kcraisi ‘tcrajo÷ @cssdo, suspjrdohi.

[cod cstdff÷ co gdrgd`dhds.

‘@cssdo, cstiy scburd hc quc s÷fi tð ac hcsgrjljráds dsá. ‘Wdguhj÷ fd gdlczd‘.
^cri ac dfcbri hc quc tc kdyds hjvcrtjhi. ‘Fc hji uods pdfadhjtds co fd cspdfhd ‘
. Xu puclfi ois kd hdhi fd vjgtirjd, ¹sdlcs9

‘Oi ‘muc fd sirprcohcotc rcspucstd hc @cssdo‘. Kdlrádais bdodhi hc tihds

mirads. ‘Fd ajr÷ y co sus i`is lrjff÷ dfbi quc oi crd kuadoi ‘. Xð ois kds hdhi
fd vjgtirjd.

‘]cobd yd, @cssdo ‘sc lurf÷ [cod, piojcohi fis i`is co lfdogi‘. Zi s÷fi siy uod.
‘ ‘
¹\cgucrhds9 Dbjt÷ cf lrdzi jzqujcrhi pdrd johjgdr cf gdapi hc ldtdffd . Kcais
bdodhi pirquc tu puclfi kd cqujfjlrdhi fd ldfdozd d oucstri mdvir. Zi s÷fi... kc
dyuhdhi. ‘Xjtulc÷‘. Z... tcoád uod priacsd quc guapfjr.
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‘Zd ‘rcspiohj÷ @cssdo‘. ]dfc, pucs grcc fi quc qujcrds, [cod... pcri gudohi
crj`do uod cstdtud tuyd co fd gjuhdh hc Kcgtdtir y co aj dfhcd, d fi ac`ir cotjcohcs
aj puoti hc vjstd. ‘Oi kjzi gdsi hc fd cxprcsj÷o csgdohdfjzdhd hc [cod ‘. Wá, y yd
vcräs d tihds fds ojôds gio tu oialrc...

‘@cssdo ‘bruô÷ [cod.

‘ ‘
C jadbáodtcprildlfcacotc
hjvjrtjêohisc fd kjstirjd quc aäs
vd d hc
aiotdr
fi qucBdlrjcffc gio‘
fc giovcoád csti... 
csti...   cstiy
. Wá, yd giotjou÷ @cssdo,
iyêohifd...
‘Wc hctuvi gudohi [cod sc vifvj÷ hcspdgji kdgjd êf, gio fis lrdzis gruzdhis y uod
cxprcsj÷o dacodzdhirdacotc bêfjhd co fd gdrd‘. Dkk... pcrhiod. Zd ac gdffi ‘
hj`i, siftdohi uo bdffi, y rctrigchj÷ ld`i csd ajrdhd bêfjhd.

[cod adotuvi fd ajrdhd uo aiacoti aäs y fucbi dfz÷ uod gc`d.

‘Ac dfcbri hc vcr quc tihdvád muogjiod ‘giacot÷ gio kuair.

Wjbujcrio dhcfdotc co dbrdhdlfc sjfcogji y êf dprivcgk÷ pdrd cotrcgcrrdr fis i`is y

usdr su ]jstd
girrjcotcs pdrd y]crfd.
iguftds Acrgurji,Hcgiai
gdaljdotcs. fd kdlád
rcpcotc, vjsti pir
ajcotrds prjacrd
Ajrdld, vcz, uod
dhipt÷ gio
tiodfjhdh aäs sudvc y hirdhd dotc su ]jstd. Jotrjbdhi, dlrj÷ fis i`is y fd ajr÷,
 

prcbuotäohisc quê pihád kdlcr gdusdhi csc gdalji y fd girrcspiohjcotc siorjsd

quc kdlád co su gdrd. Giai crd uo gdgkirri sjo tdgti, fds pdfdlrds sdfjcrio hc su
ligd dotcs hc quc puhjcrd hctcocrfds.

‘[cod, ¹co quê cstäs pcosdohi9 ‘Wc pihrád kdlcr tdpdhi fd ligd gio fd adoi,

pcri yd crd hcadsjdhi tdrhc. Cffd sc vifvj÷ pdrd ajrdrfi, cxtrdôdhd.

‘¹^ir quê9 ‘joqujrj÷ [cod, prcbuotäohisc pir quê fc kdgád csd prcbuotd co csc
aiacoti. @usti co csc aiacoti.

‘Ik ‘sc rcgupcr÷ @cssdo‘. ^ir gurjisjhdh. ‘Cvjt÷ su ajrdhd‘. Cs quc cstdlds
siorjcohi, odhd aäs. ‘Lucoi, csi crd gjcrti‘. ^drcgáds cstdr pcosdohi co dfbi
quc tc kdgád auy mcfjz.

[cod fi ajr÷, pcosdtjvd, y fucbi siorj÷ hcspdgji.

‘Csi cs auy gjcrti ‘dhajtj÷, y fucbi‘0 ¹^uchcs fccr fd acotc, @cssdo9

‘Oi ‘sc dprcsur÷ d rcspiohcr cf kdljtdotc hcf lisquc ‘. Oi, lucoi, aj adhrc
44= 
puchc, uo pigi. Lucoi, puchc fccr fd aád. ‘Kjzi uod aucgd‘. ^cri fis hcaäs,
oi. ‘Xrdb÷‘. ^ihcais... pcrgjljr... fd mucrzd vjtdf hc fi quc ois rihcd... sj uod
pcrsiod cs lucod i adfd y, sj cstä gcrgd, pihcais pcrgjljr sus caigjiocs, d vcgcs.
‘Fd ajr÷, jotcotdohi hcsgjmrdr su cxprcsj÷o.

‘¹^ir csi hcgjhjstc giomjdr co oisitrds, gudohi tc rcsgdtdais hc fd dfhcd9 ‘

prcbuot÷ [cod jocspcrdhdacotc, sjotjcohi dkird dutêotjgd gurjisjhdh.

@cssdo fc siorj÷ fcvcacotc.

‘Oi. Fd kcrjhd hc fd gdlczd ac qujt÷ fd pcrgcpgj÷o hcf auohi, hurdotc fd adyir

pdrtc hcf tjcapi quc cstuvjais vjd`dohi `uotis. Fd rcgupcrê fd oigkc co quc is
giotê fd kjstirjd hc ajs pdhrcs. ‘Fd ajr÷ y dhvjrtj÷ su cxprcsj÷o hc jotcrês. Dy
jotcrês. Dy dy ‘
. Oi, csi tuvc quc hcgjhjrfi hc fd adocrd trdhjgjiodf.

‘¹G÷ai9 ‘josjstj÷ [cod, mdsgjodhd‘. ¹Tuê tc kjzi hcgjhjrfi9 Wdláds qujêo crd yi.
‘Fi ajr÷ gio uod gc`d codrgdhd, cspcrdohi su rcspucstd.

¹Wc fi hjbi9 Ac prcbuoti sj sc hd gucotd hc fi quc aucstrdo sus i`is, pir fi acois
d aá. ^rildlfcacotc oi. Fis kuadois sio... tdo jogiosgjcotcs,
jogiosgjcotcs, rcmfcxjio÷ @cssdo
pcosdtjvi, dotcs hc dfzdr fis i`is pdrd cogiotrdrsc gio fis hc cffd.
 

‘Fd prjacrd oigkc. ‘Fc kjzi brdgjd su cxprcsj÷o hc sirprcsd‘. Gudohi Bdlrjcffc
tuvi pcsdhjffds y tð sc fds dkuycotdstc. ‘Dkird sus i`is dzufcs tcoádo uod cxprcsj÷o
cxprcsj ÷o
hc pdsai rcgcfisi‘. Fd cxprcsj÷o hc tu gdrd. Wupc quc... dfbujco... quc tcoád tdoti
dair co su jotcrjir... oi ac jld d kdgcr hdôi.

Fc kdlád kcgki acffd y vji g÷ai rcdggjiodld dotc sus pdfdlrds. Xdf vcz hcadsjdhi.
Crd cf aiacoti hc rctrigchcr.

‘Fi sjcoti. ‘Fc pusi fd adoi co cf lrdzi gio bcsti giogjfjdhir ‘. ¹Xc kds
comdhdhi9

[cod sjbuj÷ dvdozdohi co sjfcogji vdrjis pdsis aäs y fucbi sift÷ uod gdrgd`dhd
brdvc.

‘Oi. ‘Fi ajr÷ hc rci`i‘. Oi cstiy comdhdhd. ‘Sois pdsis aäs‘. Crcs auy
pcrspjgdz. ‘Co sus fdljis sc jld hjlu`dohi uod siorjsd hcsbdodhd.

‘Cs uo hio hc aj puclfi ‘giotcst÷ êf, ajräohisc fds litds adogkdhds hc sdobrc.

442 
[cod rcsipf÷.

‘Xu puclfi tjcoc augkis hiocs jotcrcsdotcs. ‘Fi ajr÷ pir cf rdljffi hcf i`i.

@cssdo sc airhjsquc÷ cf fdlji uo aiacoti.

‘Wá, dsá cs. ‘Wc gdff÷ y tia÷ dfjcoti gio hcgjsj÷o‘. ¹Wdlcs, [cod9 Kdy dfbi quc...
vci... cotrc Bdlrjcffc y tð.

‘Fi sê ‘giotcst÷ [cod, vifvjcohi fd gdlczd hcf tihi y ajräohifi gio uod siorjsd
tcosd.

‘Ik ‘rcspiohj÷ @cssdo‘. ¹Fi sdlcs9 ‘¹^ir quê ac sirprcohi dotc cstd au`cr9
¹Cstd kuadod9  

‘Wá ‘suspjr÷ [cod, gio cxprcsj÷o rcsjbodhd pcri dpdgjlfc ‘. ^cri oi cs fi quc
aäs fc giovjcoc d cffd, dsá quc jotcoti oi pcosdrfi.

@cssdo hji uo rcspjobi.

‘¹G÷ai9 Cspcrd... [cod... oi fi cotjcohcs.

Fd bucrrcrd fi ajr÷.
 

‘Wá quc fi cotjcohi. ‘Wc quch÷ giotcapfdohi cf kirjziotc‘. ^cri oisitris oi

siais giai tu puclfi. ^ihcais cfcbjr. ‘Wc vifvj÷ pdrd ajrdrfi d fd gdrd y co sus
i`is sc dhvcrtád cf pcsi hc tihis sus dôis y tihi fi quc fc kdlád pdsdhi co fd vjhd ‘
. Z yi cfj`i oi pcrajtjrfc cotrdr co uo muturi quc s÷fi imrcgc isgurjhdh y pcfjbri y...
‘Dfz÷ cf lrdzi c kjzi uo bcsti, johjgdohi fi quc fis rihcdld ‘. Csti.

‘Cffd pihrád gdaljdrfi ‘hj`i @cssdo, draäohisc hc vdfir.

[cod ocb÷ gio fd gdlczd.

‘Oi. ‘Fc siorj÷ hc achji fdhi ‘. ^uchi mjobjr quc oi cs dsá, pcri csti cs fi quc
siy. ‘Fc hji uods pdfadhjtds co cf lrdzi‘. Dhcaäs, cs uod brdo ldrhi. Xcobi quc
ffcvdrfd d dfbðo sjtji hiohc puchd hchjgdrsc d hc`dr grcgcr csc hio. Oi d
vdbdluohcdr pir cf gdapi.

 Dk, [cod,
[cod, pcos÷ @cssdo co sjfcogji. Grccs quc giotrifds csti. Ajs pdhrcs tdaljêo fi

grcycrio. Hurdotc uo tjcapi.

tjcapi.  
‘Fi quc tð hjbds, [cod ‘rcspiohj÷, gio tioi fjbcri.
44; 
Cffd sc quch÷ gdffdhd y giotcapf÷ fds brdohcs pucrtds hc fd mirtdfczd hc Kcgtdtir.
]drjis sifhdhis fd vjcrio y su oialrc capcz÷ d rcsiodr d brjtis pir
p ir cf pdtji dljcrti.
Cffd fdoz÷ uod ajrdhd mufajodotc d @cssdo, quc sc fjajt÷ d cogibcrsc hc kialris
gio bcsti gikjljhi.

His pd`cs sc dgcrgdrio girrjcohi, imrcgjêohisc d igupdrsc hc sus gdldffis. [cod sc

drrihjff÷ pdrd piocrsc d fd dfturd hc fis i`is hc uoi hc cffis.

‘¹Wdlcs g÷ai dtcohcr fds kcrjhds hc gialdtc hc uo gdldffi9 ‘prcbuot÷

sifcaocacotc. Êf fd ajr÷ gio fis i`is giai pfdtis y fucbi fc aistr÷ su lifsd, quc
giotcoád vcohds y hcsjomcgtdotc‘. Ljco ‘hj`i cffd y fc cotrcb÷ fds rjcohds hc
Drbi‘. Guáhdfd ljco. ‘Fc rcvifvj÷ cf pcfi y d gdalji rcgjlj÷ uod ajrdhd hc
dhirdgj÷o. Wu giapdôcri y êf sc ffcvdrio d fis his gdosdhis dojadfcs, hc`dohi quc
sus `joctcs gruzdrdo cf pdtji hcfdotcri hcf gdstjffi y suljcrdo fds csgdfcrds kdstd fd
pucrtd prjogjpdf.

Cf pdtji cstdld ffcoi hc rcstis hc fd ldtdffd y kcrjhis dalufdotcs, dsá giai sus
giapdôcris sdois. [cod oitdld sus ajrdhds pisdhds co cffd ajcotrds gruzdld fds
fisds y sc csmirz÷ pir ajrdr d fis i`is d tihis fis quc puhi dotcs hc capczdr cf
fdrbi dsgcosi kdstd fd pucrtd. Lucoi. Dsá quc csti cs fi quc hclc hc scotjr Kêrgufcs
 

tihi cf tjcapi,
tjcapi, sc hj`i lurfiodacotc. Wj kuljcrd cstdhi df mrcotc hcf c`êrgjti hc
 Dostcfcs, oi
oi grci qu
qucc cstuvjcrdo tdo cogdot
cogdotdhis.
dhis. ^ihrád kdlcr tia
tiadhi
dhi cstd gjuhdh,
gio kdljtdotcs hcf lisquc i sjo cffis. Ac prcbuoti sj sio giosgjcotcs hc cffi. Ac
 prcbuoti sj
sj fcs japirtd. ¹Cs quc oi sc hdo gucotd hc
hc quc tjcoco q
quc
uc dhirdr d kêric
kêricss
quc hco fd vjhd, oi d uo gdldffi hc bucrrd adfhjti pir fis hjiscs y suajhi co fd
isgurjhdh giai yi, guyd adyir kdljfjhdh cs adtdr d fd bcotc9  
Sod mjburd isgurd sc jotcrpusi co su gdajoi.

‘Dfdrdo ‘hj`i [cod, hctcojêohisc pdrd ajrdrfi d fd gdrd. Kdlád sumrjhi dfbuods
kcrjhds fcvcs, pcri cstdld hc uod pjczd‘. Ac dfcbri hc quc kdyds gioscbujhi sdfjr
hc dká. ‘Fc siorj÷ gio gdosdogji.

‘[cod ‘auraur÷ cf gdoisi sifhdhi‘. ¹Wdlcs9 Wc ac kdlád ifvjhdhi fi quc crd

fugkdr ld`i tu adohi. ‘Dfdrb÷ uod adoi y fc tig÷ fd adftrcgkd dradhurd ‘. Kds
vucfti d gioscbujr quc ac ifvjhdrd hc fds prildljfjhdhcs, [cod. Hj`jstc quc êrdais
japdrdlfcs y dsá kd sjhi. Wc ac kdlád ifvjhdhi quc crds gdpdz hc kdgcr csi. ‘Wc
rj÷ fjbcrdacotc‘. Oi kdo tcojhi odhd quc kdgcr. Oi kds pcrhjhi oj uo äpjgc, ¹fi
sdlcs9 Hc kcgki, grci quc crcs dðo ac`ir. ¹G÷ai fi kds gioscbujhi9
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[cod suspjr÷ rcsjbodhd. Fucbi sc fc pusi cxprcsj÷o trdvjcsd y susurr÷ dfbi df iáhi
hc Dfdrdo quc fc privig÷ d êstc uo dtdquc hc rjsd.

‘^cri oi vdyds hjgjêohifi pir dká ‘fc dhvjrtj÷ y fc hji uo lrcvc dlrdzi. Wc rj÷ uo
pigi cotrc hjcotcs ajcotrds @cssdo y cffd scbuádo suljcohi pir fds dogkds csgdfcrds
kdgjd fd pucrtd jfuajodhd quc kdlád co fi dfti.

Bdlrjcffc kdlád capczdhi ilscrvdohi fd ldtdffd hcshc fd tirrc aäs dftd, pcri fi
hc`÷ df vcr d [cod sdftdohi hc Drbi y caprcohjcohi cf gialdtc gucrpi d gucrpi.
Wc dfcbrdld hc vcr d fis kdljtdotcs hcf lisquc, pcri crd giosgjcotc hc quc fds
mucrzds hc Kcgtdtir scbuádo supcrdhds co oðacri. Capfc÷ cf tjcapi co irbdojzdr
d fis sdodhircs y d fds pcrsiods cogdrbdhds hc fis suajojstris c jotcot÷ oi prcstdr
dtcogj÷o d fis rujhis quc vcoádo hc mucrd.

Gudohi capczdrio d ffcbdr fis kcrjhis y fis airjluohis, oi tuvi tjcapi hc pcosdr
co brdo gisd sdfvi pdrd jotcotdr sdfvdr d tihis fis sifhdhis quc mucrd pisjlfc, y
hchjg÷ su cxgcsi hc cocrbád d dscburdrsc hc quc cf rcdldstcgjajcoti hc suajojstris
muogjiodrd giai cstdld prcvjsti. Fis `cmcs hc bucrrd kdládo sjhi fis prjacris co
 

sdfjr y scrádo fis ðftjais co vifvcr, csi fi sdlád y, dhcaäs, dsá crd giai kdgád fds
gisds [cod. Wdlád quc [cod cstdld vjvd0 êsc crd cf ruair quc kdlád ffcbdhi hcf
gdapi hc ldtdffd, quc tihis fis `cmcs hc bucrrd kdládo silrcvjvjhi, duoquc Fcstdo
cstdld dquá pdrd quc fc vcohdrdo cf kialri y sc hcgád quc Kcgtdtir kdlád sumrjhi
uo bifpc auy mucrtc co fd gdlczd. ^cri sdlcrfi oi fc hcskdgád cf coirac ouhi quc
tcoád co cf cst÷adbi. Tucrád vcr fd prucld gio sus pripjis i`is.
Kdládo bdodhi, gdsj tihi cf c`êrgjti hc Dostcfcs cstdld hjspcrsdhi i hcstrujhi y
cffis ajsais kdládo sumrjhi pêrhjhds rcfdtjvdacotc ld`ds, hc aihi quc Bdlrjcffc
supioád quc kdlád
kdlá d sjhi uo êxjti, pdrd trdtdrsc hc fi quc sc trdtdld.
trdtdl d. Ajcotrds dtcohád
d fis kcrjhis, capcz÷ d iár kjstirjds silrc fis kdljtdotcs hcf lisquc, silrc
Kcgtdtir, silrc @cssdo, pcri cspcgjdfacotc
csp cgjdfacotc silrc [cod y fi quc tihis kdlákdládo
do kcgki
co uod fugkd d fd quc ojobuoi hc cstis kialrcs kdlád cspcrdhi silrcvjvjr. Kdlád
kcgki lucods ajbds gio cstc brupi hc sifhdhis y cstdldo giotdohi uods kjstirjds
hc fi aäs jogrcálfc. Gio gurjisjhdh, Bdlrjcffc muc co lusgd hc Fcstdo y pir mjo fi
cogiotr÷ rihcdhi silrc tihi hc kdljtdotcs hcf lisquc, `uoti gio his gjru`dois hc
bucrrd kuadois.

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‘¡Bdlrjcffc! ‘brjt÷ Fcstdo, df vcrfd‘. Gkjgd, acouhds kjstirjds vds d giotdr silrc
cstd ldtdffd. ‘Wc rj÷, sjo kdgcr gdsi hcf jotcoti hc fis gjru`dois hc giscrfc cf
kialri kcrjhi‘. Z yi siy tcstjbi igufdr hc uod hc fds ac`ircs.

‘Csi kc iáhi ‘siorj÷ Bdlrjcffc, scotäohisc co fd ldoquctd quc kdlád `uoti df

gdadstri hiohc cstdld cgkdhi‘. ^cri gdhd vcz quc fi ijbi, cf oðacri hc sifhdhis
cocajbis oi pdrd hc duacotdr. ‘Ajr÷ d dfbuois hc fis kdljtdotcs hcf lisquc quc
fis rihcdldo‘. Jld pir... aa... fis
fi s hisgjcotis i dsá fd ðftjad vcz quc fi iá. Dsá quc...

¹guäf cs fd kjstirjd hc vcrhdh9

Fcstdo sc dgiaih÷ gio cxprcsj÷o sdtjsmcgkd.

‘Oi fi sê gio cxdgtjtuh ‘rcgioigj÷‘. Ac comrcotdld d uo gárgufi hc sifhdhis

cocajbis y ac tjrdrio fd cspdhd hc fd adoi y fucbi ac hjcrio uo bifpc hc fdhi co
fd gdlczd. Ac hcsadyê tdf gudf. ‘Gkdsquc÷ fis hchis‘. ^cosê quc tihi kdlád
tcrajodhi. ‘Xia÷ uo sirli hc dbud quc uoi hc fis itris gjru`dois fc imrcgád gio
josjstcogjd ‘. Brdgjds. Cf gdsi cs quc gudohi ac qujcri hdr gucotd, fi ðojgi quc
ijbi sio brjtis y cf gkiquc hc fds cspdhds, pcri ojobuod ac dfgdozd. Fcvdoti fd
ajrdhd y dká cstä [cod, adotcojcohi d rdyd d... dk... ac pdrcgjcrio... oi sê. Gjcotis

hc cffis, hurdotc kirds. Ouogd, ‘acoc÷ fd gdlczd‘, ouogd kc vjsti odhd

scac`dotc. ‘Co sus i`is sc vcád cf dsialri ‘. Kdlád tdotis y, pir fis hjiscs, g÷ai
fi jotcotdldo, pcri cffd oi fcs pcrajtád oj dgcrgdrsc. Muc jogrcálfc.
 

‘Muc uod jhjitcz ‘fc girrjbj÷ uod viz brdvc, gio tioi hjvcrtjhi
hjvcrtj hi y gdosdhi. Fis i`is
hc tihis sc vifvjcrio kdgjd fd pucrtd, hiohc cstdld dpiydhd [cod, gruzdhd hc
lrdzis, ajräohifis.

Bdlrjcffc sjotj÷ quc fd iprcsj÷o quc kdlád tcojhi co cf pcgki hcshc pir fd adôdod

sc cvdpirdld, hc`äohifd gdsj adrcdhd pir cf dfjvji. Guljcrtd hc sdobrc y sugjchdh,

pcri cotcrd, gio csis i`is dzufcs quc siorcádo d fis suyis vcrhcs.

‘Fi priactjhi cs hcuhd ‘giacot÷ [cod, gio uod gkjspd co fis i`is‘. Duoquc
grci quc ac kc trdáhi fd ajtdh hcf gdapi hc ldtdffd hc vucftd. ‘Kjzi uod aucgd
hc mdstjhji, ajrdohi cf ldrri y fd aubrc, y fucbi ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc y sc cogibj÷ hc
kialris.

Fd ldrhi sc cgk÷ d rcár.

‘Ac hdrád jbudf quc vifvjcrds guljcrtd hc mdobi ocbri hc fd fdbuod Cstjbjd ‘hj`i,

dgcrgäohisc, y fc hji uo dlrdzi d [cod, gio dradhurd, aubrc,

aub rc, sdobrc y tihi‘. ^cri
prildlfcacotc tc cstripcdrád fd dradhurd. ‘Xjr÷ hc fd dradhurd co gucstj÷o ‘.
]cobd. ]dais d qujtdrtc tihi csti dotcs hc quc tc ixjhcs co cf sjtji.
4<4 
[cod fd sjbuj÷ dpdgjlfcacotc d uod pcqucôd cstdogjd, hiohc sc scot÷ co uod gd`d
y capcz÷ d siftdrsc fds girrcds hc fd dradhurd. Fcvdot÷ fd ajrdhd gudohi Bdlrjcffc
rcbrcs÷ hc uo dfadgêo sjtudhi mucrd hc fd cstdogjd, gio fds adois ffcods hc trdpis.
[cod sc qujt÷ fd kialrcrd y iy÷ fd sðljtd cxgfdadgj÷o simigdhd hc Bdlrjcffc.

‘Gdrdy ‘auraur÷ fd ldrhi, ajrdohi aäs hc gcrgd cf girtc quc tcoád fd bucrrcrd
co uo fdhi hcf gucffi‘. Csi kd cstdhi auy gcrgd.

‘Wá ‘hj`i [cod, gio uod aucgd hc hifir df mfcxjiodr cf lrdzi hc csc fdhi ‘. Oi ac
quch÷ aäs rcachji... Dostcfcs cstdld d puoti hc girtdrfc fd gdlczd d Kcgtdtir. Fi
ðojgi quc kdlád gcrgd pdrd hctcocrfi crd yi. ‘Wc igup÷ hc qujtdrsc fis lrdzdfcs‘
. Fd cstigdhd jld hjrjbjhd giotrd su ougd... d aá ac riz÷ gudohi ac cstdapê giotrd
êf.

‘]iy d lusgdr hcsjomcgtdotc ‘giotcst÷ Bdlrjcffc, gio viz dpdbdhd. Wdfj÷ hc fd

cstdogjd y [cod capcz÷ d qujtdrsc fd dradhurd hc fds pjcrods. Gio gujhdhi, sift÷ fd
hc fd jzqujcrhd, rcvcfdohi fd adbuffdhurd quc sc cspcrdld pir kdlcr hcsvjdhi df
budrhjd quc kdlád jotcotdhi tjrdrfd hc Drbi. Oi cstdld hcadsjdhi adf, fd vcrhdh.
Fcvdot÷ fd ajrdhd gudohi rcbrcs÷ Bdlrjcffc, gio vdrjds vcohds y uo hcsjomcgtdotc
hc kjcrlds.
 

[cod sc quch÷ scotdhd co sjfcogji, gio fis i`is gcrrdhis, ajcotrds fd ldrhi fc
fjapjdld cf fdrbi girtc y fc hdld uois puotis pdrd adotcocrfi gcrrdhi.

‘Brdgjds ‘suspjr÷ gudohi Bdlrjcffc tcrajo÷‘. Zd fi tcobi ac`ir. ‘Wiorj÷ d su

dajbd‘. Xjcocs lucods adois.

Bdlrjcffc sc rulirjz÷ fjbcrdacotc y ajr÷ df sucfi y fucbi sulj÷ fd vjstd hc oucvi

pdrd cogiotrdrsc gio fis i`is hc [cod.

‘Adois gdosdhds ‘rcgioigj÷, gdrrdspcdohi uo pigi‘. Xdotis... ‘Wu ajrdhd sc

hjrjbj÷ kdgjd fd brdo sdfd dljcrtd y acoc÷ fd gdlczd ‘. Kcais pcrhjhi d augkis...
fds kcrjhds crdo hcadsjdhi brdvcs... yi... ‘Wc hctuvi y sc ffcv÷ uod adoi
tcalfirisd d fd sjco, fucbi suspjr÷ y tia÷ dfjcoti‘. Dfbuois sc ois mucrio
ajcotrds yi cstdld... Lucoi... ac dfcbrê hc... hc oi gioigcr d ojobuoi hc cffis. ‘
Fcvdot÷ fd gdlczd y ajr÷ fd gdrd trdoqujfd y qujctd hc [cod. Wjo su pcrajsi
giosgjcotc, su adoi sc aivj÷ y gifig÷ fd pdfad silrc fd ac`jffd adogkdhd hc
sdobrc hc [cod.
[cod sc hj`i hcspuês quc cstdld hcadsjdhi gdosdhd pdrd aivcrsc gudohi
Bdlrjcffc dfdrb÷ fd adoi kdgjd cffd, hcadsjdhi
h cadsjdhi gdosdhd pdrd dpdrtdrsc hc csd tjcrod 4<< 
gdrjgjd, hcadsjdhi gdosdhd pdrd cvjtdr quc sus i`is ajrdrdo d fis lruaisis i`is
vcrhcs hc fd ldrhi hurdotc fi quc pdrcgj÷ uo aiacoti hcadsjdhi fdrbi, vjcohi
hcadsjdhds gisds quc fc crdo girrcspiohjhds. ^ir mjo, pdrpdhc÷ y Bdlrjcffc ld`÷ fd
adoi kdgjd cf fdrbi girtc quc dgdldld hc gurdr, tiquctcdohi uo pigi cf vcohd`c.

‘¹Dfbuoi aäs9 ‘prcbuot÷ fd ldrhi sudvcacotc.

[cod fdhc÷ fd gdlczd pcosdohi.

‘Oi... ‘Kjzi uod fjbcrd aucgd hc hifir ‘. Wilrc tihi bifpcs pir tihds pdrtcs.
Sois gudotis drdôdzis, fi hc sjcaprc. ‘Wu tioi crd fjbcri‘. Acois hc fi quc
cspcrdld, d hcgjr vcrhdh. ‘Wiorj÷‘. Kdgád augki tjcapi quc oi tcoád quc kdgcr
dfbi dsá. Grcád quc d fi ac`ir ac cstdld piojcohi uo pigi lfdohd.

Bdlrjcffc sc rj÷ sudvcacotc.

‘¹Xð9 ‘Gfdv÷ uo hchi co uoi hc fis ausgufisis kialris hc [cod ‘. Wá, yd. ‘Wc
fc kdlád rcfd`dhi fd gdrd, df pdsdr d sus lriads hc gistualrc‘. ^cri aäs vdfc quc
tc qujtcs cf gucri, dotcs hc quc sc piobd tjcsi.
 

‘Aaaa. ‘[cod giotcapf÷ su gucrpi guljcrti hc sdobrc y aubrc gio uod rjsd
brdvc‘. ]iy d suljr d fdvdrac tihi csti. ‘Ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc, quc cstdld dpiydhd
co cf aistrdhir gcrgdoi‘. Xð... ‘Ajr÷ ljco d fd ldrhi, cstrcgkdohi fis i`is‘. ]ds
d gioscbujr dfbi hc giacr y tc vds d scotdr uo rdti. Cstäs lfdogd giai uod säldod.
‘Fd ldrhi kjzi uod aucgd‘. Oi ac ilfjbucs d gibcrtc co lrdzis y hcpisjtdrtc co
uod sjffd ‘dôdhj÷, gio uod mdfsd ajrdhd mufajodotc.
Bdlrjcffc rcprjaj÷ uod siorjsd.

‘]dfc... vdfc... ‘Wcôdf÷ fds csgdfcrds quc ffcvdldo drrjld ‘. Xc pripiobi uo trdti.
Giosjbi dfbi hc giacr y fi ffcvi drrjld pdrd quc pihdais giacr fds his. ‘Fc
hcvifvj÷ d [cod fd mdfsd ajrdhd mufajodotc‘. ]cobd, hjac quc oi fi ocgcsjtds.

[cod sc fjajt÷ d siorcár gio djrc lurf÷o y sdfj÷ co sjfcogji. Bdlrjcffc sc quch÷ co cf
sjtji uo aiacoti, giotcapfäohisc pcosdtjvd fds litds hc girhiocs, y fucbi sc
cogibj÷ hc kialris y fis sdguhj÷ ajcotrds rcgibád uod ldohc`d hc gdajoi d fd
pucrtd. @i, tcobi
pucrtd. @i, tcobi qu kdlcr kcgki csi, pcos÷. Z fi ðojgi quc
qucc cstdr gdosdhásjad pdrd kdlcr
kc kcgki cs dyuhdr dquá. Jadbáodtc g÷ai sc hclc hc scotjr [cod. Ffcvd fugkdohi
hcshc cf dadocgcr y yd sc kd pucsti cf sif. Lfdohd, ¹ck9  Bdlrjcffc
 Bdlrjcffc sc rj÷ pir hcotri.
]ji quc fis i`is hc gdsj tihis fis sifhdhis, kuadois y kdljtdotcs hcf lisquc pir 4<7 
jbudf, scbuádo d [cod kdstd fd pucrtd, rcgioigj÷ fd dhirdgj÷o purd quc sc vcád co
sus gdrds. Cogdohjfd d fd bcotc gio tdo pigi csmucrzi,
csmucrzi , pcos÷, pdsdohi dotc fis
gjru`dois quc scbuádo trdld`dohi. Zi fi sê ljco,
ljco, rcgioigj÷ prjvdhdacotc. Z oi tjcoc
oj jhcd hc quc fi kdgc. Cstis kialrcs fd scbujrádo dkird kdstd cf Xärtdri... oj
sjqujcrd fcs japirtd quc scd uod au`cr. Wjapfcacotc sc codairdo hc cffd. Gjcrti.
cffd. Gjcrti. D
aäs ojvcfcs hc fis quc cstdld hjspucstd d pfdotcdrsc.

 Dbud, pcos÷ [cod, ajcotrds sc ai`dld hc fd gdlczd d fis pjcs pdrd qujtdrsc hcf
 Dbud,
gucrpi tihd fd sdobrc y fd sugjchdh. Kcgtdtir oi tcoád uo adf dpdôi dquá. Kdlád
brdohcs giohugtis hc pjchrd quc rcgirrádo
rcgir rádo fd pdrtc gcotrdf hcf chjmjgji y gdodfjzdldo
cf dbud quc sc pihád gdfcotdr pdrd ldôdrsc i sc pihád lclcr gudohi sc tcoád sch.
[cod sc dkirr÷ cf dlurrjajcoti hc gdfcotdrfd y sc fdv÷ gio cf dbud bêfjhd. Oi crd
quc oi fc bustdrdo fis ldôis gdfjcotcs, sc rj÷ pir hcotri. ^cri qucrád cstdr fjapjd,
y sj pdrd fibrdrfi kdgád mdftd dbud kcfdhd, pucs lucoi.

Xcrajo÷ hc qujtdrsc tihd fd sdobrc rcscgd d ldsc hc mritdr y sc dgfdr÷ pir ðftjad
vcz dotcs hc sdguhjrsc pdrd scgdrsc co pdrtc, y us÷ uo trizi hc fjoi sudvc pdrd
tcrajodr cf trdld`i. Cf djrc rcfdtjvdacotc gäfjhi hc fd kdljtdgj÷o fc prihugád uod
scosdgj÷o dbrdhdlfc co fd pjcf kcfdhd y sc hctuvi uo aiacoti pdrd giotcapfdr su
rcmfc`i co cf cspc`i hc fd kdljtdgj÷o. Cf rcsuftdhi muc uo lumjhi lurf÷o. ]dfc.
 rcmfc`i co cf cspc`i hc fd kdljtdgj÷o. Cf rcsuftdhi muc uo lumjhi lurf÷o. ]dfc.

Bdlrjcffc tjcoc rdz÷o,

rdz÷o, pcos÷, lurfäohisc hc su rcmfc`i. Dquá
rcmfc`i. Dquá oi kdy
kdy augkd lfdohurd.
Oi ac cxtrdôd quc dsustcs d fd bcotc gudohi cotrds co uod kdljtdgj÷o. 
kdljtdgj÷o.   [cod
sdguhj÷ fd gdlczd gio uod rjsd jr÷ojgd y sc actj÷ pir fd gdlczd uod sudvc gdajsd hc
fjoi guyi lirhc fc ffcbdld kdstd fds rihjffds. Fucbi sc scot÷ gruzdhd hc pjcrods co
uod pcqucôd dfmialrd gcrgd hc fd gkjacocd hc fd kdljtdgj÷o y caprcohj÷ cf
giapfjgdhi prigcsi hc fjapjczd hc su dradhurd. Wc hdld gucotd hc quc fd adyirád
hc fd bcotc fi kdlrád hc`dhi pdrd fd adôdod sjbujcotc. Wupiobi quc pir csi oi siy
giai fd adyirád hc fd bcotc. 
bcotc. 

‘¹Tuê kdgcs9 ‘hj`i Bdlrjcffc, gio uo tioi quc hcstjfdld sdrgdsai df dlrjr fd
pucrtd pigi hcspuês y cotrdr co fd kdljtdgj÷o ‘. Oi ac puchi grccr quc cstês
fjapjdohi fd dradhurd... oi, lirrd csi. Ac fi puchi grccr. Fi quc oi ac puchi
grccr cs quc ac sirprcohd hc oi pihcr grcêracfi. ‘Wc hctuvi y rcpds÷ su ðftjad
mrdsc‘. Grci quc dká kc actjhi hcadsjdhds ocbdgjiocs ‘tcrajo÷, y gruz÷ fd
kdljtdgj÷o kdstd hiohc cstdld scotdhd [cod, quc dkird tcoád fd ldrljffd dpiydhd
co uod adoi y ilscrvdld d su dajbd gio uod siorjsd hcadsjdhi budsiod.

‘Kifd d tj tdaljêo, Bdlrjcffc ‘hj`i fd bucrrcrd hcspdgji‘. Dkird tc tigd d tj

4<8 
qujtdrtc fd sdobrc. ‘Kjzi uo bcsti gio fd gdlczd scôdfdohi fd ripd adogkdhd hc
ri`i hc fd ldrhi‘. Cspcri quc tc bustc cf dbud mrád ‘dôdhj÷, gio uo lrjffi tdjadhi
co fis i`is.

Bdlrjcffc bjaj÷.

‘Xjcocs sucrtc hc quc cstê hcadsjdhi gdosdhd pdrd quc ac japirtc. ‘Wuspjr÷ y
hcpisjt÷ fd ldohc`d gdrbdhd hc giajhd df fdhi hc [cod ‘. Xiad, capjczd gio csti
ajcotrds ac fdvi. ‘Wc hjrjbj÷ d fd ziod hc ldôis, rcprjajcohi uo listczi.

[cod gibj÷ itrd pjczd hc fd dradhurd

dradhu rd gio uod adoi y uo trizi hc qucsi gio fd itrd.
Wc gifig÷ fd pjczd co fd rihjffd ajcotrds adstjgdld, usdohi cf trdpi hc fjoi pdrd
fjapjdr fis ðftjais rcstis hc sugjchdh hcf actdf quc lrjffdld dpdbdhdacotc. Kdlád
tcrajodhi tdoti gio cf qucsi giai gio fd pjczd hc dradhurd gudohi rcbrcs÷
Bdlrjcffc.

‘Lrr ‘hj`i fd ldrhi, gdstdôcdohi fis hjcotcs y drrclu`äohisc co su gdajsd

fjapjd‘. ¹G÷ai fi dbudotds9 ‘prcbuot÷, gio tioi quc`ualrisi, gruzdohi fd
kdljtdgj÷o y hcspfiaäohisc co fd dfmialrd df fdhi hc [cod.
 

‘Xiad ‘giotcst÷ [cod, pdsäohifc uod tdzd‘. Csti tc dyuhdrä. ‘Ilscrv÷

ajcotrds Bdlrjcffc ifjsqucdld cf giotcojhi y fucbi siorcád y capczdld d lclcr,
gdfcotäohisc fds adois gio fd pdrtc cxtcrod hc fd tdzd‘. ¹Ac`ir9

Bdlrjcffc hchjg÷ uo aiacoti d dspjrdr cf gäfjhi vdpir quc sulád hc fd jomusj÷o hc

kjcrlds.
‘Wá. Brdgjds. ‘Wc dpiy÷ co fd gkjacocd‘. Lucoi. ‘Ajr÷ d [cod‘. Kälfdac hc
csis hisgjcotis sifhdhis cocajbis d fis quc hcrritdstc ‘fc pjhj÷, gio uod siorjsd,
df tjcapi quc sc giaád uo brdo pchdzi hc pdo.

‘Ik, oi capjcgcs tð ‘bjaj÷ [cod, piojcohi fis i`is co lfdogi ‘. ^ir mdvir. Zd
kc tcojhi quc dbudotdr d @cssdo gio csd kjstirjd hurdotc tihi cf gdajoi hc vucftd
d fd mirtdfczd. ‘Hc`÷ fd ðftjad pjczd hc dradhurd y gibj÷ itri trizi hc qucsi ‘.
¹Tuê jld d kdgcr, hc`dr quc kjgjcrdo pchdzis d Fcstdo9 ‘Dpiy÷ fd gdlczd co fd
gkjacocd y ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc‘. Oi jotcotdld hdrtc adtcrjdf pdrd tus kjstirjds. Co
scrji.
Bdlrjcffc sc cgk÷ d rcár.
4<3 
‘Fdacoti oi kdlcrfi vjsti co pcrsiod. ‘Wift÷ uod uvd y sc fd actj÷ co fd ligd ‘
. Duoquc ljco pcosdhi, sj rcdfacotc crdo hisgjcotis, grci quc ac dfcbri hc oi
kdlcrfi vjsti. Ac kdlrád aucrti hc ajchi.

[cod fd ajr÷, gio uod siorjsd auy gdosdhd co fis fdljis. Capczdld d oitdr cf mjodf
hc uo hád auy fdrbi.

Zd ‘adsguff÷ y fucbi gcrr÷ fis i`is y vifvj÷ d dpiydr fd gdlczd co fd gkjacocd‘

. ]dfc,
‘ Bdlrjcffc. Wj qujcrcs quc mucrdo hisgjcotis, mucrio hisgjcotis. ‘Cgk÷ fd
gdlczd d uo fdhi y dlrj÷ hc adfd bdod uo i`i pdrd gdfjlrdr fd rcspucstd ‘. Dkird
ajsai, ac sjcoti giai sj kuljcrdo sjhi hisgjcotis. Giai pigi ‘rcgioigj÷.

‘]dais ‘rcpfjg÷ fd ldrhi, hc`dohi cf tioi hc lriad y piojcohi uod adoi co cf

lrdzi hc [cod‘. Cs kird hc dgistdrsc. ‘Capcz÷ d fcvdotdrsc‘. Wj cs quc giosjbi
fcvdotdrac.

[cod fc siorj÷ gio johifcogjd, fucbi kjzi dgipji hc fd pigd cocrbád quc fc quchdld
y sc pusi hc pjc äbjfacotc, fcvdotdohi gio cffd d fd ldrhi, quc scbuád dbdrrdhd d su
lrdzi.
 

‘Oi kdy prilfcad ‘hj`i gio sirod, bdoäohisc uod ajrdhd hc dsgi pir pdrtc hc
Bdlrjcffc‘. Kds hjgki quc qucráds fcvdotdrtc. ‘Fd bucrrcrd listcz÷ y sc hjrjbj÷ d
fd gdad, gio uod fjbcrd aucgd hc hifir df oitdr fds giotusjiocs quc sc fc cstdldo
comrjdohi. Wc tual÷ gio gujhdhi, cvjtdohi bifpcdrsc cf gucffi, y ilscrv÷ hjstrdáhd
ajcotrds Bdlrjcffc sc igupdld hcf mucbi y fucbi sc rcuoád gio cffd, dgurrugäohisc
hc fdhi y hc gdrd d [cod.
Wc quchdrio ajräohisc uo aiacoti y fucbi [cod fdhc÷ fd gdlczd pdrd ajrdr d fd
ldrhi hjrcgtdacotc d fis i`is.

‘¹Cstäs ljco9 ‘prcbuot÷, sudvcacotc, ilscrvdohi fds ajoðsgufds rcdggjiocs hc

fd gdrd quc tdo ljco gioigád y tcoád d su fdhi.

Bdlrjcffc dsjotj÷ co sjfcogji. Gfdri quc cstiy ljco, dkird. Dkird quc aj pcir
 pcsdhjffd kd tcrajodhi y puchi vifvcr d hcspcrtdrac y vcr quc oi cs rcdf. ^cri oi
 puchi hcgjrfi, ¹vcrhdh9 ¹G÷ai puchi hcgjrtc fi quc cs vcrtc airjr co ajs sucôis
tihds fds oigkcs, sjo quc tc cgkcs csd gufpd tdaljêo silrc fis kialris9  
‘Wá, cstiy ljco ‘susurr÷ pir mjo‘. Dkird. ‘Fd ðftjad pdfdlrd sc fc csgdp÷ sjo
qucrcr y muc hcadsjdhi fc`is, fi sdlád, hcgád hcadsjdhi. Sod adoi sc dgcrg÷ d cffd 4<= 
y fc dpdrt÷ cf pcfi hc fis i`is, gio uod gdrjgjd quc gdsj, gdsj dgdl÷ gio su hcgjsj÷o
hc kdgcrsc fd mucrtc. Bdlrjcffc adotuvi fis i`is gcrrdhis, sdljcohi quc sj fis dlrád,
cstdlfcgcrád giotdgti vjsudf, sc vcohrád dld`i y sc cgkdrád d ffirdr giai uod ojôd hc
puri dfjvji. Z csi, `ur÷ dprctdohi fis hjcotcs, crd dfbi quc oi jld d kdgcr, oi jld d
hdr aäs gdrbds d [cod hcspuês hc uo hád giai êstc.

[cod hcstcrr÷ fd mdtjbd pir cf aiacoti ajcotrds cstuhjdld fd gdrd hc fd ldrhi,

dhvjrtjcohi fd tcosj÷o, fd caigj÷o csgrjtds co cffd, pir augki quc
qu c fd au`cr jotcotdrd
trdoqujfjzdrsc. Wc fc hd auy ljco csi hc gioscbujr quc ac dlrd, sá... y d aá sc ac hd
tdo adf gioscbujrfi hc cffd. ]dfc... prilcais gio cf pfdo D. 
D. 

‘Bdlrjcffc. ‘Fd viz hc [cod siodld brdvc c jrrcsjstjlfc. Fd ldrhi sjotj÷ quc fc
ld`dld rctualdohi pir fis iáhis, tigdohi dfbi hcotri hc cffd quc ojobuod itrd viz
tigdld. Adfhjgj÷o
Adfhjgj÷o.. Z dkird oit÷ uod adoi co fd ldrljffd y csis i`is dzufcs gfdvdhis
co cffd, jogfusi d trdvês hc fis pärpdhis gcrrdhis. Adfhjgj÷o
Adfhjgj÷o.. D rcbdôdhjcotcs, dlrj÷
fis i`is y sc cogiotr÷ gio fd ajrdhd mjrac hc [cod y oit÷ quc sc fc capczdldo d
dguaufdr fds fäbrjads.

‘Fi sjcoti, cs quc cstiy auy gdosdhd ‘mdrmuff÷ Bdlrjcffc, pdsäohisc fd adoi pir
fis i`is‘. Kd sjhi uo hád auy fdrbi. ‘Xia÷ dfjcoti gio mucrzd y fi sift÷ y oi oit÷
 

cf acoir dfjvji hc fd prcsj÷o simigdotc quc tcoád co cf pcgki. Adfhjgj÷o. D vcr sj

grcgcs, Bdlrjcffc. Dgdld hc adtdr d oi sê guäotds pcrsiods, cstä kcrjhd, cstä
gdosdhd y oi ocgcsjtd igupdrsc hc tu kjstcrjd‘. Cstiy ljco. Co scrji.

‘¹Bdlrjcffc9 ‘hj`i [cod, gio jomjojtd sudvjhdh...‘. Aárdac uo aiacoti. ‘]dfc...

vdfc... pfdo L, cotiogcs. 

cotiogcs. 
Fd ldrhi suspjr÷ y fcvdot÷ fd ajrdhd, pdrpdhcdohi uo pigi.

‘¹Wá9 ‘giosjbuj÷ susurrdr, gio fd cspcrdozd hc pihcr dbudotdr uois ajoutis aäs.

‘Brdgjds pir prcigupdrtc ‘hj`i [cod, gio scogjffcz‘. Csi cs auy japirtdotc pdrd
aá.

Dtrdpdhd cotrc uo suspjri y uo fdtjhi, Bdlrjcffc sc quch÷ pdrdfjzdhd uo aiacoti,

fucbi gcrr÷ fis i`is y oit÷ quc fc rcsldfdldo fds fäbrjads pir fd gdrd. Sois hchis fc
co`ubdrio fds fäbrjads y hc
h c dfbðo aihi sc cogiotr÷ cstrcgkdhd co uo dlrddlrdzi
zi df quc
oi sdlád g÷ai kdlád ffcbdhi, pcri hcf quc sdlád, gio uod rcpcotjod y gcbdhird
gfdrjhdh, quc oi qucrád csgdpdr `daäs.
4<2 
Oi hclcrád kdgcr csti,
csti, fc rjô÷ su acotc. Hclcrád scrcodrac y kdgcr quc sc hucrad
hcspuês hcf hád quc kcais tcojhi. Hclcrád... pcri pir fis hjiscs... cs tdo adrdvjffisi
siftdrfi tihi... y oi puchi cvjtdrfi... fi ocgcsjti... Df
ocgcsjti... Df gdli hc uo fdrbi rdti, gudohi
fds fäbrjads pir mjo gcsdrio y [cod fd sift÷, dgiaihäohifd hc oucvi co fd gdad
pcri adotcojcohi uo lrdzi pritcgtir dfrchchir hc sus kialris, vifvj÷ d dlrjr fis
i`is, hc adfd bdod.

[cod, fi sjcoti suspjr÷ Bdlrjcffc, scgäohisc fis i`is gio räpjhd jrrjtdgj÷o‘. Oi
qucrád kdgcr csi.‘Oi sê quê ac kd pdsdhi. ‘Wc mrit÷ fds sjcocs gio uod adoi,
‘
trdtdohi hc dfjvjdrsc cf hifir hcf ffdoti‘. Fi quc tc mdftdld, tcocr quc igupdrtc hc
csi. ‘Fd ldrhi acoc÷ fd gdlczd, hjsbustdhd.

[cod pcradocgj÷ co sjfcogji, pcri ffcv÷ uod adoi df gucffi hc fd ldrhi y sc pusi d
cfjajodr fd tcosj÷o quc cogiotr÷ dffá. Df gdli hc uois ajoutis, oit÷ quc fis
aðsgufis hc Bdlrjcffc sc rcfd`dldo y fd ldrhi hc`÷ gdcr fd gdlczd kdgjd hcfdotc
silrc fd gdad.

‘¹Ac`ir9 ‘giacot÷ fd bucrrcrd, gio tioi fjbcri.

‘Wá ‘giotcst÷ Bdlrjcffc, gio tioi dpdbdhi‘. Brdgjds.

 

‘Hc odhd ‘hj`i [cod, drrdstrdohi fds pdfdlrds‘. Fis cx scôircs hc fd bucrrd
tcocais quc scrvjr pdrd dfbi, ¹oi9 ‘Iltuvi fd cspcrdhd rjsd simigdhd pir pdrtc
hc fd ldrhi y siorj÷ giai rcspucstd gudohi Bdlrjcffc fd ajr÷ pir hcld`i hc fds
pcstdôds kðachds‘. Oi ac uscs d aá giai pdtr÷o pdrd `uzbdrtc d tj ajsad,
Bdlrjcffc ‘hj`i [cod, sudvcacotc‘. Hcspuês hc uo hád giai cf hc kiy, êsd cs fd
rcdggj÷o oiradf hc gudfqujcr pcrsiod gucrhd.
Fd ldrhi rcmfcxjio÷ silrc csi.

‘Aa. Wupiobi ‘rcgioigj÷ pir mjo, dgiaihdohi fd gdlczd silrc uo lrdzi‘. Cs

quc ac sjcoti tdo... joðtjf... d vcgcs. ‘Wc cogibj÷ fjbcrdacotc hc kialris.

‘Bdlrjcffc... ‘Cs hcadsjdhi tdrhc y cstiy hcadsjdhi gdosdhd pdrd csti... Wê quc
viy d hcgjr dfbi rdri...‘. Oi crcs joðtjf... pdrd aá oi. ‘Xjtulc÷, fucbi sc hilfcb÷
dotc uod acotc cxgcsjvdacotc gdosdhd y giotjou÷ ‘. Crcs uod pdrtc auy
japirtdotc hc aj vjhd. Oi sê quê kdrád sjo tj. ‘¹¹¹Dgdli hc hcgjr csi999 Hcli...
siodld giai aj viz... fd prcbuotd cs... ¹fi kc hjgki co scrji9 Adfhjgj÷o... grci quc
sá. 
sá. 

‘¹Co scrji9 ‘So tcouc susurri hc Bdlrjcffc, uod sðljtd joaivjfjhdh hc su gucrpi 4<; 
quc [cod oit÷ ld`i cf lrdzi gio quc fd rihcdld giai sjo hdrfc japirtdogjd.

‘Co scrji ‘muc fd rcspucstd.

‘Ljco ‘suspjr÷ fd ldrhi‘. ^irquc pdrd aá tð crcs fi aäs japirtdotc hcf auohi
y ac aucri hc ajchi gio fd acrd jhcd hc vifvcr d pcrhcrtc. ‘Zd cstdld. Fi sift÷
tihi hc uod vcz, gdsj giai sj fi kuljcrd cosdydhi, vdrjis ajfcs hc vcgcs.

Bdlrjcffc dfz÷ fd adoi, fd pusi silrc cf lrdzi hc [cod y giotjou÷, dotcs hc pihcr
pcosdr co hctcocrsc.

‘¹Wdlcs quc doigkc muc fd prjacrd oigkc hcshc kdgc acscs quc oi kc tcojhi csc
ajsai sucôi9 Grci quc tcoád cf gcrclri tdo silrcgdrbdhi pir fi quc jld d pdsdr
pir fd adôdod quc sc ac quch÷ co lfdogi.

[cod fugk÷ gio vdrjds caigjiocs giotrdhjgtirjds. Sod gdfjhcz jocspcrdhd dotc fd
giomcsj÷o hc fd ldrhi, rdljd giotrd sá ajsad pir privigdrfd, pcod pir gdusdr cf
tcrrir oigturoi hc fd au`cr.

‘Fi sjcoti, Bdlrjcffc ‘suspjr÷.

 

Bdlrjcffc rcspjr÷ kiohi.

‘Zi oi ‘muc fd sirprcohcotc rcspucstd. Giotcst÷ d fd ajrdhd hcsgiogcrtdhd hc

[cod gio uod hufgc siorjsd ‘. Dfbuods pcrsiods pdsdo pir fd vjhd sjo scotjr odhd co
dlsifuti, [cod. ‘Hjstrdáhd, dgdrjgj÷ gio cf pufbdr fis pcfjffis mjois hcf lrdzi hc
[cod‘. Ouogd cxpcrjacotdo cf tjpi hc rdljd, ajchi, hcscspcrdgj÷o, dfcbrád i dair
quc yi kc cxpcrjacotdhi. ‘Wus i`is sc cogiotrdrio pir mjo gio fis hc [cod ‘. Csi
cs auy ðtjf pdrd dfbujco quc gucotd kjstirjds, ¹oi grccs9 ‘]ji uod siorjsd giai
rcspucstd co dqucffis i`is dzufcs‘. Fi kdgc tihi rcdf... y csi cs ocgcsdrji pdrd
pihcr kdgcr quc itrd bcotc sc fi grcd.

[cod sc rj÷ cotrc hjcotcs.

‘Ouogd hc`ds hc dsialrdrac, ik ldrhi aád. ‘\cvifvj÷ cf pcfi hc Bdlrjcffc y

rcgjlj÷ uod siorjsd gdosdhd giai rcspucstd ‘. Cs kird hc hcsgdosdr uo pigi. ‘
Dfdrb÷ fd adoi y dpdb÷ fd vcfd, hc`dohi ðojgdacotc fd fuz hc fd gkjacocd co fd
coirac kdljtdgj÷o, y fucbi sus i`is sc gcrrdrio. Giai sjcaprc, sus hcaäs scotjhis
sc jotcosjmjgdrio pdrd giapcosdr fd mdftd hc vjstd. Iy÷ fis pcqucôis siojhis quc
ffcbdldo hcshc cf pdtji, fcvcs bifpcs y gru`jhis hcotri hc fd mirtdfczd, fis rujhis hc
fis gdldffis co cf fc`doi cstdlfi y cf hcsdbrdhdlfc siojhi hc fis gdrriôcris co cf 4<: 
gdapi hc ldtdffd. D su fdhi, Bdlrjcffc sc aivj÷ y [cod oit÷ cf fjbcri csgdfimrái quc
cstrcacgj÷ d fd ldrhi d gdusd hc fd lrjsd mrcsgd quc sc aivád pir fd kdljtdgj÷o ‘.
¹Xjcocs mrái9 ‘prcbuot÷.

Sod pdusd hcadsjdhi fdrbd.

‘Oi ‘rcspiohj÷ Bdlrjcffc pir mjo‘. Cstiy ljco.

[cod ajr÷ kdgjd cf tcgki jovjsjlfc y siorj÷ y fucbi acoc÷ fd aircod gdlczd. Wc
dgcrg÷ df iáhi hc fd ldrhi.

‘Ajcotcs ‘susurr÷, jotcotdohi cvjtdr quc su viz sc jouohdrd hc rjsd.

‘Wá ‘suspjr÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. ^cri cstiy hcadsjdhi gdosdhd pdrd fcvdotdrac d gibcr
uod adotd. Wilrcvjvjrê. ‘Listcz÷ y sc kjzi uo ivjffi aäs dprctdhi ‘. Oi pdrcgc
quc tcobd uod cspcgjc hc mucotc aástjgd hc gdfir jotcroi giai gjcrtds ^rjogcsds
Bucrrcrds.

‘Auy sutjf, Bdlrjcffc ‘giacot÷ [cod gio kuair. Hilf÷ cf lrdzi quc yd rihcdld
fis kialris hc fd ldrhi y fd dgcrg÷ tjrdohi gio uod japrcsjiodotc hcaistrdgj÷o
 

hc mucrzd, hdhds fds gjrguostdogjds‘. Ac kdo ffdadhi augkds gisds, pcri êstd cs
fd prjacrd vcz quc siy uod lifsd hc dbud gdfjcotc. ‘Hjrjbj÷ uod ajrdhd jovjsjlfc
duoquc oi pir cffi acois dmcgtuisd d fd ldrhi.

‘Aaa ‘mdrmuff÷ Bdlrjcffc, rcfd`äohisc y hurajêohisc pir mjo, dgurrugdhd co cf

gdfir hc [cod. Grci quc cstiy pcrhjcohi cf giotrif hc dfbi... 

dfbi...  sc hj`i rjcohi
sudvcacotc pir hcotri, pcri
hcotri, pcri ac pdrcgc quc oi ac japirtd. 
japirtd. 

47> 
 

Gdpátufi 8

@
cssdo pdrpdhc÷ hcspdgji, pcrczisdacotc, gudohi fis rdyis hcf sif cotrdrio
co fd kdljtdgj÷o hiohc cstdld y fc jouohdrio cf pcgki hc gdfir. Wus i`is
rcgirrjcrio fds pdrchcs, tdo hjstjotds hc fds quc cstdld dgistualrdhi, y sc
cstjr÷ gudo fdrbi crd co fd brdo gdad auffjhd.Hifirjhi,
auffjhd.Hifirjhi, pcri oi hcadsjdhi,
hcadsjdhi, pcos÷,
vdbdacotc sdtjsmcgki. Ajr÷ kdgjd fd vcotdod bujôdohi fis i`is. Kc hirajhi kdstd
tdrhc. Listcz÷,
tdrhc.  Listcz÷, aistrdohi fis joacosis gifajffis, y sc prcbuot÷ sj cf rcsti hc fd
mirtdfczd kdlrád kcgki fi ajsai. Dbuz÷ cf iáhi y iy÷ silrc tihi sjfcogji. Sod
siorjsd. Wcburi quc sá. 
sá.  Gcrr÷ fis i`is y hc`÷ mfitdr fd ]jstd... sá. Hirajhis, co su
adyirád, jogfusi... siohc÷ kdgjd fd jzqujcrhd, dfbi sirprcohjhi. Jogfusi [cod scbuád
hirajhd. Oi cs quc oi sc fi acrczgd,
acrczgd , pcos÷. ^cri... ik... pcri quê jotcrcsdotc...
jotcrcsdotc... Hc
 Hc
rcpcotc, co su gdrd sc hjlu`÷ uod dapfjd siorjsd y dlrj÷ fis i`is hcspdgji. D
hcspdgji.  D vcr co
quê fái puchi actcrac... 
actcrac... 

@cssdo pds÷ uo rdti lrcvc pcri cotrctcojhi co fd ziod hcf ldôi, gkdpitcdohi co cf 474 
dbud gio hcfcjtc y hjsmrutdohi
hjsmrutdoh i hc fd scosdgj÷o hcf sudvc fjoi df scgdrsc, gio gu
gujhdhi
jhdhi
hc oi rizdrsc fis girtcs y drdôdzis quc gulrádo su brdo gucrpi. Wc pusi uod tðojgd
y uois pdotdfiocs y dlrj÷ fd pucrtd gio gujhdhi, dtjsldohi pir cf pdsjffi gio uod
siorjsd trdvjcsd. Wiy hcadsjdhi brdohc pdrd gdajodr hc puotjffds, pcri... @cssdo
pcri... @cssdo sc
hcsfjz÷ pir cf pdsjffi y sc hctuvi dotc fd sjbujcotc pucrtd
pucrt d y gio augki, augki sjbjfi,
fd dlrj÷, piqujti d pigi, kdstd quc puhi dsiadr fd gdlczd hirdhd y ajrdr df itri

fdhi hcf adrgi.

Cf sif hc fd adôdod jfuajodld fd gdad hcfjgdhdacotc, hcstdgdohi fis lrjffis hc
mucbi hcf pcfi hc Bdlrjcffc, quc cstdld cgkdhd hc fdhi, gio uo lrdzi hilfdhi
hcld`i hc fd gdlczd y cf itri rihcdohi gio mjraczd d [cod. Dalds au`crcs scbuádo
primuohdacotc hirajhds, gisd rdrd co cf gdsi hc fd bucrrcrd, giai @cssdo sdlád d
gjcogjd gjcrtd. Fds ilscrv÷ uo pigi aäs, oitdohi cf djrc aäs dpdgjlfc quc hc
gistualrc quc tcoádo, y fucbi gcrr÷ hcspdgji fis i`is y cxtcohj÷ fd ]jstd... dk.
Drrub÷ fd odrjz rcspjobiod df rcdggjiodr gio uod siorjsd hc mcfjgjhdh. Gcrr÷ fd pucrtd
sjo kdgcr rujhi y sjbuj÷ dhcfdotc pir cf pdsjffi, rcprjajcohi fds bdods hc piocrsc d
sjfldr. ¹Tuc tjcocs cfcggj÷o, [cod9 Ikkk... oi. Oi ac pdrcgc quc tcobds fd acoir
cfcggj÷o... csc váogufi cs hc fis aäs mucrtcs quc kc vjsti `daäs... y capjczi d pcosdr
quc tð tdaljêo fi sjcotcs. ¹Xcobi rdz÷o9 ¹Fd tcobi9 Xdf vcz sá... aaaa... 
aaaa... 
 

 D hcsdyuodr, grci
grci,, hcgjhj÷, simigdohi uo listczi. Z d vcr d pdhrc. 
pdhrc.  Fcstdo kdlád
pdsdhi fd oigkc co fd comcracrád, hcspuês hc quc fc gisjcrdo cf girtc hcf kialri.
Ld`÷ pir fds csgdfcrds, dfbi sirprcohjhi hc quc tdoti êf giai tihis fis hcaäs sc
kuljcrdo dhdptdhi tdo hcprjsd d cstc cstrcgki giotdgti gio fis kuadois.
¹Hcadsjdhi hcprjsd9 Aaa.
Aaa. ^isjlfcacotc.
 ^isjlfcacotc. Zd kdlád hc`dhi hc pcosdr co dfbuois
hc cffis giai kuadois y kdlád capczdhi d giosjhcrdrfis ajcalris hc dspcgti
rdri hc su pripjd cspcgjc... y csi crd auy pcfjbrisi.

‘Lucois háds ‘hj`i fd `ivco kj`d hcf adyirhiai hc Kcgtdtir, df vcrfi co fds
csgdfcrds, hjrjbjêohifc uod siorjsd ocrvjisd, pcri ldstdotc girtês‘. Aa. Kdy
hcsdyuoi dká hcotri, sj qujcrcs, i scd, sj qujcrcs giacr.

@cssdo fd ajr÷ gio gjcrti jotcrês. \uljd gfdrd, auy hcfbdhd, i`is liojtis.

‘Brdgjds. ‘Wu viz brdvc fd silrcsdft÷ uo pigi ‘. ¹Xjcocs uod... uod ldohc`d
ldoh c`d i dfbi
dsá quc puchd ffcvdrac9 ‘Cffd rctrigchj÷ gudohi êf sc dgcrg÷. Wuspjrdohi, sc
hctuvi‘. Xcobi uods dajbds d fds quc ac bustdrád ffcvdrfcs cf hcsdyuoi.
Xrdoqujfd... oi tc viy d kdgcr hdôi. ‘Kuadois.
Kuadois. Kjzi
 Kjzi uod aucgd acotdf.

‘^ucs... ‘tjtulc÷ cffd‘. Ac ffdai Wkdrrd. Z sá, tc puchi gioscbujr uod ldohc`d. 47< 
‘Wkdrrd fi ajr÷ gio tjajhcz‘. Xð crcs cf quc ffdado @cssdo, ¹vcrhdh9 ‘Fi
ilscrv÷, rctirgjêohisc fds adois hjstrdáhd.

‘Wá ‘hj`i @cssdo, ajräohifd gio uod gc`d codrgdhd‘. Wiy yi. ‘Wjbuj÷ dvdozdohi,
pcri aäs hcspdgji‘. Brdgjds pir imrcgcrtc d dyuhdrac, Wkdrrd. ‘^ril÷ d siorcárfc
y sc sjotj÷ dfjvjdhi gudohi cffd fc rcspiohj÷ gio uod lrcvc siorjsd d su vcz ‘. ¹Kds
hjgki quc kdlád hcsdyuoi9 ‘prcbuot÷, gio uod ajrdhd hcscisd.

‘Dká hcotri ‘scôdf÷ fd ruljd, adotcojêohisc ljco dpdrtdhd hc êf. Itrd siorjsd
ocrvjisd‘. ¹Ocgcsjtds... dfbi... gruhi9 ¹I fi quc scd9

@cssdo sc hctuvi co scgi y fd ajr÷ mj`dacotc, kdgjcohi su ac`ir jajtdgj÷o hc fd

"ajrdhd" hc [cod, gc`d codrgdhd jogfujhd.

‘¹Gruhi9 ‘giotcst÷, gio gjcrtd lrusquchdh‘. Fi ðftjai quc giaá gruhi muc ajcf
y fi pdbuê d ldsc hc pjgdhurds. ‘Wc pusi fis puôis co fds gdhcrds y fd ajr÷
fdhcdohi fd gdlczd acfcouhd‘. Z tdaljêo csds oucgcs gruhds quc cogiotr÷
Bdlrjcffc cf itri hád, pcri csi oi gucotd. ‘Wift÷ uo rcsipfjhi‘. ¹Tuê tc kdgc
pcosdr quc qujcri dfbi... pud`... gruhi9
 

‘Aa... pucs... ‘mdrmuff÷ Wkdrrd, giomusd.

‘¹Cs pir csti9 ‘prcbuot÷ @cssdo, hcsgulrjcohi fis gifajffis‘. D fi ac`ir tc

giai d tj pdrd hcsdyuodr...

Wkdrrd gkjff÷ y sc vifvj÷ pdrd cgkdr d girrcr.

‘Ck... ck... ck... ‘cxgfda÷ @cssdo, d tihd prjsd. Dbjt÷ fds adois pdrd quc sc
gdffdrd‘. ¡Gdfad! ¡Gdfad! ¡W÷fi crd uod lriad! ‘Wus i`is hirdhis sc gfdvdrio co
fis hc cffd‘. Co scrji... trdoqujfd... pir mdvir... sjcaprc hcsdyuoi bdgkds hc dvcod.
Hc vcrhdh.

Wkdrrd sc hctuvi, ajräohifi gio comdhi. Fucbi sc dgcrg÷ uo pigi y sirlj÷.

‘Csi oi kd cstdhi ljco.

@cssdo rcsipf÷.

‘Xdapigi kd cstdhi ljco quc kdyds hdhi pir supucsti quc qujcri hcsdyuodr

477 
gdroc gruhd.

Fd ruljd fi ajr÷ uo aiacoti.

‘Xjcocs rdz÷o. ‘Wc cogibj÷ hc kialris‘. Xc pjhi hjsgufpds.

@cssdo fd ajr÷ gio su cxprcsj÷o aäs dligkirodhd.

‘Z yi d tj. Adaä sjcaprc ac cstä hjgjcohi quc oi dsustc d fds gkjgds.

Cffd sift÷ uod rjsjtd.

‘Crcs brdgjisi ‘hcgfdr÷ Wkdrrd, y sc vifvj÷ pdrd ffcvdrfi df giachir ‘. ]dais. Xc

coscôdrê h÷ohc cstä cf hcsdyuoi. ‘Cspcr÷ d quc fd dfgdozdrd y fucbi gdajo÷ co
sjfcogji uo rdtjti dotcs hc vifvcrsc kdgjd êf gio gurjisjhdh‘. Xð crcs dajbi hc fd
^rjogcsd Bucrrcrd, ¹vcrhdh9 ‘Fi ajr÷ hc rci`i, yd aäs rcfd`dhd gio su cxtrdôi
pritcbjhi.

‘¹Xc rcmjcrcs d [cod9 ‘giotcst÷ @cssdo, prcbuotäohisc h÷ohc qucrád jr d pdrdr

gio cstc jotcrribdtirji. ¹Dajbi9 Wjo prctcohcrfi, hc mirad jocspcrdhd, pcri sjo fd
acoir huhd‘. Wá. Fi siy. ¹^ir quê9
 

‘Hd ajchi ‘hj`i Wkdrrd, ld`dohi fd viz y ajrdohi d su dfrchchir‘. Fc hd ajchi

jogfusi d aj kcradoi. ‘Ajr÷ mubdzacotc df kdljtdotc hcf lisquc ‘. ^cri scburi
quc d tj oi tc hd ajchi, ¹d quc oi9 ‘Fi ajr÷ dfzdohi uod gc`d, cstuhjdohi su
tdadôi y sus cslcftis aðsgufis.

‘Aa ‘mdrmuff÷ @cssdo, huhdohi cotrc fd sjogcrjhdh y cf cbi. Bdo÷ fd sjogcrjhdh‘

. ^ucs d hcgjr vcrhdh, sá quc ac hd ajchi. ‘Kjzi uod pdusd‘. D vcgcs ‘sc
dprcsur÷ d dôdhjr. Fd ajr÷ cogibjcohi
cogibjcoh i fis brdohcs kialris‘. ^cri tdaljêo puchc
scr auy dadlfc y auy dbrdhdlfc fd adyir pdrtc hcf tjcapi. ‘Sod ajrdhd hc
jogrchufjhdh titdf pir pdrtc hc Wkdrrd‘. Wj oi fd mdstjhjds ‘sc girrjbj÷ @cssdo, gio
uod siorjsd. Wcôdf÷ fd acsd gdrbdhd hc giajhd‘. Hc kcgki, fd ldohc`d cs pdrd cffd.

Wkdrrd fi ajr÷ dtcotdacotc, fdhcdohi fd gdlczd ruljd.

‘¹Co scrji9 ‘Wc scotád jotrjbdhd. Oi gioscbuád jadbjodrsc d [cod kdgjcohi dfbi
tdo girrjcotc giai giacr‘. Kc iáhi quc s÷fi lclc sdobrc i dfbi dsá.

@cssdo codrg÷ dalds gc`ds d fd vcz y sc hctuvi.

‘¹Tuê9 ‘cxgfda÷‘. ¹Hc h÷ohc tc kds sdgdhi csd csd jhcd9

 jhcd9 ¹Wdobrc9 ^ud`. Tuê dsgi. 478 
‘Wdg÷ fd fcobud gio uod cxprcsj÷o g÷ajgd‘. ¡Oi! Csi oi cs gjcrti pdrd odhd.
Giac fi quc giacais tð y yi y supiobi quc tihi cf auohi. ^do, qucsi, gdroc,
mrutd... ¹sdláds quc dtrdpd pcgcs gio fds adois9 ‘]ji quc sc quchdld
liqujdljcrtd ‘. ¡Cs gjcrti! Zi fd kc vjsti. Z fc bustdo fds jomusjiocs hc kjcrlds. ‘Fd
ajr÷ fdhcdohi fd gdlczd‘. ¹Hc h÷ohc tc sdgds csds jhcds tdo rdrds9 Tujcri hcgjr,
cs uod pcrsiod. Giai tð. Giai yi. ‘Giai odhjc aäs co cf auohi. Giai odhjc d
qujco yi kdyd gioigjhi i vdyd d gioigcr. ¹^cri quê sdlcs tð hc csi, ojôd kuadod9
¹Zd cstäs dtrdpdhd co tu cstrcgkcz hc ajrds9 D fi ac`ir pihcais dapfjdrtc uo pigi
cf kirjziotc. ¹Aaaa9 ¹Jbudf quc sc kd dapfjdhi cf aái9  

‘Ffcvi achjd vjhd iycohi kjstirjds silrc cffd ‘giotcst÷ Wkdrrd, gio tioi
mfcaätjgi‘. Z aj tái fugk÷ co su c`êrgjti. ‘Fcvdot÷ fd vjstd pdrd ajrdrfi‘. Wio
kjstirjds auy sdobrjcotds.

‘Fds kjstirjds oi fi gucotdo tihi ‘rcspiohj÷ @cssdo, gio tioi aäs dadlfc‘. Z fd
bcotc gdaljd y sjbuc gdaljdohi d fi fdrbi hc su vjhd. ‘Fc siorj÷‘. Hdfc uod
ipirtuojhdh. Zi oi fi kc fdacotdhi.

Wkdrrd sc dgcrg÷ aäs d êf, jotrjbdhd d su pcsdr.

 

‘¹Xð9

@cssdo dsjotj÷, hcspdgji.

‘Zi. Fd gioigád pir fds kjstirjds y ac fd jadbjodld aäs i acois giai tc fd

jadbjods
kjstirjds. tð. Cotiogcs
‘Dpiy÷ ois gioigjais
fd ldrljffd y hcsgulrá
co uod adoi tihi
y fd ajr÷ fi quc
‘. Kd oi giotdldo
sdfvdhi csds
d cstd gjuhdh,
¹sdlcs9

Wkdrrd dsjotj÷ pcosdtjvd.

‘Csi kc iáhi. ‘Fi ajr÷ gio djrc achjtdluohi‘. Xcobi quc pcosdr co fi quc kds
hjgki.

‘Ljco ‘giotcst÷ @cssdo, gio tioi trdoqujfi‘. Kdzac sdlcr fi quc hcgjhcs.

Wkdrrd siorj÷, pdsäohifc uod mucotc y uod rcldodhd hc pdo gdfjcotc.

‘Xiad, g÷actc csti. ‘Wus i`is cxdajodrio su gdrd ajcotrds adstjgdld‘. Crcs

473 
auy dbrdhdlfc. ‘Wc rj÷ pir fi ld`i df vcr g÷ai sc siori`dld ‘. Xc dyuhdrê gio tu
ldohc`d gudohi dgdlcs, sj ac priactcs quc scbujrê hc uod sifd pjczd.

Fd ffcbdhd hcf dadocgcr fd hcspcrt÷, giai hc gistualrc. [cod sc quch÷ tualdhd

co sjfcogji, giotcapfdohi fis prjacris vcstjbjis hc brjs quc tigdldo cf gjcfi pir cf
cstc, y sc pusi d pcosdr, giai sjcaprc kdgád d cstd kird dpdgjlfc dotcs hc quc
mucrd hc hád.

Gio gujhdhi, pdrd oi aifcstdr d fd ldrhi primuohdacotc hirajhd quc scbuád

pcbdhd d su fdhi hcrcgki, mfcxjio÷ fis adftrdtdhis aðsgufis, pdrd giaprildr fis
hdôis hcf hád dotcrjir, y sc ffcv÷ uod brdtd sirprcsd. Oi cstä odhd adf , sdfvi pir cf
hifir pdfpjtdotc co cf gucffi, quc crd hc cspcrdr, y uod jrrjtdgj÷o giotjoud co fds
gistjffds d gdusd hc vdrjis fdozdzis lfiqucdhis. Co titdf, oi tcoád augki hc quc
quc`drsc.

Z tdapigi Kcgtdtir , rcmfcxjio÷, y fucbi kjzi uod aucgd. Jld d hdrfc d csti augkd
japirtdogjd, ¹vcrhdh9 [cod sc prcbuot÷ sj pihrád cfuhjr fis kiacod`cs y
adrgkdrsc, sjbjfisdacotc... cotiogcs ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc. Oi. Ac adtdrád. Fd
adtdrád. Fd bucrrcrd
siorj÷ giotcapfdohi cf tcgki. Ac adtdrád sjo fd acoir huhd. Oi ac hc`drád co pdz
co fd vjhd. Dsá quc dquá ac quchi uois gudotis háds.
háds.  
 

Fi gudf, rcgioigj÷, oi cstdrád tdo adf. Kdgád tjcapi quc oi sc tiadld uo hcsgdosi,
sj oi sc tcoád co gucotd cstdr aucrtd
au crtd uod scadod, y êstc oi crd uo fubdr tdo kirrjlfc
pdrd hcsgdosdr uois háds. Kcgtdtir tcoád uo luco acrgdhi y pihrád gioscbujr uod
oucvd tðojgd hc gucri y hc`dr sucftd d Bdlrjcffc cotrc fis giacrgjdotcs. D fi ac`ir
kdstd pihrád kdgcr uods giaprds...

[cod ajr÷ kdgjd fd vcotdod, hiohc cf brjs sc jld trdosmiradohi hcspdgji co uo

primuohi risd. Wdlád quc hclcrád fcvdotdrsc c jr d vcr d Drbi, tcrajodr gio fd
dradhurd, kdgcr uo aiot÷o hc gisds quc kdlád quc kdgcr... pcri df pcosdrfi,
hcsgulrj÷ quc su gucrpi sc pfdotdld gio uod dtápjgd rclcfj÷o, hcscdohi gio tihds
sus bdods quchdrsc hiohc cstdld, dgurrugdhi co cstd gdad dlsurhdacotc
auffjhd. Csi cs adfd scôdf , sc dhvjrtj÷ d sá ajsad. Xcobi quc girtdrfi hc rdáz dkird
ajsai y piocrac co adrgkd. 
adrgkd. 

^cri Bdlrjcffc csgibj÷ csc aiacoti pdrd drrjadrsc aäs d cffd, rihcdohi d [cod
gio uo lrdzi y hc`äohifd mjracacotc dtrdpdhd co cf sjtji. Fd bucrrcrd codrg÷ fds
gc`ds, ilscrvdohi d su dajbd, y oit÷ quc cf lrdzi sc pioád tcosi y fucbi sc rcfd`dld
gudohi fd ldrhi sc kuohj÷ aäs co cf sucôi gio uo suspjri sdtjsmcgki. ^ir itrd

47= 
 pdrtc... Co
 pdrtc... Co fd gdrd hc fd bucrrcrd sc hjlu`÷ uod
u od siorjsd g÷ajgd ajcotrds [cod fugkdld
gio su vcod pcrczisd, rdrd vcz tifcrdhd y sjcaprc ljco iguftd, y hcgjhád quc hirajr
kdstd tdrhc uod adôdod oi jld d kdgcrfc augki hdôi, d mjo hc gucotds. ]ifvj÷ d
rihcdr d su dajbd gio cf lrdzi y sc quch÷ hirajhd hc oucvi.

Cf sif cotrdld d rduhdfcs co fd

f d kdljtdgj÷o gudohi dlrj÷ fis i`is hc oucvi
ou cvi y pdrpdhc÷
sirprcohjhd y fucbi ld`÷ fd ajrdhd pdrd cogiotrdrsc gio fis i`is hc Bdlrjcffc, quc
siftdldo hcstcffis adfjgjisis. Fd ldrhi scbuád tualdhd pcrczisdacotc d su fdhi y

oi kjzi dhcaäo hc fcvdotdrsc.

‘Oi puchi grccr quc ac kdyd hcspcrtdhi dotcs quc tð. ‘Fd ldrhi siorj÷
lurfiod‘. Xcobi quc fcvdotdrac y csgrjljrfi. ‘Co rcdfjhdh, s÷fi ffcvdld hcspjcrtd
uois ajoutis, pcri dkird oi jld d rcgioigcrfi, oi... oi dkird quc tcoád fd jos÷fjtd
ipirtuojhdh hc lurfdrsc giai ouogd. Wc kdlád quchdhi hc pjchrd df hcspcrtdrsc y
cogiotrdrsc d [cod tihdvád primuohdacotc hirajhd. Hc kcgki, su prjacrd
rcdggj÷o muc hc dfdrad, kdstd quc giosjbuj÷ hcspc`drsc fis i`is lirrisis pir cf
sucôi y sc trdoqujfjz÷ df vcr fd rcspjrdgj÷o rcbufdr y cf gifir oiradf hc fd bucrrcrd.

Bdlrjcffc sc kdlád quchdhi tualdhd y auy qujctd hurdotc uois ajoutis, yd quc
[cod tihdvád fc rihcdld fis kialris gio uo lrdzi, y fd ldrhi sdlád quc sj sc aivád
augki, hcspcrtdrád d su dajbd. Z tcoád tdo pigds igdsjiocs hc ilscrvdr d fd
 bucrrcrd dsá hc gcrgd sjo quc sc hjcrd gucotd. Fi dprivcgk÷ df aäxjai, dhvjrtjcohi

quc oj sjqujcrd hirajhd [cod sc rcfd`dld pir giapfcti0 cf lrdzi quc rihcdld fis
kialris hc fd ldrhi gioscrvdld uod tcosj÷o d mfir hc pjcf y Bdlrjcffc vcád fis fcvcs
rcspjobis hc su gdrd, pir fi hcaäs joa÷vjf, quc crdo sus dbuhis scotjhis sjbujcohi
fd adrgkd hcf auohi quc fd rihcdld ajcotrds hiraád.

Fd kc vjsti pdsdr hc uo sucôi primuohi d uo dtdquc pfcoi co acois tjcapi hcf quc
tdrhdrád yi co giotdrfi. ¹Guäotds vcgcs ois kd sdfvdhi csi cf pcffc`i9 Z grci quc yi
siy fd ðojgd quc pihrád hcspcrtdrfd sjo sdfjr hjspdrdhd hc uo bifpc. Fd ðojgd. Tuê
rdri... cs pcfjbrisásjad c jogfusi... jogfusi gudohi cstä comdhdhd gioajbi, sjcaprc
ac sjcoti... d sdfvi. Jogfusi gudohi cotrcodais. Jogfusi gudohi `ubdais y kdgcais
fugkd fjlrc. Wê quc ac puchc pdrtjr co his. ^cri sê quc oi fi vd d kdgcr y d vcgcs ac
sjcoti giai uo gdgkirri hc fc÷o trdospirtdhi co fds adohálufds hc su adhrc. 
adhrc. 

Gdrdy... csti cs hcadsjdhi primuohi dotcs hc hcsdyuodr. Xcobi quc pdrdr dkird
ajsai. ^cri dká kdy uod kjstirjd... 
kjstirjd... 

Wc dfcbrdld hc kdlcrsc hcspcrtdhi d tjcapi hc dmfi`dr cf lrdzi gio quc su`ctdld d

fd pilrc au`cr. Bdlrjcffc sc jadbjo÷, sjo augki csmucrzi, fd ajrdhd gio gc`d
codrgdhd quc fc kdlrád hjrjbjhi pir csi. Ðftjadacotc cstä aäs tifcrdotc gioajbi
quc hc gistualrc, pcri... 
pcri...  472 

Hc aihi quc dkird sc fjajt÷ d ajrdr d [cod, siorjcohi lurfiod.

‘Itrd prjacrd igdsj÷o... hclc hc scr aj scadod.

[cod fc rcspiohj÷ gio uod siorjsd johifcotc.

Lucoi... hj`i hcspdgji, gifigäohisc hc fdhi y dpiydohi fd gdlczd co uod

adoi‘. Ac‘kdlrád fcvdotdhi df dadocgcr, pcri dfbujco ac tcoád hc rckêo y ac
‘
hji pcod hcspcrtdrfd. ‘Ilscrv÷ cf rulir quc dsgcohád pir fd gdrd hc Bdlrjcffc y sc
rj÷ sudvcacotc‘. Crcs uod adfd jomfucogjd, Bdlrjcffc.

‘¡@d! ‘lum÷ fd ldrhi, rcgupcräohisc räpjhdacotc. Ac kd pjffdhi. ^cri oi

 pdrcgc... comdhdhd... ¹aifcstd9 ¹Tuê cstiy lusgdohi9 Hd jbudf ‘. Tuc yi yi siy
 siy uod
adfd jomfucogjd. ‘Wc pusi ligd dld`i y dbjt÷ uo hchi hcfdotc hc [cod ‘. Z csti fi
hjgc cf Xcrrir hc fds Ffdourds co pcrsiod, fd pihcrisd ^rjogcsd Bucrrcrd. ¡¡¡ Zi
Zi siy
 siy
uod adfd jomfucogjd!!! ‘Auy dojadhd, sc hji fd vucftd y sc hjrjbj÷ df tcgki ‘. ^ir
mdvir.
 

[cod fd ilscrv÷ gio rjsucôd tifcrdogjd kdstd quc sc pusi ligd drrjld. Cotiogcs vji
fd ipirtuojhdh y dprivcgk÷ fd mdftd hc dtcogj÷o hc fd ldrhi pdrd dfdrbdr fd adoi y
kdgcrfc gisqujffds, fi sumjgjcotc giai pdrd quc su dajbd gkjffdrd silrcsdftdhd y, df
scbujr, pdrd quc fc hjcrd uo dtdquc hc rjsd.

‘Csi oi cs `usti ‘ `dhc÷ Bdlrjcffc, gudohi pir mjo rcgupcr÷ cf dfjcoti y hc`÷ hc
rcársc.

‘Oi ‘dsjotj÷ [cod, rjêohisc dkird d su vcz‘. ^cri kd sjhi auy hjvcrtjhi.

‘¹Dk, sá9 ‘prcbuot÷ fd ldrhi, mruogjcohi cf gcôi co lriad.

‘Wá ‘giotcst÷ [cod, tihdvád rjcohi.

‘Xc fi dhvjcrti, [cod... uo hád hc cstis... ‘Bdlrjcffc sc hji fd vucftd y sc gifig÷ d

csgdsis gcotáactris hc fd gdrd hc su dajbd‘. Hcsgulrjrê h÷ohc tjcocs gisqujffds.

‘¹Oi ac hjbds9 ‘giotcst÷ [cod, gio fis i`is rjsucôis ‘. ^ucs scrä jotcrcsdotc
vcr g÷ai fi jotcotds. ‘Wiorj÷ df vcr cf oucvi siori`i hc fd ldrhi ‘. ^cri kdzac
47; 
uo mdvir... cf trugi cstä co fd sirprcsd... y sj qujcrcs sirprcohcrac... ‘Wc dgcrg÷ df
iáhi hc Bdlrjcffc y susurr÷ ‘0 Dguêrhdtc hc dbdgkdrtc.

‘Fi kdrê ‘priactj÷ Bdlrjcffc, siorjcohi‘. Lucoi ‘giotjou÷, dpiydohi fd

gdlczd co uod adoi, co fd ajsad pisturd quc su dajbd ‘. ¹Co guäotis hcsmjfcs
tjcocs quc pdrtjgjpdr pir csti9 ‘]cobdozd sutjf‘. Sod cstdtud, ¹i vdo d kdgcr uod
scrjc9 ‘Hcspuês hc tdoti tjcapi, sdlád auy ljco g÷ai pjgdr d [cod, y sc rcbihc÷
co cf gcôi imcohjhi quc iltuvi giai rcspucstd y quc qucrád hcgjr quc kdlád hdhi
 `usti co cf lfdogi.
‘Co rcdfjhdh ‘giacot÷ [cod gio sirod‘, cstdld pcosdohi co hdrtc uo bifpc co
fd gdlczd y adrgkdrois cstd adôdod tcaprdoi, dotcs hcf dadocgcr.

‘Ik ‘auraur÷ fd ldrhi‘. Z... ¹quê kd pdsdhi9 ‘Wc prcbuot÷ sj [cod fi hcgád
co scrji. D vcgcs, kdstd d cffd fc gistdld sdlcrfi, cspcgjdfacotc gudohi sc trdtdld
hc gisds dsá. [cod ihjdld fds gcrcaiojds. Z csti priactád augkd gcrcaiojd y
mcstc`i, gio cffd giai dtrdggj÷o prjogjpdf.

‘Tuc fi kc supcrdhi. ‘Fd bucrrcrd sc cogibj÷ hc kialris‘. Wilrcvjvjrê, grci.

Dhcaäs, tc priactá quc pihráds jr hc giaprds, ¹oi9 ‘hj`i gio tioi hc budsd,
gfdväohifc uo hchi d Bdlrjcffc
Bdlrjcff c co cf kialri‘. Z yi ajsad qujcri giaprdr dfbuods
 gisds.

Bdlrjcffc rcsipf÷.

‘¹Xð9 ‘Wc fc csgdp÷ uod gdrgd`dhd‘. Wá... yd. Csti tcobi quc vcrfi.

[cod sdfj÷ rihdohi hc fd gdad y muc hiohc kdlád hc`dhi fds dfmir`ds hc Drbi,

giosgjcotc hc fd hc
sdg÷ his lifsds jotcosd
fjoi, dtcogj÷o
siorjcohihcpdrd
Bdlrjcffc. Actj÷
sá ajsad fd adoi
dotcs co fd fd
hc lirrdr hcsiorjsd
fd hcrcgkd y
hc su
gdrd y hdrsc fd vucftd pdrd vifvcr gio fd ldrhi.

‘Xiad ‘hj`i, fdozäohifc d su dajbd uod hc fds lifsds ‘. Gio uod giohjgj÷o. Fi
tjcocs quc bdstdr tihi.

Bdlrjcffc dtrdp÷ fd lifsd, sirprcohjhd pir cf pcsi y cf fcvc siojhi actäfjgi. Ajr÷ uo
aiacoti hcotri y fucbi d [cod, quc cstdld dpiydhd co cf pistc hc fd gdad,
dbudrhdohi su rcdggj÷o.

‘ ‘ ‘
¹^cri csti oi cs...9 Wc hctuvi y [cod dsjotj÷ . [cod, csti cs tuyi. Oi puchi...
‘Wá, cs aái ‘dmjra÷ [cod‘. Z csi qujcrc hcgjr quc puchi kdgcr gio cffi fi quc
47: 
ac hê fd bdod. ‘Fdoz÷ su pripjd lifsd df djrc y fd vifvj÷ d dtrdpdr‘. Z fi quc qujcri
kdgcr gio cffi cs härtcfi d tj. Wiais giapdôcrds, ¹oi9 ‘Wus i`is sc pusjcrio scrjis
uo aiacoti y Bdlrjcffc oit÷ cf gdalji ‘. Dsá quc, pir mdvir, vds d kdgcr fi quc tc
pjhi, s÷fi pir cstd vcz, sjo hjsgutjr, ¹vdfc9

Bdlrjcffc sc fi pcos÷ uo aiacoti.

‘]dfc. ‘Ajr÷ d [cod y siorj÷. Giapdôcrds. Grci quc ac bustd g÷ai sucod ‘.
‘ ‘
Brdgjds. ]d d scr hjvcrtjhi. Wdfj÷ hc fd gdad y hc`÷ fd lifsd `uoti d su vdrd .
¹Hcsdyuodais9

‘Dk. Lucoi, oi grci quc vdyd d scr uo prilfcad ‘fc dscbur÷ @cssdo,
tcrajoäohisc cf pdo‘. Hcfjgjisi, pir gjcrti. Cstiy scburi hc quc oi girrcs ojobðo
pcfjbri pir pdrtc hc [cod.

‘Wá. ‘Wc iy÷ uod rjsd brdvc d acris gcotáactris hcträs hc êf‘. W÷fi sdgrjmjgi
lclês uod vcz df acs ‘hj`i [cod, aäs hjvcrtjhd quc itrd gisd. Hjrjbj÷ uod ajrdhd
trdoqujfd d fd pctrjmjgdhd Wkdrrd y rihc÷ d @cssdo, cfjbjcohi uod rcldodhd hc pdo hc
fd gcstd quc kdlád co fd acsd. ]cstjhd gio uod scogjffd tðojgd hc fjoi gio gjotur÷o,
oi rcsuftdld co dlsifuti tdo dacodzdhird giai gudohi jld hc gucri y dradhurd,
 

pcri Wkdrrd sc dpdrt÷ ocrvjisd‘. Xrdoqujfd. Fi ðojgi quc qujcri cs hcsdyuodr ‘

hj`i [cod, hdohi uo ligdhi df pdo y adstjgdohi gio pfdgcr.

‘]dyd ‘hj`i @cssdo hcspdgji, fdozäohifc uod ajrdhd gdrbdhd hc adfjgjd ‘. Zd crd
kird hc quc tc hcspcrtdrds. ‘Oi kjzi cf acoir gdsi hc fd ajrdhd scvcrd quc iltuvi
giai rcspucstd‘. Z yi quc grcád quc jld d tcocr quc scrvjrtc cf hcsdyuoi co fd
gdad. ‘Wus i`is hirdhis siftdrio hcstcffis y fc sdg÷ fd puotd hc fd fcobud
siorisdhd.

[cod oi puhi cvjtdr uod rjsd jr÷ojgd.

‘So hád hc cstis, @cssdo ‘fc dhvjrtj÷, gio uod siorjsd lurfiod y uod cxprcsj÷o
trdvjcsd co fis i`is‘, gudohi acois tc fi cspcrcs...

Cf kdljtdotc hcf lisquc

lisqu c gruz÷ fis lrdzis silrc cf ausgufisi p
pcgki
cgki y fd ajr÷ sdgdohi
fd adohálufd, auy rjsucôi.

‘Dk... dacodzds sjo pcsi. ‘Ajr÷ d Wkdrrd gio djrc hc supcrjirjhdh ‘. Tuê ajchi
ac hd. ‘Fc vifvj÷ d sdgdr fd fcobud, fi gudf kjzi quc fd augkdgkd dpcods puhjcrd
giotcocr uod rjsjtd, fi gudf d su vcz oi kjzi sjoi hdrfc aäs dfds. Ajr÷ d [cod 48> 
acocdohi fds gc`ds, rctäohifd pdrd quc fi jotcotdrd ‘. Grci quc tc cstäs tjrdohi
uo mdrif ‘tcrajo÷, sjo vcr cf rcpcotjoi hcstcffi adfjgjisi hc csis i`is gfdris,
ifvjhdohi fi hjmágjf quc crd prchcgjr sus dggjiocs, ifvjhdohi fd vcfigjhdh hc sus
rcdggjiocs.

Z gfdri quc rcdggjio÷, aivjêohisc tdo hcprjsd quc oi tuvi ipirtuojhdh dfbuod hc
pdrdrfd, oj fd acoir cspcrdozd hc hctcocr su dtdquc rcpcotjoi, oj fd jhcd sjqujcrd
hc rcsjstjrsc gudohi cffd fc dtrdp÷ fd gdrd y fc pfdot÷ uo s÷fjhi lcsi co fd ligd. Cf
silrcsdfti y fd suljhd hc sdobrc d fd gdlczd fc kjgjcrio pcrhcr aiacotäocdacotc
cf giotrif hc fds cxtrcajhdhcs jomcrjircs y sc gdy÷ hcf ldogi df sucfi. Wdlád quc
cstdld giai uo tiadtc hcf gucffi kdstd fd giriojffd y sc quch÷ dffá scotdhi,
ajräohifd pdrpdhcdohi. Wu gcrclri dturhjhi oi crd gdpdz hc prihugjr fcobud`c
gikcrcotc y fds rjsitdhds hc Wkdrrd y fd rcgjêo ffcbdhd Bdlrjcffc oi giotrjluádo d
ac`irdr fds gisds.

‘Dkkk... ‘mdrmuff÷, tdpäohisc fis i`is gio uod adodzd.

‘Iii... [cod ‘cxgfda÷ Bdlrjcffc hcshc cf itri fdhi hc fd acsd ‘. Tuê dstutd. ‘
Dfdrb÷ fd adoi y fc hji d @cssdo uods pdfadhjtds co fd gdlczd ‘. Zd tc hj`c quc sdlc
kdgcr augkds gisds. ‘Wc scot÷ df fdhi hc Wkdrrd‘. Kifd, siy Bdlrjcffc. ‘Fc imrcgj÷
 

fd adoi, quc Wkdrrd fc cstrcgk÷ gio gjcrtd vdgjfdgj÷o ‘. Xð trdld`ds dquá co fd

mirtdfczd, ¹vcrhdh9

‘Zi ouogd ac tjri mdrifcs ‘giacot÷ [cod, siorjcohi, y fucbi gchj÷ y dfdrb÷ fd
adoi kdgjd @cssdo. Êstc fd dbdrr÷ hcf lrdzi y cffd fi fcvdot÷ hcf sucfi. Êf sc sdguhj÷
fd ripd, rckuycohi fd ajrdhd, gio fd
f d gdrd tihdvád siori`dhd. ^ir mjo, fd ajr÷ hc rci`i
y fc siorj÷ hc adfd bdod.

‘]cobdozd, ¹ck9 ‘Fc gkjspcdldo fis i`is‘. Crcs pcfjbrisd, [cod.

‘Csi ac kdo hjgki ‘rcspiohj÷ [cod gio scgi kuair. Fi ffcv÷ hc oucvi d fd acsd
y sc scot÷ d su fdhi, mrcotc d Bdlrjcffc y Wkdrrd, quc cstdldo gkdrfdohi giai vjc`ds
dajbds ajcotrds Bdlrjcffc fc sdgdld jomiradgj÷o silrc fis giacrgjdotcs hc fd
gjuhdh. Giaj÷ co sjfcogji, csgugkdohi kdstd quc Bdlrjcffc kjzi uod pdusd pdrd
rcspjrdr‘. ¹^ir quê oi tc ffcvds d Wkdrrd pdrd quc tc fi coscôc tihi, Bdlrjcffc9 ‘
pripusi giai hc pdsdhd‘. Zi tcobi quc jr d vcr d fis adrriqujocris y fis dracris.
Wê quc d tj csi oi tc bustd odhd.

Bdlrjcffc fd ajr÷, pcri co fd cxprcsj÷o hc [cod oi vji odhd sdfvi uo aihcrdhi

jotcrês. 484 
‘Aaa. ]dfc. Cs uod lucod jhcd. ‘Codrg÷ uod gc`d df ajrdr d Wkdrrd, quc dsjotj÷
gio cotusjdsai‘. Is vcais aäs tdrhc, cotiogcs ‘giotjou÷ fd ldrhi, y fd
trdld`dhird hcf gdstjffi y cffd sc dpdrtdrio hc fd acsd y sc hjrjbjcrio kdgjd fd pucrtd.

[cod fds sjbuj÷ gio fis i`is kdstd quc sdfjcrio hc fd cstdogjd, fucbi ajr÷ kdgjd fd
jzqujcrhd y vji quc @cssdo fd ajrdld gio cxprcsj÷o adfjgjisd.

‘¹Tuê9 ‘bruô÷.

@cssdo sc fjajt÷ d siorcár y vifvj÷ d ld`dr fd ajrdhd kdgjd su pfdti, quc cstdld gdsj
vdgái.

[cod simig÷ uod rjsd y sc fcvdot÷ hc fd acsd.

‘Lucoi, tcobi quc igupdrac hc uods gisds. Kdstd fucbi, @cssdo.

^ds÷ pir cf rdstrjffi y sc hjrjbj÷ d fds pfdzds hcf acrgdhi. ^rjacri cf dracri,
dracri, pcos÷,

yadrtjffi.
sc vifvj÷ kdgjd cfilscrvdohi
Wc quch÷ sjtji hiohcg÷ai
iád cf tápjgi rujhi
trdld`dld rátajgi
uo rdti, hc uouod
ajcotrds yuoquc ld`i
cspdhd cf
girtd
 jld gilrdohi mirad ld`i sus kdljfjhisds adois. Êf crd giosgjcotc hc quc cstdld

dffá, pcri cffd oi fi hjstrd`i kdstd quc fd cspdhd quch÷ ljco comrjdhd co uo ldrrcôi
hc dbud gcrgdoi. Cotiogcs êf sc dgcrg÷, scgäohisc co cf hcfdotdf fds adois
coocbrcgjhds trds hêgdhds hc trdld`i co fd mir`d.

‘Liojtd pjczd ‘giacot÷ [cod, scôdfdohi cf ldrrcôi hc dbud gio fd gdlczd.

‘Brdgjds. ‘Cf kcrrcri siorj÷ hc achji fdhi‘. ¹Tuê cs fi quc hcscds9 Sod cspdhd
csp dhd
oi, scburi. ‘Wus primuohis i`is adrriocs siftdrio uo hcstcffi‘. Dycr vj fd tuyd.
Auy lucod.

[cod sc rj÷ pir fi ld`i.

‘Oi, kiy oi. His hdbds pdrd fds litds. Fi hcaäs gioscbuá gioscrvdrfi. ‘\cgirrj÷
cf tdffcr gio ajrdhd hjstrdáhd ajcotrds êf sc dgcrgdld d uo ldðf y sdgdld vdrjds
hdbds. Wus i`is sc pisdrio co uo `ucbi hc gugkjffis hc gigjod quc cstdldo co uo
cstdotc `usti d fd dfturd hc su ajrdhd. Hc uo sifi mjfi, cspjbd pcqucôd, adobis ljco
mirrdhis, pcos÷, y fucbi siorj÷‘. Z csis tdaljêo. ‘Wcôdf÷ cf `ucbi gio fd ldrljffd.
Cf kcrrcri fd ajr÷ sirprcohjhi.
48< 
‘Csis sio gugkjffis hc gigjod, aj scôird. ^drd girtdr gdroc y csds gisds.

[cod fi ajr÷ fdhcdohi fd gdlczd.

‘Zd fi sê. ‘Wc jogfjo÷ kdgjd êf‘. Z oi siy uod scôird. ‘D csi fc sjbuj÷ uod siorjsd
mjcrd y cf kcrrcri rctrigchj÷ uo pdsi. Cffd sdfj÷ uo pigi hcspuês, gio uo pdquctc
hcld`i hcf lrdzi, y sc hjrjbj÷ df adrriqujocri, guyis tdffcrcs, sjtudhis giotrd cf

vjcoti, cstdldo
fd ldtdffd hcf hádffcois hc sifhdhis sifjgjtdohi drrcbfis hc su dradhurd läsjgd trds
dotcrjir.

Cf adcstri drtcsdoi, uo kialrc adyir hc pcfi ri`jzi gdoisi y hufgcs i`is brjscs,
sc hjstrd`i hc su hjsgusj÷o gio uo sifhdhi adbuffdhi gudohi cotr÷ cffd y tcrajo÷
cf hcldtc d tihd prjsd, dgcrgäohisc d cffd gio uod siorjsd.

‘Dk. Oucstrd kcriáod. ‘Wiorj÷ dðo aäs gudohi cffd kjzi uod aucgd‘. Kifd, [cod.
Guäoti tjcapi ‘dôdhj÷ cf adrriqujocri gio dprcgji, imrcgjêohifc cf lrdzi giai
sdfuhi.

‘ ‘ ‘
Kifd, Xcfhdo
pdsdrac pir dquá ygiotcst÷ [cod, pir
hdrtc trdld`i, giofiscfvjc`is
ajsai dprcgji‘Wus
tjcapis. . Wci`is
acgkjspcdrio
kd igurrjhi
‘.
 

Dhcaäs, trdld`ds ljco. ‘Fc cstrcgk÷ cf lrdzi quc fc imrcgád y fc siorj÷, rcgirhdohi
fd ðftjad vcz quc sc kdládo vjsti ‘. Fd ðftjad tðojgd kd rcsjstjhi ljco kdstd dkird.

‘]jojcohi hc tj, csi cs uo luco guapfjhi, augkdgkd ‘giotcst÷ cf adrriqujocri,

dkird tihi ocbigjis‘. ]dais dká dträs. Xcobi uois gucris auy ljco gurdhis...
cfjbc cf quc qujcrds. ‘Fd ffcv÷ d fd ziod scpdrdhd pir uod girtjod hiohc gifbdldo
fis gucris guräohisc. [cod muc pdsdohi hc uoi d itri, dgdrjgjäohifis gio fis
scosjlfcs hchis kdstd quc cogiotr÷ uoi guyd tcxturd y pcsi fc bustdrio.

‘Xrd`c giapfcti ‘hj`i, csguctdacotc‘. Êstc cstä ljco. ‘Fi ajr÷ hc rci`i ‘. Cf
ajsai aihcfi quc fd ðftjad vcz.

Cf drtcsdoi fc siorj÷ hc irc`d d irc`d.

‘Êsc cs uo cogdrbi quc ac cogdotd. ]cobd... vdais d vcr sj tc kdo gdaljdhi fds
achjhds dotcs hc quc capjcgc d girtdr. ‘Fd gibj÷ hcf gihi gio bcotjfczd y fd ffcv÷
d uod cstdogjd trdscrd‘. Z hcspuês hc tihis csis sifhdhis pcfuhis, acouhi pfdgcr
p fdgcr
vd d scr csti, pcraátcac quc tc hjbd.

[cod suspjr÷ y pusi fis i`is co lfdogi, ajcotrds sc qujtdld fd tðojgd, y sc quch÷ 487 
pfdotdhd gio djrc hcsprcigupdhi ajcotrds êf rcuoád fd jomiradgj÷o quc ocgcsjtdld.

‘^drcgc quc kds cstdhi trdld`dohi huri ‘giacot÷ Xcfhdo, bdrdldtcdohi oitds
co uo trizi hc pdpcf. Wus hchis rizdrio fjbcrdacotc fis airdtiocs quc tcoád co
fds gistjffds‘. ¹Csi cs hc dycr9

‘Aaaa ‘giotcst÷ fd bucrrcrd‘. Zd sdlcs g÷ai cs csti.

‘Wá ‘bruô÷ Xcfhdo‘. Fi sê. ‘Wc gifig÷ hcträs hc cffd y fc ajhj÷ fis kialris,
dfzdohi uod gc`d fjbcrdacotc y tiadohi oitd ‘. ¹Kds cstdhi aivjcohi rigds i
dfbi dsá9 ‘Dsia÷ fd gdlczd pir su gistdhi y gdpt÷ su ajrdhd hcsgiogcrtdhd ‘.
Xjcocs fis kialris gjogi gcotáactris aäs dogkis quc fd ðftjad vcz.

[cod dfz÷ fds adois, cogibjêohisc hc kialris.

‘Kc cstdhi fugkdohi augki, supiobi ‘giotcst÷‘. Fd vcrhdh cs quc oi ac mj`i.

‘¹Gjogi gcotáactris9 ¹^cri quê kc cstdhi kdgjcohi9  

Xcfhdo sift÷ uo bruôjhi kuairástjgi y sjbuj÷ tiadohi oitds.

 

‘Wupiobi quc oi. ¹Csis bifpcs

bif pcs y cstc girtc cs tihi fi quc tc kds ffcvdhi hcf
h cf gdapi
hc ldtdffd9 ‘Ilscrv÷ fis aðsgufis quc sc aivádo pir tihd fd cspdfhd gudohi cffd
sc hji fd vucftd pdrd ajrdrfi.

‘Kc tcojhi sucrtc ‘hj`i [cod, cogibjêohisc hc kialris.

Xcfhdo fd rihc÷ pdrd ajrdrfd hc mrcotc y sus i`is rcgirrjcrio hcspdgji su mjburd.
Giotuvi uod gdrgd`dhd y acoc÷ fd gdlczd.

‘¹Wucrtc9 ]dais, [cod. Xð oi tjcocs sucrtc. Cs quc crcs lucoásjad. Oi tc qujtcs

aêrjti, ¹vdfc9 ‘Fd ajr÷ gio gdrjôi‘. ]ci tihi tjpi hc bcotc, augkdgkd, y i`dfä
vjcrd aäs giai tð. ‘Fc pds÷ su tðojgd‘. ]ucfvc d piocrtc csi dotcs hc quc ac
ilfjbucs d kdgcr dfbi pir fi quc scburi quc dgdli gio uo lrdzi riti. ‘Wc rj÷ cotrc
hjcotcs y sc dpiy÷ co uo ldðf gcrgdoi, pdrd tcrajodr sus oitds ‘. Wcräo his i trcs
háds. ‘Fcvdot÷ fd ajrdhd‘. Xc vds d quchdr pdrd fds gcfclrdgjiocs, ¹oi9

‘Wá ‘dsjotj÷ [cod, dgcrgäohisc y dpiyäohisc co cf ajsai ldðf‘. Ojobðo

prilfcad. ‘Fc siorj÷‘. Brdgjds, Xcfhdo.

‘^ir tj, fi quc scd, augkdgkd ‘fc siorj÷ Xcfhdo d su vcz‘. Guáhdtc, ¹ck9 Ac 488 
bustdrád scbujr kdgjêohitc tðojgds hurdotc augki tjcapi.

[cod acoc÷ fd gdlczd.

‘Odhd hc priacsds, Xcfhdo. ‘^cri fc bujô÷ cf i`i dotcs hc rcgibcr su pdquctc y

sdfjr hcf tdffcr hcf adrriqujocri. Fds ocgcsjhdhcs joachjdtds yd cstäo...
dkird... [cod
dkird... [cod sc hctuvi uo aiacoti, jotcotdohi hcgjhjr quê kdgcr d giotjoudgj÷o.
^ir mjo, sc cogibj÷ fjbcrdacotc hc kialris y hjrjbj÷ sus pdsis kdgjd cf brupi hc
giacrgjdotcs gcrgdois, sjo uo il`ctjvi hcmjojhi co acotc.

Bdlrjcffc y Wkdrrd cstdldo auy cotrctcojhds, cotrcbdhds d fds giaprds. Bdlrjcffc

yd sc kdlád hctcojhi hiohc fis tc`chircs y kdlád giaprdhi oi s÷fi tcfd oucvd, sjoi
dhcaäs uod tðojgd oucvd hc gifir vcrhc gfdri hc tcfd sudvc y rcfugjcotc pdrd cf
ldoquctc hc csd oigkc, `uoti gio uod mdfhd girtd hc gifir grcad pdrd dgiapdôdrfd.
D Wkdrrd fc bust÷ augki cf gio`uoti y fc pripusi uo pdsdhir pdrd cf pcfi quc kdgád
 `ucbi pcrmcgtdacotc
pcrmcgtdacotc.. Fd ldrhi ffcvdld dalds gisds mjracacotc
mjracacotc su`ctds ld`i cf
lrdzi ajcotrds sc cogdajodldo d fd tjcohd hcf gdgkdrrcri.
 

‘Ocgcsjti uod sdrtêo ‘kdlád hjgki Bdlrjcffc, sjo cxpfjgdr fd siorjsd sdrh÷ojgd quc
sc fc hjlu`÷ co fd gdrd.

Xdaljêo tcoád uo hjfcad, pucs cstdld hcscdohi giaprdrfc dfbi d [cod, pcri... ¹cf
quê9 Oi puchi giaprdrfc gudfqujcr gisd sjo aäs...rcmfcxjio÷
aäs...rcmfcxjio÷ fd ldrhi.  Drads,
 mucrd. Gisds gio dhirois, mucrd. @iyds quc gucfbuco, mucrd. ¹Itri pdr hc lrdzdfcs
gio dradhurd9  Bdlrjcffc
 Bdlrjcffc suspjr÷.Oi.
suspjr÷.Oi.  

‘¹Tuê tc pdsd9 ‘prcbuot÷ Wkdrrd, df vcrfc fd gdrd‘. ¹^ir quê sdguhcs fd gdlczd9
‘Kdlád hcgjhjhi quc fd `ivco ldrhi fc gdád ljco, d pcsdr hc su giapdôcrd hc vjd`cs.

‘^ir ojobðo aitjvi, fd vcrhdh ‘giotcst÷ Bdlrjcffc, gio uo suspjri‘. Cs quc cstiy
jotcotdohi hcgjhjr uod gisd. ‘Ajr÷ df itri fdhi hc fd gdffc y vji uod pfdtcrád‘. Ck...
vdais d cgkdr uo vjstdzi dká. ‘Cotrdrio‘. ¡Budu! ‘siorj÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. Dquá sá quc
pihrád actcrac co uo luco fái. ‘Wus i`is rcgirrjcrio fds `iyds gio jotcrês. Hji
vdrjds vucftds pir cf jotcrjir, ld`i fd ajrdhd rjsucôd hcf pfdtcri, kdstd quc sus i`is
sc pisdrio co uo pdr hc lrdzdfctcs hc pfdtd mir`dhd d `ucbi, brdldhis gio uo lcffi
hjscôi hc ouhis. Bdlrjcffc sc quch÷ sjo rcspjrdgj÷o ‘. Ik. ‘Cf mdajfjdr hjscôi fc
kdgád gisqujffds co fd acairjd gio josjstcogjd ‘. Wio prcgjisis.
483 
Wkdrrd cstjr÷ cf gucffi pdrd ajrdr pir cogjad hcf kialri hc Bdlrjcffc.

‘Aaa... ‘Wjfl÷ pir fi ld`i.

‘¹Guäoti gucstdo9 ‘prcbuot÷ fd ldrhi, ajrdohi df pfdtcri, quc sc dgcrg÷ y fd

ajr÷ fdhcdohi fd gdlczd, ilscrvdohi su gdrd hc rcpcotc gio augkd dtcogj÷o.

‘¹Tujcrcs vcojr uo aiacoti d fd fuz, aj scôird9 ‘fc pjhj÷ cf pfdtcri, gio viz
brdvc y primuohd. Ffcv÷ d Bdlrjcffc kdgjd fd vcotdod y fd ajr÷ jotcosdacotc d fis
i`is. Fucbi, sjo aitjvi dpdrcotc, fc siorj÷ gio hufzurd ‘. Ac kdráds uo brdo kioir
sj dgcptdrds csis lrdzdfctcs giai rcbdfi.

Bdlrjcffc sc quch÷ liqujdljcrtd. Xihd fd csgcod fc rcsuftdld jogiaprcosjlfc.

‘¹Tuê9 ¹^ir quê9 I scd... oi fi cotjcohi.

Cf pfdtcri sc fd quch÷ ajrdohi gio uod cxprcsj÷o japisjlfc hc jotcrprctdr.

‘ ‘
Hjbdais
i`is qucsdg÷
rjsucôis, ac fis
bustdrád rcbdfärtcfis.
lrdzdfctcs ^irfis
hc fd gd`d, mdvir. Oi hjbds
covifvj÷ quc
co uo oi. sudvc
pdôi Fd ajr÷
y sc gio
fis
 gifig÷ co fds adois, quc oi imrcgjcrio rcsjstcogjd.

‘]d... vdfc... ‘ausjt÷ Bdlrjcffc, acocdohi giomusd fd gdlczd ‘. Brdgjds. ‘Wkdrrd

y cffd sdfjcrio y sc quchdrio pdrdhds, ajräohisc fd uod d fd itrd ‘. ¹^cri y csi9 ‘
sc prcbuot÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. Oi fi cotjcohi. ‘Hcscovifvj÷ cf pdôi y hc`÷ quc cf sif sc
rcmfc`drd co cf actdf.

Wkdrrd sdguhj÷ fd gdlczd y fis ajr÷.

‘^cri sio hcadsjdhi brdohcs pdrd tj, Bdlrjcffc. ‘Ajhj÷ fds auôcgds hc fd ldrhi‘
. Tuê fästjad ‘hj`i cogibjêohisc hc kialris.

Bdlrjcffc sc quch÷ co sjfcogji uo aiacoti y fucbi rcpfjg÷, gdsj hjstrdáhd0

‘Dk. Oi sio pdrd aá. ‘Wus fdljis cslizdrio uod siorjsd. \ihc÷ uoi gio fd adoi
hcfjgdhdacotc y gcrr÷ fis i`is pcosdohi‘. Fc quchdräo pcrmcgtis. ‘Dlrj÷ fis i`is
y ajr÷ pdrpdhcdohi d Wkdrrd, quc fd ajrdld gio gdrd rdrd.

^cri
gdffc.Wkdrrd sc quch÷ gdffdhd y df gdli hc uo aiacoti, sjbujcrio gdajodohi pir fd

48= 
‘Lucoi ‘hj`i Wkdrrd pir mjo‘. Xð vjd`ds gio [cod. ¹Tuê tdf cs csi9 ‘Ajr÷ d fd
ldrhi gio gurjisjhdh. Wc hji gucotd hc quc crdo aäs i acois hc fd ajsad chdh,
Bdlrjcffc tdf vcz uo pigi adyir, pcri co cf ristri hc fd augkdgkd pcfjrri`d kdlád
drrubds hc cxpcrjcogjd hc fds quc cf suyi gdrcgád pir giapfcti.

‘Tuê tdf cs csi ‘rcpjtj÷ Bdlrjcffc, pcosäohifi‘. Lucoi, pucs siais dajbds
áotjads. ‘Ld`÷ fd ajrdhd y siorj÷ pdrd sá ajsad‘. Ois actcais co uo aiot÷o hc
prilfcads. Giai dquá.

‘Tuê rdri. Zi oi ac jadbjoi sjcohi dajbd hc dfbujco dsá   ‘rcpfjg÷ Wkdrrd,

cgkäohifc uod räpjhd ajrdhd‘. ¹Oi tjcocs ajchi9

‘¹Hc quê9 ‘hj`i Bdlrjcffc rjcohi‘. ¹¹Hc [cod99 Tuê tiotcrád. ‘Wc hctuvi uo
aiacoti‘. Lucoi, oi cs uod tiotcrád... cs hcgjr... sá, puchc hdr augki ajchi d
fds pcrsiods quc oi fc gdco ljco. ‘Wiorj÷ d Wkdrrd‘. ^cri supiobi quc yi oi siy
uod hc csds pcrsiods, dsá quc vci uod mdgctd hjstjotd hc cffd. ‘Wjbujcrio
gdajodohi uo trcgki co sjfcogji‘. ¹Xjcocs kdalrc9

‘So pigi ‘rcgioigj÷ Wkdrrd‘. ¹Fis lrdzdfctcs sio pdrd cffd9 ‘Wupi fd rcspucstd
dotcs hc quc fd ldrhi dsjotjcrd, y tia÷ oitd hc fd jomiradgj÷o‘. Wcburi quc fc
bustdo. ‘Wiorj÷ d Bdlrjcffc fcvcacotc‘. ]dais d giaprdr uois pdstcfcs. Cmtco
 fis kdgc lucoásjais, rcffcois hc oucgcs
o ucgcs y ajcf. ‘Z hjrjbj÷ fd adrgkd kdgjd fd tjcohd.

[cod siorcád ajcotrds rcbrcsdld d fd mirtdfczd. Oi cstä adf, oi cstä odhd adf ,
pcos÷ gio sdtjsmdggj÷o. Xðojgd hc gucri, hdbds, dfbi pdrd piocrac cstd oigkc,
litds y uods gudotds... gisds aäs. Xihi uo êxjti, y oj sjqujcrd kc tdrhdhi

augki. Cotr÷
augki. Cotr÷ co cf pdtji y sc cogiotr÷ gio Kcgtdtir, quc jld co hjrcggj÷o giotrdrjd.
‘¹Tuê tdf fd gdlczd9 ‘prcbuot÷, dmfi`dohi cf pdsi pdrd kdlfdr gio êf.

‘Ac hucfc giai cf pripji Xärtdri ‘giotcst÷ Kcgtdtir dfcbrcacotc‘. Ac kc

cotcrdhi hc quc kds sdfjhi d dpiydr aj cgioiaád figdf. ‘Fd gibj÷ hcf lrdzi y
rcbrcs÷ gio cffd kdgjd cf rdstrjffi‘. Jld d sdfjr pdrd lusgdrtc. ‘Kjzi uod pdusd‘.
Xihdvád oi tc kc hdhi fds brdgjds giai cs hcljhi. Csc aurauffi achji giosgjcotc
hc doigkc oi gucotd.

[cod sc cogibj÷ hc kialris dmdlfcacotc.

‘So trdld`i giai itri gudfqujcrd, Kcgtdtir.

482 
‘Oi ‘rcsipf÷ cf práogjpc‘. ¹^uchi giovcogcrtc pdrd quc tc quchcs uois háds9
Xcocais uo brdo ldoquctc pfdocdhi pdrd cstd oigkc y uods mjcstds pdrd fis
pr÷xjais his háds. Grci quc tc bustdrád... vdais d tcocr giogursis hc bucrrd. ‘Wus
i`is brjscs isguris ilscrvdrio fis dzufcs hc cffd ‘. Z tdaljêo viy d jovjtdr d Fcstdo
y su bcotc.

[cod sc rj÷ pir fi ld`i.

‘Wá, auy ljco. ¹^ir quê oi9 ‘Fi ajr÷‘. Hc tihds mirads, tcoád pcosdhi
hcsgdosdr uois háds.

‘Ljco ‘giotcst÷ Kcgtdtir, auy sdtjsmcgki‘. ¹Grccs quc pihrád gioscbujr quc
Bdlrjcffc prcstc scrvjgji giai ldrhi cstd oigkc hurdotc uo rdtjti9 Fcs bust÷
augki cf itri hád y scburi quc gioigc kjstirjds cstupcohds.

‘Csi tcohräs quc prcbuotärscfi d Bdlrjcffc ‘rcpfjg÷ [cod, pcri gio uod siorjsd‘
. ^cri grci quc prildlfcacotc fc bustdrád kdgcrfi.

‘Cstupcohi ‘suspjr÷ Kcgtdtir auy giotcoti‘. ¹Tujcrcs quc tc ffcvc dfbuods hc

csds gisds9 ‘Kjzi uo bcsti scôdfdohi fis pdquctcs hc [cod. Êstd vifvj÷ fd gdlczd
y fc fdoz÷ uod fdrbd ajrdhd gio gc`d codrgdhd‘. ]dfc... vdfc... cs fd gistualrc...
 hjsgufpd. ‘Wc cgk÷ d rcár‘. ^craátcac quc ac vdyd hc dquá dotcs hc quc hcgjhds

suljrac d aá  pir
 pir fds csgdfcrds. ‘Wdfj÷ hjspdrdhi pir uo pdsjffi, hc`dohi quc [cod
suljcrd fds csgdfcrds kdstd su kdljtdgj÷o, gisd quc kjzi hc his co his.

Cstiy hc luco kuair , rcmfcxjio÷ fd bucrrcrd pcosdtjvd. Z grci quc ac bustd csd
scosdgj÷o. Xcohrê quc vifvcr d prildrfd co dfbðo itri aiacoti. 
aiacoti.   ^ir supucsti,
cstdld hc vucftd dotcs quc fd ldrhi. [cod hcpisjt÷ sus pdquctcs co cf ldðf quc
kdlád gcrgd hc fds dfmir`ds hc Drbi y fis irbdojz÷, hc`dohi d uo fdhi cf pdquctc hc
gugkjffis y vdrjis itris aäs pcqucôis. Wjo caldrbi, su scosjlfc iáhi gdpt÷ uois
pdsis gioigjhis quc suládo pir fds csgdfcrds y sc dprcsur÷ d actcr fd adyir pdrtc
hc fis pdquctcs co fds dfmir`ds, hc`dohi mucrd fis gugkjffis y itri pdquctc pcqucôi.
Wipcs÷ co fd adoi itri aäs y fucbi fi budrh÷ gio cf rcsti.

‘Êsc... êsc ac vd d actcr co uo fái ‘auraur÷ [cod, fcvdotdohi fd ajrdhd gudohi

sc dlrj÷ fd pucrtd y cotr÷ Bdlrjcffc tdaldfcäohisc, gio fis lrdzis gdrbdhis hc
pdquctcs.

Wiftdohi uo tdgi, [cod sc dgcrg÷ d tihd vcfigjhdh pdrd dbdrrdr uois gudotis dotcs
hc quc fd ldrhi pcrhjcrd cf cqujfjlrji pir giapfcti y sdfjcrd vifdohi. Dgdl÷
dbdrrdohi fis pdquctcs y d fd ldrhi y giosjbuj÷ hcpisjtdrfis d tihis sjo quc sc fc
gdycrdo. 48; 

‘¡Bdlrjcffc! ‘cxgfda÷, rjcohi‘. ¹Cs quc kds giaprdhi cf acrgdhi cotcri9

Bdlrjcffc siorj÷, sjo dfjcoti.

‘Mjuu. ^ucs gdsj. ‘Wc dpdrt÷ cf pcfi hc fis i`is‘. Ocgcsjtäldais augkds gisds.
‘Hjrjbj÷ d [cod uod ajrdhd tdjadhd ‘. Z kc giaprdhi uod sdrtêo. ‘\cgjlj÷ uod
ajrdhd‘. Fcs hj`c quc ac fd kjgjcrdo gio uo pjogki co cf cxtrcai, pir sj dgdsi ‘
dôdhj÷, gio uod siorjsd adfjgjisd.

‘¹Co scrji9 ‘rj÷ [cod sirprcohjhd.

‘Wá ‘giotcst÷ fd ldrhi dfcbrcacotc‘. Xdaljêo kc giaprdhi pjcfcs hc hirajr

oucvds. Hj`jstc quc fi tcoád quc bdstdr tihi, ¹rcgucrhds9 ‘Wc fcvdot÷ y capcz÷ d
irbdojzdr fis pdquctcs‘. Kc giaprdhi dfbi pdrd piocrac cstd oigkc.

‘Wá, yi tdaljêo ‘giacot÷ [cod, dotc fi gudf Bdlrjcffc sc hctuvi sirprcohjhd‘.

Oi ac ajrcs dsá. Ac cstäo kdgjcohi uod tðojgd hc gucri oucvd, pirquc fd itrd
dgdl÷ kcgkd trjzds dycr.
 

‘¡Ck! ‘Bdlrjcffc dfz÷ fds adois gio uo bcsti hc rcohjgj÷o co lriad‘. ¡Tuc yi
oi hjbi odhd! ‘]ifvj÷ d sus pdquctcs‘. Kc gioscbujhi privjsjiocs y `dliocs y
aäs pcrbdajois y tjotd y... ‘Wc hcldtj÷ räpjhdacotc giosjbi ajsad‘. Z csti. ‘
Wc vifvj÷ gio cf pdquctc hc pdôi co fds adois y fi hcpisjt÷ co fds adois
siprcohjhds hc [cod‘. ^drd tj.

Cs gurjisi g÷ai oucstrds acotcs pdrcgco scbujr fis ajsais hcrritcris,

hcrritcris, pcos÷ [cod,
ajcotrds hcscovifvád cf pdquctc.

‘Oi tcoáds pir quê, Bdlrjcffc ‘rcprcohj÷ d su dajbd, fucbi ajr÷ cf giotcojhi y sc
quch÷ adrdvjffdhd, gio fis i`is giai pfdtis ‘. Ik, Bdlrjcffc... ‘Fcvdot÷ fis i`is y
dtrdp÷ fd ajrdhd hc fd ldrhi gio fd suyd y fucbi trdz÷ fis hjscôis gio uo hchi ‘.
Wio prcgjisis.

Bdlrjcffc siorj÷.

‘^drcgc quc tc bustdo, ¹ck9 Csi pcosê. ‘Wc doit÷ uo puoti acotdf.
‘Augki ‘giotcst÷ [cod, siorjêohifc. Cotiogcs gibj÷ dfbi quc tcoád hcträs y fc
fdoz÷ uo pdquctc d Bdlrjcffc‘. Aj turoi. 48: 
‘^cri... ‘Bdlrjcffc sc hctuvi y sc cgk÷ d rcár, fucbi gibj÷ cf pdquctc y dtjsl÷ pir
hcld`i hcf coviftirji‘. ¡Budu! ‘cxgfda÷ cogdotdhd‘. ¹H÷ohc fis kds
cogiotrdhi9 ¡Kc rcgirrjhi tihds fds tjcohds lusgdohi uois giai cstis y oi kc
gioscbujhi cogiotrdr odhd! ‘Fcvdot÷ fis gugkjffis hc gigjod y vifvj÷ cf mjfi pufjhi
kdgjd fd fuz.

‘Ac dfcbri hc quc tc bustco ‘rcpfjg÷ [cod‘. Ajrd... kc giaprdhi cstc lrigkc
pdrd @cssdo. ¹Tuê tc pdrcgc9 ‘Fc coscô÷ d fd ldrhi cf lrigkc hcf fc÷o rjsucôi quc
kdlád cogiotrdhi co uod pcqucôd tjcohd `usti mucrd hc fds aurdffds hcf gdstjffi.

Bdlrjcffc sc cgk÷ d rcár.

‘Ik... cs pcrmcgti. ‘Xig÷ cf lrigkc gio uo hchi‘. Kdstd sc pdrcgc d su

cxprcsj÷o... yd sdlcs guäf.

‘Aaaa ‘dsjotj÷ [cod‘. Grci quc scrä ac`ir quc capcgcais d prcpdrdrois
pdrd cf ldoquctc. ‘Ajr÷ kdgjd mucrd, hiohc sc cstdld piojcohi cf sif‘. Ac viy d
fdvdr. ‘Wc dpdrt÷ hcf pistc hc fd gdad y gudohi hji his pdsis kdgjd fd kdljtdgj÷o
hcf ldôi Bdlrjcffc fd jotcrgcpt÷ gio uo dlrdzi ‘. Ck... ck... ‘Wc rj÷ sudvcacotc
 

pir fd mcrigjhdh hcf dlrdzi hc fd ldrhi ‘. Xrdoqujfd. ]iy d dgdldr ycohi df

ldoquctc gio fds gistjffds ritds.

Isgurjhdh titdf. [cod rcgirrj÷ fd kdljtdgj÷o cogcohjcohi vcfds pdrd duacotdr cf

rcspfdohir hcf mucbi. Fds pucrtds dljcrtds hcf ldfg÷o hc`dldo pdsdr uod lrjsd mrcsgd
y hufgc quc dbjtdld fd ffdad hc fds vcfds, pcri sjo mucrzd sumjgjcotc pdrd dpdbdrfds.
[cod, quc yd cstdld vcstjhd, sc dgcrg÷ d fds dfmir`ds y sdg÷ his pdquctcs aäs, auy
pcqucôis. Soi fi hc`÷ co cf ldðf, cf itri fi hcscovifvj÷ gio gujhdhi y sc fi pusi co
fd pdfad hc fd adoi dotcs hc dgcrgdrsc d Bdlrjcffc, quc dgdldld hc sdfjr hc fd
kdljtdgj÷o hcf ldôi y cstdld dgjgdfäohisc dotc cf cspc`i hc fd kdljtdgj÷o.

‘Auy liojti ‘giacot÷ fd bucrrcrd, df vcr cf dtucohi oucvi hc fd ldrhi ‘. Xc

sjcotd auy ljco.

‘Brdgjds
tihi pdrd ‘
auraur÷ Bdlrjcffc, ajrdohi d [cod, y cotiogcs sc hji fd vucftd hcf
ajrdrfd mj`dacotc‘. Gdrdy. ‘Giotcapf÷ cf dtucohi hc [cod, hc schd
gdracsá gio lirhdhis, pdrpdhcdohi uo pigi. Adobds dljcrtds mirrdhds hc lfdogi
puri, d `ucbi gio fds d`ustdhds pifdjods lfdogds, tihi cffi tcrajodhi gio lfdohds 43> 
litds ocbrds hc jotcrjir‘. Cstäs cstupcohd ‘siorj÷ fd ldrhi.

‘Ac dfcbri hc iltcocr tu dprildgj÷o ‘giotcst÷ [cod gio scgi kuair, pcri
siorjêohifc‘. Xð tdaljêo cstäs auy budpd. ‘Dfdrb÷ uod adoi y tig÷ fd sudvc tcfd
hc gifir vcrhc.

Bdlrjcffc siorj÷ y sc vifvj÷ hc oucvi kdgjd cf cspc`i.

‘Ac bust÷ ‘rcgioigj÷, gifigäohisc ljco uod adobd‘. Oi kdgcais csti auy d
acouhi. ‘Wiorj÷ lurfiod d su pripji rcmfc`i ‘. Z tc dscburi quc yi oi fi kdgád co
gdsd. ‘Wc vifvj÷ y rcgirrj÷ hc oucvi d [cod gio fis i`is ‘. ¹Cf puôdf cs ocgcsdrji9
Grcád quc csti crd uod gcfclrdgj÷o... cotrc dajbis. ¹Cs quc ac kc pcrhjhi pdrtc hc
fis pfdocs i dfbi9

[cod sc dpiy÷ co fd acsd y sc gruz÷ hc lrdzis.

‘^ucs vcräs ‘cxpfjg÷‘. Cs uod mjcstd. Sod brdo mjcstd. Hiohc sc vdo d aczgfdr fis
äojais gio itri tjpi hc dojadgjiocs.

‘¹¹¹Z...999 ‘prcbuot÷ Bdlrjcffc, dfzdohi fds adois gio uo fcvc cogibjajcoti hc

 kialris.

‘Z quc gudohi fis bucrrcris giotcotis sc calirrdgkdo, fi prjacri quc kdgco cs

lusgdr pcfcd gio fd pcrsiod aäs hurd hc fd tdlcrod ‘hj`i [cod gio tioi hc budsd,
cxtcohjcohi fis lrdzis y scôdfäohisc d sá ajsad‘. Z êsd siy yi. ‘Wu tioi siodld
rcsjbodhi, pcri gio aihcrdhi luco kuair ‘. Fd cspdhd fd viy d hc`dr dquá, pcri
oi viy d dpdrcgcr titdfacotc hcsdradhd.

Bdlrjcffc sift÷ uod rjsjtd.

‘[cod, tcohrádo quc scr uois sujgjhds ‘hj`i‘. Jogfusi titdfacotc hcsouhd y
achji hirajhd, pihráds gio fd adyirád hc cffis, y fi sdlco. ‘Wiorj÷ d su dajbd gio
adfjgjd‘. W÷fi tjcocs quc cgkdrfcs uod hc csds ajrdhds. ‘Csqujv÷ cf gdp÷o co
lriad hc [cod y sjbuj÷ drrcbfäohisc fd adobd quc fc cstdld hdohi prilfcads ‘.
Xrdtd hc oi pdsdrtc augki gio cffis, ¹vdfc9

‘Fi jotcotdrê ‘muc fd rcspucstd fjbcrdacotc sdrgästjgd hc [cod ‘. Z pir mdvir, tð

tco gujhdhi gio cf kjhriajcf hc Kcgtdtir. Cs auy pitcotc y oi cstäs dgistualrdhd
d lclcr.

‘Xcohrê gujhdhi ‘hj`i fd ldrhi rjcohi pir fi ld`i‘. ^cri tð ac vjbjfdräs,

¹vcrhdh9 ‘Ajr÷ d su dajbd hc rci`i ‘. Giai sj tuvjcrd quc prcbuotdrfi. 434 
‘Aaa ‘dsjotj÷ [cod, fucbi cgk÷ fd gdlczd d uo fdhi y ilscrv÷ d Bdlrjcffc
dtcotdacotc‘. Csd tðojgd cs auy liojtd ‘auraur÷‘. Ac bustd cf gifir. ‘Co sus
fdljis sc hjlu`÷ uod siorjsd‘. ^cri grci quc fc mdftd dfbi.

‘¹Cf quê9 ‘prcbuot÷ Bdlrjcffc, ajräohisc co cf cspc`i, pcrpfc`d.

‘Ik... oi sê. Csti tdf vcz ‘rcspiohj÷ [cod, giai qujco oi qujcrc fd gisd, df
tjcapi quc rihcdld cf gucffi hc Bdlrjcffc y fc dlrigkdld uo gifbdotc, fucbi dpdrt÷
fds adois y rctrigchj÷.

Bdlrjcffc sc quch÷ joa÷vjf, giotcapfdohi su rcmfc`i y cf cobdstc hc mjfjbrdod

hcfjgdhdacotc mir`dhd quc rihcdld uod pjchrd hc uo gifir vcrhc brjsägci y
gdaljdotc. Wjotj÷ quc cf girdz÷o fc hdld uo vucfgi, trds kdlcrsc pdrdhi uo luco
rdti, c jotcot÷ lusgdr uod rcspucstd, pcri oi cogiotr÷ ojobuod. Hc aihi quc sc
hji fd vucftd y sc quch÷ ajrdohi d [cod y oi hj`i odhd co dlsifuti.

‘Kdgc `ucbi gio tus i`is ‘giacot÷ [cod, gio uod fjbcrd siorjsd.

‘¹Wá9 ‘sift÷ Bdlrjcffc, rcgupcrdohi pir mjo cf kdlfd.

 

[cod sc dgcrg÷ aäs y cstuhj÷ fd pjchrd, fucbi dfz÷ fd pcoctrdotc ajrdhd pdrd ajrdr
d fis i`is co gucstj÷o.

‘Aaaa. ‘Hji uod pdfadhd d fd ldrhi co cf kialri ‘. ]dais. Wcrä ac`ir quc
ld`cais dotcs hc quc capjcgco d lusgdrois.

Tuê gisds... Bdlrjcffc
gisds... Bdlrjcffc sc ajr÷ df cspc`i uod vcz aäs, dfzdohi uod adoi pdrd tigdr
cf gifbdotc. Hcspdgji, fi fcvdot÷ y fi ajr÷ y fucbi sc ajr÷ d fis i`is co cf
cspc`i. Xjcoc rdz÷o... sio hcf ajsai gifir... ¹fi kd cfcbjhi pir csi i pir...
quê9  Wjotj÷
  Wjotj÷ uo kirajbuci odhd hcsdbrdhdlfc quc fc rcgirrád fd cspdfhd. \jêohisc
fcvcacotc y sdguhjcohi fd gdlczd, sc ajr÷ pir ðftjad vcz co cf cspc`i y sc hjrjbj÷ d
fd pucrtd.

[cod cstdld co cf pdsjffi, kdlfdohi gio @cssdo, y fis his sc vifvjcrio gudohi sc
dgcrg÷ d cffis. @cssdo ffcvdld uod tðojgd hc gucffi dfti gio gjotur÷o, hc gifir dzuf
lrjffdotc, gio pdotdfiocs isguris y fis pjcs hcsgdfzis giai sjcaprc. Fc siorj÷.

‘Bdlrjcffc. Cstäs budpásjad ‘bir`c÷ dfcbrcacotc, dbdrräohifd hcf lrdzi pdrd

capczdr d ld`dr fds csgdfcrds y dbdrrdohi käljfacotc tdaljêo cf lrdzi hc [cod, sjo
kdgcr cf acoir gdsi hc su mdfsi gcôi. 43< 
‘Xð tdaljêo cstäs auy ljco, @cssdo ‘giacot÷ Bdlrjcffc, kjogäohifc fjbcrdacotc
uo hchi co fds gistjffds. Êf fc siorj÷ y fucbi ld`÷ cf gucffi pdrd ajrdr aäs hc gcrgd.

‘Gdrdy ‘siorj÷ @cssdo‘. Cs prcgjisi. ‘Fcvdot÷ fd ajrdhd y dhvjrtj÷ su fjbcri

siori`i, dhjvjodohi gio dgjcrti hc h÷ohc kdlád sdgdhi fd `iyd. ^usi su cxprcsj÷o
aäs adfjgjisd y sumjgjcotc dotcs hc vifvcr fd gdlczd pdrd ajrdr d [cod, quc
giosjbuj÷ hcvifvcrfc fd ajrdhd gio giotrifdhi y mrái jotcrês. Cs lucod. Xcobi quc
rcgioigêrscfi. Oj sc kd joautdhi. 
joautdhi.  Fc bujô÷ uo i`i y cffd fc rcspiohj÷ gio uod
fcvásjad josjoudgj÷o hc siorjsd co fd gdrd. Dkkk...
gdrd. Dkkk... rj÷
 rj÷ su cspárjtu riaäotjgi. ¹Dðo oi
oitäjs cstc váogufi9 Zi sá... df cstdr dquá cotrc fds his, sjcoti g÷ai mfuyc d aj
dfrchchir giai cf dbud... y duoquc fds his sijs kuadods y oi pcrtcocgêjs d aj
 puclfi... tcoêjs quc scotjr dfbi. Wcburi quc sá... i pir tihds fds scôdfcs hcf sif, yi
tdaljêo siy gjcbi. 
gjcbi. 

‘Oi sê, Bdlrjcffc. ^drcgc uo pigi... ‘hj`i [cod gio tioi lurf÷o, ajrdohi d fd
ldrhi y pdrdohi d @cssdo, pdrd cstuhjdrfi.

‘Wisi ‘tcrajo÷ Bdlrjcffc, co cf aiacoti ipirtuoi ‘. Auy sisi.

 

[cod dsjotj÷ y fucbi, adotcojcohi fis i`is gfdvdhis co fis hcsgiogcrtdhis i`is hc
@cssdo, fc gifig÷ cf lrigkc hcf fc÷o co fd tðojgd.

‘Dsá. Augki ac`ir. ‘Wc vifvj÷ kdgjd fd ldrhi‘. ¹Oi grccs9

‘Dlsifutdacotc
jadbjodrjd ‘dsjotj÷
hc fd adobd
Bdlrjcffc gio hcgjsj÷o. Wc qujt÷ uod aitd hc pifvi
‘. ¹Fjstis9

D @cssdo sc fc pusjcrio fis i`is giai pfdtis df ajrdrsc, y fucbi ajr÷ d [cod.

‘Oi kds...

‘^ucs sá ‘giotcst÷ [cod, scgdacotc‘. ¹Dfbðo prilfcad9 ‘Fi ajr÷ gio uod gc`d
codrgdhd‘. ¹Z ljco9

‘Brdgjds ‘giotcst÷ cf kdljtdotc hcf lisquc sudvcacotc, gio uod ajrdhd

scotjhásjad, c jogdpdz hc giotcocrsc, fd rihc÷ gio fis lrdzis y fd fcvdot÷ hcf sucfi.

Bdlrjcffc sc cgk÷ d rcár gudohi fd sift÷ y sc hjspusjcrio d ld`dr fds csgdfcrds.

‘Xc hds gucotd hc quc crcs fd ðojgd pcrsiod dpdrtc hc tdf vcz Kêrgufcs d qujco fc 437 
pcrajtjrád kdgcrfc uod gisd dsá, ¹vcrhdh9 ‘fc hj`i fd ldrhi gio uod siorjsd.

‘Wá ‘gdoturrc÷ @cssdo‘. Fi sê. ‘Wiorj÷ d [cod dfcbrcacotc y fucbi mfcxjio÷ fis
aðsgufis hc fis lrdzis‘. Ck, quc tjcoco quc scrvjr pdrd dfbi, ¹oi9 Cs uod gisd hc
kialrcs.

[cod y Bdlrjcffc pusjcrio fis i`is co lfdogi d fd vcz.

‘Iyc, quê ljco fi kdlêjs kcgki. ¹Cs quc cosdyäjs i dfbi dsá9 ‘prcbuot÷ @cssdo,
tiaäohifcs cf pcfi.

‘]dais ‘lum÷ [cod, hjrjbjêohisc kdgjd fds csgdfcrds‘. Dotcs hc quc ois adohco
d uo budrhjd dradhi.

Co fis i`is hirdhis hc @cssdo dsia÷ uo lrjffi trdvjcsi gudohi ffcbdrio df pjc hc fds
csgdfcrds y sc hji gucotd hc quc gjcotis hc i`is sc vifvádo kdgjd cffis. Tuê gudhri
hclcais hc kdgcr... 
kdgcr... 

Kcgtdtir cstdld kdlfdohi co viz ld`d gio uoi hc sus fubdrtcojcotcs gudohi Fcstdo
sc jogfjo÷ kdgjd êf y fc hji uo gihdzi co fds gistjffds. Cf práogjpc ajr÷ d su oucvi
 

dfjdhi, silrcsdftdhi. Fcstdo sc fjajt÷ d siorcár y scôdf÷

scô df÷ kdgjd fd pucrtd gio fd pcfuhd
ldrljffd.

‘¹Aaa9 ‘rcpfjg÷ Kcgtdtir, ajrdohi kdgjd dffá, y cotiogcs sc cgk÷ d rcár

sudvcacotc‘. ^cri quê vco ajs i`is ‘giacot÷, bujôäohifc cf i`i d Fcstdo
gudohi cf kj`i hc êstc cotr÷ co fd sdfd, csgiftdohi d [cod y d Bdlrjcffc gio brdo
cfcbdogjd‘. Oi ac puchi grccr quc cffd fc cstê pcrajtjcohi uod gisd dsá ‘
giacot÷ Kcgtdtir, dhvjrtjcohi fd cxprcsj÷o hjvcrtjhd hc fd au`cr aircod.

Fcstdo sc rj÷ pir fi ld`i.

‘Zi tdapigi. ‘Jotcrgdalj÷ uod ajrdhd gio cf práogjpc, hcsgulrjcohi gdhd vcz
aäs gisds quc fc bustdldo hc cstc dfjdhi kuadoi. Wc vifvj÷ kdgjd Rcoojh, scotdhd
d su jzqujcrhd, fcvdot÷ fd adoi quc su`ctdld co fd suyd y fd lcs÷ fjbcrdacotc co fis
hchis‘. Oucstri kj`i cstä auy budpi, ¹oi cstäs hc dgucrhi, dair aái9

Rcoojh, hcsgiogcrtdhd, ajr÷ kdgjd @cssdo y fdhc÷ fd gdlczd, pcosdtjvd.

‘Auy pripji hc @cssdo ‘siorj÷ lurfiod. Ilscrv÷ ajcotrds su kj`i fc kdgád uod
fjapjd rcvcrcogjd d [cod johjgäohifc su dsjcoti co fd acsd prjogjpdf dotcs hc scbujr 438 
dvdozdohi pir fd sdfd gio Bdlrjcffc, quc jogfjodld
jo gfjodld fd gdlczd kdgjd êf, cvjhcotcacotc
giotäohifc dfbi quc fc kdgád rcár.

[cod sc hjrjbj÷ d fd acsd hcf práogjpc, hiohc kdlád uo dsjcoti rcscrvdhi cotrc
Fcstdo y cf quc cstdld ilfjbdhd d igupdr. ^rcmcrjrád cstdr co fd sdfd gio @cssdo y
Bdl,, suspjr÷ acotdfacotc. Ik, lucoi... quc capjcgc cf cspcgtägufi, supiobi. 
Bdl supiobi.   Fd
acsd sc cxtcohád pir fd sdfd y cffd sc cstdld dgcrgdohi pir hcfdotc co fubdr hc pir
hcträs y tcoád fd acsd cotrc fds sjffds y cffd. Lucoi, sjcaprc kc sjhi uod scôird hc fd
bucrrd sjo aihdfcs y quc ac dkirquco sj viy d rihcdr tihd fd acsd, gio tihd fd sdfd
ajräohiac. Gio
ajräohiac.  Gio fis i`is gkjspcdotcs, cspcr÷ d cstdr d his zdogdhds hc fd acsd y
sdft÷ kdgjd drrjld y kdgjd hcfdotc, hdohi uod viftcrctd pir cogjad hc fd acsd y
bjrdohi co achji hcf djrc pdrd dtcrrjzdr fjapjdacotc hcfdotc hc su sjffd. Fd
cxprcsj÷o hc Kcgtdtir cstuvi d puoti hc kdgcrfd cstdffdr co gdrgd`dhds, pcri co
gdalji sc qujt÷ uod aitd hc pifvi jadbjodrjd hc fd adobd y sc scot÷.

‘Lucods oigkcs, Kcgtdtir. ‘Z fibr÷ oi cgkdrsc d rcár.

Fcstdo sc hcstcrojff÷. Kdstd Rcoojh rcprjaj÷ uod siorjsd. Kcgtdtir gifig÷ uo gihi
gio gujhdhi cogjad hc fd acsd y dpiy÷ fd ldrljffd co fd adoi, acocdohi fd
 dtrdgtjvd gdlczd ajcotrds fd ajrdld.

‘Lucods oigkcs, [cod ‘hj`i pir mjo, gio tioi lurf÷o‘. Auy dadlfc pir... aa...
hc`drtc gdcr pir dquá. ‘Csti fc privig÷ d Fcstdo itri dtdquc hc rjsd, ajcotrds fis
grjdhis hcf ldoquctc capczdldo d scrvjr fd giajhd y fis prjacris cogdrbdhis hcf
cotrctcojajcoti kdgádo sus rcvcrcogjds.

Fd sdfd hcf ldoquctc cstdld jfuajodhd pir fds dotirgkds y auy rujhisd, y cf `dfci hc
vigcs y fd aczgfd hc pjsdhds y rujhi hc gdgkdrris hjmjguftdld jogfusi fd giovcrsdgj÷o
aäs gcrgdod. [cod, scotdhd cotrc Kcgtdtir y Fcstdo, giosjbuj÷ cvjtdr uo dtdquc hc
vjifcogjd s÷fi df rcgirhdrsc d sá ajsad quc co dfbðo aiacoti dgdldrád mucrd hc fd
sdfd y co uo fubdr trdoqujfi. Hctcstdld fds
fd s auftjtuhcs. Hctcstdld cf rujhi. Hctcstdld
fds sdfds hc ldoquctcs rujhisds y dtcstdhds hc bcotc.

Cf cotrctcojajcoti cstuvi ljco y Bdlrjcffc sc ffcv÷ d fd sdfd hc gdffc gio uods

kjstirjds cstupcohds, giotdohi fds his prjacrds y fucbi hjrjbjcohi uod ajrdhd d
[cod dotcs hc capczdr fd tcrgcrd, pdrd dvjsdrfd hc quc êstd prildlfcacotc fc jld d
rcsuftdr gioigjhd d fd bucrrcrd hc uod
u od mirad aäs pcrsiodf. Cmcgtjvdacotc, fd bucrrd
cotrc gcotduris y dadziods. Gdpt÷ fd ajrdhd hc Bdl y fc hjrjbj÷ uod siorjsd
dutêotjgd, pdrd quc fd ldrhi supjcrd quc oi cstdld comdhdhd. His gipds hcf

433 
kjhriajcf hc Kcgtdtir kdládo qujtdhi dfbi hc mucrzd d su mdstjhji, duoquc oi kdládo
ldstdhi oj pir dsiai pdrd qujtdr fd acoir dbuhczd d sus rcmfc`is. Wjo caldrbi, fd
dtcstdhd sdfd oi sc kdlád aihcrdhi giai cffd y dkird quc fd vcfdhd sc jld
prifiobdohi, yd vcád i`is vjhrjisis y pdsis tdaldfcdotcs pir fd brdo sdfd.

Bdlrjcffc lclj÷ itri trdbi hc kjhriajcf, hjsmrutdohi hc su mucbi hufgc y pitcotc.

Ajr÷ kdgjd fd acsd prjogjpdf y simig÷ uod rjsjtd. Jotcrprctdr fds cxprcsjiocs hc [cod
sc kdlád jhi kdgjcohi aäs mägjf gio cf tjcapi, y fd ldrhi sdlád quc csd gdrd
dpdrcotcacotc trdoqujfd
trdoqujf d y hcsjotcrcsdhd qucrád hcgjr quc [cod sc cstdld piojcohi
gdhd vcz aäs ocrvjisd gio cf rujhi, fd bcotc... y quc fd pisturd rcfd`dhd quc tcoád
co fd sjffd iguftdld uod tcosj÷o auy brdohc trdjgjiodhd pir fd mfcxj÷o rátajgd hc fis
fdrbis hchis... Bdlrjcffc
Bdlrjcff c suspjr÷ y ajr÷ su gipd. Grci quc sê hc dfbujco quc sc puchc
lclcr csti ac`ir quc yi. Wc
yi. Wc hjsgufp÷ y sdfj÷ hc hcträs hc fd acsd, hjrjbjêohisc kdgjd
fd pdrtc mriotdf hc fd sdfd.

D achji gdajoi, dfbujco fd dbdrr÷ hcf lrdzi.

‘Kifd, prcgjisd. ‘So bucrrcri, gio fd ripd dfbi hcsirhcodhd, quc oi siftdld d su
prcsd‘. Ac kdo bustdhi csds kjstirjds. Tujcri iár aäs. Co prjvdhi. ‘Fc siorj÷ gio
japuhjgjd y luco kuair.
 

‘Brdgjds ‘suspjr÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. ^cri oi qucrräs quc ac adrgkc hc fd mjcstd,

¹vcrhdh9 ‘¹Wdfbi hc êstd d ldsc hc fdljd i gio dacodzds9 Aaa. 
Aaa. 

‘Gfdri quc sá ‘rj÷ cf kialrc, dbdrräohifd hcf lrdzi gio aäs mucrzd‘. Oi sc vc
auy d acouhi d uod gisjtd liojtd giai tð. ]dais. Xcobi uod lucod kdljtdgj÷o
co cf gudrtcf... pihcais piocrois g÷aihis. ‘Cgk÷ d dohdr, sjo cspcrdr
rcsjstcogjd, pcri sc pdr÷ co scgi gudohi cf il`cti hc sus dtcogjiocs sc ocb÷ d
giipcrdr‘. Iyc, oi tc ac piobds hjmágjf, aizd. Dycr tuvc uo hád auy huri.

‘Wá, lucoi, yi tdaljêo ‘giotcst÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. Z tcobi itrds gisds quc kdgcr, dsá
quc... ¹quê tdf sj ac hc`ds co pdz9

‘Hdac uod sifd rdz÷o giovjogcotc pdrd quc oi tc gi`d co lrdzis y tc sdquc hc
dquá. Wê fi quc qujcri. ‘Cf kialrc sc cstdld comdhdohi y fd dbdrr÷ hcf itri
kialri gio fd adoi fjlrc.

‘Sod rdz÷o giovjogcotc ‘hj`i Bdlrjcffc, dsjotjcohi pdrd sá ajsad. Sod rdz÷o
giovjogcotc. ]dfc, kcais jotcotdhi kdlfdr. ^dscais df pfdo L, giai hjrád [cod ‘.
Ajrd pir cogjad hc aj kialri hcrcgki.
43= 
Zd, y yi siy fd quc sjcaprc fc cstä hjgjcohi quc ac hc`c fjlrdr ajs pripjds ldtdffds.
Zd. Gfdri, Bdlrjcffc, ¹ac hjgcs itrd vcz fi augki quc tc aifcstd csi, aaaa9  

‘¹Tuê9 ‘Cf kialrc vifvj÷ fd gdlczd y Bdlrjcffc vji g÷ai sc quchdld pdrdfjzdhi
y uod cxprcsj÷o hc fcotd giaprcosj÷o gruzdld sus rdsbis dfbi mcis. Dpdrt÷ fds
adois hc cffd giai sj cstuvjcrd df ri`i vjvi y capcz÷ d rctrigchcr, gio fis lrdzis
dpdrtdhis hc gudfqujcr pisjlfc drad. Fd ldrhi siorj÷ y cffd ajsad vifvj÷ fd gdlczd
pdrd ajrdr kdgjd dträs, cogioträohisc gio uod bêfjhd ajrdhd dzuf quc sc sudvjz÷
gudohi sus i`is sc cogiotrdrio. [cod cstdld hc pjc hcträs hc fd acsd, gio fis
lrdzis gruzdhis, jrrdhjdohi uod dacodzd ocrvjisd quc pigi d pigi muc gchjcohi d
achjhd quc Bdlrjcffc sc jld dgcrgdohi d fd acsd.

‘¹Cstäs ljco9 ‘prcbuot÷ [cod, ajräohifd hc drrjld dld`i.

‘^ir supucsti ‘rj÷ Bdlrjcffc‘. Fi ðojgi quc ocgcsjtdld crd uod ajrdhd tuyd. ‘
Wiorj÷ lurfiod‘. Hclcráds hcsgulrjr fd mirad hc calitcffdr csi y vcohcrfi.

[cod kjzi uod aucgd.

‘¹Oi qujcrcs csi9 ‘Johjg÷ fd gipd gio fd gdlczd‘. ¹Oi tc bustd9

 

Bdlrjcffc mruogj÷ fis fdljis pcosdtjvd.

‘Co rcdfjhdh ac bustd hcadsjdhi ‘rcgioigj÷, lcljcohi itri trdbi ‘. Oi qujcri

quc êstd scd fd prjacrd vcz quc ac hcspfiai lirrdgkd. ‘Wc gdff÷ uo aiacoti‘.
Êstd cs aj gudrtd gipd. ‘Sod ajrdhd giotrjtd d [cod, quc sc cgk÷ d rcár ‘. Kc
pcosdhi quc d fi ac`ir tc vcoád ljco... pdrcgcs uo pigi tcosd.
‘Aaa ‘dsjotj÷ [cod‘. Fds brdohcs mjcstds oi sio fi aái. ‘Ilscrv÷ fd gdrd hc
fd ldrhi y siorj÷‘. Cotiogcs kds lcljhi aäs quc yi ‘dhvjrtj÷ fd bucrrcrd, pdsdohi
fd adoi dotc fis i`is hc Bdlrjcffc y oitdohi fd fcotjtuh
fcotjt uh hc fd rcdggj÷o‘. Wcrä ac`ir
quc pdrcs. ‘\cgirrj÷ fd sdfd gio fd ajrdhd‘. Hc tihds mirads, csti yd sc cstä
dgdldohi. Grci quc pihcais csgdluffjrois sjo imcohcr d odhjc.

‘Oi tjcocs pir quê... ‘pritcst÷ fd ldrhi‘. ^uchcs quchdrtc y hjvcrtjrtc... ‘Wc
gdff÷ dotc fd ajrdhd gio gc`d codrgdhd hc [cod‘. Xdf vcz oi ‘tcrajo÷, rjcohi.

‘]dais ‘giotcst÷ [cod, y sdft÷ itrd vcz pir cogjad hc fd acsd y sc hcspjhj÷ gio
uo bcsti hc Kcgtdtir, Fcstdo y Rcoojh, quc cstdldo dpjôdhis co tiroi d uo
pcqucôi adpd, hcrrdadohi kjhriajcf cogjad hc hjgki adpd y hc cffis ajsais ‘
. Dk, sá ‘auraur÷ fd bucrrcrd‘. Má`dtc, ac viy d pcrhcr csti. ‘Gifig÷ uod adoi 432 
co cf kialri hc Bdlrjcffc y fd buj÷ kdgjd fd pucrtd.

D ajtdh hc fds csgdfcrds, Bdlrjcffc sc pdr÷ hc rcpcotc y sc dbdrr÷ d fd ldrdohjffd

auy giomusd.

‘Suum ‘mdrmuff÷ co viz ld`d, ffdadohi fd dtcogj÷o hc [cod ‘. Oi tjcoc brdgjd.

[cod sc dgcrg÷ d cffd y fd gibj÷ hcf lrdzi gio hcfjgdhczd.

‘¹Cf quê9 ‘Ilscrv÷ prcigupdhd gudohi fd ldrhi gcrr÷ fis i`is y sc dpiy÷ co fd
pdrch.

‘]ucftds ‘giotcst÷ Bdlrjcffc, vdbdacotc, dlrjcohi fis i`is y pdrpdhcdohi‘. Dy.

[cod fd dbdrr÷ hc fd auôcgd y sc pusi su lrdzi dfrchchir hc fis kialris.

‘]cobd. Gio gdfad... dp÷ydtc co aá y vdais d suljr.

Bdlrjcffc jotcot÷ scbujr fds jostruggjiocs, pcri fds pjcrods oi ilchcgádo d su

vifuotdh y gio fd itrd adoi sc dbdrr÷ fd gdlczd, quc fc kdlád capczdhi d hifcr hc
 rcpcotc.

‘Oi puchi. Cspcrd uo aiacoti... hc`d quc ac sjcotc.

[cod sc airhjsquc÷ cf fdlji uo aiacoti.

‘Oi, dquá oi. Dbudotd. ‘\ihc÷ fis kialris hc fd ldrhi gio uo lrdzi y gio cf

itri fd gibj÷ pir hcträs hc fds rihjffds, fcvdotäohifd y dguoäohifd giai d uod
ojôd‘. Dbärrdtc d aj gucffi. Oi cstdais fc`is.

‘]dfc ‘auraur÷ Bdlrjcffc, ilchcgjcohi. Hclcrád ipiocrac,

ipiocrac, il`ct÷ su gdlczd
hjmusdacotc. Oi hclcrád hc`dr quc ac suld co lrdzis pir fds csgdfcrds... hclcrád...
hclcrád... Bdlrjcffc, hclcráds dpiydr fd gdlczd co su kialri y gdffdrtc. Gisd
gdffdrtc.  Gisd quc
kjzi, hc`dohi quc su acotc dtiotdhd sc kuohjcrd co uod gäfjhd oclfjod hirdhd.

[cod sulj÷ fis ðftjais csgdfiocs kdstd cf rcffdoi supcrjir y us÷ cf gihi pdrd dlrjr
fd pucrtd hc su kdljtdgj÷o, quc gcrr÷ hc uod pdtdhd df pdsdr, y gruz÷ kdstd cf simä
ld`i quc kdlád df itri fdhi hc fd gkjacocd. Sod vcz dffá, sc hc`÷ gdcr silrc uod
rihjffd y dgiaih÷ d Bdlrjcffc co fis dfaikdhiocs.
‘]dfc... trdoqujfd. ]iy d lusgdr dbud mrád.
43; 
Fd ldrhi fd ajr÷ pdrpdhcdohi y dfz÷ fd adoi pdrd mritdrsc fd gdlczd.

‘¹Dbud9 Oi tcobi sch, brdgjds ‘mdrmuff÷.

‘Wá quc tjcocs ‘suspjr÷ [cod‘. W÷fi quc oi fi sdlcs. ‘Wc fcvdot÷ y muc d fd
kdljtdgj÷o hcf ldôi, sdgdohi uod gipd hc cotrc sus gisds pir cf gdajoi. So
aiacoti pdrd ffcodrfd hc dbud mrád y fucbi rcbrcs÷ hiohc Bdlrjcffc cstdld dkird

scotdhd, mritäohisc fds sjcocs‘. Xiad. ‘Fd bucrrcrd sc scot÷ co cf simä d su fdhi.
Bdlrjcffc fcvdot÷ fd ajrdhd, gio uod aucgd hc hifir.

‘]dfc, hcotri hc uo aiacoti. Co gudoti fd gdlczd hc`c hc hdrac vucftds. ‘Ajr÷

d [cod ljzqucdohi‘. Budu... dkird crcs his. Tuê sucrtc tcobi.

[cod fc cgk÷ uod ajrdhd tifcrdotc y rjscuôd.

‘Grci quc fi kds hc`dhi `usti d tjcapi ‘giacot÷ gio uod fjbcrd siorjsd y fc
imrcgj÷ cf dbud‘. Lêlctc csti. Xc scotjräs ac`ir, tc fi priacti.

Fd ldrhi gibj÷ fd gipd, rihcäohifd gio fds adois y gifigäohisc cf actdf mrái co fd
 mrcotc.

‘Xjcocs rdz÷o. Ac sjcoti augki ac`ir. ‘Wiorj÷ d [cod hêljfacotc‘. ]dfc...

vdfc... ‘Wuspjr÷ y lclj÷ uo trdbi hcf fáqujhi y fucbi vdrjis aäs‘. Iyc. Wá quc ac
sjcoti ac`ir. ‘Ajr÷ d [cod, quc pusi fis i`is co lfdogi, pcri sc rcgfjo÷ co cf simä.

‘¹Xc kds hjvcrtjhi9 ‘prcbuot÷ fd bucrrcrd hjstrdáhd‘. Kds tcojhi augki êxjti
gio csds kjstirjds. ‘]ifvj÷ fd gdlczd y ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc gio uod siorjsd ‘. Kdstd
ac kd bustdhi fd bucrrd hc fis gcotduris.

Fis i`is hc Bdlrjcffc sc pdscdrio pir su gdrd.

‘Wá... ac kc hjvcrtjhi ‘giotcst÷‘. Ac dfcbri hc quc oi cstês comdhdhd gioajbi.

‘Fcvdot÷ fd adoi y sc tig÷ cf gucffi‘. D tihi cf auohi fc kd bustdhi cf gifbdotc.
‘Wiorj÷‘. ¹^cri g÷ai gioscbujstc cf gifir cxdgti9

‘]cobd, Bdlrjcffc ‘rcziob÷ [cod‘. Hcspuês hc tdoti tjcapi, cspcri sdlcr hc

quê gifir sio tus i`is. ‘Dlrj÷ fis suyis uo pigi aäs‘. Df mjo y df gdli, tð sá quc
sdlcs hc gifir sio fis aáis, ¹oi9
‘Ik... sá ‘muc fd rcspucstd, co uo tioi quc [cod oi sc cspcrdld ‘. Zd fi grci quc
fi sê. ‘Co fd gdrd hc Bdlrjcffc sc mira÷ uod siorjsd y fucbi giotcapf÷ fds 43: 
primuohjhdhcs hc su gipd‘. Zd fi grci quc fi sê ‘rcpjtj÷ co uo susurri. Itri sirli
hc dbud y fucbi sc rcgfjo÷ co cf simä y gcrr÷ fis i`is.

[cod sc siorj÷ y vifvj÷ fd ajrdhd kdgjd cf mucbi, quc drhád gio ffdad ld`d, dpiy÷ fds
litds co cf ldogi mirrdhi quc kdlád hcfdotc hcf simä y sc gruz÷ hc lrdzis.

‘¹Tuê tjcoc tdotd brdgjd9 ‘prcbuot÷ fd ldrhi.

‘¹Aaa9 ‘[cod fc cgk÷ uod ajrdhd y fucbi vifvj÷ d ajrdr cf mucbi‘. Odhd.

‘¹Xc cstäs rjcohi hc aá9 ‘Fds gc`ds hc Bdlrjcffc sc mruogjcrio co uo gcôi ‘. Csi
oi cs `usti. Cstiy lirrdgkd.

Fd bucrrcrd vifvj÷ fd gdlczd y sc quch÷ ajrdohi d su dajbd.

‘Oi, oi ac cstiy rjcohi hc tj. Dsá quc trdoqujfd. ‘]ifvj÷ d ajrdr cf mucbi‘.
Dhcaäs, oi grci quc cstês lirrdgkd. Oi grci quc puchds calirrdgkdrtc s÷fi gio
trcs... vdfc, gudtri gipds hc kjhriajcf.

Bdlrjcffc rcmfcxjio÷.
 

‘Grci quc sá quc fi cstiy. ‘Wift÷ uod rjsjtd, fucbi sc aivj÷ fjbcrdacotc y dpiy÷
fd gdlczd co cf ipirtuoi kialri hc [cod y tdaljêo cffd hjrjbj÷ fd ajrdhd kdgjd cf
mucbi. Itrd rjsjtd‘. Wê quc fi cstiy.

[cod vifvj÷ hc oucvi fd gdlczd pdrd ilscrvdrfd, duoquc sc cstdld kdgjcohi

dpucstds acotdfcs silrc fi quc jld d pdsdr d giotjoudgj÷o. Co sus fdljis sc mira÷
uod siorjsd trdvjcsd.

‘Z dkird, ¹quê cs fi quc tc kdgc d tj tdotd brdgjd9 ‘Csti vd d scr jotcrcsdotc. 

jotcrcsdotc. 

‘Ik... odhd ‘rcspiohj÷ fd ldrhi, gio tioi joigcotc, hjrjbjcohi

hjrjbjco hi d [cod uod ajrdhd
gurjisd‘. Lucoi... co rcdfjhdh odhd... i scd... s÷fi cstdld... ifváhdfi.

[cod sc vifvj÷ hc aihi quc sc quch÷ dpiydhd co uo kialri y hc gdrd d Bdlrjcffc.

‘Hcscalugkd ‘hj`i gio tioi buds÷o‘. Z oi ac ilfjbucs d kdgcrtc gisqujffds

pdrd quc hcscalugkcs.

Bdlrjcffc gdpt÷ cf tioi dfcbrc.

‘Dk, pucs... cstdld... jotcotdohi hcgjhjr... sj rcdfacotc... ‘Wc gdff÷ uo aiacoti y 4=> 
fucbi giotjou÷, gio uod cxprcsj÷o achji hc gurjisjhdh, achji hc itrd gisd ‘0
¹Mujstc tð i muc Dut÷fjgus9

[cod sdlád cxdgtdacotc d quê sc rcmcrád. Cgk÷ fd gdlczd kdgjd dträs fjbcrdacotc y
hjrjbj÷ d fd ldrhi uod siorjsd fcotd y pcfjbrisd.

‘@uzbd tð ajsad ‘hj`i rjcohi pir fi ld`i y fucbi gibj÷ fd gdrd hc Bdlrjcffc gio
uod adoi y fd lcs÷, gio fd jotcogj÷o hc quc mucrd uo sjapfc bcsti y sjo cspcrdrsc
co dlsifuti fd cxpfisj÷o hc sus scotjhis i fd jogiomuohjlfc rcspucstd hc Bdlrjcffc.
Hur÷ augki aäs hc fi quc kdlád pfdocdhi. Fucbi sc scpdrdrio y [cod sjotj÷ fd
gioaigj÷o, cotrc itrds gisds, quc fc sulád y ld`dld pir fd cspdfhd, ajrdohi d
Bdlrjcffc ajcotrds êstd dlrád hcspdgji fis i`is gcrrdhis. Ikkk... oi hclcrád kdlcr
kcgki csi pdrd odhd. 
odhd. 

‘Gdrdy ‘suspjr÷ fd ldrhi‘. Grci quc csi rcspiohc d fd prcbuotd. ‘Wu gdrd sc
jfuajo÷ gio uod brdo siorjsd‘. ¹^ihcais kdgcrfi itrd vcz9

[cod sc rj÷ uo pigi, gio fd rcspjrdgj÷o cotrcgirtdhd.

 

‘Oi ajcotrds cstês lirrdgkd. ‘Oit÷ quc cf girdz÷o sc fc gdfadld y vifvád d su

rjtai oiradf‘. Êsc oi cs aj cstjfi.

Bdlrjcffc fd ajr÷ gio i`is scrjis.

‘Cstdr silrjd oi vd d gdaljdr fi quc sjcoti.

‘Xdf vcz ‘siorj÷ [cod, y fd rihc÷ gio uo lrdzi pdrd cstrcgkdrfd uo aiacoti ‘.
^cri oi viy d girrcr rjcsbis. Giotjbi oi.

Bdlrjcffc siorj÷.

‘Grci quc csi cs fi aäs liojti quc ac kds hjgki `daäs. ‘Gibj÷ fd gipd ifvjhdhd
y lclj÷ uo fdrbi trdbi y fucbi fc imrcgj÷ cf dbud d [cod, quc fd gibj÷ sjo hcgjr odhd
y sc fd tcrajo÷. Fd ldrhi listcz÷ y sc dgurrug÷ hc oucvi co cf kialri hc [cod gio
uo suspjri sdtjsmcgki‘. Ac dfcbri.

‘¹Hc quê tc dfcbrds9 ‘prcbuot÷ [cod, hc`dohi fd gipd co cf sucfi y

dgiaihäohisc hc oucvi co cf simä.

‘Hc quc mucrds tð y oi Dut÷fjgus ‘muc fd rcspucstd, dgiapdôdhd hc uod fjbcrd 4=4 
rjsd.

‘¹Dk, sá9 ‘rcspiohj÷ [cod, siorjcohi rcfd`dhd.

‘Wá. Xð crcs augki aäs aiod quc êf ‘giacot÷ Bdlrjcffc, pcosdtjvd.

‘¹Csi grccs9 ‘rj÷ fd bucrrcrd.

‘Wá ‘giotcst÷ fd ldrhi.

‘Oi sc fi hjbds d êf ‘dhvjrtj÷ [cod.

‘Oi ‘dmjra÷ Bdlrjcffc dmdlfcacotc y vifvj÷ su pripjd ajrdhd, pcosdtjvd, kdgjd cf

mucbi, cgkdohi fd gdlczd kdgjd dträs pdrd dpiydrfd co cf pcgki hc [cod. Wcotád cf
dpiyi rcgiomirtdotcacotc mucrtc hcf lrdzi quc tcoád dfrchchir hc fis kialris y
hc`÷ quc cf mjrac fdtjhi quc oitdld co cf gucffi mucrd dhiracgjcohi sus scotjhis.

[cod ilscrv÷ d su dajbd kdstd quc cf gdalji hc su rcspjrdgj÷o douogj÷ fd ffcbdhd

hcf sucôi. Fucbi vifvj÷ fd gdlczd y sc quch÷ giotcapfdohi pcosdtjvd cf dbrdhdlfc
 mucbi. Df gdli hc uo aiacoti, co su gdrd sc mira÷ uod siorjsd rcsjbodhd c kjzi uo
fjbcri bcsti pir cf djrc gio fd adoi quc oi tcoád igupdhd, giai sj cstuvjcrd

fdozdohi dfbi df vjcoti. Fucbi, gio djrc pritcgtir, rihc÷ tdaljêo gio csc lrdzi d
fd ldrhi hirajhd y hc`÷ mfitdr fd acotc, giotcapfdohi fds ffdads, sjo hdrsc gucotd
sjqujcrd hcf aiacoti co quc cffd tdaljêo sc quch÷ hirajhd.

Sois brjtis sdfvd`cs jotcrruapjcrio fd qujctuh hc fd mirtdfczd, augkds kirds dotcs

hcf dadocgcr, y trds cffis sc iy÷ cf siojhi sjljfdotc hcf dgcri df scr hcscovdjodhi.
Cf vcstálufi cstdld ffcoi hc gucrpis co aivjajcoti guljcrtis hc gucri y dgcri, y
pir cf dfti tcgki dlivchdhi rcsiodldo brjtis hc silrcsdfti y hifir. Kcgtdtir sdfj÷
tdaldfcäohisc hc sus dpiscotis y sc actj÷ co fd rcmrjcbd, tihdvád tdo dtio
dtiotdhi
tdhi pir
cf kjhriajcf quc dpcods gioscbuád dpdrtdr su cspdhd hc sus pripjds pjcrods. Df
vcrfi, uods vigcs lriogds capczdrio d brjtdr y uods adois lrusgds fi dbdrrdrio y
fi tjrdrio, häohifc uod pdtdhd co fis pjcs y dprctäohifc fd gdlczd giotrd cf sucfi.

‘Ddd``` ‘bruô÷, gudohi uod litd hcsgujhdhd fc hji uod pdtdhd co fis rjôiocs. Cf
girdz÷o fc adrtjffcdld co cf pcgki y dacodz÷ gio pdrdrsc pir giapfcti gudohi fi
fcvdotdrio y fi dpfdstdrio giotrd fd pdrch, gio uod dotirgkd drhjcotc gcrgd hc fd
gdlczd.
4=< 
‘Cs êf ‘bruô÷ uod viz brdvc‘. Dvjsdh df gdpjtäo. ‘Wc rj÷‘. Xc grcáds quc tc jlds
d quchdr tdo giotcoti hcspuês hc dgdldr gio oucstri c`êrgjti, ¹vcrhdh9 ¹Gio csis
scrcs adfhjtis9 ‘Fc pcb÷ uo puôctdzi d Kcgtdtir co fds gistjffds, kdgjcohi quc fds
pjcrods hc êstc sc hilfdrdo ld`i su pcsi ‘. ^uchc quc kdyds bdodhi fd ldtdffd,
Kcgtdtir... pcri vds d pcrhcr cstd bucrrd. ‘Wc jogfjo÷, dgcrgäohisc, y susurr÷ df
iáhi hcf práogjpc‘0 Z cstd vcz oi vds d tcocr d tu prcgjisd [cod pdrd quc tc sdfvc.

Cf dscsjoi covucfti co sialrds sc hcsfjz÷ csgdfcrds drrjld, hctcojêohisc pdrd

csgugkdr gdhd pigis pdsis. Cf sjfcogji giotjoudld... y oi pcrgjlád cf acoir
aivjajcoti co fds girrjcotcs hc djrc, oj cf susurri hc uods pjsdhds. Xrds fd schd
ocbrd, siorj÷.

Wulj÷ fis csgdfiocs käljfacotc co titdf sjfcogji y sc hctuvi dotc fd pucrtd hc fd

kdljtdgj÷o hc su prcsd. Csti, csti rchiohcdrád su rcputdgj÷o. Sod gdrgd`dhd
sjfcogjisd. Wc kdlád dprcsurdhi d dgcptdr fd ipirtuojhdh. Gio jomjojti gujhdhi,
gifig÷ fds puotds hc fis hchis gdffisis silrc fd adhcrd hc fd pucrtd, covjdohi sus
scotjhis kdgjd cf jotcrjir. Wjfcogji. Tujctuh.
 

Gio prcgjsd fcotjtuh, capu`÷ fd pcsdhd adhcrd quc tcoád ld`i fds adois y gudohi
fd adhcrd sdfj÷ hc fd `dald, sc hctuvi y dspjr÷ fis ifircs hc fd kdljtdgj÷o. ]cfds, sá,
y cf hcosi driad cspcgjdhi hcf mucbi. Cf gdrdgtcrástjgi ifir hc his scrcs kuadois,
his au`crcs. Wiorj÷ hc oucvi. Z capu`÷ aäs fd pucrtd. Wjfcogji dðo, sdfvi pir cf
aivjajcoti gdsj joduhjlfc hc his pcrsiods df rcspjrdr. Gudohi ac vdyd, yd oi... 
oi... 

Fd pucrtd sc scpdr÷ hcf adrgi, hc`dohi dpcods cspdgji sumjgjcotc pdrd quc pdsdrd
uo pcrri pcqucôi, pcri êf pds÷ y gcrr÷ fd pucrtd hc adhcrd trds êf, hc`dohi quc fd
isgurjhdh hc fd kdljtdgj÷o fi covifvjcrd, fi dlsirljcrd. Wus i`is sc dgistualrdrio
d fd csgdsd fuz hcf mucbi gio mdgjfjhdh, hcsgulrjcohi
hcsgulrj cohi gfdris hctdffcs iguftis pdrd gdsj
tihi cf auohi sdfvi pdrd fis quc
q uc crdo giai êf. Ajr÷ kdgjd fd gdad y fucbi ajr÷ gio
aäs dtcogj÷o. ]dgád. Jocspcrdhi. Fucbi hjstjobuj÷ fds his mjburds hirajhds co cf
simä. Sod siorjsd iguftd co fd isgurjhdh.

Wjfcogjisi giai uod sialrd, dvdoz÷ kdstd gifigdrsc hcträs hc cffds y dtjsldr pir
cogjad hcf rcspdfhi hcf simä. Fd rcspjrdgj÷o dgiapdsdhd hcaistrdld quc scbuádo
hurajcohi, co sjfcogji, sjo sdlcr quc jldo d pdsdr hc cotrc fis vjvis d fis aucrtis
pir su adoi.

Wc mj`÷ co su il`ctjvi, fd bucrrcrd prjacri, uod ziod hc lirhdhi `usti cogjad hcf 4=7 
girdz÷o, hcspritcbjhd. Fd hcfbdhd ki`d dgdodfdhd quc ffcvdld co fd adoi jzqujcrhd
sc cstrcacgj÷, hcscisd hc dtdgdr. Wc prcpdr÷ pdrd cf bifpc, rcpds÷ fd mucrzd
ocgcsdrjd pdrd capu`dr fd dmjfdhásjad ki`d d trdvês hc fis aðsgufis y fis kucsis y
sc aivj÷, d uod vcfigjhdh vcrtjbjoisd quc ouogd kdlád mdffdhi cf lfdogi. @daäs.

Z oi vji quc su lfdogi sc aivád. Oj vji fd adoi quc dbdrr÷ fd suyd, cf bifpc quc fc

riapj÷ cf lrdzi
uod mucrzd tdo pir his sjtjis. Oj
hcvdstdhird qucvjifccf hcstriz÷
gihi quc fd
sc cstdap÷ giotrd
adohálufd, su ldrljffd
y dkird s÷fi gio
crd
giosgjcotc hc fd adoi hc kjcrri quc fc dmcrrdld fd bdrbdotd, japjhjêohifc rcspjrdr
y kdlfdr, y hcf lrjffi rcpcotjoi hc uo pdr hc trizis hc kjcfi quc sc gfdvdrio co sus
i`is. Wjotj÷ uod ifcdhd hc tcrrir y hifir ld`i dqucffd ajrdhd mcriz.

Cotiogcs his hchis sc gfdvdrio co su gucffi y sjotj÷ quc cf rcsti hcf gucrpi sc fc
quchdld joscosjlfc y uod prcsj÷o sðljtd y cxqujsjtd quc capczdld d grcgcr hcotri
hc su gdlczd, pdfpjtdohi.

‘Xjcocs vcjotc scbuohis pdrd hcgjrac qujêo tc kd covjdhi. ‘Fd viz crd brdvc y
gdrbdhd hc dacodzd airtdf‘. Hcspuês, airjräs.
 

‘Dostcfcs ‘ `dhc÷ êf, dsustdhi‘. Cstä dtdgdohi cf gdstjffi. Tujcrc adtdr d

Kcgtdtir. ‘Oi tcoád scotjhi oi giotärscfi tihi. Xcoád uo giotrdti y, co gudfqujcr
gdsi, oi kdlád gioscbujhi guapfjr gio cf cogdrbi.

Itrd puozdhd y cf hifir rcbrcs÷ gio tihd su mucrzd, ffcoäohifc fd vjstd hc puotis
ocbris pir su jotcosjhdh. Dmirtuodhdacotc, rcgjlj÷ uo bifpc co uo fdhi hc fd
gdlczd quc trd`i giosjbi uod isgurjhdh titdf y uod dbrdhdlfc qujctuh.

‘Tuêhdtc dquá. ‘[cod sc vifvj÷ pdrd ajrdr fd gdrd brdvc hc Bdlrjcffc‘. Oi,
pcosäohifi ac`ir, vc df pdsjffi y hcspjcrtd d @cssdo, jotcotdh rcuojr d tihd fd bcotc
quc pihäjs.

‘¹Z tð9 ‘giotcst÷ fd ldrhi‘. Oi, ifváhdfi. Tuê prcbuotd tdo tiotd. [cod, pir
mdvir... ‘Dbdrr÷ cf lrdzi hc fd au`cr aircod pdrd sulrdydr fi quc hcgád ‘. Oi
ffcvds dradhurd. \cguêrhdfi, ¹vdfc9 ¹Xcohräs gujhdhi9

[cod dsjotj÷.
‘Fi tcohrê. Xð tdaljêo tco gujhdhi. ‘Muc d fd pucrtd, sdgdohi su cspdhd hc fd
vdjod pir cf gdajoi, y sdfj÷ gio cf ajsai sjbjfi quc kdlád capfcdhi cf dscsjoi pdrd 4=8 
cotrdr. ^ir pigi. Cf
pigi. Cf girdz÷o tihdvád fc adrtjffcdld dotc fd jhcd. ^ir auy pigi. Oi fi
kc iáhi kdstd quc kd cotrdhi. Adfhjgj÷o, cstiy  pcrhjcohi
 pcrhjcohi mdguftdhcs. Dsqucdhd,
mdguftdhcs. Dsqucdhd, sc
hctuvi df ffcbdr d fd csgdfcrd y sc vifvj÷ pdrd vcr d Bdlrjcffc quc sdfád pir fd pucrtd0
sc kdlád qujtdhi fd mdfhd y dkird jld vcstjhd ðojgdacotc gio fd fdrbd tðojgd y litds
y sc hjrjbj÷ d fd kdljtdgj÷o hc @cssdo, dradhd gio su vdrd. [cod sdguhj÷ fd gdlczd y
ld`÷ pir fds csgdfcrds, hctcojêohisc hc oucvi df iár rigc hc pjsdhds y cf rujhi hc
fds cspdhds hcld`i hc cffd. Wc fc dgcfcr÷ cf pufsi y co sus fdljis sc hjlu`÷
hjlu` ÷ uod siorjsd
tcosd.

Bdlrjcffc sc hcsfjz÷ pcbdhd d fd pdrch y ffcb÷ d fd pucrtd hc @cssdo sjo jogjhcotcs.

Dlrj÷ fd pucrtd hc adhcrd y cotr÷ d tihd vcfigjhdh, pdrpdhcdohi co fd rcpcotjod
isgurjhdh.

‘¡@cssdo! ‘hj`i co viz ld`d, dhcoträohisc aäs co fd kdljtdgj÷o y dgcrgäohisc d

fd gdad. Iy÷ uo rigc hc tcfd y fucbi fd fuz hc fd fuod quch÷ tdpdhd pir fd dftd mjburd
hc su dajbi hcfjocdhd giotrd fds pucrtds dljcrtds hcf ldfg÷o.
 ‘Bdlrjcffc ‘hj`i quchdacotc, dgcrgäohisc d cffd gio uod dbjfjhdh cxtrdôd co uo
kialrc tdo brdohc‘. ¹Tuê...9 ‘Ld`÷ fd ajrdhd y vji su vdrd‘. ¹^rilfcads9

‘Wá ‘hj`i fd ldrhi gio viz riogd ‘. So... uo sifhdhi. ‘Wc hctuvi‘. Oi, uo
dscsjoi dgdld hc dpdrcgcr co oucstrd kdljtdgj÷o. Cf gdstjffi cstä sjcohi dtdgdhi pir
uois acrgcodrjis giotrdtdhis pir Dostcfcs.

‘¹¡So dscsjoi!9 ‘cxgfda÷ @cssdo, hjrjbjêohisc d fd pucrtd y dbdrrdohi sus drads

silrc fd adrgkd‘. ¹H÷ohc9
Bdlrjcffc fi dfgdoz÷ y fi dbdrr÷ hcf lrdzi.

‘Oi tc prcigupcs pir csi. Xcocais quc hcspcrtdr d tihi cf auohi. ‘Wc fdaj÷
fis fdljis ffcod hc tcosj÷o ocrvjisd‘. [cod sc kd igupdhi hcf tjpi êsc. ‘Kjzi uo
bcsti gio fd vdrd‘. Zd sdlcs.

@cssdo sift÷ uod rjsd scgd.

‘]dyd sj fi sê.

Dvdozdrio pir cf pdsjffi, hcspcrtdohi räpjhdacotc d fd bcotc hc @cssdo y d fis

rcsjhcotcs kuadois. Df pigi, tcoádo uo ouacrisi brupi hc kialrcs y au`crcs
4=3 
dradhis dvdozdohi pir cf vcstálufi kdgjd cf tirrc÷o prjogjpdf. @cssdo cotr÷ co fd
kdljtdgj÷o hc Bdlrjcffc df pdsdr, tjrdohi hc fd adobd hc uoi hc fis suyis pdrd quc
fi sjbujcrd. Hcotri hc fd kdljtdgj÷o, sc drrihjffdrio df fdhi hcf prctcohjhi dscsjoi,
quc scbuád jogiosgjcotc, y @cssdo fc qujt÷ fd aäsgdrd hc schd quc fc tdpdld fd gdrd.

‘¡^ir Drcs! ‘bruô÷ cf kdljtdotc hcf lisquc, silrcsdftdohi d Bdlrjcffc, quc kdlád
cotrdhi gio cffis‘. Cs Wtcvdois. ‘Jotcrgdalj÷ uod ajrdhd gio su giapdôcri
bucrrcri‘. ¹Xái Rdrrjo9

Cf itri kdljtdotc hcf lisquc bruô÷.

‘Dsá cs. ‘]ifvj÷ fis i`is isguris kdgjd Bdlrjcffc‘. Dostcfcs vd co scrji. Wtcvdois
cs uoi hc fis ac`ircs hc fd cspcgjc... sj sc fc puchc ffdadr dsá. Kd adtdhi d aäs hc
trcsgjcotis il`ctjvis. ‘Wc quch÷ ajrdohi d Bdlrjcffc fdrbdacotc y fucbi vifvj÷ fis
i`is kdgjd su silrjoi‘. Dostcfcs cs hcadsjdhi pcfjbrisi.

@cssdo dsjotj÷ aistrdohi su dgucrhi.

‘Fi sê.

Rdrrjo ld`÷ fd ajrdhd kdgjd Wtcvdois, vifvjêohifc fd gdrd y cxdajodohi fis kucsis
 ritis y cf hcstrizi hcf lrdzi. Wiorj÷ pdrd sá ajsai gio brdvchdh, fucbi sc sdg÷ uo

pcqucôi puôdf hcf gjoti y fi sistuvi cotrc @cssdo y êf. Fis his kialrcs sc ajrdrio
d fis i`is y fucbi Rdrrjo sc kjzi uo girtc gio gujhdhi co fd pdfad hc fd adoi y
fucbi co fd hc @cssdo y fis his sc cstrcgkdrio fd adoi.

‘Wdobrc hc aj sdobrc, kj`i hc aj kcradod ‘hj`i Rdrrjo gio tioi brdvc.

‘Wdobrc hc aj sdobrc, kcradoi hc aj adhrc ‘giotcst÷ @cssdo.

Rdrrjo vifvj÷ d dscotjr, fc sift÷ fd adoi y sc dfz÷, covdjodohi cf puôdf. Wc hctuvi

df fdhi hc Bdlrjcffc y fd ajr÷, gio fis i`is cotrcgcrrdhis pir uo aiacoti, fucbi fc
siorj÷ gio trjstczd y sdfj÷ pir fd pucrtd.

Bdlrjcffc fi ilscrv÷ ajcotrds sc adrgkdld y fucbi sc vifvj÷ y ajr÷ d @cssdo.

‘¹Tuê kd sjhi csi9

@cssdo sc hc
uo trizi sdguhj÷ fdshc
gucrhd adois y sc quch÷
fds gisds co sjfcogji,
hc [cod. ^ir mjo, ajcotrds dtdld
sc fcvdot÷ df dscsjoi
c kjzi giod
uo bcsti
Bdlrjcffc pdrd quc sdfjcrd pir fd pucrtd hcfdotc hc êf.

‘Êsc crd aj tái Rdrrjo. ‘Co su viz kdlád trjstczd‘. Cs oucstri... lucoi, oucstri 4== 
ac`ir rdstrcdhir ‘giotcst÷, hc adocrd cvdsjvd.

‘@cssdo ‘rcspiohj÷ Bdlrjcffc, df tjcapi quc sdfád df pdsjffi y sc pioád co budrhjd ‘

. Cstä tdo trjstc. ‘Fcvdot÷ fis i`is pdrd ajrdr df kialrct÷o‘. ¹^ir quê9

Fis i`is hirdhis hc @cssdo sc oulfdrio y sc ffcodrio hc sialrds.

‘Xjcoc... cf váogufi vjtdf riti, Bdlrjcffc. ‘Fd ajr÷, ajcotrds ld`dldo pir fds
csgdfcrds, kdgjd hiohc sc iádo rujhis hc gialdtc‘. Cs cf kcradoi hc aj adhrc...
su vjogufdhd aurj÷ hurdotc uod gdgcrád. So dggjhcotc... pcri hcshc cotiogcs
gdajod co fd isgurjhdh. ‘Dfz÷ fd cspdhd gudohi cf rujhi duacot÷ hc vifuaco‘.
Cs oucstri... dscsjoi.

Bdlrjcffc dlrj÷ augki fis i`is.

‘Csi cs tcrrjlfc... fi hc su vjogufdhd, ac rcmjcri. ‘Wc gdff÷ y sjotj÷ uo csgdfimrái

pir fd cspdfhd‘. ]d trds Dostcfcs, ¹vcrhdh9 ‘Oi crd uod prcbuotd. Dbdrr÷ fd vdrd

gio aäsSod
cspdhd. mjraczd y scquc
fcggj÷o dpdrt÷
kdláduodprcohjhi
pigi, pdrd hdr cspdgji
prioti d @cssdo
fugkdohi pdrdKdlád
gio [cod. aivcrquc
fd
 adotcocrsc ljco fc`is hcf rdhji hc dggj÷o hc su cspdhd i sumrjr fds gioscgucogjds.

‘Wá ‘giotcst÷ @cssdo, dldfdozäohisc gudohi dpdrcgj÷ cf prjacr acrgcodrji pir

fd csqujod hcf pdsjffi. Wu cspdhd pdrpdhc÷ d vcfigjhdh vcrtjbjoisd df dtdgdr df
kialrc, d qujco hcsdra÷ mägjfacotc, y capfc÷ cotiogcs uo brdo puôi pdrd hc`drfi
jogiosgjcotc.

Bdlrjcffc pjff÷ df sjbujcotc acrgcodrji pir sirprcsd, pucs oi sc cspcrdld quc uod
au`cr d achji vcstjr y gio uo pdfi tuvjcrd fd prcgjsj÷o hc bifpcdrfi co fis pjcs y fd
gdlczd gio uod käljf adojilrd hilfc. Wiorj÷ gio brdvchdh y pds÷ df sjbujcotc
sifhdhi, gdpt÷ uo puoti hêljf co sus hcmcosds y fi hc`÷ mucrd hc gialdtc gio uo
bifpc räpjhi co fd gdrd. Cstä gfdri quc csti gdhd vcz sc ac hd ac`ir. Jogfusi gio uo
hifir hc gdlczd gdpdz hc tualdr d Drbi. 
Drbi.  

‘Oi cs tdo mägjf hc adtdr ‘ `dhc÷ Kcgtdtir, adotcojcohi uo i`i cosdobrcotdh

cosdobrcotdhi
i
gfdvdhi co su tirturdhir‘. Duoquc pir vucstri ljco, aäs is vdfc kdgcrfi.

Cf kialrc sc cgk÷ d rcár.

4=2 
‘Xcocais uo cxpcrti cogdrbäohisc hc csi, gcrhi dsqucrisi. ‘]ifvj÷ fd gdlczd,
gudohi uo kialrc vcstjhi hc gucri isguri y gitd hc adffd sc dlrj÷ pdsi d trdvês
hc fd bcotc‘. Dk... dká cstäs, gdpjtäo. Ajrd fi quc tcocais dquá.

Cf gdpjtäo dsjotj÷, giotcapfdohi d Kcgtdtir gio uois i`is gdsj jogifiris, d `ucbi
gio su pcfi hc gifir pd`d. Crd hc girtd cstdturd, aäs ld`i quc Kcgtdtir y, hc kcgki,
aäs quc fd adyirád hc sus tripds. ^cri cf kialrc cadodld uo prip÷sjti airtámcri,
y cf práogjpc sjotj÷ uo csgdfimrái pir fd cspdfhd.

Cf gdpjtäo sdg÷ uod hdbd girtd hc fd vdjod quc ffcvdld co cf lrdzi jzqujcrhi y fd
cxdajo÷ uo aiacoti. D Kcgtdtir sc fc kcf÷ fd sdobrc. Fd hdbd hc uo dscsjoi. Cf
gdpjtäo rihc÷ gio sus hchis fdrbis fd capuôdhurd mirrdhd hc gucri y sc dgcrg÷ d
Kcgtdtir, prcpdrdohi cf lrdzi pdrd fd gugkjffdhd y hcsgdrbäohifd fucbi gio fd
vcfigjhdh hc uod scrpjcotc.

Dtrdvcs÷ cf gucrpi hc Kcgtdtir gio fd ki`d, gfdväohifi d fd pucrtd. Cf práogjpc sc

airhj÷ fd fcobud hc fdhi d fdhi pdrd cvjtdr gkjffdr y hdr uod sdtjsmdggj÷o d cstc
dojadf. Wdlád quc fd hdbd cstdld co uo puoti quc fi kdrád airjr hcspdgji. Oi
dtrdvcsdld ojobðo ÷rbdoi vjtdf. Fcvdot÷ fd ajrdhd, fd gfdv÷ co dqucffis i`is
jogifiris y csgupj÷ sdobrc gio pcrmcgtd prcgjsj÷o d fd gdrd hcf gdpjtäo.
 ‘Gdpjtäo Jfcdo... ‘bruô÷ cf tcojcotc‘, hc`d quc...

‘Oi ‘hj`i cf gdpjtäo gio viz riogd, scgäohisc fd gdrd ‘. ]d d airjr auy ljco. ‘
Wc vifvj÷ c kjzi uo bcsti d fis acrgcodrjis d fd cspcrd ‘. ]dais d tcrajodr fi quc
kcais vcojhi d kdgcr. ‘Wc hji fd vucftd y hilf÷ cf prjacr trdai hc csgdfcrds,
dtjsldohi fds sialrds hc drrjld, jfuajodhds pir fds dotirgkds. Sod sialrd
cspcgjdfacotc brdohc sc dgcrg÷ d êf, pcri cstdld giogcotrdhi co cf rcffdoi supcrjir
y vifvj÷ fd gdlczd hcadsjdhi tdrhc, sjo ffcbdr d vcr fd pdtdhd quc fi fdoz÷ csgdfcrds
dld`i d fis lrdzis sirprcohjhis hc sus sifhdhis.

‘Kifd, Jfcdo ‘auraur÷ [cod, quc sc hc`÷ gdcr co cf rcffdoi y fjapj÷ su cspdhd, yd
cosdobrcotdhd, co uo acrgcodrji dt÷ojti, dlrjêohisc pdsi kdstd hiohc gifbdld
Kcgtdtir‘. Oi ac cspcrdld quc mucrds dsá hc trdjgjiocri. Hclco hc girrcr tjcapis
hjmágjfcs. ‘Wc vifvj÷ y sc comrcot÷ d fis sifhdhis y d Jfcdo, quc cstdld pctrjmjgdhi‘
. Fi viy d hcsgifbdr hc cstd pucrtd. Csi qujcrc hcgjr
hcg jr quc tcobi quc hc`dr cstd cspdhd
y hdris fd cspdfhd. Df prjacri quc sc aucvd, fi pdrti co his. ¹Cotcohjhi9

‘Grci quc crcs tð fd quc oi fi cotjcohc, [cod ‘bruô÷ Jfcdo, sdguhjêohisc fd tðojgd
hc gucri‘. Cstis oi sio sifhdhis girrjcotcs. Xc vdo d kdgcr pchdzis. ‘Wiorj÷‘.
¹Oj sjqujcrd ffcvds dradhurd9 Kdlád iáhi quc tc cstdlds dlfdohdohi.

[cod sc vifvj÷, dpiydohi fd cspdhd co uo kialri guljcrti hc schd, y fc siorj÷. 4=; 

‘^ihrád scr ‘hj`i hcspdgji‘. ¹Tujcrcs dvcrjbudrfi9 ¹Tujêo cs cf prjacri9 ‘

\cgirrj÷ gio fd ajrdhd d fis sifhdhis vcstjhis hc gucri, dfzdohi uod gc`d
jotcrribdotc ‘. ¹Xð, Jfcdo9 ¹^ir fis vjc`is tjcapis9 ‘Cf kialrc rulji fd ajr÷
murjisi‘. ]dais... vdais... cs fd ac`ir ipirtuojhdh quc vds d tcocr ouogd. ‘I`is
murjluohis, rcspjrdgjiocs dbjtdhds... pcri oj uo aivjajcoti co su hjrcggj÷o‘.

Kdgcrac pchdzis, ¹ck9 ‘lum÷ [cod‘. Aäs qujsjcrds. ‘Kjzi uo bcsti gio fd
gdlczd scôdfdohi fds csgdfcrds ‘. Zd sc cstäo cogdrbdohi hcf rcsti hc tu gkusad.
‘Wc vifvj÷ hc oucvi kdgjd Kcgtdtir, pcri hj`i pir cogjad hcf kialri ‘0 Z rcgibc
d tu pdtêtjgi dscsjoi hc aj kdljtdgj÷o df sdfjr. ‘Wc dgcrg÷ d fd gdrd päfjhd y suhirisd
hc Kcgtdtir‘. Dbudotd, Kcgtdtir. Xc viy d sdgdr hc csti.

‘Xc adtdräo ‘ `dhc÷ êf, ajrdohi

ajrdohi ffc
ffcoi
oi hc päojgi p
pir
ir cogjad
cogjad hcf kialri hc cffd‘
. ¡Oi fcs hcs fd cspdfhd! ¡Oi fi acrczgi, pir cf dair hc Kdhcs, [cod!

‘Tuê vd ‘hj`i [cod, bujôdohi uo i`i‘. ^drd dfbi ac tjcoc quc scrvjr aj
rcputdgj÷o, ¹oi9 ‘Oit÷ uo aivjajcoti hcträs hc cffd y giogcotr÷ fis scotjhis.
Jfcdo. G÷ai oi. Cspcr÷ d quc cstuvjcrd d hjstdogjd hc dtdquc, cotiogcs sc hc`÷ gdcr
 silrc uod rihjffd y pcrajtj÷ quc su cspdhd sc jogrustdrd co fd adhcrd hc fd pucrtd,

pdsäohifc pir cogjad hcf kialri hcrcgki tdo gcrgd quc iy÷ cf sjfljhi hc fd ki`d
df pdsdr `uoti d su irc`d.

Hc`÷ quc su rdljd sc dguaufdrd hurdotc uo aiacoti, fucbi sc vifvj÷ y sc dfz÷ y,

piojcohi csd rdljd co su lrdzi, fi bifpc÷ co fd gdrd, sjotjcohi quc fis kucsis sc
riapádo pir fd mucrzd, y cf gkiquc trcacohi hcf japdgti fi fdoz÷ kdgjd dträs giai
d uo auôcgi hc trdpi.

‘Ouogd kds sjhi gdpdz hc dprcohcr uod fcggj÷o, ¹vcrhdh9 ‘auraur÷, fcvdotdohi
fd cspdhd y dvdozdohi kdgjd fis acrgcodrjis quc quchdldo, sdljcohi fi quc hclád
hc aistrdr su cxprcsj÷o pir fds ajrdhds cspdotdhds y fis aivjajcotis joqujctis hc
fis kialrcs dradhis‘. ¹Tujêo cs cf sjbujcotc9 ‘fdhr÷, murjisd y dsqucdhd y sjo
aifcstdrsc co iguftdrfi‘. Dvdozdh i fdrbdis. ¡Dkird! ‘Wc jogfjo÷ y dbdrr÷ fd
silrcvcstd cobudtdhd hc Jfcdo, fi fcvdot÷ y fi tjr÷ pir fds csgdfcrds, hiohc sc
hcspfia÷ kcgki uo bujôdpi.

[cod sc bjr÷ hc bifpc, hc`÷ gdcr fd cspdhd y dbdrr÷ fd capuôdhurd hc fd hdbd quc
adotcoád su`cti d Kcgtdtir.

‘Adfhjtd scd ‘rdlj÷, dprctdohi fis lrdzis gio mucrzd giotrd su gucrpi pdrd 4=: 
fcvdotdrfi hc fd hdbd‘. Dbärrdtc d ajs kialris, Kcgtdtir. ‘]ji quc cf práogjpc
dpcods crd gdpdz hc kdgcr fi quc fc hcgád. Gio tihi cf pcsi hc su gucrpi, fi fcvdot÷
dprctäohifi giotrd fd pucrtd y df ajsai tjcapi tjr÷ gio mucrzd hc fd hdbd, y oit÷
quc sc siftdld hc fd pucrtd y sdfád hcf gucrpi hcf práogjpc gio uo rigc hc actdf
giotrd kucsi. Fd sdobrc gdfjcotc sc hcrrda÷ ld`i sus adois y fi hcpisjt÷ gio
gujhdhi co cf sucfi.

[cod suspjr÷ y dlrj÷ fd tðojgd hc Kcgtdtir.

‘Ddj``. ‘Kjzi uod aucgd‘. Xcobi quc ffcvdrfi d fd comcracrád, ocgcsjti vcohds y
hcsjomcgtdotc. ‘Oit÷ uod prcscogjd gioigjhd d fd cspdfhd `usti dotcs hc quc uod
adoi hcfjgdhd fc tigdrd cf kialri‘. Kifd, Bdlrjcffc.

‘Kifd ‘auraur÷ fd ldrhi, ajrdohi pir cogjad hcf kialri hc [cod ‘. Dy. ‘
Ajr÷ d Kcgtdtir‘. ¹Tuê fc kd pdsdhi9

‘So acrgcodrji fi gfdv÷ d fd pucrtd gio uo gugkjffi ‘giotcst÷ [cod, gio tioi
prägtjgi, trdld`dohi räpjhdacotc gio uo trizi hc tcfd drrdogdhi hc fd gdajsd hcf
práogjpc, prcsjiodohi
prcsjio dohi fd mcd kcrjhd quc tcoád co cf dlhiaco‘. Hdac csc itri trizi
 

hc tcfd. Xcobi quc adotcocr fd prcsj÷o kdstd quc giosjbd giotrifdr fd kcairrdbjd
i oi hurdrä oj uo ajouti.

Bdlrjcffc ilchcgj÷, ilscrvdohi gio titdf dtcogj÷o fi quc kdgád [cod.

[cod iy÷ fd ldffcstd dotcs jogfusi hc quc cstuvjcrd achji dadrtjffdhd, y ajr÷ hc
bifpc kdgjd fd hcrcgkd, adotcojcohi fds adois mjracacotc dprctdhds giotrd cf
gucrpi hcf práogjpc. Jfcdo. Hclcrád kdlcrfi adtdhi. Adfhjtd scd. Xcoád rdz÷o. Ac
cstiy dlfdohdohi. 
dlfdohdohi. 

‘Tuê fästjad, [cod ‘hj`i cf kialrc hc i`is päfjhis gio viz riogd‘. Xð... tð crds
fd gfdsc hc dhvcrsdrji quc dpdrcgc uod sifd vcz co fd vjhd. ‘Jfcdo kjzi uod aucgd,
quc crd fi aäs pdrcgjhi d uod siorjsd quc pihád gioscbujr gio fds gistjffds ritds ‘
. ^cri fc vds d vcojr hc pcrfds d aj rcputdgj÷o.

Cf tjcapi sc rdfcotjz÷, ajcotrds fd dtcogj÷o hc [cod sc giogcotrdld co fd puotd hc

fd mfcgkd hc uod ldffcstd y co fis i`is bêfjhis quc kdlád hcträs. Oi puchi aivcr fds
adois pdrd dtrdpdr csd mfcgkd y oi puchi dpdrtdrac pirquc Bdlrjcffc cstä hcträs
hc aá. Adfhjgj÷o. Hc aihi quc dsá dgdld tihi. Fis scôircs hc fd bucrrd oi hclco
drrjcsbdrsc pir sus tripds, ¹cs quc oi dprcohá csd fcggj÷o kdgc augki tjcapi9 Tuê 42> 
adocrd hc hcsgulrjr quc kc gdaljdhi hc vcrhdh. Dsjotj÷
vcrhdh. Dsjotj÷ aáojadacotc y sc vifvj÷
fjbcrdacotc pdrd ajrdr d Jfcdo, jrbujcohi fis kialris pdrd prcscotdr cf lfdogi aäs
brdohc pisjlfc. Wus i`is sc cogiotrdrio gio fis hc êf sjo ajchi
a jchi y co su gdrd sc mira÷
uod siorjsd.

Cf acrgcodrji jotcrprct÷ su siorjsd y dsjotj÷ d su vcz, df tjcapi quc co su ajrdhd

jogifird sc pcrgjlád uo rcspcti giogchjhi hc adfd bdod. Fcvdot÷ fd ldffcstd y
dpuot÷ gio gujhdhi. Gio cffd, tcohrád uod sifd ipirtuojhdh. ^cri fd ldffcstd crd su
drad y su hchi sc tcos÷ silrc cf bdtjffi gio trdoqujfd giomjdozd.

Z gudohi fd prcsj÷o hcsgcohád silrc cf bdtjffi, su auohi cstdff÷ gio uo rubjhi tdo
lcstjdf quc fis muohdacotis hc su giaprcosj÷o sc tdaldfcdrio. Oi tuvi tjcapi
hc ajrdr, oj tjcapi hc vjvjr gudohi uo gucrpi hirdhi sc cstdap÷ giotrd cf suyi,
uods adois gio bdrrds fc hcsbdrrdrio cf t÷rdx jogfusi d trdvês hc fd dradhurd y
uois gifajffis drhjcotcs fi dbdrrdrio hc fd bdrbdotd, dgdldohi su vjhd gio uo
tirrcotc hc sdobrc y lurlu`ds hc djrc y gkirris hc sdfjvd. Cf japdgti hcrrjl÷ df sucfi
df acrgcodrji y df dtdgdotc y, sdguhjcohi fd gdlczd, @cssdo fjlcr÷ fis gifajffis y fd
sdobrc bitc÷ fjlrcacotc hc su ligd d fds fisds hcf sucfi.
 

Fis hcaäs acrgcodrjis kuycrio gudohi cf kdljtdotc hcf lisquc sc fcvdot÷ hc uo

sdfti gio uo cspdotisi rubjhi hc rdljd.

Co cf pdsjffi sc kjzi cf sjfcogji. @cssdo pdrpdhc÷, fucbi uo csgdfimrái rcgirrj÷ su

gucrpi y ajr÷ d [cod gio fis i`is joycgtdhis co sdobrc. Cffd sc cogiotr÷ gio su
ajrdhd y sc fd sistuvi, sjo `uzbdr, sjo cogibcrsc.

‘Brdgjds ‘hj`i, gio uo tioi oiradf, y vifvj÷ d ajrdr cf gucrpi jocrtc hc Kcgtdtir,
ajrdohi uo aiacoti d fd jzqujcrhd gudohi oit÷ quc Bdlrjcffc cstdld tcalfdohi‘
. ¹Cstäs ljco9 ‘^rcbuotd cstðpjhd.

Fd ldrhi gcrr÷ fis i`is y rcspjr÷ kiohi vdrjds vcgcs. Fucbi pdrpdhc÷ y ajr÷
hjrcgtdacotc d @cssdo. Wj puchi dgcptdr d Gdfjsti, puchi dgcptdr csti. Oi siy uod
ojôd. Wu
ojôd. Wu acotc rcpjtj÷ cstd jhcd co su giosgjcogjd sjo pdrdr.

‘Brdgjds, @cssdo ‘hj`i, siorjêohifc fcvcacotc, y êf fc rcspiohj÷ gio uod

cxprcsj÷o hc dfjvji gdsj pdtêtjgi co sus i`is hirdhis.

@cssdo drrub÷ cotiogcs fd gdrd, sdgdohi fd fcobud.

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‘^udd``` ‘sift÷ achji dkibdhi, lusgdohi uo rcgjpjcotc, y cogiotr÷ uo ihrc hc
vjoi dldohiodhi. Tujt÷ cf tdp÷o y cgk÷ uo luco trdbi, kjzi uods bärbdrds y fucbi
fi csgupj÷ tihi silrc fds fisds hcf pdsjffi‘. Hctcsti csc sdlir. ‘Wc dgcrg÷ d cffds,
tihdvád gio uod aucgd hc dsgi, gio fds adois cosdobrcotdhds dpdrtdhds hcf
gucrpi, y sc dgugfjff÷ df itri fdhi hcf práogjpc ‘. Zi oi... i scd... cs quc... êf jld d...

‘Fi sê ‘hj`i [cod, gio tioi dadlfc‘. Zd tcobi giotrifdhd fd kcairrdbjd. ‘

Fcvdot÷ uod adoi y fc tig÷ fis hchis cosdobrcotdhis y gio bdrrds ‘. ¹Fi puchcs
ffcvdr d fd comcracrád9

Wus i`is sc pisdrio co fis hc cffd, tihdvád dtiracotdhis.

‘Kd sjhi fd prjacrd vcz co aj vjhd quc kc...

[cod suspjr÷.

‘Fi sjcoti, @cssdo. ‘Dfz÷ fd adoi y fc hji uod pdfadhjtd co fd ac`jffd ‘. Wupiobi
quc dkird cstdais co pdz. Ac kds sdfvdhi fd vjhd.
 Cf kdljtdotc hcf lisquc sc fd quch÷ ajrdohi.

‘Zi oi fi sjcoti... tihis tcocais quc tcocr uod prjacrd sdobrc... y ac dfcbri, pir
Drcs, g÷ai ac dfcbri hc quc êsd kdyd sjhi fd aád. ‘Csliz÷ su hufgc siorjsd y,
isdhdacotc, fc tig÷ fd gdrd, vjcohi g÷ai fis fdljis hc cffd sc gurvdldo gio uod
siorjsd trjstc.

Bdlrjcffc sc adotuvi auy qujctd y sc fjajt÷ d ilscrvdr, vjcohi uo rcpcotjoi

pdrcgjhi cotrc fis his bucrrcris quc cstdldo d su fdhi. Hc adfd bdod, dkioh÷ co
su jotcrjir y lusg÷ fd scosdgj÷o quc kdlád tcojhi co csc tcrrirámjgi jostdotc co quc
sc hji gucotd hc quc Jfcdo cstdld d puoti hc adtdr d [cod y fd scosdgj÷o quc kdlád
tcojhi gudohi @cssdo fi kjzi pchdzis. Z rcgioigj÷ uo pdrcgjhi tdaljêo co cffd
ajsad. Csd murjd, csc rubjhi... hcsgulrj÷ cgis hc cffi co su acotc. Oi tcoád huhd...
fd acoir huhd... y fc hifád... hc quc hc giotdr gio csd vcfigjhdh, hc giotdr gio csd
mucrzd, cffd ajsad fc kdlrád drrdogdhi cf girdz÷o d Jfcdo. [cod kdlrád rcouogjdhi d
fd vjhd. Fd ldrhi kdlrád rcouogjdhi d dfbi aäs quc csi. Lucoi. ^ir mjo tcoád uod
vcotdod quc fc pcrajtád vcr csd isgurjhdh. Dsjotj÷ co sjfcogji pir hcotri y sift÷ cf

dfjcoti quc kdlád cstdhi dbudotdohi.

‘Wá ‘cstdld hjgjcohi @cssdo‘. Fi ffcvdrê. Gujhdhi. ‘Gio jomjojtd hcfjgdhczd

42< 
actj÷ fis lrdzis ld`i cf gucrpi hc Kcgtdtir, fi fcvdot÷ y sc hjrjbj÷ kdgjd fd
comcracrád.

[cod cspcr÷ uo aiacoti, fjapjäohisc fds adois co uo trizi hc tcfd quc quchdld,
dotcs hc vifvcr fd gdlczd y ajrdr d Bdlrjcffc.

‘¹Cstäs ljco9 ‘prcbuot÷ hc oucvi, sudvcacotc.

‘Jlds d hc`dr quc tc hjspdrdrd. ‘Oi crd uod prcbuotd. Oi crd cf aiacoti hc
dohdrsc gio rihcis.

[cod dsjotj÷, hcspdgji.

‘Wá. Oi pihád siftdr d Kcgtdtir. ‘Wiorj÷ tcosdacotc‘. Z tð cstdlds hcträs hc aá.

‘So fjbcri cogibjajcoti hc kialris‘. Zi tifcri fds mfcgkds augki ac`ir quc tð.

Bdlrjcffc dsjotj÷ hcspdgji d su vcz.

‘¹Gio csti9 ‘Dfdrb÷ fd adoi y tig÷ fd tðojgd hc schd, gio uod cxprcsj÷o scvcrd
co fis i`is.
 [cod sc quch÷ gdffdhd uo luco rdti.

‘Jogfusi gio csti. ‘Jotcot÷ dfjbcrdr fd giovcrsdgj÷o‘. Kdlrád jotcotdhi quc ac

hjcrd co dfbðo puoti quc oi mucrd vjtdf. Giai fd gdlczd.

Fd ldrhi siorj÷ fcvcacotc y sjo dpdrtdr fis i`is hc [cod, dfdrb÷ fd adoi y rihc÷
gio fis hchis fd adoi hc [cod, quc cstdld cotrc fds his.

‘Csi oi tjcoc brdgjd. ‘Wuspjr÷‘. Oi tcobi fd acoir bdod hc drrdogdrtc mfcgkds,

ac hd jbudf h÷ohc cstêo.

[cod fc hcvifvj÷ cf dprct÷o.

‘Fi sê. ^cri oi tcoád augki tjcapi pdrd tiadr uod hcgjsj÷o y êsd crd fd ðojgd
pisjljfjhdh quc tcoád.

Bdlrjcffc suspjr÷.

‘ ‘
Fd pr÷xjad
fjbcrd vcz,hjcotcs.
rjsd cotrc d vcr sj Ilscrv÷
fi pfdocdais ac`ir
ajcotrds [codgiotcst÷, y fd bucrrcrd
sc cohcrczdld sift÷ uod
y fc dfdrbdld fd
adoi‘. Brdgjds ‘dôdhj÷, dbdrrdohi fd adoi quc sc fc imrcgád y quc fd pusi co pjc.

‘^drcgc quc cf gialdtc kd tcrajodhi ‘giacot÷ [cod, y capcz÷ d ld`dr fds 427 
csgdfcrds pdrd scbujr d @cssdo. Co fd pucrtd prjogjpdf, sc hctuvi y ajr÷ d fd
isgurjhdh, aivjcohi gio rjtai fd cspdhd quc su`ctdld co fd adoi.

Bdlrjcffc sc hctuvi d su fdhi y cstuhj÷ fd gdrd hc su dajbd.

‘¹Co quê cstäs pcosdohi9 ‘prcbuot÷, sudvcacotc, df vcr fd mrjdfhdh josiohdlfc

hc csis i`is mdajfjdrcs. Co odhd quc qujcrd sdlcr, prildlfcacotc.

prildlfcacotc.  
‘Co Dostcfcs ‘auraur÷ fd bucrrcrd, gcrrdohi fis i`is y kdgjcohi uo csmucrzi
giosgjcotc pir cfjajodr csd "ajrdhd" dotcs hc vifvcr fis i`is kdgjd Bdlrjcffc ‘. Oi
ac bustd rcgjljr vjsjtds hc dscsjois co ajs kdljtdgjiocs. ‘Wupi quc fi kdlád
gioscbujhi rcfdtjvdacotc pir fd mirad co quc fd ldrhi sc cogibj÷. ]ifvj÷ d ajrdr
df cxtcrjir‘. Cstä dká mucrd. ‘Z kdstd cf ðftjai kucsi hc aj gucrpi qujcrc sdfjr dká
 mucrd d lusgdrfi. Adfhjtd scd, csi ouogd aucrc, ¹vcrhdh9 Cf vjc`i fili sjbuc dká
hcotri.   Wiorj÷ tcosdacotc pdrd sá ajsad. Cf mrái djrc oigturoi fd ffdadld, uod
hcotri.
gdldfbdhd co fd isgurjhdh, uo rdstrci co fds sialrds y fucbi... oit÷ quc sc fc
dgcfcrdld cf girdz÷o, supi quc co sus i`is surbád cf lrjffi mjcri. Wupi quc
scburdacotc cstdld dsustdohi augkásjai d Bdlrjcffc, quc sc capcôdld co grccr
 quc cstd mdgctd suyd cstdld augki aäs cotcrrdhd hc fi quc cstdld hc vcrhdh.

‘Oi fi kd gioscbujhi ‘rcspiohj÷ co viz ld`d hc fd ldrhi, gio uo tioi gdrbdhi

hc tcosj÷o‘. [cod... ‘Dfdrb÷ fd adoi y rihc÷ fd auôcgd hc [cod, oitdohi fd
tcosj÷o quc vjlrdld co cffd. Wc dra÷ hc vdfir pdrd kdgcr mrcotc d fd ajrdhd bêfjhd
quc sdlád quc jld d rcgjljr, df aivjajcoti rcpcotjoi quc fc dpdrtdrád fd adoi gio
cf ajsai csmucrzi quc sj mucrd uod aisgd.

^cri fd ajrdhd quc rcgjlj÷ oi crd fi quc sc tcaád y fd adoi quc sc kdlád drrjcsbdhi
d dfdrbdr sjotj÷ fd gdfjhcz jocspcrdhd hc uo dprct÷o giai rcspucstd.

‘Fi sê ‘rcpfjg÷ [cod, hcvifvjcohi df fili d su budrjhd isgurd y dpdrtäohisc hcf

djrc oigturoi‘. ^cri sjbuc sjo bustdrac ‘rcmuomuô÷‘. Kd mdftdhi hcadsjdhi
pigi. ‘Ajr÷ d fd ldrhi fdhcdohi fd gdlczd‘. ¹^cri tð g÷ai tc cogucotrds9

‘Dk ‘giotcst÷ Bdlrjcffc, dfjvjdhd‘. ^ucs, dy, co rcdfjhdh. Ac hucfc fd gdlczd. ‘

Fdoz÷ uod ajrdhd jrrjtdhd d [cod, pcri sjotj÷ uod dfcbrád hcscspcrdhd pir cf gdalji
hc tcad‘. \cgucrhi quc ac tuvjstc quc ffcvdr co lrdzis pir fds csgdfcrds y fucbi
pigd gisd aäs. ‘Drrub÷ cf cotrcgc`i‘. ¹Kjgc cf tioti9

[cod fd ajr÷, jogdpdz hc giotcocr fd siorjsd quc fc jouoh÷ kdstd fis i`is.
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‘Oi. ‘\ihc÷ gio uo lrdzi fis kialris hc fd ldrhi y fd vifvj÷ kdgjd fd
comcracrád‘. Mujais drrjld, kdlfdais uo pigi y fucbi tc quchdstc hirajhd co cf
simä.

‘Dk. ¹Co scrji9 ‘Fd ldrhi mruogj÷ cf gcôi‘. Oi ac dgucrhi. ¹Hc quê kdlfdais9
¹Ac pusc tiotd i dfbi9

[cod huh÷ hurdotc uo jostdotc auy fdrbi.

‘Oi. Oi tc pusjstc... tiotd. ‘Ld`÷ fd ajrdhd kdgjd su dajbd, cslizdohi dpcods

uod siorjsd‘. Kdlfdais hc... Dut÷fjgus.

Bdlrjcffc sc quch÷ pdsadhd.

‘¹Hc Dut÷fjgus9 ¹^cri pir quê...9 ‘Hc rcpcotc sc fc quch÷ fd gdrd co lfdogi y
hc`÷ hc gdajodr y gcrr÷ gio mucrzd fis i`is lruaisis vcrhcs‘. Ik, hjiscs, oi.

Fd bucrrcrd suspjr÷.
 Bdlrjcffc hj`i gio tioi gdrjôisi, cstrcgkdohi fis kialris hc fd ldrhi . Cstä
ljco. Xrdoqujfd. ‘Ajr÷ fds pucrtds hc fd comcracrád ‘. ]dais. Xcobi quc piocrac

kjcrlds co cstd adoi, ac csgucgc uo aiot÷o. ‘]ji quc Bdlrjcffc dlrád fis i`is
hcspdgji y hc adfd bdod, ajrdohi d tihds pdrtcs, pcri ocbäohisc d pisdrsc co fis
suyis. Csti oi puchc scr. 
scr.  [cod dfdrb÷ fd adoi y dtrdp÷ fd ldrljffd hc fd ldrhi,
fcvdotäohifc hcfjgdhdacotc fd gdrd pdrd ilfjbdrfd d ajrdrfd d fis i`is‘. Cstä ljco
‘rcpjtj÷, sudvjzdohi giosgjcotcacotc cf tioi‘. Fi hjbi co scrji.

Fd airtjmjgdgj÷o y fd vcrböcozd mucrio hcsdpdrcgjcohi pigi d pigi hc fd gdrd hc fd

ldrhi, sustjtujhds pir uod táajhd dfcbrád. Wus i`is sc mj`drio co fd adoi quc tcoád
co fd ldrljffd y fucbi gdrrdspc÷.

‘Xjcocs rdz÷o. Xc tjcocs quc gurdr csi, sc cstä capczdohi d kjogkdr. ‘Wulj÷ fd
adoi y cxdajo÷ cf hdôi gio fis hchis y fucbi dfz÷ fis i`is pdrd cogiotrdrsc hc
oucvi gio fis hc [cod, siorjcohi uo pigi.

‘Csi cstä ac`ir ‘hj`i fd bucrrcrd, co viz ld`d‘. ]dais.

\ccaprcohjcrio fd adrgkd y sc cogiotrdrio gio @cssdo odhd aäs cotrdr. D [cod fc

cotr÷ aäs quc uod sispcgkd hc quc cf kdljtdotc hcf lisquc kdlád cstdhi dtjsldohi
pir fd pucrtd, sispcgkd `ustjmjgdhd joachjdtdacotc pir fd fdrbd ajrdhd siorjcotc y
ffcod hc pfdgcr gio quc êf fds ilscrv÷ co gudoti gruzdrio fd cotrdhd. [cod suspjr÷, 423 
fucbi hcgjhj÷ quc co cf miohi tcoád gjcrtd brdgjd y fc hcvifvj÷ fd ajrdhd gio uod
cxprcsj÷o hjvcrtjhd pcri cxdspcrdhd.

‘¹Tujcrcs hc`drfi yd9 ‘fc bruô÷.

‘¹Tuê9 ‘prcbuot÷ Bdlrjcffc, ajräohifis d fis his gio hcsgiogjcrti.

‘Fucbi tc fi hjbi ‘fc priactj÷ [cod, gfdväohifc uo hchi gio mucrzd d @cssdo co
fds gistjffds. Cf kdljtdotc hcf lisquc rcspiohj÷ rihcäohifd gio uo lrdzi y
cstrcgkäohifd.

‘Kcgtdtir sc vd d piocr ljco ‘muc fi quc giacot÷, sjo caldrbi‘. Wus gjru`dois
hc gdapdôd fi cstäo gurdohi dkird, pcri qujcrc kdlfdr giotjbi. ‘ Dk... [cod... aj
dajbd bucrrcrd. Kc ]jsti... y fi quc kc ]jsti crd tdo mdajfjdr quc pdrd aá crd giai
aj kibdr. Ac dfcbri, aäs hc fi quc pihráds jadbjodrtc.
jadbjodrtc.  

Cf práogjpc dfz÷ fd vjstd dtiotdhi gudohi sc dgcrgdrio. [cod sc hc`÷ gdcr silrc uod
rihjffd `uoti d su gdadstri y cxdajo÷ cf trdld`i hc fis gjru`dois hc gdapdôd.
 ‘Oi cstä adf ‘auraur÷, ajrdohi fd gdrd lfdogd y tcosd hc Kcgtdtir ‘. ^drcgc
quc sdfhräs dhcfdotc ‘dôdhj÷, häohifc uods pdfadhjtds co fd rihjffd.

Kcgtdtir suspjr÷.

‘^ir sj tc jotcrcsd, [cod... ‘Kdgjcohi uod aucgd hc hifir, sc aivj÷

fjbcrdacotc‘. Dostcfcs oi sc vd d hctcocr. ^uchi sipirtdr... quc vdyd hcträs hc
aá. ‘Wus i`is brjscs fd ajrdrio d fd gdrd y fucbi sc pisdrio co fd adoi quc tcoád
dpiydhd co cf gdadstri d su fdhi ‘. ¹Kc cotcohjhi ljco quc kdlád uo dscsjoi co
vucstrd kdljtdgj÷o9

[cod sc cogibj÷ hc kialris.

‘Dsá cs. ^cri csi oi cs gufpd tuyd, Kcgtdtir. Oi cs fd prjacrd vcz quc ac pcrsjbuco
dscsjois. ‘Fdoz÷ uod ajrdhd räpjhd d Bdlrjcffc, quc cstdld hc pjc co sjfcogji d su
fdhi.

‘Crd Wtcvdois, [cod ‘jotcrruapj÷ @cssdo, quc sc dgcrg÷ gio uod gipd hc dbud y
sc fd pds÷ d Kcgtdtir‘. Wupiobi quc oi fi rcgioigjstc co fd isgurjhdh.

[cod codrg÷ fds gc`ds.

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‘¹Co scrji9 ‘Co su gdrd sc mira÷ uod cxprcsj÷o jotrjbdhd ‘. Grci quc ac sjcoti
kdfdbdhd. ‘Wc cgk÷ kdgjd dträs y dpiy÷ uo lrdzi co fd rihjffd‘. Z oi fi rcgioigá
pirquc oi fi kdlád vjsti ouogd. Wc kd adotcojhi ljco fc`is hc aá. ‘Wc rj÷ uo pigi
pir fi ld`i. Hc aihi quc êstc crd cf dscsjoi d sucfhi aäs airtámcri hc Brcgjd.

Kcgtdtir sc fd quch÷ ajrdohi.

‘Xc giapirtds giai sj oi mucrd odhd. ‘Wc pds÷ uod adoi tcalfirisd pir fd
mrcotc.
@cssdo sc drrihjff÷ df itri fdhi hc [cod.

‘Cs csd gisd hc fis bucrrcris ‘giacot÷ gio sirod‘. Z... uoi hc fis aáis yd sc
cstä igupdohi hc vcr quê puchc kdgcr gio Dostcfcs ‘dôdhj÷‘. Dkird grci quc
Kcgtdtir ocgcsjtd hcsgdosdr uo pigi y cstiy scburi hc quc d tihis ois vcohrä ljco
kdgcr fi ajsai.

Cf gjru`doi hc gdapdôd ajr÷ dbrdhcgjhi d @cssdo y fis dpdrt÷ hc su rcbji pdgjcotc,

girrjcohi uod girtjod japrivjsdhd d su dfrchchir.
 Fis trcs rcbrcsdrio trdoqujfdacotc pir cf vcstálufi, sj hcgjr odhd. ^ir mjo, [cod
kdlf÷.

‘¹D quê tc rcmcráds df hcgjr quc dfbujco sc cstdld igupdohi hc Dostcfcs, @cssdo9
‘]ifvj÷ fd mrád ajrdhd kdgjd êf, gio gurjisjhdh.

‘Aj tái ‘giotcst÷ cf kdljtdotc hcf lisquc, hcspdgji ‘. Cs fi aäs pdrcgjhi quc
tcocais d oucstri pripji dscsjoi. ‘Wjbuj÷ gdajodohi, sjo ajrdr d ojobuod hc fds
his‘. Kd jhi co lusgd hc Dostcfcs. Kcais hcgjhjhi... lucoi, êf kd hcgjhjhi quc sc
cstä capczdohi d kdgcr hcadsjdhi pcfjbrisi. ‘Ajr÷ pir mjo d [cod, quc ajrdld df
mrcotc gio cxprcsj÷o jocsgrutdlfc‘. Dkird d oisitris tdaljêo ois vd augki co
csti.

‘Aa ‘giacot÷ fd bucrrcrd aircod‘. Csi cs gjcrti. ‘Hilf÷ fd adoi y sc fd ajr÷

gio jrrjtdgj÷o‘. Adfhjti Jfcdo. Xcohrád quc kdlcr rcgirhdhi fi hurd quc tcoád fd
aiffcrd. ‘Wuspjr÷ gudohi ffcbdrio df pdsjffi tdotds vcgcs rcgirrjhi y adogkdhi gio
rcstis hcf gialdtc‘. Tuc hcsgdoscs, @cssdo ‘hj`i, häohifc uod pdfadhd co fd
cspdfhd df kdljtdotc hcf lisquc.

‘]isitrds tdaljêo ‘rcspiohj÷ @cssdo, dlrdzäohifd gio hcfjgdhczd y fucbi d

Bdlrjcffc. ^ds÷ dotc cffds ruali d su pripjd pucrtd y sc hcsfjz÷ hcotri.

‘Gio tdoti dlrdzi, ¹cstäs scburd hc quc oi sijs pdrjcotcs9 ‘prcbuot÷ [cod, gio 422 
tioi hc budsd, ilscrvdohi cf siori`i hc fd ldrhi giai rcspucstd. Dlrj÷ fd pucrtd
c johjg÷ d Bdlrjcffc quc pdsdrd‘. Cspcri quc sc kdydo dgirhdhi hc rcgibcr d su
dscsjoi d sucfhi.

Fi kdládo kcgki. Fd kdljtdgj÷o cstdld vdgád y prägtjgdacotc d isgurds, sdfvi pir cf

hêljf rcspfdohir hc fd gkjacocd. [cod hc`÷ fd cspdhd gio uo suspjri, fucbi muc df
simä y sc scot÷, hc`dohi co cf rcpisdpjês fd lifsd hc kjcrlds quc fc kdládo hdhi fis
gjru`dois. Wc cxdajo÷ fd adoi kjogkdhd gio gjcrti hcsdbrdhi y fucbi sc pusi d
prcpdrdr uod aczgfd.

Bdlrjcffc fd ilscrv÷ uo aiacoti, fucbi sc dgcrg÷ df simä y sc scot÷, qujtäohifc fd

aczgfd d su dajbd.

‘Hc`d quc fi kdbd yi. ‘Wiorj÷‘. Wcburi quc cs aäs mägjf gio his adois.

‘Wcburi ‘rcspiohj÷ [cod, cspcrdohi pdgjcotcacotc ajcotrds fd ldrhi dpfjgdld

fds kjcrlds y fc vcohdld fd adoi gio uod tcfd sudvc ‘. Brdgjds. ‘Wc rcgfjo÷ y
giotcapf÷ cf mucbi‘. ¹Tuê tdf cf hifir hc gdlczd9 ‘prcbuot÷, ajrdohi d
 Bdlrjcffc.

Fd ldrhi sc cogibj÷ hc kialris.

‘Fis kc tcojhi pcircs ‘rcpfjg÷, äspcrdacotc.

[cod fd ajr÷.

‘Dsá hc adf, ¹ck9 ‘Wiorj÷‘. Grci quc tcobi dfbi quc tc puchc dfjvjdr. ‘Wc
fcvdot÷ y sc pusi d kurbdr co sus dfmir`ds, hc hiohc sdg÷ vdrjis pcrbdajois
hilfdhis‘. Oi sdlc auy ljco, pcri muogjiod.

Bdlrjcffc sc fcvdot÷ y sc dgcrg÷ df ldðf.

‘Cstiy ljco, co scrji... oi tc aifcstcs. ‘Giosjbuj÷ siorcár tcosdacotc‘. Gio

tdoti fugkdr, sc ac kd qujtdhi tihi cf kjhriajcf hc cogjad.

‘Aaaa ‘dsjotj÷ [cod, sjo hc`dr hc prcpdrdr fd aczgfd‘. Xiad ‘dôdhj÷,

pdsäohifc d Bdlrjcffc fd gipd, sjo kdgcr gdsi hc fd ajrdhd cxdspcrdhd hc fd ldrhi.

Bdlrjcffc suspjr÷ y ifjsquc÷ cf fáqujhi gio hcsgiomjdozd.

‘^ud`` ‘giacot÷, kdgjêohifc uod aucgd d [cod. Z iltuvi uod gc`d codrgdhd 42; 
giai rcspucstd‘. Ik, cstä ljco ‘adsguff÷ y, gcrrdohi fis i`is y dbudotdohi fd
rcspjrdgj÷o, sc trdb÷ cf fáqujhi gio trcs brdohcs sirlis‘. Dddu``` ‘mdrmuff÷,
cstrcacgjêohisc‘. ^cri quê kirrjlfc. ‘Fd ldrhi fdoz÷ uod ajrdhd dvjcsd d
[cod‘. ¹Tuê cs fi quc ffcvdld...9 Oi... ifváhdfi. Oi ac fi hjbds... dgdldrád
cgkäohifi. ‘Wdg÷ fd fcobud hc oucvi y sc cogdajo÷ d fd pdfdobdod, ffco÷ fd gipd
hc dbud y sc fd lclj÷ d tihd prjsd.

[cod fd ilscrv÷ rjsucôd, fucbi muc d fd gdad y sc hc`÷ gdcr ligd drrjld gio uod mdftd
hc cfcbdogjd japripjd hc cffd.

‘So mjodf dsqucrisi pdrd uod vcfdhd ldstdotc dbrdhdlfc. ‘Wuspjr÷, fcvdotdohi fd
adoi quc oi tcoád fcsjiodhd y pdsäohisc fis hchis pir cf pcfi. Ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc y
oit÷ fd joaivjfjhdh hc su dajbd, uo fcvásjai lrjffi hc sus i`is d fd fuz hdozdrjod hcf
mucbi‘. ¹Cstäs ljco9 Wê quc csd aczgfd crd ldstdotc adfd, pcri...

‘Cstiy ljco ‘rcspiohj÷ fd ldrhi co viz ld`d, hc`dohi fd gipd y gruzdohi fd

kdljtdgj÷o‘. Cstä... muogjiodohi. \cdfacotc. Xcobi fd gdlczd augki ac`ir. ‘Wc
scot÷ co cf lirhc hc fd gdad y siorj÷ d [cod . Brdgjds dôdhj÷, tualäohisc hc
 fdhi y dpiydohi fd gdlczd co uod adoi.

‘Hc odhd ‘hj`i fd bucrrcrd, vifvjcohi

vifvjcoh i fd gdlczd y ajrdohi d su dajbd gio dmcgti‘
. Xjcocs ac`ir dspcgti.

‘¹Wá9 ‘giotcst÷ Bdlrjcffc, ajrdohi d fis gfdris i`is dzufcs ljco hc gcrgd.

[cod tdaljêo sc pusi hc fdhi y ilscrv÷ su gdrd dtcotdacotc.

‘Aaaa ‘dmjra÷, gio uod siorjsd dadlfc.

Ac pihrád dkibdr dká , rcmfcxjio÷ Bdlrjcffc, pcosdtjvd, gio mdgjfjhdh. Fcycohi

Fcycoh i fd gdrd
quc cstdld tdo gcrgd hc fd suyd, vjcohi lcffczd hiohc itris vcádo murjd, hcfjgdhczd
hiohc itris vcádo vjifcogjd, fuz hiohc cf auohi ajsai s÷fi vcád isgurjhdh. Z
sjcaprc fi kc kcgki, hcshc cf prjacr aiacoti co quc fd vj. Hcli hc tcocr uo
 prilfcad rdri co fd vjstd.
vjstd. ¹]crhdh9  

‘¹Tuê tdf fd adoi9

Fis i`is hc [cod siftdrio uo hcstcffi rjsucôi. ^ril÷ d hilfdr fd adoi.

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‘Oi cstä adf ‘giacot÷‘. So pigi aifcstd.

‘Sod gisd sjo japirtdogjd pdrd fd ^rjogcsd Bucrrcrd ‘giotcst÷ fd ldrhi, gio uod
rjsjtd. Cotiogcs sc fc igurrj÷ uod jhcd adfvdhd y dotcs hc pihcr pdrdrsc d pcosdr
co fds gioscgucogjds, dfdrb÷ fd adoi y, sdljcohi quc [cod oi fd jld d hctcocr, fc
kjzi gisqujffds d fd bucrrcrd co fd irc`d quc tcoád df hcsguljcrti.

‘¡Ck! ‘cxgfda÷ [cod, silrcsdftdhd. Fucbi coscô÷ fis hjcotcs gio uod siorjsd

mjcrd y dldohio÷ su pisturd rcfd`dhd d uod vcfigjhdh hcsgirdziodhird.

‘Ck... ck... ‘gkjff÷ Bdlrjcffc, cgkäohisc kdgjd dträs, pcri sjo fd vcfigjhdh
sumjgjcotc pdrd csgdpdr hc fd adoi quc fd dbdrr÷ hc fd auôcgd y fd tual÷ co fd
gdad. Hcgjhjcohi quc uo luco dtdquc
dtdqu c crd su ðojgd hcmcosd, sc dra÷ hc vdfir y sdft÷
silrc [cod, csmirzäohisc mrcoêtjgdacotc pir adotcocr d rdyd csis fdrbis hchis
quc fc kdgádo gisqujffds.

 Dk... kc tcojhi
tcojhi sucrtc.
sucrtc. Bdlrjcffc
 Bdlrjcffc kdlád gioscbujhi quc [cod quchdrd gifigdhd ligd
drrjld y gio fds his adois y tihi cf pcsi hc su gucrpi fd tcoád su`ctd d fd gdad pir
fis his kialris. ^ir uo aiacoti, sc ajrdrio fd uod d fd itrd.
 ‘¹Xc rjohcs9 ‘prcbuot÷ fd ldrhi, cspcrdozdhd.  Dk, sá. Giai sj oi puhjcrd
adohdrac vifdohi df itri fdhi hc fd kdljtdgj÷o gio s÷fi cogibcrsc hc kialris. 
kialris. 

¹Hclcrád9 , pcos÷ [cod.

‘Wá, ac rjohi ‘giotcst÷, dlrjcohi fis lrdzis pdrd johjgdr su rcohjgj÷o.

Bdlrjcffc pdrpdhc÷ sirprcohjhd. ¹¹¹Ck999  Cotiogcs

  Cotiogcs [cod hilf÷ fis lrdzis y gfdv÷
räpjhdacotc fis hchis co fis lrdzis hc fd ldrhi, kdgjêohifc dmfi`dr fis gihis y
hcspfiadrsc gio uo brdzojhi silrc cf pcgki hc fd bucrrcrd.

‘D``. Zd sdlád yi quc crd hcadsjdhi mägjf ‘adsguff÷, oitdohi quc [cod sc rcád co
sjfcogji‘. Auy brdgjisd, [cod.

[cod siorj÷ gio mjcrczd y sc rj÷ cotrc hjcotcs, fucbi rihc÷ d fd ldrhi gio fis lrdzis
y fd cstrcgk÷ fdrbi rdti... y sjotj÷ quc Bdlrjcffc sc rcfd`dld pir giapfcti cogjad hc
cffd, sjo imrcgcr rcsjstcogjd.

‘Aaa ‘auraur÷ Bdlrjcffc co fd schd ri`d hc su tðojgd ‘. Tuê d busti cstiy.

¹^uchi quchdrac dquá9 ‘]ucfvi d cstdr hcotri hc fd pucrtd. Z... hjiscs... grci quc
fi quc dgdli hc iár cs g÷ai sc gcrrdld fd pucrtd gio ffdvc... hcshc hcotri... 
hcotri... 

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‘Wá ‘susurr÷ [cod, sjo siftdrfd, oitdohi quc fds adois hc Bdlrjcffc sc hcsfjzdldo
kdgjd drrjld y fc rihcdldo fis kialris, hcvifvjêohifc cf dlrdzi ‘. Wá. ^uchcs
quchdrtc dquá.

His háds hcspuês, tcoádo tihi rcgibjhi y cstdldo prcpdrdhds pdrd hcspchjrsc hc
Kcgtdtir y su gjuhdh. [cod rcgirrj÷ fd gjuhdh gio fd vjstd y siorj÷ sjo ojobðo aitjvi

giogrcti. Fucbi
csgdfcrds pdrd sc vifvj÷ kdgjd Kcgtdtir, quc cstdld scotdhi co uod sjffd co fds
hcspchjrsc.

‘Lucoi ‘fcs siorj÷ Kcgtdtir‘. ¹H÷ohc vdjs dkird9 ‘Wc aivj÷ pdrd dfjvjdr fd
prcsj÷o hc fds vcohds‘. Is vdais d cgkdr hc acois.

[cod fi ajr÷ gio uod gc`d codrgdhd, pcri siorj÷.

‘Wá, scburi ‘rcspiohj÷‘. ]dais d suljr pir fd gistd, kdgjd Dtcods ‘dôdhj÷ fd
bucrrcrd, vifvjêohisc pdrd d`ustdr fd gjogkd hc fd sjffd hc Drbi. Wc vifvj÷ hc oucvi y
fc imrcgj÷ fd adoi d Kcgtdtir‘. Kd sjhi dbrdhdlfc, Kcgtdtir.
 Cf práogjpc fd ajr÷ gio fd gdlczd fdhcdhd.

‘Lucoi, pir dsá hcgjr. ‘Kjzi uo bcsti hc hifir, pcri fc cstrcgk÷ gäfjhdacotc cf
lrdzi quc fc imrcgád‘. Oi kdy odhd quc puchd imrcgcrtc quc puchd capczdr d
pdbdr fi quc kds kcgki dquá. Dsá quc oi fi viy d jotcotdr. ‘Dtrdp÷ su ajrdhd‘.
^cri tc hjbi fi sjbujcotc0 dkird aj gjuhdh cs y fi scrä pdrd sjcaprc uo kibdr pdrd
tj... pdrd fds his, sj cs quc hcgjhás hc`dr hc vdbdluohcdr sdfvdohi d tihi cf auohi.

Sois i`is vcrhcs brjsägcis y itris dzufcs gfdris fi ajrdrio gio uo lrjffi sifcaoc.

‘Kcgtdtir ‘hj`i [cod, gio fd viz cstrcacgjhd pir uod rjsd‘. Grêcac... tu gjuhdh
sjcaprc igupdrä uo fubdr auy cspcgjdf co oucstri girdz÷o. Fi ajsai quc tð. ‘
Ajr÷ d Bdlrjcffc, quc cstdld dsjotjcohi‘. Z grci quc pihcais dscburdr quc
vifvcrcais. Df acois pdrd kdgcr vjsjtds.

‘Zd fi grci ‘dôdhj÷ Bdlrjcffc, dgcrgäohisc y dlrdzäohifi gio gujhdhi‘. Guáhdtc.

‘Wiorj÷ y fucbi rctrigchj÷ kdstd hiohc cstdld cspcrdohi @cssdo, gio fds brdohcs
adois dpiydhds co cf fiai hc su ocbri girgcf. Cf brdo kdljtdotc hcf lisquc fds
dgiapdôdrád hc gdajoi d su dfhcd, hdhi quc tcoádo jotcogj÷o hc scbujr fd gistd
hcspuês hc csi.

[cod dpiy÷ fds adois co cf fiai hc Drbi y aiot÷ hc uo sdfti, pdsdohi uod pjcrod 4;4 
pir cogjad hcf fiai hc fd ycbud y gifigdohi fis pjcs co fis cstrjlis. Fucbi ajr÷ d
Bdlrjcffc y fc imrcgj÷ cf lrdzi jzqujcrhi. Fd ldrhi fi dbdrr÷ sjo fd acoir pritcstd y
sc hc`÷ jzdr y dgiaihdr co fd gruz hc fd dftd ycbud.

‘¹Zd tc bustd aäs aiotdr d gdldffi9 ‘prcbuot÷ Kcgtdtir, gio gurjisjhdh girtês.

Bdlrjcffc siorj÷ y sc dbdrr÷ d [cod, qujco, gisd dtápjgd co cffd, tdaljêo siorj÷.

‘Ik... pihrádais hcgjr quc sá ‘rcpfjg÷ fd ldrhi, gio djrc págdri ‘. Grci quc vd d
dgdldr bustäohiac.

‘¹Co scrji9 ‘prcbuot÷ [cod, cgkäohifc uod ajrdhd pir cogjad hcf kialri.

‘Wá ‘rcspiohj÷ Bdlrjcffc, dprctdohi aäs fis lrdzis y dpiydohi fd gdlczd co fd

cspdfhd hc [cod‘. Co scrji.

‘Ac dfcbri hc iárfi ‘giacot÷ fd bucrrcrd gio kuair, sjo kdgcr gdsi hc fd ajrdhd
hcsgdrdhd quc fc hjrjbád @cssdo‘. ]dais. ‘Dprct÷ fds rihjffds pdrd quc Drbi sc
 cogdajodrd d fds pucrtds hc fd gjuhdh y caprcohj÷ fd adrgkd,
adrgk d, gio @cssdo dvdozdohi
d su fdhi‘. @cssdo, quátdtc csd siorjsjtd hc fd gdrd.

‘¹Tujêo, yi9 ‘prcbuot÷ cf kdljtdotc hcf lisquc, joigcotcacotc‘. ¹^ir quê

jld yi
yi d
 d tcocr quc siorcár9 Ac pdrcgc quc sio jadbjodgjiocs tuyds, [cod. Hclcráds
hcsgdosdr uo pigi. ‘Fd ajr÷ dbjtdohi fds pcstdôds ‘. ¹Xdf vcz uois háds co fd
pfdyd9

‘@cssdo... ‘So bruôjhi brdvc.

Fd ðojgd rcspucstd muc uo sjfljhi quc cotiodld uod dfcbrc acfihád.

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Ljibrdmád hc fd dutird
Acfjssd Biih cs uod jobcojcrd hc rchcs d tjcapi
giapfcti y csgrjtird d vcgcs.

]jvc co ^calriec ^jocs, Mfirjhd, gio uo puôdhi hc

fdbdrtis y uo pcrri.

Gudohi oi vjd`d pir trdld`i, i pdrtjgjpd co sus tdrcds

kdljtudfcs, sc hchjgd d csgrjljr pdrd trdtdr hc
cotrctcocr d itris gio fi ac`ir hc su gdpdgjhdh.

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