Isaura, waking up from her unpleasant and bitter thoughts, took her little sewing basket and began to leave the living room, resolved to disappear into the most hidden corner of the house, or to find an isolated niche in the orchard. She hoped to avoid a repeat of the embarrassing and indecent scenes she had experienced. She had barely taken the first step when she was detained by a grotesque and wandering figure, who entered the living room and came to stand in front of her. It was a misshapen figure resembling a human form; a strangely shaped little man, with an enormous head, a tiny chest, short legs bent outwards, hairy as a bear and ugly as an ape. He was like a deformed clown, who embodied the indispensable member of the retinue of any great king of the Middle Ages, to entertain him and his courtiers. Nature forgot to give it a neck, and the big head grew from the center of a formidable bump. However, the face was neither distorted nor disgusting, and expressed cordiality, servility and benevolence. Isaura would have cried out in fear if she had not known this strange figure, because it was none other than Mr. Belchior, faithful and exemplary. islander, who had exercised for many years in this field with dignity and conscience, despite his deformity and his simplicity, the position of gardener. It seems that flowers, the natural symbol of all that is beautiful, pure and delicate, should have a guardian who is less distorted and less hideous. However, luck or the whim of the owner chose such a contradiction, perhaps to oppose the beauty of one at the expense of the ugliness of the other. Belchior had in one of his hands a large straw hat, which he was dragging on the ground, and with the other hand in the middle of a paper...instead of being in the company of this cad. ""It's just as well that you witnessed with your own eyes what I couldn't tell you myself. . Now what's your plan?" "What's my plan? ...Please go right away and find where he is in the house...Have you seen him anywhere? " "If I'm not mistaken, I saw someone in the living room lying on the couch. " " Alright. , Henrique, please come with me." "Why don't you go alone? Spare me the aggravation of confronting him…” “No, no; I need you to come with me; This is why I waited for your return. I need you to support me and encourage me. I'm afraid of him. " "Ah! I understand now; you want me to be your bodyguard, so you can scold this cad. "Very well, I gladly put myself at your service, and we will see if this scoundrel has the audacity to disrespect you. Come!"