The Attendant`s Confession part 6
Before daybreak I bandaged the wounds that I had received in the lace. Then only did I pluck up enough courage to return to...
The Attendant`s Confession part 5
It seemed to me that I saw faces grinning on the walls; I heard muffled voices. The cries of the victim, the shrieks before...
The Attendant`s Confession part 4
Very probably my chance was approaching. The colonel was rapidly getting worse. He made his will, the notary receiving almost as many insults as...
The Attendant`s Confession part 3
But that came soon enough. One day, when I was a trifle late in giving him a massage, he took his cane and struck...
The Attendant`s Confession part 2
Arriving there, I heard bad reports concerning the colonel. He was pictured to me as a disagreeable, harsh, exacting fellow; nobody could endure him,...
The Attendant`s Confession part 1
Brazil
J. M. Machado De Assis (1839-1908)
Born at Rio de Janeiro of poor parents, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis began his literary career at an...
Easter Torch Part 8
The trap was ingeniously contrived: a long rope fastened round a block of wood; lengthwise, at the place where the sawn panel had disappeared,...
Easter Torch Part 7
In a few moments, this same gimlet would cause the destruction of Leiba and his domestic hearth. The two executioners would hold the victim...
Easter Torch Part 6
His throat was parched. He was thirsty. He washed a small glass in a three-legged tub by the side of the bar and tried...
Easter Torch Part 5
Then he had passed under the portico, and had listened at the top of the stone steps by the door which was secured with...
