La Grande

He doesn’t search for from the notepad, and stands frozen within the writing place, as if he have been posing for a portrait—Américo Scriptori—and whilst Nula begins speaking back, the portrait starts off to maneuver, taking fast notes with abbreviations and emblems that, like a few deepest language, will merely be legible to him sooner or later. Nula reads from a listing during which he took down, that very same morning, whereas he drank a couple of buddies within the kitchen, the subjects he needed to hide. a few are user-friendly reviews that require no reaction, even though Américo, in his deepest script, writes them down within the notepad, yet others call for sure operations, the trade of the deposit receipts and assessments, for instance. Their fundamental subject matters are the 2 afternoon appointments, which Nula postponed the day past as a result of his stroll within the rain with Gutiérrez, with the governor’s aide and the dentist that his brother, Chade, prompt, and whose wine cellar, with a ability of 150 bottles, he has to fill; Gutiérrez’s new order, which he’ll bring the next day to come; the fee money that Américo owes him from March, if it’s prepared (Chela has it within the office); the crowd sale to the legislations tuition for that Friday, if it’s prepared; he additionally desires to order (on his tab) 4 bottles of merlot and sauvignon blancs that he’s making plans to take to the cookout at Gutiérrez’s, since it doesn’t look acceptable to drink his personal client’s wine; he also needs to take neighborhood chorizos, for the governor’s aide, which he promised as a pattern (it’s a standard present for brand new clients); and at last, there’s the promotional sale on the Warden hypermarket, which begins Friday afternoon, culminates on Saturday, and lasts one other complete week; he, Nula, may be there at 5 o’clock sharp, ensuring the stand is prepared and every little thing is decided up; that very same afternoon, on his long ago from the town, he’s considering passing via to finalize the main points with one of many managers. once they end, they visit the workplace to choose up the March commissions money. Chela takes it from a drawer, has him signal a receipt, and fingers it to him. later on, Nula lots up the 4 situations of wine—two cabernet sauvignons and one viognier for Gutiérrez, and one with 4 bottles of merlot and sauvignon blancs for himself, plus the chorizos for Gutiérrez and for the political aide—and ahead of getting into his automobile he turns again to the entrance and shouts: —You haven’t heard the final of me! —I’m looking forward to a few sturdy stanzas out of your countryman, for the playing cards, Américo says. whilst he pulls out, it’s ten of twelve. simply because his journeys to Paraná virtually by no means take him downtown—the warehouse is at the outskirts—he finally ends up taking a number of improper turns alongside one-way streets and promenades ahead of discovering the sq.. Mis pilchas is simply part a block away, like Chela stated, yet simply because he doesn’t discover a spot, he double parks and leaves the auto operating. The boutique isn’t very colossal, however it does appear very fancy for town, and even though it’s already twenty after twelve it’s nonetheless open.