Excerpt from A ConquistaAtravessou a rua e, de olhos altos, consul tando as placas parou diante de um largo por tão que, abrindo sobre um pateo ladrilha'do, dava ingresso a casa, de dois altíssimos andares.Um homem barbado, em mangas de camisa e descalço, varria preguiçosamente a entrada, com a cabeça derreada, um olho fechado para evitar a fumaça do cigarro que lhe rolava, hu mido, nos beiços. Anselmo abordou - o.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.