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A Meia Marrom Da: RUERBECH, Enrich Ve ieee 2002, V4 - 498 EF Xuder SATUS + 2) : “And even if Isn't fine tomorron”*, sald Ms. Ramsay, raising her eyes to glance at William Bankes and Lily Briscoe as they passed, “it will be another diy And now", she ssid, thinking that Lily's charm was her Chinese eyes, aslant in het ‘white, puckered litle face, but it would take a clever man to sce it, ‘now stand up, and let me measure your leg”, for they might ‘0 to the Lighthouse aer all, and she must sce ifthe stocking Gd ‘Rot need to be an inch or two longer in the lg. \ ‘Smiling, for an admirable idea had fashed wpon her this very | second — William and Lily should marry — she took the heather ‘mixture stocking, with its criss-cross of stel needles atthe mouth | ‘fit, and measured it against James's leg, “My dear, stand sul’, she said, for in his jealousy, not! liking to serve as measuring-block forthe Lighthouse keeper's lite boy, James fidgeted purposely; and if he did that, how could she se, Was it too long, was it too short? she asked. ‘She loocked up — what demon possessed him, her youngest, her cherished? — and saw the room, saw the chairs, chought them fearfully shabby, Their entrails, as Andrew said the other day, were all over the flor; but then what was the point, she askedan MIMesis ers, of buying god chart et them real eg she wer hen he oe, ith ely eg a es positively dripped with wet? Never mind: the rent was mrecheh a {twopence halfpenny; the children loved it; it did her husband grok {0'e three thousand, she must be aca ee ok tiles from his library and his lecwers and has epee eed ss room fr visitors. Mats, camp bed, crazy ghosts of Gene tables whose London He of seve was dene weg ag ad snough here; and a photograph or two, and books Boole," ‘hough, afew of themselves She ner had ties pak Als ee he okt ht had been gene aniseed pe and the poet hime for er gan nid by eve." the hair Helen four days deren she had never read them. And Croom on the Mind ned Beoee, the Savage Customs of Polyesis ("My dears saad ae Se ssi) —"nether of thse cull one send cath Litho, AS Gertin moment, she suppose, te hose wold ketone a {hat something rust be done. thy could Ue aught wages tet an not bring the beach in tah them that See soning. Crs, she had to all i Amitew ray Soke os ist hen, oi Jer eed that one ld ale Sup os seaweed, one could tot prevent tor Rages ebjers fgg oes: they wer ied, er chile, b al inoue wo And the cul of way Se sgh aie Chiron beroccse tombe tee Jammes’s| Hep thar things; ie aia ‘and got shabbier summer after Summer. The mat was ang the wallpaper was fone Gould’ ll any mane tat hose were roses oni, SEE eee ‘it was, could none of them remember it? She ‘would go sf Shs ape ate Sy ea me en tind Sp sl ie cra, oe ia ety Meee to a ein Re he clin sud re cent atm bn si Hea Sa oe eee ey ees ke Be we Sieh ov ners nt nese fi secs Sate ci ated san be Sel ea ‘A MEIA MARROM nal ‘wings of bird fold themselves quietly and the blue of its plumage ‘changes from bright stel to st purple. She had stood there silent {or there was nothing to be sad. He had cancer ofthe throat. At the recollection — how she had stood there, how the girl had sid At home the mountains are s9 beaut’, and there was 10 hopes ao hope whatever, she had a spasm of iritstion, and speaking sharply, sai to James: “Stand still. Don't be tiresome," so that he knew instantly ‘that her severity was real, and straightened his leg and she measured it ‘The stocking was too shor by half an inch atleast, making allowance for the fact that Sorkey's lie boy would be kes well frown than James. : t's too short™, she sti, ““ever so much too short. [Never did anybody look so sad. Bitter and black, hall-way down, in the darkness, in the shaft which ran fom the sunlight to the depths, perhaps «tear formed; a tear fll; the waters sovayed this way and that, recetved st, and were at rest. Never dd anybody Took 50 sad. ‘Bt was it nothing but looks? people sad. What was there behind it — her beauty, her splendour? Had he blown his brains cut, they asked, had he died the week before they were married — some other, ealir lover, of whom rumours reached one? Or was there nothing? noching but an incomparable beauty which she lived behind, and could do nothing to disturb? For easily though she might have said at some moment of intimacy when stories of treat pasion, of love foiled, of ambition thwarted came her way how she too had known of felt or been through it herself, she never spoke, She was silent always. She knew then — she knew ‘without having learnt. Her simplicity fathomed what clever people falsified. Her singleness of mind made her drop plumb like a stone, alight exact as a bird, gave her, naturally, this swoop and fall of the Spirit upon truth which delighted, eased, sustained — falsely perhaps. CiNature has but little cay." said Mr. Bankes once, hhearing her voice on the telephone, and much moved by it though she was only telling him a fact about a train, ‘like that of which ‘he moulded you."* He saw her at the end of the line, Greek, blue-eyed, straight-nosed. How incongruous it seemed 10 be telephoning to # woman like that. The Graces assembling seemed to fave joined onde in meadows of asd! to compose that face ‘Yes, he would catch the 10.30 at Euston. ‘But she's no more aware of her beauty than a child”, sid ‘Mr. Bankes, replacing the receiver nd crossing the room 10 see ‘what progress the workmen were making with an hotel which they tvere building a the back of his house. And he thought of Mrs. Ramey a9 he looked at that str among the unfinished walls. For always, he thought, there was something incongruous to be418 MIMEsIS orked into the harmony of her face. She capped a deerstalker's hat on her head she ran across the lawn in goloshes to shat, 3 child from mischief. So that if i was her beauty merely that eo {houaht of, one must remember the quivering thing, the ning thing [they were carrying bricks up a little plank as he watched them ant work into the pictures ori one thug of Hersh ss awoman, one must endow her with some freak of iiosyncren, or suppose some latent desire to doff her royalty of form ar i Tee ‘Beauty bored her and al that men say of beauty, and she wantal ‘only to be like other people, insignificant. He did aot know: He st fot know. He must go to hs work.) Knitting her reddish brown huity stacking, with her head couttined absurdly by the gilt ame, the green shaw wich she had tossed over the edge ofthe frame, and the authenticated mastere, ce by Michael Angelo, Mrs. Ramsay smoothed out what had been harsh in her manner a moment before, raiged his head, and kissed her little boy on the forehead. “‘Let's find another picture cat ‘out she sid “E mesmo © aaah o tempo nfo ester bom, dite a seahoes Ramsy, leyntando os olhos paola Willan Hanke Ly Briscoe eet asavar, “iemos outro da. E agora" pasando que © encnte ae ip ram os eur ols, chines, envisadss 80 Torah trance esate, ae, 46,um homem igtligntepodetia vl. “» tens Tne te pe came ‘od aspera pos poder i 20 Tio, Spear de tolo,2 a poco Yer ses mein no prec Sr ums polegads ov duas mas compris na perm, Sovrindo, pois uma ila amie! tinh cntado nea neste mismo segundo ~ Wille Lily deveram cusarse~ pogo s meta cot dees, com ‘Sista de aguas de ao ma boc, ted contin sperma sea ‘Mea queio, gue quiet aise pos por cass Jor ses einns no ‘ose sen de tnequm pala o medina Go fasta do fal Somes ba eprops es cle zee tio, como ¢ qu la pode vr eas fem, ‘ado longs ou demasiado curt Pesguntons {evantowo olhar~ que dembnio «pots, osx capula,o seu quer 40? « vin sabia, ru as cadens pensou que xtaram teelmente eae {Gs At vas entanhs, como Andiew die Seto dia eam tole fa che meen. as ee rh, Pee mean con Guando 3 cast com apenas una velha pars cudar el, postvamente ingara de unde? No tinh importa agua er pressameate digs broes ems as erangas aderaram-n; fsa Bam's eee ee Sa ‘lov se deve ser exat,teontas mike du sas tiotecey, det sat fas scipuos« hava espaqo pra vas Exes eam ds umpeaie, ls nina nos ate ode es ‘r vospemon, cescem por la none ta tempo de ion Ai mao los que the havin sido dador» dediadoe pelo props pots: “Pee ‘gues cas des devem wer bedi." tas fee Heens dos tor ‘os as..." ea vrgonhoso dz, mas mace ons io. E Cro aceet a Men ate sobre or Costumes Sevagens na Foinia (Ones Fie uet," flow) ~ nenhum desea gente podia manda puso fro Next ‘eteminado momento, penton, eas fears tun trans qos igus ete ‘ever Ter’feitnSe'ao twos ptendenem ticcar oh pls ea nfo GERMINIE LACERTEUX 415 eee ee ac en ta See noe hretrprpicre ep peel Saar enemas Same cacrree mentum tence ‘Beavam cada veu'malsgastas, ds um vervo para 0 outro. tapete sitar es Sena een annie cemouenaa sete et te mi cis ager mate or eset nein eset Sorina cries mee mreneteen Saspn ss oinn Nl ores potas aguas ono earas pore rn het eet ci te Petamar stare aera, you ea ea meni 2 brie, Que rants Seven fears speitaeen sored on ec enar Eo ieee tree niet, tania gioaaten aaa te a Mees man tambon I Se Sen ars as mom See cate ae ene ieee Bet anes ee Masia tere ame sre tas eeeeS eee cemented Se ac tee en es ‘aul du ou plomager own‘ ago Uehantekporpara suave. Fara de pe Sic saree Se Se bee Leer ne eek ‘esta lembeanga — como ela ficou de pé, Ié; como + moga disse “Em casa as SE eat ae oes es oe SE Pa elgceetiat ee mae eee atta a to "A raiser deals cara fatava plo menos mela poesia, const oe aes eee teeny ‘Sieben cram getpoun, Nungs neu pucen to i atte Sram perc ‘So ta nas?” Naar aie ug ncompuelSera ws ga feat oa ae alata blame eet naman ih a ict um ee Saas cetomenenaees unc iaat. stra Sepresencee. Eni ret reer ssa isin Rete ot re Screamer ae cic Ut at = cae ane one46 MIMESIS {elke disse alg a sept de um tem, “como esta de qu oa fx" find inked os atv nai ek, Cons peecuoe et ete telefon pasa mulher como en As Cres ana ee {et nado ios em chrneat de siSicos pura congener eae si peg 1030 em Fan : wes do pamado em esos, pur taps eer de tn cana Ain gus gee fee na ah equa tbts cuanto os alia] venta go Reser oar ae gem Deny zl ipleent como rer dora dota cm sta cee {ise Miosncrtia: ov supa algum des atate de Ime ts sa ez de forma, como te tables bores ¢tndo' gee oa ‘srartada absidamente cones moira Gouda tae ene gos eek, sobre + mola, © a obra autetenda de Micros, ee Ramay suavzou o que avi ido rade no wu jlo unt aanie leant beg ebe o seu meno ne Tie Vamos sehr es Este trecho de prosa narrative & a quia secgio da primeea parte do romance de Virgin Wool, To be Lightboue wea nace eu, pla primeira ver em 1927. A situagao en gue ce, ersonagens pode ser om ‘quase completamente «part 4b temo ela nko &apresentaa de oma tented ue a ito num context sistemdtico. numa ence eee intra, em nenhuma parte J romance Mas aicte eeomae brevemente a situsea0 no comega do ness reco, pet chit Ietor # comprensio da anise sepuinte; tanbetn, part acne Mrs. Ramsay € 2 esposa de wm renomado profecor de flosoia de Londres; apesar de muito bela, ja nao ¢ joven, Encon ‘as, 20 lado do filho cagula James, de seis anos de idade, sentada A janela de uma ampla casa de verdo, que 0 proessor igs bi alguns anos numa das ithas Habridas. Além do caal Ramsay, dos ‘ito fics e da criadagem, moram ou circulam pela case ‘uma ‘Quantidade de convidades amigne, entre ne quaie, um. conhceile botdnico, Wiliam Bankes, um vidvo de mei idede, © = piators Lily Briscoe, os quis justamente passam juntos diate da janela James, sentado no chio, etd ocupado em recortar gravuras de um {tlogo ilustrado, Sua me assegurou-lhe, pouco antes, que no dia ‘seguimte, se 0 tempo fosse bom, veljatiam juntos af 0 ato James hi tempo que se slegra com eta excursto; ha diversas Dresentes destinades aos moradores do farol, entre’ os qual, 28 A-MEIA MARROM an | meias pera © menino do guards do farol. A intense slegria que opin amnshmat e err ‘eens tr Cece adc ‘okryc cm tange ang gers al SEs eee Se Saat i cme cot ms ieperpenmlga are ihe Raids Ome Take aot mieten a ae na pu ec een oy ms ees ierangtens best eke ‘nilo for bom, entilo iremos outro dia), Mrs. Ramsay fax com que Renter aah a aera te wera Dig meetin mice a eat na cs Paes Dac are mirnadhiri meee asics seca ect cetera os SEA a a inhiatins Nocona recs DoT aig mio fre ne tage eee Spc vce ns enh Srna etc as pimeiaspalavrs de Mrs. Ramsay sto inerrompidas has sas. plage ie fre oles (Wien Darks Lily’ Brisco passa unter), e depos, apse mas algmas Delares, que sere 30, proceso exer, pelt impresdo que ‘kzaram no seu inerior os pssntes:aqilo que hi de encetador tos ols achineses de Lily, que nem todos os homens perce ria ~ apo qe termina sso se ein qe tri « Sor eons rps prion mt ge di ee noa8 MoMEsIs mea esté bastante compeid. Aga relanpeia © pensamento, Prepardo pla obervagbo dor ols chines de Ly {Willoa {ly deveram casas) ito € wma iia mato boa, et post de provocar samen. Sorin, volt 4 meg. Blas x ang tovda por se or obtinad ¢cueato pore no Sek a {Shin éque ela pole ver, asim, 36 4 mele tomo compacts ert? © que hi com James, osu cua, o seu que? Lenn Sxats, Seu olia Sec pl ecto —e asin cm un tempo parétese. A parr dar polronas extra, ds quae Andrew, of mais velo, disera reentemente que espalbvan, as sias entranhs pelo chlo, or seus pensumess aston Apalpando os cies os sere ques rodeumn, Os moves dks, mas bastante bons pra gars vantages dames lp eri; Barats eho paras extans, pare ose arid; faclmente aqvipada com alguns moves velhos,¢ mais algun quad ¢ livros. Lives: hd'muito que da nio tenr tempo’ de ln ats cules que The foram decade (al spurece de elance oe fare onde nao se pe manda vcs to etic como nes {hs que ett por). Depis, nvamente a cae: ss habitants temasem um pouco mais decid, mas € claro, Andrew tat Caranguros, que ele qier scar; sours crinaga junta spe, Conchas, eds to ela tom de peri esa canals ha locadas, cada ua de manera disente mac ® lr ase wey te ex fea cadaver em maior dsordenyGineromerse sto rtntese por um instante el encota a mas per de Janes), {uk se deteriora, Se pelo meno a ports nio estes sempre sberas asim tod se des perder, tambem ste ale de ciche. tira pendurad ‘na moldura do quad. Todss a9 ports eto tscancraas, mes ngrs Fst St, ante tolan aera & janela do paiamar tubers esd shea ta mesa aus As Janta devern fear abet, as ports, fechas Porque ninguem vers lembrar dito? Quando se chegs de noite nos quarts as Criades, as aneas todas estan frtementefochaiae So 1 efiada seiga man su neta sempre sera, Ela pri de a exo. Ontem, another rela nea, ds, como oe cats de tgs sas: I em casa as montane sto to lindas. Mis Ramsay sia ‘ues em ua casa, osu pi eta & morc Mis: Ramsay eave Instamente the incando como seize a eames como eer 4 jal, Flow raw fntensemente, Mas depo eau em Silencio (Cmparacio com a sts de um pssaroy ue se kam ramen vole dom vo, snes erin do sl)-Fieo sens. Ser pos agi ado hava nada der. Tine ccer na ours oan eta lembrang, de como ea fou paras, de come a cds dice: i em casa montana so tio lindas — «a Bd tls esperangaalguma ~~ tomade por uma convlt enagurt (smarts contra x cre fala de sentido da vid, co posse ‘Tol atl empenhaa in nective, capes ent sey com todas a Sus fas), 2 amargrsvertewe pat © tented ‘AMELIA MARROM 49 ‘mento exterior; 0 parémtese acaba bruscamente (sb pode ter durado poucos segundos; hd pouco ainda sorra por causa da idia-de um ‘asamento de Mr. Bankes com Lily Briscoe), e diz severamente a James: fica quiet, no seas tol. Erte $0 primero grande paréntere. © segundo comes logs pbs, depois que a medicao da mela foi levada a cabo, dando como resultado de que ela esti ainda curta demais, Comeca com o pardgrafo que esta emoldurado pelo motivo never did anybody look fo sa. Quem ¢ que fala neste parigrafo? Quem obser MES Ramsay, fat w Sect de Gee Magni jamal parsers to triste © exprime conjectures de expels to duvidosa reconlita fea ig neers fore gua que, aptandoe de ch para 1, 2 rcebe, para fcar depois nrovamentequita? Noga junto anata set Mrs. Ramsey ¢ James, estes dois nio podem ter sido, etampouco aqule Mpmenas'" que comege falar no parsgrlo segue. Portnto, artis, taler, do propio ecritor. 8 que, se asim fr, no 50 tanta acerca das suas personagens — nese cao, acerca de ‘Mis. Ramsey — como alguém que a conhece perfetamente e que Conseque descrever, 4 partir deste conbcimento, 0 seu carer © 0 Seu estado interno 2 cada instante, com obetividade e sepuranca Vinginia Wont excacven cate pertiraoy tambon lo 0 detingte thodlante caracteristicas gramaticas 0 tipogratcas como fala ou pensumento de um terotir. Deve se, pos, amir que contém ranifesaghesimediatas dela propria. Mas tla ndo parece pensar Ge srs © ae, prt, deve ser al # Sao is Sas personagens. Quem fala. aqui, ja quem for, apresentase Saline sian Qe smuante tatiee Gan impose Ms Ramsay, qe vt 0 seu roso, © que feprodz & Sua impressto de forma subjetiva, duvidando acerca de interpetact. Never aid Anybody lok 20 tad nfo € uma constatacao cbjeve; & a repro ‘gaa, queria no sobrenatural, da aptacto de algoém que vil beso roso de Mrs. Ramsay. E naquilo que se segue, nem mais parece ques seres hamanos a falar mas “esprtos ere cl © Wer, esplntos carentes de nome, qve podem penewar nas profudidades de um ser humano, saber algo ase respi, mas fo podem obter uma vslo clara aerea do que al acontce, de tal {ova que asus informagto parce ince; deforma aver: seme Ihante dos certains srs, detached from the Body ofthe wind, ee, hum trecno posterior 2), se arasam’ de noite pla ast Iormeids, questioning end wondering. Sia como for: vq am bem ndo se trata da-manilestago objetiva do escritoe sobre suas personagens, Ningiém sibe nada com eerteza, aqui; tudo 120 face de conjecturs olares que algutm dlrige © outro, cus ‘higmas 0 €capar de slucionar. isto também continus no pardgrao seguinte;extermam se € isctemse conjecaras acerca do significado da express facial de