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Chapter 19

           "Then,"Pilarwenton,"itisimportantthatthedaybeinautumnwithrain,oratleastsomefog,orearlywinterevenandnowthoushouldstcontinuetowalkthroughthecityanddowntheCalledeSaludsmellingwhatthouwiltsmellwheretheyaresweepingoutthecasasdeputasandemptyingtheslopjarsintothedrainsand,withthisodoroflove’slaborlostmixedsweetlywithsoapywaterandcigarettebuttsonlyfaintlyreachingthynostrils,thoushouldstgoontotheJardínBotánicowhereatnightthosegirlswhocannolongerworkinthehousesdotheirworkagainsttheirongatesoftheparkandtheironpicketedfencesanduponthesidewalks.Itisthereintheshadowofthetreesagainsttheironrailingsthattheywillperformallthatamanwishes;fromthesimplestrequestsataremunerationoftencentimosuptoapesetaforthatgreatactthatweareborntoandthere,onadeadflowerbedthathasnotyetbeenpluckedoutandreplanted,andsoservestosoftentheearththatissomuchsofterthanthesidewalk,thouwiltfindanabandonedgunnysackwiththeodorofthewetearth,thedeadflowers,andthedoingsofthatnight.Inthissackwillbecontainedtheessenceofitall,boththedeadearthandthedeadstalksoftheflowersandtheirrottedbloomsandthesmellthatisboththedeathandbirthofman.Thouwiltwrapthissackaroundthyheadandtrytobreathethroughit."

           "No."

           "Yes,"Pilarsaid.

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