The hairdresser scene
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— Senta aqui, é melhor. Sentou-se. Vamos ver o grande cabeleireiro " disse-me rindo. Continuei a alisar os cabelos, com muito cuidado, e dividi-os em duas porções iguais, para compor as duas tranças. Não as fiz logo, nem assim depressa, como podem supor os cabeleireiros de ofício, mas devagar, devagarinho, saboreando pelo tato aqueles fios grossos, que eram parte dela.
Sit here, it's better. She sat down. "Let's see the great hairdresser," she said to me laughing. I continued to smooth the hair, with much care, and divided them into two equal portions, to compose the two braids. I did not make them immediately, nor so quickly as the hairdressers of trade can suppose, but slowly, very slowly, savoring by touch those thick strands, that were part of her.
The narrator is combing the hair of a woman, taking his time to enjoy the sensation.
The narrator combs the woman's hair slowly, savoring the sensation of her thick strands, which are part of her.
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