Thirty-six at the long table
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Numa das alpendradas que corriam no fundo da casa, trinta e seis aventureiros cercavam uma longa mesa, no meio da qual trescalavam em escudelas de pau algumas peças de caça, já estreadas de uma maneira que fazia honra ao apetite dos convivas.
In one of the porch-sheds that ran along the back of the house, thirty-six adventurers surrounded a long table, in the middle of which, in wooden bowls, steamed pieces of game already broached in a way that did honor to the guests' appetite.
In one of the porch-sheds that ran along the back of the house, thirty-six adventurers surrounded a long table, in the middle of which, in wooden bowls, steamed some pieces of game, already broached in a way that did honor to the appetite of the guests.
The camera moves in on the men's world: a long trestle table, wooden bowls of game, thirty-six hungry bandeirantes. Alencar relishes the rough plenty of the frontier feast — the counterpoint to the family's grave, altar-like supper.
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