botánico

EN They had rooms in the village, and so, walking in, walking out, parting late on door-mats, had said little things about the soup, about the children, about one thing and another which made them allies; so that when he stood beside her now in his judicial way (he was old enough to be her father too, a botanist, a widower, smelling of soap, very scrupulous and clean) she just stood there.
GL Tiñan habitacións na vila e, deste xeito, indo e vindo, despedíndose tarde no limiar das súas portas, falaban de miudezas sobre a sopa, os nenos, sobre tal e cal cousa que os convertía en aliados; de xeito que cando agora se detivo xunta ela dunha maneira tan formal (ademais, él era vello dabondo como para se-lo seu pai, un botánico viúvo, ulindo a xabón, moi escrupuloso e limpo), ela permaneceu alí.
Fonte: CAR (162)

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