It is the story of Vilela, Camilo
and Rita involved in a triangle love. The story begins on a Friday, November 1869 with a dialogue between Camilo and Rita. Camilo denies strongly to believe in the fortuneteller and always unadvised Rita in the humiliating way. The fortuneteller
is this story characterized as a charlatan, those who speak everything that
serves to everyone. It is a sinister character, which despite not having
neither his name revealed (Machado’s feature), highlights as a haracter
that deceive cheat the main characters. Rita believes that the fortuneteller
can solve all their problems and anxieties. Camilo already at the end of the
story, when they are about to have expose his case with Rita, in the apex of
his desperation, ses this same fortuneteller, which cheat in the same way as cheat all its customers, even Rita. The woman uses of phrases effect and
metaphors of the end of opinion wise and lady destination of Camilo,
who leaves this from there confident in your words and when arrive at the
apartment of Vilela find Rita dead and is killed by the friend from childhood, which is already aware of the betrayal of his wife and expected Camilo with
weapon in hand.