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Patanhoca it was who killed the Chinawoman Mississe, owner of the store in Muchatazina. Now as to the reason why he killed her, I can’t tell you that. People talk a lot, each one according to their whim. When I asked, they gave me an answer. So I’m going to tell you the story. Or rather, pieces of the story. Torn pieces like our lives. We can join the bits but never complete the picture.

Some say it was nobody who killed her. She died just like that, from inside her body, on account of her blood. Others got as far as to see the wounds through which the poison entered the dead woman.

I don’t want to present the truth, for I never knew it. If I invent, then it’s life that’s to blame. After all, the truth is no more than the mulata daughter of a dishonest question.

I’ll start with Mississe.