But in the presence of the desserts that Senhora Filomena had now placed on the table‚ Alves Coutinho had forgotten all about women and‚ turning to Sebastião‚ he was now discussing sweetmeats. He told Sebastião which were the best places to buy certain specialities: for puff pastry‚ Cocó’s; for custard tarts‚ Baltreschi; for jellies‚ Largo de Santo Domingos! He proffered recipes and recounted‚ with much eye-rolling‚ various feats of sweet-toothed gluttony.
For‚ he said‚ cakes and women were the only two things that really touched his heart!
This was quite true: he scrupulously divided any time not spent working in the service of the State between cakeshops and brothels.
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