noon
The news of the arrival of Fragoso was not slow to get abroad ; natives came to him from all sides : Ticunas from the left bank of the river , Mayorunas from the right bank , as well as those who live on the Cajuru and those who come from the villages of the Javary . A long array of anxious ones formed itself in the square . The happy ones coming from the hands of Fragoso went proudly from one house to another , showed themselves off without daring to shake themselves , like the big children that they were . It thus happened that when noon came the much-occupied barber had not had time to return on board , but had had to content himself with a little assai , some manioc flour , and turtle eggs , which he rapidly devoured between two applications of the curling-tongs . But it was a great harvest for the innkeeper , as all the operations could not be conducted without a large absorption of liquors drawn from the cellars of the inn . In fact , it was an event for the town of Tabatinga , this visit of the celebrated Fragoso , barber in ordinary and extraordinary to the tribes of the Upper Amazon ! AT FIVE O'CLOCK in the evening Fragoso was still there , and was asking himself if he would have to pass the night on the spot to satisfy the expectant crowd , when a stranger arrived in the square , and seeing all this native gathering , advanced toward the inn .