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L’Eloy: Pobre degenerat d’edat indefinida. Fill de: En Jaume: Home d’uns quaranta anys. Havent viscut llargament dominat per l’encís d’una dona viciosa, ara que ha sufert una forta sotragada se transfigura y redimeix. Es fill de: En Quirse: Vell resignat y feble. Després de l’arrepentiment de’n Jaume sent una joya inmensa que sembla retornarli tota la esperansa perduda. L’Antonia: Vehina servicial y honrada. En el fons es un tros de pá, pero crida y s’enfada sovint. La Rosa: Viuda jove, plena de salut y ab molts pardalets al cap. Es desvergonyida, ab gent d’esperit pero ab molta carn molt fresca y ben repartida. La Teresa: Vintidós anys; sencilla y bona. Es neboda de l’Antonia.

Aquesta obra va representarse per primera vegada en el Teatre Català (Romea), la nit del 19 de Abril de 1904, baix el següent repartiment:

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Menjador menestral. Una porta al fóns que dona a l’entrada. A la dreta, l’escala, de quína se’n veuhen els primers grahóns. A l’esquerra, un’altre porta que comunica ab la cuyna. A la dreta de la porta central, hi há un escó arrimat á la paret y á l’esquerra, un bufet. Davant mateix del bufet, á primer terme, la taula llarga ab cadiras al entorn. Penja del sostre una gabia ab un canari. Totas las cosas respiran un cert desordre, com si anyoressin aquella má carinyosa que en altre temps sabía aconduhirlas… Del carrer ve la llum d’un cayent de tarde. S’extén mandrosa per la gran entrada y arriva al menjador casi apagantse…

Llarch silenci. Trastejan per la cuyna. Després, poch á poch, pesadament, se sent baixar l’escala. Entra l’Eloy repetint anguniós:

Eloy: Mare!… Mare!… Mare!… (Silenci. Se sent trastejar per la cuyna. L’Eloy se frega’ls ulls, mira al seu entorn y s’asseu. De cop, s’enfila en una cadira y despenja la gabia del canari). Mare!…

Antonia: Estigas! (Lliurantse d’ell). Fes lo que vulgas, pero un día’t trencarás el cap enfilantte per las cadiras.

Antonia: (Parant de riure en sech). T’encasto aquets cinch dits á la cara, si no callas!

Antonia: Cá! Aquet tabalot, que no parará fins á trencarse’l coll… Desde que no’t vigilan que’n fas mes que may. Ja’t faría llaurar dret jo, si caiguessis á las mevas mans!

(Pausa. L’Eloy posa la gabia sobre la taula y ’s queda llarga estona bocabadat).

Antonia: Ja es extrany, ja. D’aquí al cementiri no es tant lluny com aixó… Deuhen haverse entretingut.

Antonia: Filla, no hi he pogut fer mes: se m’ha trencat el cor y he tingut d’ajudarlos en aquest trastorn… Com s’ho hauría arreglat en Jaume?

(Pausa. L’Eloy, tornant en sí, treu el calaixet de la gabia y ’s disposa á arreglarla).

Antonia: Fa estona. (Adonantse de la maniobra de l’Eloy). Ja hi tornas, tú?

Antonia: Aixís: empastífam el menjador. No m’ha costat rés d’escombrarlo, si’t sembla!

Antonia: Tossut, més que tossut! Pero no te’n riurás: t’ho juro. Estich esperant que torni el teu pare per xerrarli tot.

Antonia: Ja dormirás tou, ja, de la pallissa! Fes que’t trovi aquí fent porquerías!

(Pausa. L’Eloy, de cop, torna la menjadora al seu lloch, pren la gabía cuydadosament y ’s dirigeix cap á la cuyna).

Antonia: A quí dirás vella? (Fent com si l’empaytés. L’Eloy se’n va plorós, xisclant y corrents). Que no’m tiris pallofas á la cassola, sents?

Antonia: Has vist? –Me’n fum del pare!– Y fuig corrents. Ja’t dich jo, que li ha ben posat la por al cos, en Jaume!

Teresa: No’n té pas ell la culpa de ser beneyt… Y després, ha passat una cosa tant trista, sense que casi se n’hagi donat compte!…

Antonia: No, filla. Deu me’n guard. No hi estich feta á n’aquestas begudas.

Antonia: Las cosas claras: quí l’ha morta á la Mariagna sino en Jaume? Si ha sigut una mártir! Si tota la vida no va fer mes que consumirse d’esperit!

Antonia: Y donchs, á qué venen aquestas desesperacións d’última hora? Comedia, noya; comedia de la fina.

Antonia: Estigan certa. Si las sevas llágrimas fossin de debó, ja no hauría dut la vida que ha portat…

Antonia: La malehida!… Pero no la té pas ella tota la culpa, no! Si en Jaume hagués estat un home no s’hauría deixat entabanar.

Antonia: Y ets casada y tot. Donchs mira: per mí, com si portessis bolquers. He vist moltas cosas en aquest mon, Teresa! Calcula si n’hauré vistas, que ni d’aixó m’extranyo!

Teresa: Mireu que un home casat, ab fill per estimar y pare que vigila, enredarse d’aquesta manera ab una barjaula com la Rosa!…

Antonia: No’n duptis. Es dir, sencill, sencill… Sent en Jaume com es y venint las cosas com han vingut combinadas.

Antonia: Som vehins de temps y podría ferne l’auca. Veurás que varen casarse d’alló més enamorats… semblava, ey! Als primers anys, va ser alló de cor que vols, cor que desitjas, sabs? igual que tu y el teu home, vaja!

Antonia: Donchs veurás que passa temps y sense saber el com ni el perqué, comensan á refredarse. Figúrat si ’s veya de lluny, que fins jo vaig adonarmen.

Antonia: Encara no; no corris. Era un’altre cosa. Alló que passa devegadas en els matrimonis: que ’s desitja un fill, el fill no ve y tot son morros y caras llargas.

Antonia: Tot eran morros y caras llargas, quan vetaquí que un día se sab que la Mariagna está embarassada y tot cambía. Qué’t pensas quína alegría, en Jaume! Tot era la dona! Ni la custodia está més ben aconduhida…

Antonia: Figúrat, eh? Després d’esperar tant temps y ab tant desitj, els hi neix un esguerrat de cos y sense cervell, per torna!

Antonia: Sí, noya, ho endavinas. D’aixó ve tot. El beneyt ha sigut la maledicció d’aquesta casa.

Antonia: Qué vols ferhi? Aixís ho hem trobat y aixís hem de deixarho. Som aixís en aquest món. En Jaume va rebre un trastorn tant fort que sempre més se’n ha ressentit. Se’n havía fet tantas ilusións del fill!

Antonia: Justa! Alashoras va comensar á ferse ab la Rosa. Pero qué’t pensas quína bogería va agafarli? No ’s recordava de ningú; no més d’ella. Y ’s cuydavan tant poch d’amagarse, que als quatre días tot el poble n’anava plé.

Antonia: Pobreta!… Sufría y callava. Va posarse á estimar al fill aborrit ab tota l’ánima.

Antonia: Si no hi es ella, ja cal que’ns ensajém á apagar el foch!… Era una santa y aquell home… Ah, es ben veritat que devegadas ens perdém per massa bonas, nosaltres!

Antonia: T’ho ben rejuro! Jo, veure que un’altre, una qualsevol, me prenía l’home y’m xuclava las pessetas de la calaixera? May!… Pero la pobra Mariagna sufría y callava perque s’havía acostumat á creures culpable de la desgracia de tots… Era tant bona!

Antonia: Com una criatura. El seu fill l’ha dominat sempre. En Quirse, davant de’n Jaume, may ha gosat piular.

Antonia: Aixó sí. Ell prou l’estimava á la seva nora. El mimava tant, la pobre! Mentres en Jaume feya de las sevas, ella cuydava del fill beneyt y del vell acriaturat ab el mateix amor… No té nom el sacrifici de la Mariagna!

Antonia: Pero en bona fé, que ja ha dut el cástich merescut, en Jaume! Nostre Senyor ja ha comensat á castigarlo en vida. La Rosa es un cap vert.

Antonia: Donchs d’aixó que nosaltres veyém tant natural, may se n’ha sabut avenir en Jaume. Qué’t pensas que ha sufert poch de gelosía!

Antonia: Què sé jo! Lo que ’s veu que aquella dona li té embruixats els sentits. No mes la voldría per ell, y la Rosa es de tothom que sápiga llensá’ls diners. Figúrat quín torment per un gelós!

Antonia: Y encare no ha acabat aquí’l torment de’n Jaume. Sabs de què ha mort la Mariagna? De un nou disgust á causa de la Rosa.

Antonia: Y sabs cóm ha mort la Mariagna? Ab un fill á las entranyas!… Qué’t sembla? Veus com Nostre Senyor té un bastó?

Teresa: Vetaquí, donchs, perque está tant desesperat en Jaume! Tant que l’havía desitjat un fill, y ara que venía li arrancan la esperansa!

Antonia: Ja ho deu haver sentit, ja, no’t pensis. Si ha plorat, las llágrimas han sigut no mes pel fill que se li emportan avans de neixer.

Teresa: Quí sab! Jo no’l veig tant dolent. La Mariagna ’s feya estimar de tothom y potser en Jaume…

Antonia: No ho cregas. Mira que hi tinch bon ull per aquestas cosas! Pobre Mariagna! Tant de bé t’ha fet Deu!

Teresa: Escolteu tía: no’n parlém d’aquestas cosas, que encara’ns acabaríam d’entristir.

Antonia: Ja hi ha qui deu alegrarse per nosaltres: no t’espantis! Tot va aixís en aquest mon. Els uns ploran y els altres riuhen. Y que deu riure de gust, la gran bagarra!

Antonia: Santa ignocencia! Veus lo que’t deya? Que per mí ets com una criatura de bolquers.

Antonia: Que li han deixat el camp lliure á la Rosa! Ja deu veures vestida de nuvia y cap á la rectoría falta gent!… M’esplico? D’alguna cosa li han d’aprofitar tants anys de bons serveys!

Antonia: Poso el dit á la llaga: ja m’ho sabrás dir. La Rosa ha tret la rifa. D’aquí poch temps la veurém mestressa d’aquesta casa: tingas compte en quí t’ho diu.

Antonia: De pitjors n’he vistas, noya; de pitjors n’he vistas… Ja enrahonarém quan tingas els cabells blanchs. Fésmhi pensar.

(Queda pensativa. Entre l’Eloy ab la gabia endressada, tot recelós: se veu que’n rumía alguna).

Antonia: (A l’Eloy). Ja tornas de fer mal, tú? Ahont has llensat las pallofas?

Eloy: Ni mitja n’ha caigut á la cassola… Ni mitja! Son á las escombrarías las pallofas.

Antonia: Ja m’agrada que no vulgas caurer pujant y baixant de las cadiras. Per tú fas! (Entregant la gabia á la Teresa). Té, noya, tú que tens mes dalit: pénjala.

Antonia: (Rient). Sents, Teresa? Vetaquí perque’ns ha fet penjar la gabia! Perque no li descubrissim la rebequería d’avans… Ah, murri!

Antonia: Donchs déixam anar las faldillas y ja sentirás quinas alabansas faré de tú!… Ah, escolta: pero d’alló que’m deyas que soch vella…

(Se’n va. Pausa. Fosqueja. La Teresa está més pensativa que may. L’Eloy, assegut en una cadira baixa, somriu estúpidament. Després, veyent que no li diuhen res, se posa á cantar una cansó estrafalaria).

Eloy: Ni ganas! La mare’m fa petóns… Y plora molt la mare… Ja ho sabeu vos qu’es morta la mare?

(Aixugantse una llágrima. Pausa llarga. Es fosch. Ve la Rosa del carrer. Després de duptar una estona, entra decidida).

Antonia: En bona fé, sí que me’n estranyo! Cóm no has vingut més aviat? Creu que feyas falta!

Antonia: Deu me’n guart, filla! Seu, seu: sense fer cumpliments. Com si fos á casa teva.

Antonia: No som ningú; ja ho sé. Hem de fer els honors á la senyora: tens rahó. Tú, Eloy: acosta una cadira per la Rosa.

Eloy: Jo, beneyt? Jo, beneyt? Vos sou la beneyta!… Y la lladre!… Y tot… Maliatsiga!

Rosa: (Se’l mira amenassadora. Després esclata á riure). Sort que’m fas llástima!

Rosa: Pero vos no me’n feu gota! Y si veníu en só de guerra, no seré jo la que us demani pau! Vaja, qué voleu?

Antonia: Lo que tú has perdut fá temps: la vergonya! Quí parla, Teresa? No la sents?

Rosa: Ah! Encara no han tornat del cementiri? Vetaquí per qué teníu tantas agallas!

Antonia: Tens rahó. Al cap d’avall, no es pas ella la culpable. (Pausa). Vaig á parar taula.

Rosa: Bé tindrém de ferho. (Agafa la cadira baixa ahont s’asseya avans l’Eloy).

Rosa: Ara hi corro! Si us voleu riurer de mí entre tots, s’heu ben errat de comptes! Deixa la cadira!

Rosa: Sou vosaltres! Y aquest beneyt ha aprés bé la llissó. Pero no li valdrá!

Rosa: Tot aixó ho sabrá en Jaume. M’heu pres per sach dels cops aquesta nit!

Antonia: Y déixala! Què’t pensavas? Per alguna cosa li será marastra! Ja comensa pegant, no ho veus?

Antonia: Comensas massa d’hora á ser mestressa; creume, Rosa. Has de buscarte un pinxo que’t defensi si vols manar aquí! (Entran en Jaume y en Quirse preocupats y silenciosos). Ja son aquí.

Rosa: Y sí que’m defensarán; ja sabreu dirmho! (Corrent á en Jaume). Jaume!

(L’Eloy queda parat com si l’haguessin arruixat ab aigua freda. Tota l’energía d’avans desapareix de sobte y somriu estúpidament).

Quirse: (Entrant al menjador y adonantse de la conversa, murmura). El corp… El corp!… Sempre els corps!… Pobre Mariagna!

Quirse: Es al cel, la pobreta! Y agafantlo per un bras suspira: Aném dalt, Eloy; aném. Com l’anyorarém tots dos á la pobre mare!

(Signant á la Rosa, y volguent dir: quan ella hagi marxat. Se’n van la Teresa y l’Antonia. Pausa).

Rosa: Veig que’t faig nosa. Tornaré quan s’hagi fos la boyra que portas al cervell.

(Portantse’l mocador als ulls, se’n va poch á poch. Després se tomba observant. En Jaume queda pensatiu, ab el cap baix y els brassos cayguts. Pausa).

Rosa: (Molt baix, el crida). Jaume… (Ell no contesta. Ella torna mes fort). Jaume.

Rosa: Escóltam, Jaume… Ja ho sé que no he cumplert ab tú. Jo havía de venir quan ella era aquí…

Rosa: (No capintne’l sentit). Sí, morta… Pero ja ho veus: no he gosat… Perdónam!

Jaume: Es que’n feya de por, creume. Era blanca com la cera y tenía’ls ulls oberts…

Jaume: Donchs jo tremolo de cap á peus! (Petant de dents y estenent la má tremolosa). Mira.

Jaume: (Repetint las paraulas maquinalment). Perque t’has conmogut massa… Está de broma la Rosa, com hi ha Deu!

Rosa: No t’entench… (Ell la contempla ab expressió indefinida.) (Pausa. Després parla decidit).

Jaume: No fassis més comedia, Rosa! Digas que te n’alegras de la mort de la Mariagna!

Jaume: Dígaho! Vull que ho digas! Perque t’ho llegeixo en els ulls! Perque ho endavino en tots els teus gestos! (Agafantla per las mans). Dígaho! Dígaho!

Jaume: La meva Rosa! La meva Rosa! Dígam que te n’alegras! Que aixís ets meva, ets més meva que may!

Jaume: Oy qu’era una nosa per nosaltres aquella… dona? Mírat ara: á casa meva mateix, á casa d’ella, te tinch entre els meus brassos!

Rosa: (Mirantlo fixo, victoriosa y rient). No t’agrado? (Ell fá per apartarla, pero ella li llensa’ls brassos al coll). Jaume!…

Jaume: (Furiós, com si l’haguessin punxat, la rebutja ab despreci). Vés, deixam! Que ofegan els teus brassos! Ens han ofegat á tots!… A tots!

Jaume: Riu, perduda, riu! Cantemli unas absoltas de riallas á la pobre Mariagna y al fillet que venía! (La Rosa, no sabent que dir ni que pensar, va escorrentse cap á l’entrada). Tens rahó: m’he conmogut massa al cementiri!… No’n fassis cabal.

Rosa: Me’n vaig. Ja’ns veurém un altre día: quan sigas el Jaume d’avans. Avuy ets com una criatura. Per xó’t perdono.

Jaume: Vina! (Corrent á ella y agafantla pels brassos). Vull que’t quedis encara, sents? Vull dirte tot lo que’m sento aquí. Vull que’m comprengas y’t vull compendrer… Que jo may t’he conegut encara!

Jaume: Avuy sento com si m’arrenquessin una vena dels ulls y vull que m’ajudis a acabar d’arrencármela! Vina!

Jaume: Crida tant com vulgas! Ara ray, que’ls que temían sentirnos no hi son! Jo’t vull coneixer, Rosa!

Jaume: Si’n necesito! No ho sabs prou, encara!… Aixó vull. Reposar, encara que siga massa tart pera reposar… Vina aquí, á la claror!

Jaume: Aixís, que’t vegi. Que diuhen aquets ulls? Jo may ho he sabut que deyan… Fins ara no comenso á endavinarho… Que n’hem fet de mal tu y jo! Que me n’has fet de mal!

Jaume: Mira aquesta casa: es freda y buyda… S’hi sent el fret de la mort. Jo’l sento al moll dels ossos…

Jaume: Y si’m vegessis de dintre, Rosa! Tu no pots saberho lo que ha passat en mí!… He vist á la Mariagna al cementiri: era mes blanca que may y tenía las mans encarcaradas sobre el ventre com protegint al fill que duya á las entranyas…

Jaume: Tant que l’havía desitjat de sempre un fill per estimar!… Y ara que venía, ara que la Mariagna me’l duya plena de goig, tu y jo’ns hem ajuntat per enterrarlo avans de neixer…

Jaume: L’haguessis vista á la pobre Mariagna aquestos días! Temía alguna cosa… Se neguitejava com si pressentís alguna cosa esgarrifosa… Jo crech que no se sentía ab forsas per sobreviurer al fill y tremolava de deixarlo sol entre nosaltres… Ens coneixía massa!

Jaume: (Sempre mes exaltat, mirantla fixo y retenintla fermament). Y se l’ha endut ab ella, pobre mare!… Per nosaltres, per nosaltres no ha nascut el meu fill! Per vergonya y temensa de nosaltres no ha gosat obrí’ls ulls!… Ah, malehida!

Jaume: Lladre de la meva dignitat! Lladre de la pau del meu esperit. Tot m’ho has prés!… Tot, malehida!… M’has tornat com un ombra dolorosa de lo qu’era… Lladre! Lladre!

Jaume: Y tu, qué m’has donat en cambi? Ni una gota d’amor!… Ni una guspira d’esperit!

Rosa: (Lliurantse d’ell ab un suprem esfors. Pausa). Aixís me tractas! Ben fet: no’m queixo. M’está bé, per béstia! Pero te’n recordarás!

Rosa: Sí, no’t faré més nosa. Deuhen haverte donat una mala beguda… Ets un gos rabiós.

Rosa: Te fá por sentirme? Fins ara has xerrat tú y garlaré fins que’m dongui la gana!

Rosa: Aixís, pégam. No més te falta aixó. Pégam, home, qué esperas? No’m sentirás ni una queixa: tot m’ho tinch merescut, per ximple! Ja’m servirá d’experiencia. Pégam, home! Qué fas parat?

Rosa: Pobrissó!… Aixís me pagas tants anys d’estimació malaguanyada! Pero no m’enganyas, hipócrita! Estás cansat de mí fá temps y la mort de la Mariagna t’ha servit per fer un pas de comedia.

Rosa: Aixó vols, dígaho clar. Si sembla estrany que no ho hagi conegut avans!… Aquest trasto de l’Eloy ja ha comensat la feyna amenassantme ab una cadira. Ha repetit tota las paraulas apresas de la seva mare. Ella us ha encomanat la rabia á tots!… (Rient). No n’hi ha per tant!… No n’hi ha per tant! Ja’t deixaré á las bonas: Pero te’n recordarás: t’ho juro. De tot, de tot lo que m’has dit te’n recordarás. Com si jo’n fos la culpable de la mort de la Mariagna! (Rient de nou). No’m fassis riure!

Jaume: A empentas y rodolóns ne surtirías. (Fora de sí, l’empeny cap á l’entrada. Ella se’n va rient). No’t vuy veure may més!… May més!…

(Atret per la cridoria, poch avans de acabar la escena ha aparescut en Quirse silenciosament en els últims grahóns de l’escala. En el seu rostre s’hi ha reflexat una gran emoció y una gran sorpresa. Al sortir la Rosa, empesa per en Jaume, romp á plorar y demana:)

Rosa: (Boy anantsen, romp en una gran rialla). T’has tornat boig, ja ho veig!

Jaume: (Deixantse caure en una cadira rendit). Tot s’ha acabat per sempre! (Surt l’Eloy murmurant:)

Quirse: Si hagués sigut aquí la pobre mártir! Oh, si t’hagués sentit com t’he sentit!…

Jaume: L’he assessinada sense pietat! He assessinat á la mare ignocenta y al fill indefens!

Quirse: Jaume, no! T’ha deixat al seu fill perque l’estimessis com ella l’estimava!

Jaume: Oh, sí… (En Jaume, després d’un moment de repulsió, l’abrassa. Ell somriu ple de sorpresa). Soch el teu pare, Eloy!

Quirse: (Inefablement, ab els ulls plens de llágrimas). Si’ls vegessis, Mariagna!…

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