This audiobook is in Portuguese.

Crime doesn't pay, but aren't time and money excellent remedies for any slip-up? In "O Enfermeiro" ("The Nurse"), Machado de Assis compares a guilty conscience to a house with closed doors and windows. Through doing some good deeds - and some self-deluding excuses - people can open the windows of such a house, thus "airing out" the conscience.

Original Portuguese description:

O crime n?o compensa ou o tempo e o dinheiro s?o otimos remedios para aplacar qualquer deslize? Em O Enfermeiro, Machado de Assis parece comparar a consciencia pesada a uma casa de portas e janelas fechadas. Basta iludir-se com desculpas, fazer boas ac?es e pronto: a janela da casa se abre, arejando a consciencia.