One Hundred Years of Solitude

letters and the anxiety of the senders for them to arrive quickly they would bury her alive in their con ...

change of clothing and the simple cloth slippers that she would wear in death. She did not neglect ...

surprised that the house was prepared for the funeral. if anyone seemed alive at the moment it wa ...

was receiving letters for the dead, Father Antonio Isabel arrived at five oclock for the last rites ...

advantage of the occasion to have Amaranta confess after twenty years of reticence. Amaranta answered s ...

confession. Thereupon Amaranta lay down and made Úrsula give public testimony as to her virginity. Let no one ...

her long hair and rolled it about her ears as death had told her it should be on her bier. Th ...

dark. Say good-bye to Fernanda, she begged her. One minute of reconciliation is worth more than ...

began the second part of the program. In the middle of the piece someone whispered the news in her ear ...

the box of letters. Úrsula did not get up again after the nine nights of mourning for Amaranta ...

clothing which she would place beside the bed along with the things most indispensable for dail ...

naturally conquered by the weight of her hundred years, but even though it was obvious that she was having trou ...

Come here, she told her. Now that were alone, confess to this poor old woman whats bothering ...

moments rest as she waited for the time for her to go out, that she spent whole nights walking back ...

daughter. It was too obvious that Meme was involved in secret matters, in pressing matters, in repres ...

had been leaving a trail that would have awakened the most drowsy person and it took Fernanda s ...

vigilance. She let her go out with her girl friends as always, she helped her get dressed for th ...

was going to the movies with her father. A short time later Fernanda heard the fireworks of the debauch ...

was kissing, but she managed to hear his tremulous voice in the midst of the deafening shouts and laugh ...

in the afternoon, Fernanda recognized the voice of the man who came to call on her. He was young, ...