One Hundred Years of Solitude

was unable to understand his
brothers passion. He
remembered Petra Cotes as
an ordinary woman, rather
lazy in bed, and completely
lacking in any resources for
lovemaking. Deaf to Úrsulas
clamor and the teasing of his
brother, Aureliano Segundo
only thought at that time of
finding a trade that would
allow him to maintain a house
for Petra Cotes, and to die
with her, on top of her and