The news that RemediosBuendía was going to be the
sovereign ruler of the festival
went beyond the limits of the
swamp in a few hours,
reached distant places where
the prestige of her beauty was
not known, and it aroused the
anxiety of those who still
thought of her last name as a
symbol of subversion. The
anxiety was baseless. If
anyone had become harmless
at that time it was the aging