One Hundred Years of Solitude

own experience and
wondered whether Fernanda
might have a chastity belt too
which would sooner or later
provoke jokes in the town and
give rise to a tragedy. But
Fernanda confessed to her
that she was just letting two
weeks go by before allowing
the first contact with her
husband. Indeed, when the
period was over, she opened
her bedroom with a
resignation worthy of an