One Hundred Years of Solitude

lunch was going on, the
family concealed its
nervousness with festive
expressions and they
celebrated with exaggerated
enthusiasm the remarks that
Father Antonio Isabel made.
But when they took out the
trunk bound in velvet and
with silver corners, it was as
if they had taken a coffin out
of the house. The only one
who refused to take part in
the farewell was Colonel