One Hundred Years of Solitude

follow the diet ordered by the
new and outlandish French
doctor, who after examining
her for more than two hours
reached the foggy conclusion
that she had an ailment
peculiar to women. Having
lost her courage, in a
miserable state of
demoralization, Meme had no
other recourse but to bear up
under it. Úrsula, completely
blind by then but still active
and lucid, was the only one