One Hundred Years of Solitude

the mustard plasters that
rolled onto the floor. She did
not wait for an opportune
moment as she had the first
time. On the following day
she invited the new mayor to
lunch. Like her, he had come
down from the highlands, and
she asked him to station a
guard in the backyard
because she had the
impression that hens were
being stolen. That night the
guard brought down Mauricio