One Hundred Years of Solitude

Fernandas former spiritual
director explained to her in a
letter that he had been born
two months before and that
they had taken the privilege
of baptizing him Aureliano,
for his grandfather, because
his mother would not open
her lips to tell them her
wishes. Fernanda rose up
inside against that trick of
fate, but she had sufficient
strength to hide it in front of
the nun.