One Hundred Years of Solitude

            Its true,   she said.   Im  only

waiting for the rain to stop in
order to die.

            The condition   of  the streets

alarmed Aureliano Segundo.
He finally became worried
about the state of his animals
and he threw an oilcloth over
his head and sent to Petra
Cotess house. He found her in
the courtyard, in the water up
to her waist, trying to float
the corpse of a horse.