One Hundred Years of Solitude

the rest of the family, but in
any case she had the right to
expect a little more
consideration from her
husband because, for better or
for worse, he was her
consecrated spouse her
helpmate, her legal despoiler,
who took upon himself of his
own free and sovereign will
the grave responsibility of
taking her away from her
paternal home, where she
never wanted for or suffered