Youre going to be a father.
José Arcadio did not dareleave the house for several
days. It was enough for him
to hear the rocking laughter
of Pilar in the kitchen to run
and take refuge in the
laboratory, where the artifacts
of alchemy had come alive
again with Úrsulas blessing.
José Arcadio Buendía
received his errant son with
joy and initiated him in the