One Hundred Years of Solitude

with time he had become a
stranger to Fernanda and little
Aureliano was becoming
withdrawn as he approached
puberty. Aureliano Segundo
had faith that Fernandas heart
would soften with old age so
that the child could join in the
life of the town where no one
certainly would make any
effort to speculate
suspiciously about his
origins. But Aureliano
himself seemed to prefer the