One Hundred Years of Solitude

console him, she took a piece
of charcoal and erased the
innumerable loves that he still
owed her for, and she
voluntarily brought up her
own most solitary sadnesses
so as not to leave him alone
in his weeping. When he
awoke, after a dull and brief
sleep, Aureliano recovered
the awareness of his
headache. He opened his eyes
and remembered the child.