One Hundred Years of Solitude

secret because of her shouts,
Amaranta suffered an attack
of fever. She also suffered
from the barb of a lonely
love. Shut up in the
bathroom, she would release
herself from the torment of a
hopeless passion by writing
feverish letters, which she
finally hid in the bottom of
her trunk. Úrsula barely had
the strength to take care of
the two sick girls. She was
unable, after prolonged and