One Hundred Years of Solitude

and carried her into the living
room, still drowsy from sleep.
They asked her if it was true
that she had decided to get
married, and she answered,
whimpering, that she only
wanted them to let her sleep.
José Arcadio Buendía,
understanding the distress of
the Moscotes, went to clear
things up with Aureliano.
When he returned, the
Moscotes had put on formal
clothing, had rearranged the