One Hundred Years of Solitude

latter tried to get more
explicit information, but he
received only one answer: I
have found immortality.
When Melquíades breathing
began to smell, Arcadio took
him to bathe in the river on
Thursday mornings. He
seemed to get better. He
would undress and get into
the water with the boys, and
his mysterious sense of
orientation would allow him
to avoid the deep and