One Hundred Years of Solitude

and told Pietro Crespi with a
virulent anger that she was
prepared to stop her sisters
wedding even if her own dead
body had to lie across the
door. The Italian was so
impressed by the dramatics of
the threat that he could not
resist the temptation to
mention it to Rebeca. That
was how Amarantas trip,
always put off by Úrsulas
work, was arranged in less
than a week. Amaranta put up