through the kitchen he kissed
Rebeca on the forehead.
Get those bad thoughts out
of your head, he told her.
Youre going to be happy.
The friendship with Rebeca
opened up to Pilar Ternera
the doors of the house, closed
by Úrsula since the birth of
Arcadio. She would arrive at
any hour of the day, like a
flock of goats, and would
unleash her feverish energy in