One Hundred Years of Solitude

Remedios had reached
puberty before getting over
the habits of childhood. In
spite of the fact that her
mother had taught her about
the changes of adolescence,
one February afternoon she
burst shouting into the living
room, where her sisters were
chatting with Aureliano, and
showed them her panties,
smeared with a chocolate-
colored paste. A month for
the wedding was agreed