One Hundred Years of Solitude

upon. There was barely
enough time to teach her how
to wash herself, get dressed
by herself, and understand the
fundamental business of a
home. They made her urinate
over hot bricks in order to
cure her of the habit of
wetting her bed. It took a
good deal of work to
convince her of the
inviolability of the marital
secret, for Remedios was so
confused and at the same time