One Hundred Years of Solitude

            Youre   going   to  be  the one

who will inaugurate the
church with your wedding.

            Rebeca  tried   to  forestall

any comments. The way the
construction was going the
church would not be built
before another ten years.
Father Nicanor did not agree:
the growing generosity of the
faithful permitted him to
make more optimistic
calculations. To the mute