One Hundred Years of Solitude

of the dark. But since that day
when he became aware of his
own nakedness, it was not
fear of the dark that drove
him to crawl in under her
mosquito netting but an urge
to feel Amarantas warm
breathing at dawn. Early one
morning during the time
when she refused Colonel
Gerineldo Márquez,
Aureliano José awoke with
the feeling that he could not
breathe. He felt Amarantas