a town in the swamp. In a
certain way, Aureliano José
was the tall, dark man who
had been promised her for
half a century by the king of
hearts, and like all men sent
by the cards he reached her
heart when he was already
stamped with the mark of
death. She saw it in the cards.
Dont go out tonight, shetold him. Stay and sleep here
because Carmelita Montiel is