One Hundred Years of Solitude

accomplished facts. It was
then that he decided to review
the titles to land that went
back a hundred years and he
discovered the legalized
outrages of his brother, José
Arcadio. He annulled the
registrations with a stroke of
the pen. As a last gesture of
courtesy, he left his affairs for
an hour and visited Rebeca to
bring her up to date on what
he was determined to do.