One Hundred Years of Solitude

integrity of character, and her
mental balance intact. No one
would be better able than she
to shape the virtuous man
who would restore the
prestige of the family, a man
who would never have heard
talk of war, fighting cocks,
bad women, or wild
undertakings, four calamities
that, according to what Úrsula
thought, had determined the
downfall. of their line. This
one will be a priest, she