One Hundred Years of Solitude

honeymoon was over. He
brought his usual old friends,
a traveling photographer, and
the gown and ermine cape
soiled with blood that
Fernanda had worn during the
carnival. In the heat of the
merriment that broke out that
evening, he had Petra Cotes
dress up as queen, crowned
her absolute and lifetime ruler
of Madagascar, and handed
out copies of the picture to
his friends, she not only went