One Hundred Years of Solitude

pleasure of vengeance
fulfilled. Two days later,
however, when he did not
dare return but sent an
intermediary to arrange the
terms of the separation, she
understood that she was
going to need more patience
than she had foreseen because
he seemed ready to sacrifice
himself for the sake of
appearances. Nor did she get
upset that time. Once again
she made things easy with a