One Hundred Years of Solitude

age of twelve in a coach and
horses that had to travel only
two blocks to take her to the
convent. Her classmates were
surprised that she sat apart
from them in a chair with a
very high back and that she
would not even mingle with
them during recess. Shes
different, the nuns would
explain. Shes going to be a
queen. Her schoolmates
believed this because she was
already the most beautiful,