One Hundred Years of Solitude

strange expedient, but when
he finally did so by means of
proofs that seemed
irrefutable, the only promise
that Fernanda demanded from
him was that he should not be
surprised by death in his
concubines bed. In that way
the three of them continued
living without bothering each
other. Aureliano Segundo,
punctual and loving with both
of them. Petra Cotes, strutting
because of the reconciliation,