One Hundred Years of Solitude

have been the same. Since
she had been very small she
had been troubled by
Fernandas strictness, her
custom of deciding in favor
of extremes; and she would
have been capable of a much
more difficult sacrifice than
the clavichord lessons merely
not to run up against her
intransigence. During the
graduation ceremonies she
had the impression that the
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