confession. Thereupon
Amaranta lay down and made
Úrsula give public testimony
as to her virginity.
Let no one have any
illusions, she shouted so that
Fernanda would hear her.
Amaranta Buendía is leaving
this world just as she came
into it.
She did not get up again.
Lying on cushions, as if she
really were ill, she braided