One Hundred Years of Solitude

She also taught her how to
avoid an unwanted
conception by means of the
evaporation of mustard
plasters and gave her recipes
for potions that in cases of
trouble could expel even the
remorse of conscience. That
interview instilled In Meme
the same feeling of bravery
that she had felt on the
drunken evening. Amarantas
death, however, obliged her
to postpone the decision.