One Hundred Years of Solitude

nights. Pilar, however, broke
the spell. Stimulated by the
enthusiasm that José Arcadio
showed in her
companionship, she confused
the form and the occasion,
and all of a sudden she threw
the whole world on top of
him. Now you really are a
man, she told him. And since
he did not understand what
she meant, she spelled it out
to him.