One Hundred Years of Solitude

backyard, and he excavated
so deeply under the
foundations of the east wing
of the house that one night
they woke up in terror at what
seemed to be an earthquake,
as much because of the
trembling as the fearful
underground creaking. Three
of the rooms were collapsing
and a frightening crack had
opened up from the porch to
Fernandas room. Aureliano
Segundo did not give up the