One Hundred Years of Solitude

been during his long captivity
under the chestnut tree. At
first Fernanda interpreted that
bustle as an attack of senile
madness and it was difficult
for her to suppress her
exasperation. But about that
time José Arcadio told her
that he planned to come to
Macondo from Rome before
taking his final vows, and the
good news filled her with
such enthusiasm that from
morning to night she would