One Hundred Years of Solitude

heard from that stealthy,
impenetrable woman who had
sown in the family the angelic
seed of Remedios the Beauty
and the mysterious solemnity
of José Arcadio Segundo;
who dedicated a whole life of
solitude and diligence to the
rearing of children although
she could barely remember
whether they were her
children or grandchildren,
and who took care of
Aureliano as if he had come