One Hundred Years of Solitude

destination. She tried to be
more precise, however,
saying that she was going to
spend her last years with a
first cousin who lived in
Riohacha. It was not a likely
explanation. Since the death
of her parents she had not had
contact with anyone in town
or received letters or
messages, nor had she been
heard to speak of any
relatives. Aureliano gave her
fourteen little gold fishes