One Hundred Years of Solitude

another that one could not
feel them pass. Instead of
becoming impatient, she felt a
deep pleasure in the delay. It
did not worry her that many
years after announcing the
eve of his final vows, José
Arcadio was still saying that
he was waiting to finish his
studies in advanced theology
in order to undertake those in
diplomacy, because she
understood how steep and
paved with obstacles was the