One Hundred Years of Solitude

region, and the best routes for
aerial navigation, without
knowing that his diligence, so
similar to that of Mr. Herbert,
was filling the town with the
dangerous suspicion that his
plan was not to set up routes
but to plant banana trees.
Enthusiastic over the idea
that, after all, might justify
his permanent establishment
in Macondo, he took several
trips to the capital of the
province, met with