One Hundred Years of Solitude

narrator would say that he
had not asked them to say
yes, but whether they wanted
him to tell them the story
about the capon, and when
they answered no, the
narrator told them that he had
not asked them to say no, but
whether they wanted him to
tell them the story about the
capon, and when they
remained silent the narrator
told them that he had not
asked them to remain silent