One Hundred Years of Solitude

the women, withered and
with goldwork on her teeth,
gave Aureliano a caress that
made him shudder. He
rejected her. He had
discovered that the more he
drank the more he thought
about Remedios, but he could
bear the torture of his
recollections better. He did
not know exactly when he
began to float. He saw his
friends and the women sailing
in a radiant glow, without