hands and the four legs of the
chair all landed on the ground
at the same time. Nego, he
said. Factum hoc existentiam
Dei probat sine dubio.
Thus it was discovered thatJosé Arcadio Buendías
devilish jargon was Latin.
Father Nicanor took
advantage of the
circumstance of his being the
only person who had been
able to communicate with