One Hundred Years of Solitude

calculation spoiled the one
she considered the most
effective: removing the
mothballs that Rebeca had
put in her wedding dress
before she put it away in the
bedroom dresser. She did it
when two months were left
for the completion of the
church. But Rebeca was so
impatient with the approach
of the wedding that she
wanted to get the dress ready
earlier than Amaranta had