One Hundred Years of Solitude

food, she would help him
with his daily necessities,
wash him with soap and a
scrubbing brush, keep his hair
and beard free of lice and
nits, keep the palm shelter in
good condition and reinforce
it with waterproof canvas in
stormy weather. In her last
months she had succeeded in
communicating with him in
phrases of rudimentary Latin.
When the son of Aureliano
and Pilar Ternera was born