One Hundred Years of Solitude

Segundo took them away
without any argument, but he
continued breeding them at
the house of Pilar Ternera, his
grandmother, who gave him
everything he needed in
exchange for having him in
her house. He soon displayed
in the cockpit the wisdom that
Father Antonio Isabel had
given him, and he made
enough money not only to
enrich his brood but also to
look for a mans satisfactions.