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ABRIL ARA ARQUZ was born inAracataca, . Colomba n but he asved most of hs fe n Mexco an Europe

He attended the Unversty of Bogata anater worked as sta reporter an crtc

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But Polyneice' corpse who died in painthey ay he ha poclaimed to the whole town

that none ay buy him and none bewail,

but leave hi unwept untombed a ich weet igtfo the hungy bid behldin.Such ode they ay the wothy Ceon gieto you and me-ye ye ay to a tht he comin to pocai it clea

to thoe who know it notFuthe: he ha the matte o at heatthat anyon who da1e attempt the actwil die by publ tonin in the town

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Sddely a if a whirlwd had et downroot in the ceter of the town the banaa

company arrived prued by the leaf tormA whirlig leaf torm had been tirred pformed out of the human ad materal dregf other tow the cha of a civl war thateed ever more remote ad unliely Thhirlwnd wa implacable t contamiated ev-rything with it wirling crowd mell, thmell of in ecretion ad hidden death nle than a year it owed over the town thubble of many catatrophe that had combefore it catterig it mixed cargo of rubbihn the treet Ad all of udden that rbbih in time to the mad and upredictedrhythm of the torm wa beig orted out individlized til wht had been a narro§treet wth river at oe end and a corral for


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te dead at the ote wa canged into a different and more complex town ceated out ofte rui of other town

Arriving thee, mingled wit the man leatorm dagged along y it impetuou forcecame the deg of waehoue hopital amuement parlo electic plant the deg madeup of ingle women and men who tied thei

mle to hitching pot y the hotel caryingtei ingle piece of aggage, a wooden trun a undle of clothing and in a few month eachhad i own houe two mitree, and the militaytitle that wa due him fo having aived late fo

te waEven the dreg of the ctie a love came

to u in the whirlwind and uilt mall woodenhoue whee at rt a corne and a halfcotwere a dimal home fo one night, and then a

noi clandetine teet, and then a whole ner village of toleance within the town.n the midt of that lizzad, that tempet o

unnown face of awning along the pulicway of me changing clothe in the treet of

women wit open paaol itting on tunand of mule afte aandoned mule dying ofhunge on the loc y the otel te rt ofu came to e the lat we wee the outidete newcome

Aft the wa, when we came to Macondoand appeciated the good quality of it oil, wenew that the leaf torm wa ue to comeomeday ut we did not count on it drive Sowhen we felt the aalanche arive the onlything we could do wa et a plate with a nie


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ad for behd the doo ad t ptetlywatg for the ewomer to gt to ow .The the ta whted fo the rt tme The

leaf torm tured abt ad wet ot to greett ad by tug t ot t dve But t deve-oped �ty ad ma ad t udewet theatua poe of fermetato beomg coporte t he erat of the eth

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tree, but tha' al The air i tagnan likoncrete; you ge the feelng tha t cou geal twe ke a hee of teel. In the roohere heye a ot he core here ell of runk but I cant ee any anywherThere' a haock n the corner hanging byone en fro a ring There a el of trahn thnk that the thing aron u, broken

o an alo falng aart hae he look ohng ha ought o ell l{e rah evenhough they ell like oething ee

I alway hough ha ea eole hoae ha on Now I can ee tha they

houlnt can ee that they hae a hea lkwax an a hankerchef tie aron her jawbone I can ee hat they hae ther outhoen a ltle an tha behn he ure lyou can ee the taine an irreglar teeth

an ee ha hey kee their tongue bten oeo one e thick an tcky a ttle arkehan the olor of her face which i lke tholor of nger clutchg a tick I can ee thahey hae ther eye oen uch wier than

an anou an wl an that their kiee to be ae of g a earth hought ha ea an woul look lkoeboy uet an alee an now I can ehat t ju the oote. can ee that h

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a rag afte ght.Maa ree a if i were unay too

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oe your egs The n on he bed he do-or nd hes ded And when I looed towadthe ed I ddn't see hm the way I had efoe I

ddnt see hm lyng down I saw h deadFom then on, as much I ty not to loo I

feel as someone s focng y face n thatdecton And een f I mae a eot to looat othe places n the oom I see h just he

same eeywhee, wth hs ulgg eyes and hsgeen dead face the shadows

I dont now wh no one has come to thewae he ones who came ae us y gandfathe, Mama, and the fou Guajo Indans

who wo fo m gandfathe he men oughta sac of lme and empted t nsde the conIf my mothe hadnt een stange and fa awayI woud hae ased he why they dd t I don 'tudestand why they have to sple lme n

sde the ox When the w empty one ofthe men shoo t oe the con and a few lastaes fell out loong moe le sawdt thanle hey lfted the dead man y the shouldes

and feet e's weang a pa of cheap pants

ted at the wast y a wde lac cod, and agay sht e has onl hs left shoe on A Adasays, hes got one foot a g and the othe one

a slae he ght shoe s at one end of the edOn the ed the dead man seemed to e hangtoule In the con he loos moe comfotale moe peaceful ad hs face, whch hadeen le the face of a man who was ale and

awae afte a ght has taen on a estful ad

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box thee he now felt he ws n hs pope plcs e mn

My gnfthes been movng oun th

oom es pce up some thngs n put them e bx I loo t Mm gn hopg ththe tel me why gnfthe s tossngthngs nto the con But my mothe s unmove n he blc ess n she seems to be

mng n eot not to loo whee the emn s I ty to o the sme thng but I cnt Iste t hm I exmne hm. My gnfthethows boo nse the con sgnls the menn thee of them ut the ove the copse.

Only then o I feel fee of the hns tht weholng my he tow tht se n I beg to

oo the oom oveI loo t my mothe gn Fo the st tme

snce we cme to the house she loos t me n

sles wth foce sme wth nothng nse;n n the stnce I cn he the n whstle t sppes oun the lst ben I he soun fom the cone whee the copse s I seeone of the menlft one ege of the l n my

nfthe puts the e mn s shoe to theon the shoe they h fogotten on the be.he tn hstles gn fthe o, n suey I th I's wohiry. I emembe thtt s the tme (when the tn whstles t the lstben to) when the boys lne up t schoo

go n fo the st clss n the ftenoonbrh I thn

I shouln t hve bought the chl A spect-le le ths snt pope fo hm ven fo my

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self, ug y, ts amospee ted outy e pesece of e copse s amful Weould leae ow. We oud e Papa at w

do 't feel well a oom wee e emas of ma u o fom eeytg ta could e cosdeed aeco o as ae ee acumuatg fo seeee eas My fate may ete oly oe wo's ee sow ay feelg fo

m explale feelg at's ee of useto m ow so e wo't ot a way sde esefou walls

'm oeed y ow duous all of s s 'm upse y e dea ta a momet we 'll e

gog ou o e see folowg a co tawo' spe ay feelg exep pleasue n ayoe a mage te expesso o te faceof e wome te wdows watcg myfae go y, wacg me go y wt te ld

ed a case sde of wc e oly pesote ow as waed to see at way s ottaway, o s way o e emeey te mdstof uyeldg aadomet followed y eepeople wo deded o pefom a wo of a

ty at's ee te egg of s ow e-geae. t could e at s decso of Papasoud mea a omoow ee wo' e ayoe pepaed to wa ed ou fuea poessos

Maye at's wy ougt e ld aogWe Papa old me a momet ago You aeo go wt me, ' e s g a occued ome ws o g e ld so a would feelpoected Now ee we ae o ts suoatg

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rond re the piiess· ens of or enemiesPps got no reson o worry Acy hesspent his whoe life ong thins lie this ivin

the tow sones to chew on eeping his mosinsignicn promises wh his bc ed tol convention ince tht time wenyve yersgo when his mn cme o or hose pmst hve imine when he noice the visi

tors bsrd mnners) h oy ere wontb sinle person in he whoe > prepreven to throw his body o the bzzrs ybePp foresw the obsces n mesrend clculte the possibe inconveniences An

ow twentyve yers er he ms fee hthis is jst he fume of chore he sthoht bot for on ime one which h obe cried ot in ny cse since he wo hed to hul he corpse throh he srees of

cono by himsefil when he ime cme he i e hecore o o i one n he me me eprt in tht ioere promise h he mshve me lon before eve h he se o

reson When he o me o he o o wihme he int ive me ime o hin o howfr his wors went con cce howmch shme n riice here wo be inbrying this mn whom everyone h hope osee t to st insie his ir Becse peopehn t jst expece th they prepre hemselves for hins o hppen th wy n heyhoped for it from he boom of heir herswitho remorse nd even wih he nicipedsisfcion of somey smeng he pesnt

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odor of s decoposto oatg troug tetow wtout ayoe s feelg moed, alarmedor scadalzed satsed rater at seeg te

logedfor our coe watg te stuato togo o ad o utl te twrlg smell of te deada would satsfy ee te most dde resetets

Now we e gog to depre Macodo of ts

logdesred pleasure I feel as f a certaway ts deterato of ours as ge rt te earts of te eope ot to a elacolyfeeg of frustrato ut to oe of postpoeet

ats aoter reaso wy sould ae leftte cd at oe so as ot to get m medup ts cospracy wc wl ceter o usow te way t dd o te doctor for te yearse cld soud ae ee left o te sdeles

of ts promse He does t ee ow wy e sere, wy we e rougt m to ts room fulof rus He does t say aytg, sttg,swgg s legs wt s ads restg o tecar atg for soeoe to decper ts frgt

ul rde for m I wat to e sure tat oody wll, tat o oe wll ope tat sledoor tat prees m from gog eyod tereac of s seses

He s looed at me seeral tes ad I ow

tat e me strage, someody e doestow, wt ts st dress ad ts old at tatI e pt o so tat I wo t e deted ee yy ow foreodgs

If eme were ale, ere te ouse, may

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ae ogh cae becase of he Theygh hae hogh I ce o se a gefha she pobaby wold hae fel b whch

she wod hae bee abe o peed ad whchhe ow cod ae epaed Mee dsap-peed abo elee yes go The docodeah ha eded ay possby of dg owhee she s o a leas whee he boe ae

Mee s hee b s os ley ha f heweef wha happeed ad was ee cleaedup had happeedshe wold ae ae hesde of he ow gas he who waedhe bed fo sx yeas wh as ch oe ad h-

ay as a e gh he hadI ca hea he a whsg a he las bed

wory h ad I ca ge d of hedea a a hs oe al of Macodo s wo-deg wha wee dog hs hose hk

abo Seoa Rebeca, h ad loog lepache h he och of a faly ghos he loo ad dess sg besde he eleccfa he face shaded by he scees he dows As she hea he a dsappeg

aod he ls bed Seoa Rebeca leas hehead owad he a oeed by he hea adhe esee e bades he hea spgle hose o he fa (b a oppose deco) ad she s The del ha a had all of h ad she shddes fseed o eby he y oos of eeyday hgs

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Senota aleay nows t Senoa Reea sawhe pass an alle he nvsle ehn thseen an she ame out fom the ot of th

fan fo a moment an sa to he " Senott s the ev you now An tomoow won t e my son wh goes to shool ut somothe ompletely eent hl a hl whowll gow epoue an e n the en wth no

one payng hm the et of gattu whwou gve hm Chstan ual

poaly e peaefuly at home ght nowf twentyve yeas ago that man han't ometo my fathes home th a lette of eom-

menaton (no one eve new whee he amfom) f he hant staye wth us eatng gsan loong at women wth those eyes of a lust-ful og that poppe out of the soets But mypunshment was tten o fom efoe my

th an t staye hen epesse untl thafateful leap yea when woul tun thty anmy fathe woul tell me You hae to go wtme An then efoe ha tme to as any-thng he poune the oo wth hs ane " We

have to go though wth ths just the way t saughte he oto hange hmself ths mon-ng

he en left an ame a to the oowth a hamme an a o of nas t theyhant nale up the on hey la the thngon the tale an they sat on the e whee thea man ha een My ganfathe seemalm ut hs mness s mpefet an espeate t's not the amness of the opse h

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grafahr has, wllg bak a forh acrosh room mg ig u h lusr ob

js. I sor a hr ar s h

room I bg o b orur b h a ha h

os bom ful of s Th s ha al shu, bu i sms o m ha h buzzg I hough a rs was lr fa hghborhoo s h swarm of s babll agas h ss of h co a h

fa of h a ma I shak m ha I os•m s; I s my grafahr o a ruk aak ou som hgs a I a wha hyar; o h b I a s h four mbrs buo h o wh h gh gars Tra

b h suoag a by h mu haos ss, by h buzzg of h s, I fl asf somo s g m has he way you'be Yo ' e isde a o ed wih iesYoure oy a e der eee years od b

soeday you' be ike ha ef o he ies iside of a osed box A I srch m gs ous b si a look a m ow blak ash boos Oe of y aes is uied I h I oo a Mama aga Sh ooks a m oo

a las or o m sholac.Th or h rss u from Mamas ha

warm a smlg l a cubor, smg oflg woo, rms m of h clos o aga I bos har for m o brah, I

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s o b bl o cold cossd ash. h olca lach i b o his ha h l a h s ll oo T ho l all do h alls ilcbl b olsly l a alac o sh

cllas d l ha a scodblo ll b s lg -i do o ads cod h dbs Bw h cod blo os ad lhco o h oo bs olly as

h ga od o a dd aalo ad lls ; ho as ascach o all sl d osbac o do acly i h cool co o h ca.

Wh do hs bco isblb cosoldad s lsTh Maa as a d bah aks bh had ad lls Co l's a looka o h do. Ad s

h o aa a i o a ca o hos add d dob col d alod d o h as b d ha ad codl colss s os c

imagay ho od by y o oghs had bad da Ad Pho as by h s s lo i hshoghs T boy o o x dooo ass sl chad ad ko a

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Ten te maor gets up s srt open sweats epresson complete upset He comes overto me al coe up b te ectement brougt

on b s o argument. We cant be suretat es ea unt e start to smell esas an e nses buttonng up s srt angts a cgarette, s face turne towar teco agan tnng peraps Now hey

sy h I do opere iside he w oonto ees an feel tat ve looe at mwt enoug rmness to mae m unerstantat can penetrate s eepest tougts tem Youre operatng outse te law n orer

to pease te oters An e as tat abeen eatl wat e a epecte to ear answers: Youre a respectabe man colonel Younow tat m wtn m rgts tell mYou, more tan anone ese now tat es

ea An e sas Tats rgt, but after aIm onl a publc servant. Te o legal wawoul be wt a eat certcate An telm f te law s on our se tae avantageof t an brng a· octor wo can mae out te

eat certcate. An e, wt s ea ftebut wtout augtness, calml too, but witout te sgtest sow of weaness or confuonsas Youre a respectabe person an ouknow tat t wou be an abuse of autort.Wen ear m see tat s brans are note so muc b lquor as b cowarce

Now can see tat te maor sares te anger of te tow ts a feelng fe for ten eaever snce tat storm nigt wen te brougtte woune men to te mans oor an sou


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ed o i (beue e didn open e doo epoe fom inide); ey oued o i: Doo e e of ee wounded en beue

ee en' enoug doo o go od ndi wiou opening (beue e doo yed

oed wi e wouned ng in fon of i)You'e e ony doo ef You e o do ie ; nd e epied (nd e didn

open e doo en eie) imgied by eowd o be nding in e mide of e iing

oom e mp ed g iging up i dyeow eye 'e fogoen eeing Jewbou Te e ·omewee ee nd

e ep e doo oed (beue fo ieon e doo w neve opened gin) wie enge gew ped ou uned ino oeivediee wi ge no epie o Mondo foe e of i ie nd in eey e e enene

oued nige one ondenede doo o o beind ee woniuedeoing

Ten ye woud p wou eedinig e own we uned by e fe

i woud be poioned; feeding imef one egebe e nd i ndin mie

ned e ouyd Now e ow fee e e oe wen ey n deny ie piy e denied e own en ye go

nd Mondo wi now e ded (beue eeyone mu e wened wi

ge feeing i moning) i geng edy oenjoy ongedfo peue wi eveyoneonide o be deeved Tei ony deie i o

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the oors that he it ope tat other te Now I ca begi to beieve tat ohg ca

ep proise i the face of the ferocit of a

tow a that I' hee i, srroe bthe hatre a ipatiece of a ba of rsetfpeope Eve the churc as fou a wa to goagaist eteriatio Father Age to ea oet ago I wot et te bur i cose-

crae gro a a who hage hsef afterag ive st ears withot Go Our Lorwo ook upo ou wit goo ees too if ouit carr out wat wot be a wor o charitbt the si of rebeio. I to hi: To br

the ea, as is writte a work of charit.A ater Age sai: Yes. Bt ts casit's ot p to s to o it its p to the saitarathorities"

I cae I cae te for Gairos who were

rase i ose. ae aghter Isabego wit e I tat wa te act becoes orefai, ore a ess persoa a eattha if I ragge the corpse to the ceeterrough te streets of the to ysef I thik

Macoo is capabe of oig athig aftrwhat I've see appe i tis cetur But ifthe wo't respect e, ot eve because Io a Cooe of the Repubic a to top o ae i bo a so i coscece, Iope that at east the' respect aughterecause she's a woa I' ot oig t for -sef Mabe ot for te peace of the ea aeither Just to f a sacre pose If Irought Isabe aog it wast ot of cowariceut out of charit She broght the chi a I

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an ee ha he did i or he ae reaon) andhere we are now, he hree o u, bearing heeigh of hi harh emergeny

We go here a momen ago I hough wedd he body hanging rom he ceing buhe men go here r, aid hi on he bed andamo hrouded him wih he ere convicionha he aair woudn a ore an an hour

Wen I arrive I hope hey bring he con, Iee my daugher and he hd iing in he corer and I examine he room, hinng ha hedocor ay have e omehing ha w expainhy he did i he de i open, ul o a confu

ion of paper, none wren by hm On hede I ee he ame boud oruary ha hebrough o my houe wenyve year agohen he opened ha enorou run whichoud have hed he ohig o y whoe fai-

y Bu here w nohing ee in he run exep wo heap hir a e o fae eeh haoudn have been hi or he mpe reaonha he ll had hi on, rong and copee aporra and a formuary. I open he drawer

d I nd prined hee o paper i a o hemju paper, od, duy; and underneah in hea drawer he ae fae eeh ha he broughwenyve year ago duy yeow fro ageand ac o ue. On he a abe bede he

lighed amp here are evera bundle of uopened newpaper I examne hem heyrewrien in French he o recen one hreemonh od Juy 1928 And here are oherao unopened Jnury 192; Noeber 1926

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been nne yers sne one yer er he senened been pronouned h he hdn opened hnewsppers Sne h e hes gen p he s

hng h nked h o hs nd nd hs peopeTh en rng h on an lower h

orp no Then I reeer he day wenyv year ago whn h arrved a y hoan gav e h er of rcoendaon

wn n Panaa n ddree o y hInenan Gnera of h Alan Co en of h gra war, Colonel AelanoBenda I earch hrogh varo re n hdare of h ooe rn There' no

l h oher corner only he ae hg hrogh wenyve year ago I rer Hed wo hep shrs se of eeh porr,nd h od bound forury. I go ao gah-rng p hee hng efoe hey le h con

an I p h ne The porra ll hoo of h rn ao n h ae pahere ha een ha e h dagerreo-y of a decora ocer I hrow h pcno he ox I hrow n h fa eh an nal

y h foary Whn I nh I gnal h eno loe he on I h Now es n noherp The os ur ng fo h n hs sp s o ke ong he hngs h wee wh on he nex o he s ne. es hwoud see o be he os nur An hn Im o h for h r e oforalyda

I xan he roo an I ee ha a ho waforgoen on he e I gnal y en aganwh h sho y han an hy lf p he ld

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r use ut tuly nt sy etly wense e ere to ve wt te otor on theoer or how se ou hve ree he ex-tree of egrton of eong the stressf n wo refuse er s serves, nspte of everytg n te ft tt they srey fthers house se s foster l n es pernent guest erne fro y step

othr tt te otor wsnt goo n, tte long rguent wt Pp tryg tonve h tt wt ee wsn't ny-thng serous not even levg hs roo n nyse, even wt Guro grl h ws oly

pssng ness, e so hve ten loo ter f only euse of te onserton wtwhh e ws trete n our house ug theegt yers he lve there

I ont now how tngs ppene ust

ow tht one orng ee wsnt tehouse nyore he wsnt eter Then ystepother h te lose up s roo n sent enton gn tl yers lter whenwe were worng on y weng ress

Three or four Suys fter se eft uouse ee went to hur to egt 'lokss, wt guy sl prt ress n rulou ht tt ws toppe y uster of rtowers She wys een so spe when Isw er n our house refoot ost of te teso tt te person who e nt urh ttSuny looe to e le erent eefro the one we knew She her ss upfront, ong te es, st n ete er tt ple f tngs se w werg w

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me er new n complice sowy newness me p of cep tings. Se ws eelingown p front. An even te evoion wt

wic se folowe te Mss ws sometngnew n er even n te wy se crosse erselftere ws sometng of tt owery n gygrity t wic se entere te crcpuzzling people wo own er s serv

nt in or ome n srprising tose wonever seen er

( colnt ve been more tn tirteen tte time) wonere wt brogt on tttrnsformtion wy Meme sppere

from or ose n reppere in crc ttSny resse more like Cristms tree tn ly or wt enog tere to ress treewomen completey for Ester Sny n teGio girl even enog rippngs n

bes left over to ress fort one emss ws over te men n women stoppe byte oor to wc er come ot ey stoo onte steps n oble row by te min oor n tin tt tere migt even ve been some

ting secretly premeitte in tt inolentn mockngly solemn wy n wic tey werewitng not sying wor nt Meme cmeot te oor close er eyes n opene temg n perfect rytm to er sevencolore

prsol t ws o e went between teoble row of men n women riiclo er igeele pecoc isgise ntil one ofte men begn to close te circle n Memews n te mile strtle confse tryng to

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gaudy and fe on he a he outt But weeme ame out opened he

pao and ean

to wa Papa who wa next to me pued me

towad the goup So when the men en ong the ie y fte opened y out foeme who w huiedy tyng to et wyPapa took he y the m without ooing tte peope thee and e ed he touh the

ente of the quae with tat huty nd h engin expeion he put on when he doeomething that othe peope dont ee with

Some time ped efoe I found out theme had gone to ive with the doto hi

mite n thoe dy the op w open andhe ti went to a ie the et of adienot otheed y what w thout o id ifhed fogotten wht hd ppened tt Sundy Sti two month ae he wnt eve

een in huh agiI eeme the doto when he w tyingat ou houe I ememe hi nd twitedmutae and hi wy of ooin at women withhi utfu geedy do eye But ememe

that I neve got oe to him maye eaue Ithouht of him the tane nm that tyedeated at the te afte eveyone had otten upnd te the me ind of a tat doney eatDuing Ppa ine tee yea ao the do-to di't eae hi one the me he hdn'tef it one inge time afte te nit e efuedto ttend to the wounded men ut ix ye efoe tha hed denied the woman who twoday ate woud e hi onuie e maouse had ee hut up efoe the town ped

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sentence on he docto. Bt do ko thaMeme was sll lving hee fo seveal months oseea yeas afte he ste was closed It ms

have een mch ae when peope fond oha she'd disappeaed, ecase tha was whahe anonos noe acked on this doo saidAccoding ha note, he docto had m-deed his mistess and ed he the gaden

ecase he was afaid he own wold se heo poson h I'd seen Meme efoe I wasaie I was eleen yeas ag, when I wascoming ack fo osay and the Gaio woman came o he doo of he shop and said to me

in he jolly and somewhat ioc way Chaela yoe getting maied and yo ddn't eenell me."

Yes," el him thas ho i mst haeeen" Then g on the noose whee on oe

of the ends the living esh of the newly ct opecan e seen. I ete the knot my men had c inde to ake the ody down ad I toss oe ofhe ends e he ea ntil he noose is hang-g, held wh enogh stengh to conite

any deahs j like his man's Whe he fanshisef wh his ha, his face alteed y shoness of eah and iqo, lookng a the noose,calclatig s sength, he says noose ashin as ha oldn possily have held his

ody" And el hi Tha same ope held p his haock fo any yeas. nd he plsa cha ve, hands me hs hat ad hangs fohe nose y his hands, hs face shed y heeot Then he sads on the cha again, look

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mpossible Tht oose oest rech ow to ec Ad the c see tht he s big il-ogic elibertel ooig for ws to hold

o the buril loo t him strght i the fce scrutizg

im tel im : Dit ou eer otice tht hews t lest hed tler th ou? heturs to loo t the co. He ss ll the

sme m ot sure he i it with this oose.m sure it ws oe tht w. he ows

t oo but he hs scheme for wstig time be-cuse hes fri of compromisig himself Hiscowrice c be see the w he moes

rou i o irectio. A oule cotr ictor cowrice : to hol o the ceremo dto set it up The whe he gets to the co heturs o his heels loos t me ss : de to see h hgg to be coice.

woud he oe it woul he tol me to ope the co put the hge mbc up gi the w he ws u mometgo But it woul be too much for m ughtert woul be too much for the chil she

shoult e brought him Ee though it upsets me to tret e tht w oeigdefeeless esh sturbig m who s t restfor the rst te; ee though the ct of mog corpse whos lig peceful eserei h co gist m priciples hgi p gi just to see how fr this m wlgo But it s impossible. A tell him so : ouc rest ssure tht wo t tell hem o otht f ou wt to hg him up ourself ou c be resposible fo wht hppes Re

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y cane leaning forward a lile I say: In he second place he was y friend'' Before I canish speaking he smiles ironically bu whou

changing posiion, hrowing his hick and soureah no my face He says: "I's he easies hing in he world, isn' i7 And sddenly he sops sng He says: So you ew his man was going o hang himself

Tranquil, paien, convinced ha he's only goig on like ha o complicae hngs I say o him I repea The rs hg I did when I found ou he'd hanged himse was o go o yor place and ha was wo hours ago And as

if I'd asked him a quesion and no saed somehing, he says: I was having lunch'' And I say o hi I ow I even hn you ook ime ou for a siesa ' '

Then he doesn know wha o say He oves

ack He looks a Isabel sig eside he childHe looks a he en and ally a me Bu his expression is changed now He seems o be looking for somehng o occupy his hough for a omen He urns his back on me oes o

where he policean is and els hm some hing The policeman nods and leaes he roomThen he coes ack and akes y arm He

says: I'd like o alk o you he oher room colonel Now his oice as changed complee- ly I's ense and dsurbed now Ad while I walk o he ne roo feeling he uncerain pressure of his and on y arm, I'm aken wih he idea ha I ow wha he's going o ell me

This room, unlike he oher one is ig and cool The ligh fro he couryard ows ino i

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In here I ca see his disturbed ees the smie that doesn't match the expression of his ees can hear his oice saing Coone abe we

can sette this another wa nd ithout giig him tie to nish ask him: ow uch?nd then he becomes a dierent an

Meme had brought out a pate ith je and

wo sat ros the kind that shed earned to ake from mother The cock had struck nine Meme was sitting opposite e n the bak of the store and was eating istess as theje and ros were o something hod to

gether the isit. understood that and et her ose hersef in her abrinths, sik nto the pastith that nostagic and sad enthusiasm that inhe ight of the oi ap buring on the counter made her ook ore wthered and od than the

da she'd coe nto church wearing the hat and high hees t was obvious that Meme fet e recag things that night nd whie she was doing it one had the ipression that oer the past ea shed hed hersef back in some

uniue and timeess static age and tat as she recaed thgs that night she was putting her persona time nto otion again and beging to go through her ongpostponed aging rocess.

Mee was si and soer king about

the picturesque and feuda spendor of our fa during the ast ears of the prevous centur,efore the great war Meme recaed m other he recaed her that night when was co ing back fro curch and she tod e in her

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y oure geing married and you ddn een el me hose were precisely he days when Ia ned y moher and was ry ng o bring her

back more srongy in my memory She wa he ing picure o you she said And I really belieed i I was siing across rom he Indian woman who spoke wih an accen mxed w h precision and agueness as i here w a o o

i e e leend in wha she was recaling buso as i she was ecalng i in good aih and een wih he concion ha he passage o ime had changed legend ino realiy ha w remoe bu hard o orge She spoe o me

abou he ourney my parens had made during he war abou he rough pilgrimage ha wo d end wih heir seling in Macondo My paren were eeing he hazards o war and ooking or a prosperous and ranqui bend in he oad

sele down in and hey heard abou he goden ca and came ooking or i in wha was hen a own in ormaion ounded by seeral reuge amilies whose members were as care abou he preseraion o heir radions and religious

pracices as he aenng o heir hogs Macon- do ws my parens promsed and peace and he P archmen Here hey ound he appropri a e spo o rebud e house ha a ew yearsaer would be a counry mansion wih hree s ables and wo gues rooms Meme reca ed he deas wihou repenance and spoke abou he os exraagn hings wh an irrepressible desire o lie hem agan or w h he pain ha came rom he ac ha she would neer ie hem again here was no suerng or priaion

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on te oney he id Even te hoe letde moito nettin not bece my fthew endtht o mdmn bt bece my

mote hd tne ene of city, of hmnitn feel nd thoht tt e eye ofGod wold be j leed with the ct ootectn n niml fom te motoe otectn mn. Thei ld nd bdenom

co w eveywhee; the n fl of clotn of eole who hd ded befoe theydbeen on et nceto who coldnt vbeen fond twenty fthom nde the eth;boe fll of tcen ten h hdn't been

ued fo lon time nd d beloned to myent' mot ditn eltive (my fte ndmothe wee cou nd even tnlled th the me of nt whch they edo econtct thei fmly lt eveywee

hey toed w tne cnivl oceion wih oe nd hen nd the fo Giond (Meme' comnon) who hd on in the hoe nd foowed my ent ltho te eon le ined cc iml

Meme eclled th with dne One hdte imeion tt he condeed the eof time eonl lo if he noticed in thhet of he lceed by memoe tt ftime hdn't ed he'd tl be on tht lm-

e which mt he been nihment fomy ent bt which w nd of l fothe childen wt tne it le tt ofhoe nde moito netin

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ho se Ten the tension of the amosphee changed fet fatge in the am ith hich d been holding the plate ith the jell and olls

wthot tastng an leaned ove and saidHes aake She expessioless no cold and compete indeent said He'll be aake nti dan' And sddenl ndestood the dsilsonment that co ld be seen n Meme

hen she ecaled the past of o hose O lves ad changed the times ee good andMacondo as a bstling ton hee thee as even enogh mone to sqande on Sat da ng s, bt Meme as g tied to a past that

had been bette Whie the ee sheaing the golden ca f o tside insde in the back of the sto e, he life as steile anonmos al da bend the conte and spendng te nght ith a man ho didn t sleep nt dan ho spent

s tme alkng ab t the hose pacing ook ing at he geedi ith those l stfl dog ees that 've neve been able to foget t saddened me to thi of Meme th that man ho e fsed is seces one night and ent on being a

hadened anmal itho t bitteness o compas sion al da long n ceaseless oaming thogh the hose eno gh to dive the most balanced peson ot of his mind.

Recovei g the tone of m voce, knoing

that he as n his oom, aake, mabe openng hs lstfl dog ees eve tme o ods ee head in the ea of the stoe tied o give die ent tn to the convesaton

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wy sps w h pch ad h d aizd y h ccupai f a dahha had ak h dug mhs f

sl suig. H cssig fm h ck h d had all h pai iss ad pais ha had as duig h uyak a fw mhs f u sh aivdwh sh kw sh had a f sh

flld h las ac f h lfMy fah smd dspa v m mh

's dah M said Bu accdig whah himslf said afwad wh h al h hus N uss h maiy f a

h wh h ma ds' ha a giimawf his sid d sc hd ad swh ha wh a d dis w shuld su a d f asi h yigh h plad a v agais h cuyad

wall ad a ya la i a scd aag hwas wddd dlaida y spmh

Smims I hugh ha Mm w gg cy whi sh was spakig Bu sh mad saisd a xpiag h lss f hag

happy c ad hag sppd g sy h f w h sh smid h shlaxd h chai ad cam cpl huma. was as if sh'd da up mal accus f h gif wh sh ad fwad adsaw ha sh si had a faval alac gd mis f ad h sh sid wihh ld wid ad asig fidliss Sh sdha h h hig had sad v ya a

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he iside door and pu a padlock on he sree door

The hu had o owner. No oe worried aou

ag his righs eecive over eiher he lo or he cosrucion aerias. hen he rs parish pries arrived he pu up wh oe of he wel odo fa lies aondo. Then he was ras- ferred o a deren parish Bu durig hose

days ( ad possil efore he rs pries haef) a woan wih a child a her reas had oc cupied he hu d no one knew whe she ha come nor fro where nor how she had an� aged o open he door There was a earhe

crock i a corner lac ad gree wih oss ad a jar hag ng fro a nal Bu here wn a y or whewash ef o he walls. In h yar a us of earh hardened y he ra n ha formed over he sones. The woman uil a ne

work of ranches o proec herself from h su Ad sice she had no eans o u a roo of a eaves ile or nc o i , she laed grapeve eside he ranches and hng a clump of sbi and a loaf of read y he sree

door o proec herself agains evil houghsen he comg of he new pres was an

nounced i 1903 he woa was si livig in he hu wih her child Half of he poulaion we ou o he highway o wai for he pries o

arrive. The rura and w layig seniea pieces ul a o came ruig pa ing o h poin of ursing saying ha he riess u was a he l end i he road The he usi cias changed heir posiio ad ega o play

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g mbd up n an mprvid pat-rm and waitd r th prt t appar that d bgin h grtng. But a mmnt latr

th martal tun wa upndd th ratr gtdwn th tabl and t atnihd mt-ud watd a trangr by rdng a mulwh aunh rrd th largt trun vrn Mand Th man wnt by n h way

nt twn wthut lg at nyn. Evn t prt ad bn drd n an thr th trp t wd nvr av urrd tanyn that th brd travr n mltary lg-g wa a prit drd vlan lth.

And at want ba at at vryam mmnt alng t rtut n th thrd twn pp aw a trang prit mingng arly thin wt a dry and trthdut a atrd a ml i a td up t

and prttd rm th s by a addnd rdwn brla. n t ngbrd r th rt ad wr th arhu wa and mut av ad mn ddnt av th lat da anytg bau t anwr gt wa t th hut bd t atr T wman ad gnut but t d wa lag d bd thn dr T rt utd rld aln uta vr t ut. t wa nd, ut barly ld tgtr y a atrtra that wa drnt rm t id thta tl d atr xad t ut rugt u t mul and td t t yard nt ad t gra lav. Tn pnd t ut t ut a ha tat mut

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have been the sae age and had seen the sae use a the ubela hung it dagnally acss the hut f bea t bea t k hs bts

and tied t slee uncncened abut the child wh was l kng at hi with geat fightened eyes

hen the wan etuned she ust have feltscnceted by the stange esence f the

iest whse face was s neessive that it was in n way dieent f the skull f a cwThe wn ust have tited acss the She ust have dagged he fding ct t the d ade a bundle f he clthes and the

chi ds ags and eft t e hut w thut even bth eg abut the cck and the ja becau e an hu late when the delegatin went back thugh twn in the site diectin ecede by the band which was layg ts a tial a in

the dst f a c wd f bs wh had skied schl they fund the iest alne in the hut st etched ut in his ha ck in a ca efee way hs cassck unbuttned and his shes Se-ne ust have bught the news the a

ad but it ccued t n ne t ask what the iest was doing in that hut They us have thught that he was elated t the wan se way just s she ust have abandned the hut because she thught that the iest

had des t ccuy it that it was chuchety sly ut f fea that they wuld ask he why she had lived f e than tw yeas n a hut that didnt beong t he withut aying any ent withut anynes e

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a for a explo eier e o aim afe ecaue e pie woud ccep

a peece He lid e pee e oor

ad limied melf o geeig e me adwome codl d qucl ecue ccordigo w h aid e ad u hi eye aig

T deegaio diolved i e fce of a

old rcepio y e ge prie edeer ee Te oiced ow i face ooedi h ul of a cow w cloel croppdgra air ad e did ave ip u ahorizoa opeig a eemed o o ha

e i plce of i mou ce umade aer o y quic ad uique ife Buha er feoo ey realized a e oodie omeoe d efoe d eveoe wwo i wa Te ememered hg ee im

h a lig ad oe ed u wearigoe ad a dug e ime we Macodowa a umle refugee villge. Te eea r-mmerd i aciviie e civi war of 85. rememered a e d ee coloe ae age of eeee ad a w irepidhardeadd d gai e goee Buoig d ee ead of im gai Macodo i a da we e rued ome oa or e pai Vr few rememred igi ame O te oher d mo of e

ra rememered oe i moer had puo im caue w willfu ad reouad a i w e ame oe a i omrade arm woud ca im laer o e ad im h pup d ha wa wa h wa

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alays called i Macodo ut the hour of his death

Pup Puppy

So it as that this ma came to our house o th same day ad almost at the same hour tha the pup reached Macodo. The former alog the mai road expected ad ith o oe

havg the slightest otio of his ame or pro- fessio ; the priest y he shortcut, hile thehole to as aitig for him o the ma road

retured home after the receptio. e had

just sat don to the talea little ater tha usualhe Meme came over o tel me Coloel coloel coloe there's a strager to see you n your oce. I said : " Tell him to come i Ad Meme said: He's i the oce

ad says that he has to see you at oce. Ade- laida stopped feedig soup to sael ( she couldt have ee more tha ve at the time ad et take care of the ecomer A mo met ater she ame ack, visily orried:

He's acg ack ad forth n the oce she said.

I sa he alk ehd the cadlesticks. The she ega o feed Isael her soup aga ou should have had him come said stil eat

ng Ad she said: "That's hat I as goig o do. But he as pacng ack ad forth i the ofce he I got there ad said good afteroout he did aser me ecause he as ookig at the eather dacig girl o the shelf And

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o p th dancig gr pt r o k a atch hr ac dont otr i a th mic that prvntd him

ro haring hn ai good atrnoo agait I too thr oppoit th whr ha aing ovr watching th acig gir whoa ti o p a ittl Aaida wa -ng a r op. ai to hr H t

r intrt in th to n h ti ing ab hr op : H wa pacing bac anort th oc bt th whn h aw thacng gir too hr down a i h worhan what it wa or a i h nw how

it work. H wa widing it p h aigoo atrnoon to hi or th rt ti bort mic ga to pla. Th h p it on thk an too thr watching it t withotmiing a i h wrnt intrt th anc

t in th mchanimTh vr aoc ao to Viitor cam amot vr da travr w who t thir ania in th tab an ca inwt compt coc ith th ailiarito o o awa xpct o an ptpac at or tabl od Alaia: H mtav a mag or othg A h ai n a ca h actig vr trag Hatching th ancing gir ti it r on an t mantim m tandg acro th d

ithot owig what to a to hi bca nw that h wol t awr a og a thmic wa paig. Th whn th dancig girgav t itt ap h aa giv whn r own h wa t taning thr oong at

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he w th cusy lean e t e es but n t st dwn Then he e a me and I eal zed that he new I was the ce but tha he

hadnt wed abut me because he wate tnw hw ln the anc wu d ee n danc I ddt say aftenn t hm aa, but I smed whe he ed a me be cause I saw that he ha hu e e es, wth ew

us, ad they a a es s whle bdyl a the same me When I smle at hm he emaed seus, but he ed s head ey

fmaly and sad : The cne Its the cneI ha e t see He has a ee ce as f he

cud s ea wh hs muth csed s f he wee a etqus

She was feed Isabel he su, a she sad: "t st he was ac bac and fth n the ce Then I undesd tha the st ae

had made an uncmmn ess n he a d tha she had a s ecal nte est n my ta n ca ef hm Neetheess, I e n eatn lnch whe she fed Isabe he su and se She sad The whe he sa he wante t see th

cnel what I d hm was ease cme t the d m a he staheed u whe e he was, wth the da c l n hs hand The he ased hs head and became as d and ms a s e, I thn because hes wean hh

bts and sut f dnay cl th, wth the sht butted u t hs nec I nt nw what t say whe he d t answe a yth and was quet, th the t hs had as f he wee wat f me t eave the ce n e

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e was a ilitary anAnd I told her So you think its soething

serious I ooked at her over the candlesticksShe wasnt ooking at e She was eedig Isae er soup Se said

en I got there he was pacig back a dorth the oce and so I co ldn't see his ace

But then when he stood in the ack he had hisead held so high and his eyes were so xed that I think hes a ilitary an, and I said toi You want to see the coonel in rivate is that it Y And he nodded. hen I cae to tel

you that he ooks like soeoe or rather, that hes the sae person that he looks like, al though I can't explan how he got here

I kept on eating, ut I was ooking at her over the candlesticks. She sto ped eedng Isa

el her soup She saidI sure its ot a essage I' sure it's not tat he ooks ike soeone but that hes the sae perso he looks like I' sure rather, that he's a itary an He's got a black ointed

tache and a ace ike coer He's wearigigh oot and I' sure that it' not that he look ike soeone ut that hes the sae per son e ooks ke.

She wa speaking in a level tone, ootoous and persistent It was hot and aybe or that reo I egan to eel irritated I said toer So who does he look lke And she said en he was acin ack and orth in the oce I odn t see his ace, ut later on And I, irritated with the onoton ad ersst

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ence of e words "ll t ll rit I'l o o

see i wen I nis y unc.'' And she

feedin sabel er soup in : "t st I

couldn't see is fce becuse e ws pacngbc and forth in te oce But ten wen I

sid to i Plese coe in' e stood thee s-lent beside te wll wi te dncin il in hi

nd That ws wen I remembered wo he

loos lie and I ce to e you He as hue,indiscreet eyes nd wen tuned to leae I felt

tt e ws looin i t y les'

Se suddeny fell sient n te dinin roo

te etic tinle of te soon ep vibrtin I

nised y lch nd foded te napin ndey plte

t tt oent fro te oce I hed e

festive ic of te wndup toy

IV.

In te itcen of e ouse ere's n oldcarved wooden ci iout crosspieces nd

my grndfathe puts is soes to dry next to the

stove on its broen set

Tobias Abraham Giberto nd I left schoo

at tis tie yeserdy nd we ent to te pan-ttions wt a slin bi t to od te birds

and a new life On te y ws eembe-

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dn every nght wth hs hat n k at the ashes n the cd stve.

Tbas and Gbert ere ang tard

the end f the dark nave Sne t had raned drng the mrnng ther shes s ed n the m ddy grass One f them s hstng and hs hard, rm hste ech ed n the egetabe cavern the ay t d es hen smene starts t

sng nsde a barre Abram as brngng p the rear th me He th hs s ng and the stne ready sht I th my en knfe

Sddey the sn brke the rf f tght hard eaes and a bdy f ght fe ngng

dwn nt the grass ke a ve brd " D d y see t?' Abraham asked I ed ahead nd sa Gber and Tbas at the end f the nave. "It's nt a brd I sad. It's the sn that's jst me t strng.

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Ten I od m noporo"brm derstood me� es te on one

wo n ndersnd m ord. rigt esid nd wked tord te wter trog te

rened sor ir He sd Strt getting -dressed nd e it for o on e rokn e sid it s e dove nd repperesg ke n enormos sverpted s s fe er d trned to iqi s t me on

t wit imI ste on te bn yg on te wrm m

en I opened te knie g I stopped ookng t brm nd ted m ees p srigttowrd te oter side, p owrd te trees

towrd te frios dsk ere te s dte monstros wfness of bg stbe

"Hrr p, brm si from te oterside Tobis s wistg on te ege of te

rok Ten I togt I no going swiing

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wtos ws gog to foow bt eo e Dont ome bk ere I oingoeg I sted otsie, stg on te e

eve te ro wtg sge sot ws ring rve te sk I sid

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SwallowsI told him ain Theres only one swallow

this afternoon Abraham was stil behind thehawthorns but I codnt tel anhing abouthim. He was silent and drawn in, but his silencewasnt static It was a desperate and impetuo

immobility After a moment he said Only one 7 A es Youre rght, youre

rightI ddnt say aning then Behind the haw

thos he was the one who began to move Sit

tig on the leaves, I could hear the· sound ofother dead leaves under his feet from where hewas Then he was silent again, as hed goneaway Then he breathed deeply and asked :

"Wat did you say

I tod him ain Theres only one swallowthis afteoon. And while was saying it I swthe crved wng tracing circles in the sy of -credble blue. He s ying high, said

Abraham replied at once

Oh, yes, of course That must be why then.He came out from behind the hawthorns,buttoning up his pants He looed up towardwhere the swallow was still racing circles, andstil not looing at me he said

What were you telling me a while bacabout te swallows 7

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bu you ow xpio.And it wa afte he eved the wne and atdown at the othe end of the tae whe Meegot eady to ee the pate that he eanedbak in h hi eted hi han on the tae

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wih enhusim abo he magnicen prospecs for he own Tha morning I heard hewords for he rs ie He said All of hiswil pass when we ge used o he ea sorm

Monhs laer he was frequenly seen going

ou io he sree before ds He wold s byhe barbershop unil he las hors of daylighaing par in he conversaion of he gropsha gahered by he door beside he porabledressing able beside he high sool ha he

barber brogh ou ino he sree so ha hiscsomers cold enjoy he coolness of dsThe company docors were no saised wih

depriving him of his means of life and in 907when here was no longer a single paien in

Macondo who remembered him and when hehimself had ceased expecing any one of hebanana company docors suggesed o he mayors oce ha hey requre all professionals own o regiser heir degrees He m no have

fel ha he was he one hey had in mnd whenhe edic appeared one Monday on he for corners of he sqare I was I who spoe o himabo he convenience of complng wih he re-quiremen Bu he ranqil indieren limied

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precie noon of happeng and hng a haime bu wha wa cerai wa ha duringhoe monh whe he preparaon for myweddg were goig forward I il din knowhe ecre of may g A year before I mar

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psed girs my age maig use f emTeyre amusemes frm u f he leafrm ' ' ey said

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sicig sme wie c whe my faher is siesa We sewed uni e we by, draggigalg in i clgs, sa is ead i he wasbasi u February w cl and deep a nigan i e whle wn e culd hear e ice

f wme singig a waes r cidreThe nigh we we e aluemad

cid 's wae Meme Orzc 's ice was prba-y luder a eer She was i, graceess,ad s, lie a brm, bu she ew hw

mae her ice carry beer ha anye ndin e rs pause Geea Garcia said Tere'a srager siing uside ' ' hin ha lf spped singig excep Remedis OrzcJus hi, e's wearig a jace Gee

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oom at iht sapi the mud o his bootswetti a a i the washstad, spadi poisho the shoes that had deteioated thouh maeas of otiuous use It moved me to thi ofthe bush ad box of shoe poish ept ude the

mattess, hidde fo the ees of the wod asif the wee the eemets of a seet ad shamef vie otated at a ae whe the majoitof me wee beomi seee ad methodiao a patia puposes, he was oi thouh

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lace and i seemed in he binding ligh of hinolerably clear and soundlled Sepemberha he was submerged up o her shouders in acloud of ha ery Sepember "No: my sepmoher said. And hen going back o her wor,

feeling eigh years of bier memories passing fron of her : May God neer per anyone oener ha room again

Marin had reurned in Juy, bu he didnsay a our house He lied o len agains he

raiing and say here ooking in he opposiedirecion pleased him o say d like ospend he res of my lie Macondo heafernoon wed go ou o he planaions ihmy sepmoher We'd come back a dinnerime

before he ghs in own wen o Then hed elme : Een if i hadn' been for you d lie olie in Macon do in any case And ha oofrom he way he said i seemed o be he ruh

Aroud ha ime i had been four years since

he docor had lef our house And i was precisey on he afernoon we had begun work ohe edding ressha suocaing afernoowhen old her abou he room for Marinha my sepmoher spoke o me for he

ime abou his srange ways Fie years ago she said, he was sillhere shu up like an animal Because he wanonly ha an anima bu somehing else a an-ima who ae grass a ruminan lie any ox in a

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atrnoon h a ba fro th barbrhofor th lt t h wount ta h vnnga whn M a to rv u Sh warnt hat th attr M ? I ahr Nothng a a h ? But w o that h want rght bau h htat nxtto th la an h ha a loo ovrhr Goo havn M your not w a But h hl hr u a bt h ouluntl h urn towar th thn wth thtra Thn our athr who wa wathng al

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"During he eig year he pen n ourhoue, y epoer aid, we d never aedfor hi erce for anying eriou We woenwen o Mee' roo, rubbed er w alcool,and waied for your faher o coe bac Bu

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en eigh year of hopialiy food, clean cloe,and ron al o e og Mee wa dyga lea we oug e wa) and he, g

er, wa il u up, refuing o go rouwih wha wa no longer a wor of chariy bu

one of decency, of han, of iple conidera-ion for oe who were aing cre of iOnly a idnig did your faher coe

ac He aid wealy : Gie er oe alcoolrub, bu no phyic And I fel if I d been

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cant o now Ar yo7 frightndM. Witte at oury taste of tat letter n my mout Iwent to y beroom and my paate w stl

bitter wen I woke up a few ours later as mystepmoter sook me

Actually many ours passed befoe I wokeup completely In te weddng dress I felt againas if I were in some cool and damp da tat

smelled of musk My mout felt dry as wen aperson is starting out on a trip and te salivarefuses to wet te bread Te ridal party adbee te lig room sice fou o 'clock Iew tem all but now tey looked transformed

and new, te men dressed in tweeds and tewomen wit teir ats on talking, llg teouse wt te dense and enervatg vapor ofteir wors

Te curc was empty A few women tued

around to lok at me as I went do te centeraisle lke a consecrated yout on is way to tesacrcal stone Te Pup in and serious, teony persn wit a look of · reality tat turbuent and silent ngtmare, came dow te atar

steps and gave me to Martin wit four moements of s emaciated ans Martin was beside me tranqu and smilg, te way I d seenm at te wake of te aoquemado cid, butwearing a sort collar now, as if to ow me

tat even on h weding day ed taken painsto be st more abstact tn e aready was onornary days

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We ry ae u ul, d Tha hederene

And hen I wen beynd wha I had prped I ad Yu dn hea hm beaueyure an ahe

And he, erene upeurbed "Belee me, lnel Im n ahe. I e

ju a upe hnn ha Gd ex a hnn ha he den Tha why I d rahe nhn abu

I dn w why, bu I had he feeln haa wa exaly wha he wa anweHs ds�bd by God I huh, lenn wha hed ju ld me pnaneuly,wh lary, pren a f hed read n a

b. I wa ll nxaed wh he drwef he nh I fel ha I w n he hear f anmmene alery f prphe me

Oer here n he he de f he ralnwa he mall arden where Adelada and my

dauhe had planed h Tha w why heremay wa burnn, beaue eery mrnhey renhened wh he aenn han nh le ha burn ap wuld pahruh he hue and mae leep mre ef

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wy h s gng you hn o b hppy " I's hb, I o hm no owng wh

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"h bou you oo, hn you hough bou how wou b o h ug

No I oon h s An h sm buhn h mmy bm srous gn " Myhrn woun' b k yours

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peope by means of atmospheric phenomenaHes got a preoccupation wth stors that's amost theoogic He tas abot them every

Sunday. d that's hy his sermons aren'tased on the ospes but on the atmosphericpredictions the Bristo Amanac

He as smiing no and istening ith a ive-y and peased expression. I fet entusiastic

too I said : There 's still something ese of in-terest for yo doctor Do you no ho ongthe Pup has been in Macondo 7

H e said no so happens that he arrived the same day

as you ' ' I said Ad hat 's even stranger stllif you had oder brother I'm sure that he'dbe st ke the Pup Physicay of couse. '

He didnt seem to be thining about anythingese no From h seriousness fom s con

centrated and steady attention I sensed that Ihad come to the moment to te him hat Ianted to propose :

"We then, doctor said Pay a ca onthe Pup and you nd out that things aren't the

ay you see them 'And h e aid yes, he'd visit the Pup

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