Сто лет одиночества

           Yearslater,whenColonelAurelianoBuendíaexaminedthetitlestoproperty,hefoundregisteredinhisbrother’snameallofthelandbetweenthehillwherehisyardwasonuptothehorizon,includingthecemetery,anddiscoveredthatduringtheelevenmonthsofhisrule,Arcadiohadcollectednotonlythemoneyofthecontributions,buthadalsocollectedfeesfrompeoplefortherighttoburytheirdeadinJoséArcadio’sland.

           Ittookúrsulaseveralmonthstofindoutwhatwasalreadypublicknowledgebecausepeoplehiditfromhersoasnottoincreasehersuffering.Atfirstshesuspectedit."Arcadioisbuildingahouse,"sheconfidedwithfeignedpridetoherhusbandasshetriedtoputaspoonfulofcalabashsyrupintohismouth.Nevertheless,sheinvoluntarilysighedandsaid,"Idon’tknowwhy,butallthishasabadsmelltome."Lateron,whenshefoundoutthatArcadiohadnotonlybuiltahousebuthadorderedsomeViennesefurniture,sheconfirmedhersuspicionthathewasusingpublicfunds."You’retheshameofourfamilyname,"sheshoutedathimoneSundayaftermasswhenshesawhiminhisnewhouseplayingcardswithhisofficers.Arcadiopaidnoattentiontoher.Onlythendidúrsulaknowthathehadasix-month-olddaughterandthatSantaSofíadelaPiedad,withwhomhewaslivingoutsideofmarriage,waspregnantagain.ShedecidedtowritetoColonelAurelianoBuendía,whereverhewas,tobringhimuptodateonthesituation.