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           Itwassimplyaway.ofgivingherselfsomerelief,becauseactuallytheywerejoinedtilldeathbyabondthatwasmoresolidthatlove:acommonprickofconscience.Theywerecousins.Theyhadgrownuptogetherintheoldvillagethatbothoftheirancestors,withtheirworkandtheirgoodhabits,hadtransformedintooneofthefinesttownsintheprovince.Althoughtheirmarriagewaspredictedfromthetimetheyhadcomeintotheworld,whentheyexpressedtheirdesiretobemarriedtheirownrelativestriedtostopit.Theywereafraidthatthosetwohealthyproductsoftworacesthathadinterbredoverthecenturieswouldsuffertheshameofbreedingiguanas.Therehadalreadybeenahorribleprecedent.AnauntofOrsula’s,marriedtoanuncleofJoseArcadioBuendfa,hadasonwhowentthroughlifewearingloose,baggytrousersandwhobledtodeathafterhavinglivedforty-twoyearsinthepureststateofvirginity,forhehadbeenbornandhadgrownupwithacartilaginoustailintheshapeofacorkscrewandwithasmalltuftofhaironthetip.Apig’stailthatwasneverallowedtobeseenbyanywomanandthatcosthimhislifewhenabutcherfrienddidhimthefavorofchoppingitoffwithhiscleaver.JoseArcadioBuendfa,withthewhimsyofhisnineteenyears,resolvedtheproblemwithasinglephrase:"Idon’tcareifIhavepigletsaslongastheycantalk."Sotheyweremarriedamidstafestivaloffireworksandabrassbandthatwentonforthreedays.TheywouldhavebeenhappyfromthenonifOrsula’smotherhadnotterrifiedherwithallmannerofsinisterpredictionsabouttheiroffspring,eventotheextremeofadvisinghertorefusetoconsummatethemarriage.Fearingthatherstoutandwillfulhusbandwouldrapeherwhilesheslept,Orsula,beforegoingtobed,wouldputonarudimentarykindofdrawersthathermotherhadmadeoutofsailclothandhadreinforcedwithasystemofcrisscrossedleatherstrapsandthatwasclosedinthefrontbyathickironbuckle.