Сто лет одиночества

           "Letthemdream,"hesaid."We’lldobetterflyingthantheyaredoing,andwithmorescientificresourcesthanamiserablebedspread."Inspiteofhisfeignedinterest,JoseArcadiomustunderstoodthepowersofthephilosopher’segg,whichtohimlookedlikeapoorlyblownbottle.Hedidnotsucceedinescapingfromhisworries.Helosthisappetiteandhecouldnotsleep.Hefellintoanillhumor,thesameashisfather’soverthefailureofhisundertakings,andsuchwashisupsetthatJoseArcadioBuendfahimselfrelievedhimofhisdutiesinthelaboratory,thinkingthathehadtakenalchemytoomuchtoheart.Aureliano,ofcourse,understoodthathisbrother’safflictiondidnothaveitssourceinthesearchforthephilosopher’sstonebuthecouldnotgetintohisconfidence.Hehadlosthisformerspontaneity.Fromanaccompliceandacommunicativepersonhehadbecomewithdrawnandhostile.Anxiousforsolitude,bittenbyavirulentrancoragainsttheworld,onenighthelefthisbedasusual,buthedidnotgotoPilarTernera’shouse,buttomingleisthetumultofthefair.Afterwanderingaboutamongallkindsofcontraptionswithoutbecominginterestedinanyofthem,hespottedsomethingthatwasnotapartofitall:averyyounggypsygirl,almostachild,whowasweighteddownbybeadsandwasthemostbeautifulwomanthatJoseArcadiohadeverseeninhislife.Shewasinthecrowdthatwaswitnessingthesadspectacleofthemanwhohadbeenturnedintoasnakeforhavingdisobeyedhisparents.JoseArcadiopaidnoattention.Whilethesadinterrogationofthesnake-manwastakingplace,hemadehiswaythroughthecrowduptothefrontrow,wherethegypsygirlwas,andhestoopedbehindher.Hepressedagainstherback.Thegirltriedtoseparateherself,butJoseArcadiopressedmorestronglyagainstherback.