Сто лет одиночества
Chapter 3
ItwassoonrevealedthatshespokeSpanishwithasmuchfluencyastheIndianlanguage,thatshehadaremarkableabilityformanualwork,andthatshecouldsingthewaltzoftheclockswithsomeveryfunnywordsthatsheherselfhadinvented.Itdidnottakelongforthemtoconsiderheranothermemberofthefamily.Shewasmoreaffectionatetoúrsulathananyofherownchildrenhadbeen,andshecalledArcadio,Amarantabrotherandsister,Aurelianouncle,andJoséArcadioBuendíagrandpa.Sothatshefinallydeserved,asmuchastheothers,thenameofRebecaBuendía,theonlyonethatsheeverhadandthatsheborewithdignityuntilherdeath.
OnenightaboutthetimethatRebecawascuredoftheviceofeatingearthandwasbroughttosleepintheotherchildren’sroom,theIndianwoman,whosleptthemawokebychanceandheardastrange,intermittentsoundinthecorner.Shegotupinalarm,thinkingthatananimalhadcomeintotheroom,andthenshesawRebecaintherocker,suckingherfingerandwithhereyeslightedupinthedarknesslikethoseofacat.Terrified,exhaustedbyherfate,Visitaciónrecognizedinthoseeyesthesymptomsofthesicknesswhosethreathadobligedherandherbrothertoexilethemselvesforeverfromanageoldkingdomwheretheyhadbeenprinceandprincess.Itwastheinsomniaplague.
Cataure,theIndian,wasgonefromthehousebymorning.Hissisterstayedbecauseherfatalistichearttoldherthatthelethalsicknesswouldfollowher,nomatterwhat,tothefarthestcorneroftheearth.
