Сто лет одиночества
Chapter 4
Afewmonthsafterhisreturn,aprocessaginghadtakenplaceinhimthatwassorapidandcriticalthatsoonhewastreatedasoneofthoseuselessgreat-grandfatherswhowanderaboutthebedroomslikeshades,draggingtheirfeet,rememberingbettertimesaloud,andwhomnoonebothersaboutorremembersreallyuntilthemorningtheyfindthemdeadintheirbed.AtfirstJoséArcadioBuendíahelpedhiminhiswork,enthusiasticoverthenoveltyofthedaguerreotypesandthepredictionsofNostradamus.Butlittlebylittlehebeganabandoninghimtohissolitude,forcommunicationwasbecomingIncreasinglydifficult.Hewaslosinghissightandhishearing,heseemedtoconfusethepeoplehewasspeakingtowithothershehadknowninremoteepochsofmankind,andhewouldanswerquestionswithacomplexhodgepodgelanguages.Hewouldwalkalonggropingintheair,althoughhepassedbetweenobjectswithaninexplicablefluidity,asifbewereendowedwithsomeinstinctofdirectionbasedonanimmediateprescience.Onedayheforgottoputinhisfalseteeth,whichatnightheleftinaglassofwaterbesidehisbed,andheneverputtheminagain.
