Сто лет одиночества

           Theonlyunhappypersoninthatnoisycelebration,whichlasteduntildawnonMonday,wasRebecaBuendía.Itwasherownfrustratedparty.Byanarrangementofúrsula’s,hermarriagewastobecelebratedonthesameday,butthatFridayPietroCrespireceivedaletterwiththenewsofhismother’simminentdeath.Theweddingwaspostponed.PietroCrespileftforthecapitaloftheprovinceanhourafterreceivingtheletter,andontheroadhemissedhismother,whoarrivedpunctuallySaturdaynightandatAureliano’sweddingsangthesadariathatshehadpreparedfortheweddingofherson.PietroCrespireturnedonSundaymidnighttosweepuptheashesoftheparty,afterhavingwornoutfivehorsesontheroadinanattempttobeintimeforhiswedding.Itwasneverdiscoveredwhowrotetheletter.Tormentedbyúrsula,Amarantaweptwithindignationandsworeherinnocenceinfrontofthealtar,whichthecarpentershadnotfinisheddismantling.

           FatNicanorReyna-whomDonApolinarMoscotehadbroughtfromtheswamptoofficiateatthewedding—wasanoldmanhardenedbytheingratitudeofhisministry.Hisskinwassad,withthebonesalmostexposed,andhehadapronouncedroundstomachandtheexpressionofanoldangel,whichcamemorefrom,simplicitythanfromgoodness.Hehadplannedtoreturntohispariahafterthewedding,buthewasappalledatthehardnessoftheinhabitantsofMacondo,whowereprosperinginthemidstofscandal,subjecttothenaturallaw,withoutbaptizingtheirchildrenorsanctifyingtheirfestivals.