Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes

The Mayor Informed General Petronio San Roman Of The Episode, Down To The Last Literal Phrase, In An Alarming Telegram. General San Roman Must Have Followed His Son's Wishes To The Letter, Because He Didn't Come For Him, But Sent His Wife With Their Daughters And Two Other Older Women Who Seemed To Be Her Sisters. They Came On A Cargo Boat, Locked In Mourning Up To Their Necks Because Of Bayardo San Roman's Misfortunes, And With Their Hair Hanging Loose In Grief. Before Stepping Onto Land, They Took Off Their Shoes And Went Barefoot Through The Streets Up To The Hilltop In The Burning Dust Of Noon, Pulling Out Strands Of Hair By The Roots And Wailing Loudly With Such High-pitched Shrieks That They Seemed To Be Shouts Of Joy. I Watched Them Pass From Magdalena Oliver's Balcony, And I Remember Thinking That Distress Like Theirs Could Only Be Put On In Order To Hide Other, Greater Shames.

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