Leaf Storm and Other Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Fiction, Short Stories, Classics, Fiction, Short Stories, CS, ST
Published: 2013-10-30T16:06:57+00:00

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

" It won 't be necessary. The fact is she 's pregnant. "

Then he leaned forward, seemed to be examining my face, and said : ' ' Meme 's been sleeping with me for years. "

I must confess that I was surprised. I didn't

feel any upset, perplexity, or anger. I didn 't feel

anything. Perhaps his confession was too serious to my way of seeing things and was out of the normal course of my comprehension. I remained impassive and I didn 't even know why.

I was motionless, standing, immutable, as cold

as he, like his parsimonious ruminant voice.

Then, after a long silence during which he still

sat on the cot, not moving, as if waiting for, me

to take the first step, I understood what he had

just told me in all of its intensity. But then it

was too late for me to get upset.

" As long as you 're aware of the situation,

doctor. " That was all I could say. He said :

' ' One takes his precautions, colonel. 'When a

person takes a risk he knows that he 's taking it.

If something goes wrong it's because there was

something unforeseen, out of a person 's reach. ' '

I knew that kind of evasion. As always, I

didn't know where he was leading. I brought

over a chair and sat down opposite him. Then

he left the cot, fastened the buckle of his belt,

and pulled up his pants and adjusted them. He

kept on talking from the other end of the room.

He said :

' ' Just as sure as the fact that I took my precautions is the fact that this is the second time she 's got pregnant. The first time was a year

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