The House Of The Spirits by Isabel Allende

Author:Isabel Allende [Allende, Isabel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Chilean literature, Chilean, Women authors, Spanish American literature, Authors
Publisher: New York : Bantam Books
Published: 1993-03-28T16:00:00+00:00

edible, which was sHced in half with a silver knife by the proud groom and the dejected bride.

Clara, who from the very start had objected to the idea of marrying Blanca off against her will, decided not to attend the party. She stayed in the sewing room, spinning out dire predictions for the newlyweds, every one of which was borne out to the letter, as all concerned were later able to verify. Finally her husband came to beg her to change her clothes and make an appearance in the garden, even if only for ten minutes, to quell the rumors of the guests. She did so unwillingly, but out of love for her daughter she put in her teeth and managed to smile at the assembled guests.

Jaime arrived at the end of the party because he had stayed late working in the clinic for the poor where he was undergoing his first training as a medical student. Nicolas showed up with the lovely Amanda, who had just discovered Sartre and had adopted the dire look of the European existentialists, dressed all in black, pale-faced, her Arab eyes lined with kohl, her dark hair hanging to her waist, and a jangle of bracelets, necklaces, and earrings that caused a stir wherever she went. As for Nicolas, he was dressed in white, like a doctor, with amulets around his neck. His father came out to greet him, took him by the arm, and pushed him into a bathroom, where without a word he proceeded to pull off all his talismans.

"Go to your room and put on a decent tie! Go back to the party and behave like a proper gentleman! Don't let me catch you preaching some heretical religion among the guests! And tell that witch you've brought along to button up her neckline!" Esteban shouted at his son. |

Nicolas obeyed him in the worst possible mood. On principle, he was a teetotaler, but he was so furious that he had a few drinks, lost his head, and jumped fully dressed into the garden fountain, from which he had to be rescued with his dignity thoroughly soaked.

Blanca spent the entire evening sitting in a chair staring at the cake with a dazed expression, tears running down her face. Meanwhile, her new husband fluttered among the diners attributing his mother-in-law's absence to a sudden attack of asthma and his bride's tears to the emotions of the occasion. No one believed him. Jean de Satigny kept kissing

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