The lesson was not interrupted, but the girl raised her eyes to see who was passing by the window, and that… — Gabriel García Márquez
The lesson was not interrupted, but the girl raised her eyes to see who was passing by the window, and that casual glance was the beginning of a cataclysm of love that still had not ended half a century later.
La leccíon no se interrumpió, pero la niña levantó la vista para ver quién pasaba por la ventana, y esa mirada casual fue el origin de un cataclismo de amor que medio siglo despés aún no había terminado.
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