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She continued going to the room occasionally when she had something to do in that part of the house and she would stay there for a few minutes while her husband continued to scrutinize the sky. Encouraged by that change, Aureliano stayed to eat with the family at that time as he had not done since the first months of Amaranta ?rsula’s return. Gaston was pleased. During the conversations after meals, which usually went on for more than an hour, he complained that his partners were deceiving him. They had informed him of the loading of the airplane on board a ship that did not arrive, and although his shipping agents insisted, that it would never arrive because it was not on the list of Caribbean ships, his partners insisted that the shipment was correct and they even insinuated that Gaston was lying to them in his letters. The correspondence reached such a degree of mutual suspicion that Gaston decided not to write again and he began to suggest the possibility of a quick trip to Brussels to clear things up and return with the airplane. The plan evaporated, however, as soon as Amaranta ?rsula reiterated her decision not to move from Macondo even if she lost a husband. During the first days Aureliano shared the general opinion that Gaston was a fool on a velocipede, and that brought on a vague feeling of pity. Later, when he obtained deeper information on the nature of men in the brothels, he thought that Gaston’s meekness had its origins in unbridled passion. But when he came to know him better and realized his true character was the opposite of his submissive conduct, he conceived the malicious suspicion that even the wait for the airplane was an act. Then he thought that Gaston was not as foolish as he appeared, but, quite the contrary, was a man of infinite steadiness, ability, and patience who had set about to conquer his wife with the weariness of eternal agreement, of never saying no, of simulating a limitless conformity, letting her become enmeshed in her own web until the day she could no longer bear thetedium of the illusions close at hand and would pack the bags herself to go back to Europe. Aureliano’s former pity turned into a violent dislike. Gaston’s system seemed so perverse to him, but at the same time so effective, that he ventured to warn Amaranta ?rsula. She made fun of his suspicions, however, without even noticing the heavy weight of love, uncertainty, and jealousy that he had inside. It had not occurred to her that she was arousing something more than fraternal affection in Aureliano until she pricked her finger trying to open a can of peaches and he dashed over to suck the blood out with an avidity and a devotion that sent a chill up her spine.
“Aureliano!?She laughed, disturbed. “You’re too suspicious to be a good bat.?
Then Aureliano went all out. Giving her some small, orphaned kisses in the hollow of her wounded hand, he opened up the most hidden passageways of his heart and drew out an interminable and lacerated intestine, the terrible parasitic animal that had incubated in his martyrdom. He told her how he would get up at midnight to weep in loneliness and rage over the underwear that she had left to dry in the bathroom. He told her about the anxiety with which he had asked Nigromanta to howl like a cat and sob gaston gaston gaston in his ear, and with how much astuteness he had ransacked her vials of perfume so that he could smell it on the necks of the little girls who went to bed because of hunger. Frightened by the passion of that outburst, Amaranta ?rsula was closing her fingers, contracting them like a shellfish until her wounded hand, free of all pain and any vestige of pity, was converted into a knot of emeralds and topazes and stony and unfeeling bones.
她需要到奥雷连诺·布恩蒂亚住的那边去做事时，便偶然去他房间一趟，并且趁她丈夫不断注视天空的时候，在那里呆上几分钟。奥雷连诺·布恩蒂亚受到这种变化的鼓舞，常常留下来与这家人一同吃饭。而在阿玛兰塔·乌苏娜回来的头几个月内，他是从不那样做的。加斯东对此感到高兴。在饭后经常长达一个多小时的谈话中，他说他的合伙人在欺骗他。他们已经通知他，飞机已经装在一条船上，这条船尚未到达。但是他的代理人坚持说，那架飞机是永远到不了的，因为加勒比海所有商船的货单上都没有这架飞机。然而他的合伙人却坚持说那船是确有其事的；他们甚至暗指加斯东在信中对他们说了谎。通信联系造成了彼此的怀疑，所以加斯东决定不再写信，打算抓紧时间去一趟布鲁塞尔，把事情搞个水落石出，然后带着那架飞机回来。可是，阿玛兰塔·乌苏娜一再重申，她决不离开马孔多，即使失去丈夫也在所不惜，这就使加斯东的计划流产了。在头几天里，奥雷连诺·布恩蒂亚赞同了普遍的观点，即加斯东是骑自行车的傻瓜，这种想法在他心里引起一种模糊的同情。后来，当他在烟花馆里对男人的本性进行了更深入的观察之后，他认识到加斯东的逆来顺受是由于纵欲的结果。对他有了更多的了解之后，奥雷连诺·布恩蒂亚确信他的本性正好与他谦卑的举止相反，奥雷连诺·布恩蒂亚甚至恶意地怀疑，加斯东所谓的等候飞机也是在作戏。于是奥雷连诺·布恩蒂亚又想，加斯东并不象他所表现的那么傻，恰恰相反，他是一个无比沉着、既有才干而又坚忍的人，打算永远表示服从，决不说一个“不”字，用假装的无比顺从来使她产生厌倦，陷入她自己织下的罗网，这时他便可一举战胜她，使她有朝一日会忍受不了眼前单调无聊的日子，乖乖地自己卷起行李返回欧洲。奥雷连诺。 布恩蒂亚最初的怜悯变成了强烈的厌恶。他认为加斯东的招儿是邪恶的，但又那么有效。他便冒了风险去警告阿玛兰塔。 乌苏娜。可是她对他的怀疑只是一笑置之，并没有注意到这里面爱情的分量，却半信半疑地以为是他的忌妒心在作怪。她在打开一个桃子罐头时，不小心划破了手指。他冲上来热心而贪婪地把血吮出来，这使她的脊梁骨一阵发凉，在这之前她根本没有想到，她对他有一种超过姐弟般的感情。
“奥雷连诺！”她不安地笑道。“你太起劲了，会成为一个吸血鬼的。”
于是奥雷连诺·布恩蒂亚不顾一切，全力以赴了。他在她受了伤的手心上孩童似的轻轻吻了一下，接着便打开隐秘的心扉，倾诉无限的衷情，掏出潜藏在痛苦中的可怕的蠢虫。他告诉她半夜里他会醒来，寂寞地独自流泪，对着她挂在浴室里晾干的衬衣暗自发愁。他同她谈起他曾急切地要尼格罗曼塔象猫一样地叫唤，在他耳边呜咽：加斯东——加斯东——加斯东。他又谈起他如何费尽心机搜罗她的香水瓶，这样他便能够在为了挣点饭钱而上床的姑娘们脖颈上闻到香水气味。阿玛兰塔·乌苏娜被他激情的迸发吓坏了，她不由得蜷起手指，象河蚌肉似的缩回去。她的手已毫不疼痛，也没有了怜悯的感受，变成了一串绿宝石和黄玉石一样没有知觉的骨头。
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