Aureliano gave her a look that wrapped her in an atmosphere of uncertainty.
"Somebody is coming," he told her.
Úrsula, as she did whenever he made a prediction, tried to break it down with her housewifely logic. It was normal for someone to be coming.
• Chapter III, p. 55
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Aureliano fijó en ella una mirada que la envolvió en un ámbito de incertidumbre. —Alguien va a venir—le dijo. Úrsula, como siempre que él expresaba un pronóstico, trató de desalentarlo con su lógica casera. Era normal que alguien llegara.

— Aurelian on One Hundred Years of Solitude

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Aureliano fijó en ella una mirada que la envolvió en un ámbito de incertidumbre. —Alguien va a venir—le dijo. Úrsula, como siempre que él expresaba un pronóstico, trató de desalentarlo con su lógica casera. Era normal que alguien llegara." in the context of "Aureliano gave her a look that wrapped her in an atmosphere of uncertainty.
"Somebody is coming," he told her.
Úrsula, as she did whenever he made a prediction, tried to break it down with her housewifely logic. It was normal for someone to be coming.
• Chapter III, p. 55" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Aurelian

Lucius Domitius Aurelian (September C.E.214–275) was the Roman emperor between C.E.270 and 275.