Florentino Ariza' mother, Tránsito Ariza, had run a notions shop and pawnbroker business, and Florentino had lived with her until her death. His father was known to be Don Pius V Loayza, one of three brothers (all named for popes) who founded the River Company of the Caribbean; he had never publicly recognized Florentino as a son from his illicit affair. To support himself, Florentino goes to work at the post office, and it is while making a delivery to the home of a man of questionable business dealings, Lorenzo Daza, that Florentino Ariza first sets eyes on Fermina Daza, then thirteen years old. He is smitten at once and takes to watching her and her aunt Escolástica from a park as they go to and from the exclusive private school the girl.....
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