It's a good book, just kind of confusing, but I deffinitly recommend it. Well I'm not sure, maybe there could be a connection between cyanide and love, something like love is poisonous? Because he did mention that this was the first suicide that Dr. Urbino has seen that had nothing to do with love and it seemed that Armour's mistress had been faithful to him so hopefully that will all be cleared up later in the book.

As I've continued my reading, I've been introduced to the main characters, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza. These two were involved in a troubled love affair which had ended fifty one years ago. And Florentino still thinks about her to this day. The way they met was Florentino was working for a Germain immigrant who taught him Morse Code (which I have no idea what that is) but anyways that adds to his mysterious character and all the girls in his social circle practically drool over him. But one day, he sees Fermina, who was in the park reading to her aunt and he fell head over heels for her. He goes home and writes this immense love letter and is panning to give it to Fermina. But his mother gives him the advice to hold back some for he might scare her and come off as an obsessed stalker, so he waits. Meanwhile, Fermina notices him and her aunt tells her that the only reason why he won't come over to them is because she's there and that she predicts he will send Fermina a letter (which is strange). So one day, Fermina is sitting by herself on the park bench when Florentino comes along and offers the letter but she says she can't take it without her father's permission. He insists she takes it so she tells him to come by the park everyday and wait until she changes her seat. One day she does so and he gives her the note again, but it wasn't the big long letter that he was planning on giving her before, instead it was a simple half page note in which he expresses his love and everlasting fidelity. She then tells him to leave and not come back until she tells him to.


So, here's what I'm wondering..

1) How does the whole Dr. Urbino play into this and

2) By the way Fermina reacted to his letter, did she ever love him back?