They had waited their whole lives for this moment, just as their medieval predecessors had longed for the end of the world, and just as my grandmother waited for the Oprah Winfrey Show to come on Channel 8 every day at 4 o'clock.
Ellos habían esperado mucho para ese momento, tanto como sus ancestros medievales habían anhelado el fin del mundo, y justo como mi abuela esperó que el programa de Oprah Winfrey se transmitiera a diario en el canal 8