One Hundred Years of Solitude

because after she had put half
the town to sleep, not only in
the parlor but also at all
charitable functions, school
ceremonies, and patriotic
celebrations that took place in
Macondo, her mother still
invited to the house every
newcomer whom she thought
capable of appreciating her
daughters virtues. Only after
the death of Amaranta, when
the family shut itself up again
in a period of mourning, was