It might have been aid thatpeace and happiness reigned
for a long time in the tired
mansion of the Buendías if it
had not been for the sudden
death of Amaranta, which
caused a new uproar. It was
an unexpected event.
Although she was old and
isolated from everyone, she
still looked firm and upright
and with the health of a rock
that she had always had. No
one knew her thoughts since