One Hundred Years of Solitude

Two months later
Amaranta Úrsula went to
Brussels. Aureliano Segundo
gave her not only the money
from the special raffle, but
also what he had managed to
put aside over the previous
months and what little he had
received from the sale of the
pianola, the clavichord, and
other junk that had fallen into
disrepair. According to his
calculations, that sum would
be enough for her studies, so