One Hundred Years of Solitude

pale, with green veins and
fingers that were like
parasites, and he wore a solid
gold ring with a round
sunflower opal on his left
index finger. When he opened
the street door Aureliano did
not have to be told who he
was to realize that he came
from far away. With his steps
the house filled up with the
fragrance of the toilet water
that Úrsula used to splash on
him when he was a child in