One Hundred Years of Solitude

English and French and a
little Latin and Greek. Since
he went out every afternoon
at that time and Amaranta
Úrsula had set aside a weekly
sum for him for his personal
expenses, his room looked
like a branch of the wise
Catalonians bookstore. He
read avidly until late at night,
although from the manner in
which he referred to his
reading, Gaston thought that
he did not buy the books in