One Hundred Years of Solitude

consulted, and it was decided
that he should be the one in
charge of the distribution of
the land. When the acrobat
gypsies returned, with their
vagabond carnival
transformed now into a
gigantic organization of
games of luck and chance,
they were received with great
joy, for it was thought that
José Arcadio would be
coming back with them. But
José Arcadio did not return,