One Hundred Years of Solitude

construction was a desire to
have a proper place for the
girls to receive visitors. In
order that nothing would be
lacking in splendor she
worked like a galley slave as
the repairs were under way,
so that before they were
finished she had ordered
costly necessities for the
decorations, the table service,
and the marvelous invention
that was to arouse the
astonishment of the town and