One Hundred Years of Solitude

whose activity had been
reduced to the maintenance
from his scanty resources of
two policemen armed with
wooden clubs, was a
figurehead. In older to
support the household
expenses his daughters had
opened a sewing shop, where
they made felt flowers as well
as guava delicacies, and
wrote love notes to order. But
in spite of being modest and
hard-working, the most