One Hundred Years of Solitude

together in the parlor, facing
the unknown invention that
had been covered with a
white sheet. Those who were
familiar with the piano,
popular in other towns in the
swamp, felt a little
disheartened, but more bitter
was Úrsulas disappointment
when she put in the first roll
so that Amaranta and Rebeca
could begin the dancing and
the mechanism did not work.
Melquíades, almost blind by