One Hundred Years of Solitude

for him, he had a cordiality
that won the immediate
confidence of others and a
stupendous capacity for work.
In a short time he had
increased the production of
ice to such a degree that it
was too much for the local
market and Aureliano Triste
had to think about the
possibility of expanding the
business to other towns in the
swamp. It was then that he
thought of the decisive step,