One Hundred Years of Solitude

pinned to Aurelianos clothing
when they brought him to the
house he was registered as a
foundling. So he remained
shut In at the mercy of Santa
Sofía de la Piedads loving
eyes and Úrsulas mental
quirks, learning in the narrow
world of the house whatever
his grandmothers explained to
him. He was delicate, thin,
with a curiosity that unnerved
the adults, but unlike the
inquisitive and sometimes