One Hundred Years of Solitude

velvet, and he had the
bathroom floor covered with
paving stones and the walls
with tiles. The cupboard in
the dining room was filled
with fruit preserves, hams,
and pickles, and the unused
pantry was opened again for
the storage of wines and
liqueurs which José Arcadio
himself brought from the
railroad station in crates
marked with his name. One
night he and the four oldest