One Hundred Years of Solitude

nor did they come with the
snake-man, who, according to
what Úrsula thought, was the
only one who could tell them
about their son, so the gypsies
were not allowed to camp in
town or set foot in it in the
future, for they were
considered the bearers of
concupiscence and
perversion. José Arcadio
Buendía, however, was
explicit in maintaining that
the old tribe of Melquíades,