One Hundred Years of Solitude

listened to the news to the
end without hearing anything
that was of interest to his
family. He was getting ready
to go home when the matron
signaled him with her hand.

            You go  in  too.    she told

him. It only costs twenty
cents.

            Aureliano   threw   a   coin    into

the hopper that the matron
had in her lap and went into
the room without knowing