One Hundred Years of Solitude

In the tumult that gathered in
the courtyard to drink coffee,
tell jokes, and play cards.
Amaranta found a chance to
confess her love to Pietro
Crespi, who a few weeks
before had formalized his
promise to Rebeca and had
set up a store for musical
instruments and mechanical
toys in the same section
where the Arabs had lingered
in other times swapping
knickknacks for macaws, and