One Hundred Years of Solitude

part, had neglected the
workshop in order to teach
little Remedios to read and
write. At first the child
preferred her dolls to the man
who would come every
afternoon and who was
responsible for her being
separated from her toys in
order to be bathed and
dressed and seated in the
parlor to receive the visitor.
But Aurelianos patience and
devotion finally won her