One Hundred Years of Solitude

of Macondo took off their
masks in order to get a better
look at the dazzling creature
with a crown of emeralds and
an ermine cape, who seemed
invested with legitimate
authority, and was not merely
a sovereign of bangles and
crepe paper. There were
many people who had
sufficient insight to suspect
that it was a question of
provocation. But Aureliano
Segundo immediately