One Hundred Years of Solitude

the same good aim with
which the first Aureliano
Buendía had exterminated the
jaguars in the region, pierced
his throat. That night, as they
held a wake over the corpse
in the cockpit, José Arcadio
Buendía went into the
bedroom as his wife was
putting on her chastity pants.
Pointing the spear at her he
ordered: Take them off.
Úrsula had no doubt about
her husbands decision. Youll