One Hundred Years of Solitude

not understand. He paused
with his glance on the space
where Aureliano Segundo
and Santa Soft de la Piedad
were still seeing José Arcadio
Segundo and the latter also
realized that the soldier was
looking at him without seeing
him. Then he turned out the
light and closed the door.
When he spoke to the
soldiers, Aureliano, Segundo
understood that the young
officer had seen the room