One Hundred Years of Solitude

on the coffin were soaking
the flag that had been placed
on top which was actually the
flag stained with blood and
gunpowder that had been
rejected by more honorable
veterans. On the coffin they
had also placed the saber with
tassels of silver and copper,
the same one that Colonel
Gerineldo Márquez used to
hang on the coat rack in order
to go into Amarantas sewing
room unarmed. Behind the