One Hundred Years of Solitude

without incident. At eight
oclock on Sunday morning a
wooden ballot box was set up
in the square, which was
watched over by the six
soldiers. The voting was
absolutely free, as Aureliano
himself was able to attest
since he spent almost the
entire day with his father-in-
law seeing that no one voted
more than once. At four in the
afternoon a roll of drums in
the square announced the