sufficient to attempt a landing
at the end of the year. With
faith in that plan, Colonel
Aureliano Buendía was not in
favor of any useless sacrifices
at that time. But Arcadio was
inflexible. He had the
prisoner put into the stocks
until he could prove his
identity and he resolved to
defend the town to the death.
He did not have long towait. The news of the Liberal