One Hundred Years of Solitude

that no one will know who
made up the squad, and theyll
bury him right there. Rebeca
kept on waiting. Theyre
stupid enough to shoot him
here, she said. She was so
certain that she had foreseen
the way she would open the
door to wave good-bye. They
wont bring him through the
streets, José Arcadio insisted,
with six scared soldiers and
knowing that the people are
ready for anything.