One Hundred Years of Solitude

and put them alongside his
glasses and watch.

            At  this    rate,   he  concluded,

youll not only be the most
despotic and bloody dictator
in our history, but youll shoot
my dear friend Úrsula in an
attempt to pacify your
conscience.

            Colonel Aureliano   Buendía

stood there impassively.
General Moncada then gave
him the glasses, medal,