He did not give it, as amatter of fact. But two weeks
later General Teófilo Vargas
was cut to bits by machetes in
an ambush and Colonel
Aureliano Buendía assumed
the main command. The same
night that his authority was
recognized by all the rebel
commands, he woke up in a
fright, calling for a blanket.
An inner coldness which
shattered his bones and
tortured him even in the heat