One Hundred Years of Solitude

of the sun would not let him
sleep for several months, until
it became a habit. The
intoxication of power began
to break apart under waves of
discomfort. Searching for a
cure against the chill, he had
the young officer who had
proposed the murder of
General Teófilo Vargas shot.
His orders were being carried
out even before they were
given, even before he thought
of them, and they always