One Hundred Years of Solitude

and to start a new war. The
house was filled with gifts
meant as amends. Impressed
finally by the massive support
of his former comrades in
arms, Colonel Aureliano
Buendía did not put aside the
possibility of pleasing them.
On the contrary, at a certain
moment he seemed so
enthusiastic with the idea of a
new war that Colonel
Gerineldo Márquez thought
that he was only waiting for a