weapon, because Im  going   to
kill    you.
Ten  minutes     later   he
returned     with    the     notched
spear   that    had belonged    to  his
grandfather.     At  the     door    to
the  cockpit,    where   half    the
town    had gathered,   Prudencio
Aguilar was waiting for him.
There   was no  time    to  defend
himself.     José    Arcadio
Buendías    spear,  thrown   with
the strength    of  a   bull    and with
