One Hundred Years of Solitude

throes ceased on the surface
and his silent and pale
dolphin body dipped down to
the bottom of the fragrant
water. Then they took out the
three sacks of gold from the
hiding place which was
known only to them and their
victim. It was such a rapid,
methodical, and brutal action
that it was like a military
operation. Aureliano, shut up
in his room, was not aware of
anything. That afternoon,