One Hundred Years of Solitude

could not be touched with the
hand. It seemed an
exaggeration to him that for
the elections his father-in-law
had them send six soldiers
armed with rifles under the
command of a sergeant to a
town with no political
passions. They not only
arrived, but they went from
house to house confiscating
hunting weapons, machetes,
and even kitchen knives
before they distributed among