One Hundred Years of Solitude

institute everything that came
into his head. He imposed
obligatory military service for
men over eighteen, declared
to be public property any
animals walking the streets
after six in the evening, and
made men who were overage
wear red armbands. He
sequestered Father Nicanor in
the parish house under pain of
execution and prohibited him
from saying mass or ringing
the bells unless it was for a