One Hundred Years of Solitude

the months that preceded the
first war. The cockfights,
instituted by the mayor
himself, were suspended.
Captain Aquiles Ricardo, the
commander of the garrison,
took over the exercise of
municipal power. The
Liberals looked upon him as a
provocateur. Something
terrible is going to happen,
Úrsula would say to
Aureliano José. Dont go out
into the street after six