One Hundred Years of Solitude

woolen blanket, he listened in
silence to the brief proposals
of the emissaries. They asked
first that he renounce the
revision of property titles in
order to get back the support
of the Liberal landowners.
They asked, secondly, that he
renounce the fight against
clerical influence in order to
obtain the support of the
Catholic masses. They asked,
finally, that he renounce the
aim of equal rights for natural