At dawn, worn out by thetormented vigil, he appeared
in the cell an hour before the
execution. The farce is over,
old friend, he said to Colonel
Gerineldo Márquez. Lets get
out of here before the
mosquitoes in here execute
you. Colonel Gerineldo
Márquez could not repress
the disdain that was inspired
in him by that attitude.
No, Aureliano, he replied.