One Hundred Years of Solitude

soldier than at that time. The
certainty that he was finally
fighting for his own liberation
and not for abstract ideals, for
slogans that politicians could
twist left and right according
to the circumstances, filled
him with an ardent
enthusiasm. Colonel
Gerineldo Márquez, who
fought for defeat with as
much conviction and loyalty
as he had previously fought
for victory, reproached him