Сто лет одиночества

           ThenumerousredballotsthatappearedistheboxandthatwereattributedbyDonApolinarMoscotetothecuriositythatcamefromyouthwerepartofhisplan:hemadehisdisciplesvoteinordertoshowthemthatelectionswereafarce."Theonlyeffectivething,"hewouldsay,"isviolence."ThemajorityofAureliano’sfriendswereenthusiasticovertheideaofliquidatingtheConservativeestablishment,butnoonehaddaredincludehimintheplans,notonlybecauseofhistieswiththemagistrate,butbecauseofhissolitaryandelusivecharacter.Itwasknown,furthermore,thathehadvotedblueathisfather-in-law’sdirection.Soitwasasimplematterofchancethatherevealedhispoliticalsentiments,anditwaspurelyamattercuriosity,acaprice,thatbroughthimtovisitthedoctorforthetreatmentofapainthathedidnothave.Inthedenthatsmelledofcamphoratedcobwebshefoundhimselffacingakindofdustyiguanawhoselungswhistledwhenhebreathed.Beforeaskinghimanyquestionsthedoctortookhimtothewindowexaminedtheinsideofhislowereyelid."It’snotthere,"Aurelianosaid,followingwhattheytoldhim.Hepushedthetipsofhisfingersintohisliverandadded:"Here’swhereIhavethepainthatwon’tletmesleep."ThenDr.Nogueraclosedthewindowwiththepretextthattherewastoomuchsun,andexplainedtohiminsimpletermsthatitwasapatrioticdutytoassassinateConservatives.ForseveraldaysAurelianocarriedasmallbottleofpillsinhisshirtpocket.