Сто лет одиночества

           "We’regoingtowar."GerineldoMárquezdidnotbelievehim.

           "Withwhatweapons?"heasked.

           "Withtheirs,"Aurelianoreplied.

           Tuesdayatmidnightinamadoperation,twenty-onemenundertheageofthirtycommandedbyAurelianoBuendía,armedwithtableknivesandsharpenedtools,tookthegarrisonbysurprise,seizedtheweapons,andinthecourtyardexecutedthecaptainandthefoursoldierswhohadkilledthewoman.

           Thatsamenight,whilethesoundofthefiringsquadcouldbeheard,Arcadiowasnamedcivilandmilitaryleaderofthetown.Themarriedrebelsbarelyhadtimetotakeleaveoftheirwives,whomtheylefttotheirourdevices.Theyleftatdawn,cheeredbythepeoplewhohadbeenliberatedfromtheterror,tojointheforcesoftherevolutionarygeneralVictorioMedina,who,accordingtothelatestreports,wasonhiswaytoManaure.Beforeleaving,AurelianobroughtDonApolinarMoscoteoutofacloset."Resteasy,father-in-law,"hetoldhim."Thenewgovernmentguaranteesonitswordofhonoryourpersonalsafetyandthatofyourfamily."DonApolinarMoscotehadtroubleidentifyingthatconspiratorinhighbootsandwitharifleslungoverhisshoulderwiththepersonhehadplayeddominoeswithuntilnineintheevening.

           "Thisismadness,Aurelito,"heexclaimed.