Сто лет одиночества
Chapter 6
It’seasytounderstandthatunderthepresentcircumstancesapersoncan’tcarryanythingthatwouldcompromisehim."
Ashewasspeakinghereachedintohisbodiceandtookoutasmallgoldfish."Ithinkthatthiswillbesufficient,"hesaid.ArcadiocouldseethatindeeditwasoneofthelittlefishesmadebyColonelAurelianoBuendía.Butanyonecouldhaveboughtitbeforethewarorstolenit,andithadnomeritasasafe-conductpass.Themessengerevenwenttotheextremeofviolatingamilitarysecretsothattheywouldbelievehisidentity.HerevealedthathewasonamissiontoCura鏰o,wherehehopedtorecruitexilesfromallovertheCaribbeanandacquirearmsandsuppliessufficienttoattemptalandingattheendoftheyear.Withfaithinthatplan,ColonelAurelianoBuendíawasnotinfavorofanyuselesssacrificesatthattime.ButArcadiowasinflexible.Hehadtheprisonerputintothestocksuntilhecouldprovehisidentityandheresolvedtodefendthetowntothedeath.
Hedidnothavelongtowait.ThenewsoftheLiberaldefeatwasmoreandmoreconcrete.TowardtheendMarch,beforeadawnofprematurerain,thetensecalmofthepreviousweekswasabruptlybrokenbythedesperatesoundsofacornetandacannonshotthatknockeddownthesteepleofthechurch.Actually,Arcadio’sdecisiontoresistwasmadness.Hehadonlyfiftypoorlyarmedmenwitharationoftwentycartridgesapiece.
