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           AtduskúrsulavisitedColonelAurelianoBuendíainjail.ShehadtriedtogetpermissionthroughDonApolinarMoscote,buthehadlostallauthorityinthefaceofthemilitaryomnipotence.FatherNicanorwasinbedwithhepaticfever.TheparentsofColonelGerineldoMárquez,whohadnotbeencondemnedtodeath,hadtriedtoseehimandweredrivenoffwithriflebutts.Facingtheimpossibilityoffindinganyonetointervene,convincedthathersonwouldbeshotatdawn,úrsulawrappedupthethingsshewantedtobringhimandwenttothejailalone.

           Thesentriesblockedherway."I’mgoingininanycase,"úrsulawarnedthem."Soifyouhaveorderstoshoot,startrightin."Shepushedoneofthemasideandwentintotheformerclassroom,whereagroupofhalf-dressedsoldierswereoilingtheirweapons.Anofficerinafielduniform,ruddy-faced,withverythickglassesandceremoniousmanners,signaledtothesentriestowithdraw.

           "IamthemotherofColonelAurelianoBuendía,"úrsularepeated.

           "Youmustmean,"theofficercorrectedwithafriendlysmile,"thatyouarethemotherofMisterAurelianoBuendía."úrsularecognizedinhisaffectedwayofspeakingthelanguidcadenceofthestuck-uppeoplefromthehighlands.

           Thereweresuperiorordersthatprohibitedvisitstoprisonerscondemnedtodeath,buttheofficerassumedtheresponsibilityoflettingherhaveafifteen-minutestay.