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           Aftersixteendefeats,ColonelAurelianoBuendíaleftGuajirawithtwothousandwell-armedIndiansandthegarrison,whichwastakenbysurpriseasitslept,abandonedRiohacha.Heestablishedhisheadquartersthereandproclaimedtotalwaragainsttheregime.ThefirstmessagehereceivedfromthegovernmentwasathreattoshootColonelGerineldoMárquezwithinforty-eighthoursifhedidnotwithdrawwithhisforcestotheeasternfrontier.ColonelRoqueCarnicero,whowashischiefofstaffthen,gavehimthetelegramwithalookconsternation,buthereaditwithunforeseenjoy.

           "Howwonderful!"heexclaimed."WehaveatelegraphofficeinMacondonow."

           Hisreplywasdefinitive.InthreemonthsheexpectedtoestablishhisheadquartersinMacondo.IfhedidnotfindColonelGerineldoMárquezaliveatthattimehewouldshootoutofhandalloftheofficersheheldprisoneratthatmomentstartingwiththegenerals,andhewouldgiveorderstohissubordinatestodothesamefortherestofthewar.Threemonthslater,whenheenteredMacondointriumph,thefirstembracehereceivedontheswamproadwasthatofColonelGerineldoMárquez.

           Thehousewasfullofchildren.úrsulahadtakeninSantaSofíadelaPiedadwithherolderdaughterandapairoftwins,whohadbeenbornfivemonthsafterArcadiohadbeenshot.Contrarytothevictim’slastwishes,shebaptizedthegirlwiththenameofRemedios.I’msurethatwaswhatArcadiomeant,"shealleged."Wewon’tcallherúrsula,becauseapersonsufferstoomuchthatname."