百年孤独是什么文学的代表作 世纪文学经典:《百年孤独》第3章Part 9

世纪文学经典:《百年孤独》第3章Part 9  

José Arcadio Buendía did not know exactly when his hands regained the useful strength with which he used to pull down horses. He grabbed Don Apolinar Moscote by the lapels and lifted him up to the level of his eyes.
"I'm doing this
" he said
"because I would rather carry you around alive and not have to keep carrying you around dead for the rest of my life."
In that way he carried him through the middle of the street
suspended by the lapels
until he put him down on his o feet on the swamp road. A week later he was back with six barefoot and ragged soldiers
armed with shotguns
and an oxcart in which his wife and seven daughters were traveling. Two other carts arrived later with the furniture
the baggage
and the household utensils. He settled his family in the Hotel Jacob
while he looked for a house
and he went back to open his office under the protection of the soldiers. The founders of Macondo
resolving to expel the invaders
went with their older sons to put themselves at the disposal of José Arcadio Buendía. But he was against it
as he explained
because it was not manly to make trouble for someone in front of his family
and Don Apolinar had returned with his wife and daughters. So he decided to resolve the situation in a pleasant way.
Aureliano went with him. About that time he had begun to cultivate the black mustache with waxed tips and the somewhat stentorian voice that would characterize him in the war. Unarmed
without paying any attention to the guards
they went into the magistrate's office. Don Apolinar Moscote did not lose his calm. He introduced them to o of his daughters who happened to be there: Amparo
sixteen
dark like her mother
and Remedios
only nine
a pretty little girl with lily-colored skin and green eyes. They were gracious and well--mannered. As soon as the men came in
before being introduced
they gave them chairs to sit on. But they both remained standing.
"Very well
my friend
" José Arcadio Buendía said
"you may stay here
not because you have those bandits with shotguns at the door
but out of consideration for your wife and daughters."
Don Apolinar Moscote was upset
but José Arcadio Buendía did not give him time to reply. "We only make o conditions
" he went on. "The first: that everyone can paint his house the color he feels like. The second: that the soldiers leave at once. We will guarantee order for you." The magistrate raised his right hand with all the fingers extended.
"Your word of honor?"
"The word of your enemy
" José Arcadio Buendía said. And he added in a bitter tone: "Because I must tell you one thing: you and I are still enemies."
The soldiers left that same afternoon. A few days later José Arcadio Buendía found a house for the magistrate's family. Everybody was at peace except Aureliano. The image of Remedios
the magistrate's younger daughter
who
because of her age
could have been his daughter
kept paining him in some part of his body. It was a physical sensation that almost bothered him when he walked
like a pebble in his shoe.