1:18:01
I can hear the pistol even now
and see the head of each man fall.
1:18:07
One held his head still
when the pistol touched it.
1:18:10
One shivered in his whole body
and his head was shaking.
1:18:14
Only one put his hands in front of his
eyes and he was the last one.
1:18:18
The hat fell from his head
and Pablo said, "Pilar, he's polite.
1:18:24
He takes off his hat
for a woman like you!"
1:18:32
A crowd was gathering
in the plaza before the city hall.
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"Why is it done this way?",
they asked Pablo.
1:18:39
"To save bullets," he said,
"and to make all of you share in it."
1:18:43
I had picked up that hat
and a man said,
1:18:47
"Pilar, that's bad taste.
We're done with civil guards now."
1:18:59
Drunkards yelled,
as if at a bullfight,
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"Let the bull out!
Pablo, let the bull out!"
1:19:05
And then everyone shouted,
"Here comes the first one!"
1:19:08
It was Don Perito García, the mayor.
1:19:12
He walked between the lines
and nothing happened.
1:19:16
He passed two men, four men,
1:19:20
eight men, and nothing happened.
1:19:23
From the roof someone shouted,
"What's the matter, coward?"
1:19:27
But nothing happened.
1:19:30
I was watching one man
who had a dispute with the mayor
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about a piece of land,
and who hated him.
1:19:36
And it was this man
who first raised his flail.
1:19:53
Don Faustino Rivera
was known as an annoyer of girls.
1:19:57
He wanted to be known as a bullfighter
and went much with them and Gypsies.