What does he say?' he asked. 'He’s very sad,’ Úrsula answered, ‘becaus…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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What does he say?' he asked. 'He’s very sad,’ Úrsula answered, ‘because he thinks that you’re going to die.' 'Tell him,' the colonel said, smiling, 'that a person doesn’t die when he should but when he can.
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