The plan is the result of his desire to possess Bandeira's most important symbols of power: his horse, his saddle, and his woman with the bright red hair. Little by little, Otálora becomes more greedy and ambitious, taking more risks, making more decisions, and befriending Bandeira's body guard, Ulpiano Suárez, to whom he reveals his secret plan to take Bandeira's place as leader of the group. Having earned Bandeira's trust and gratitude, Otálora joins his band of gaucho smugglers. While searching for this Bandeira, he participates in a knife fight and blocks a lethal blow intended for the man he discovers later to be Bandeira himself. He heads for Uruguay with a letter of introduction for Azevedo Bandeira, a local caudillo. The story deals with the life of a young compadrito from Buenos Aires, Benjamín Otálora, who has killed a man and must leave the country. It was first published in the magazine Sur (#145) in November 1946 and appears in the 1949 short story collection The Aleph. " The Dead Man" (original Spanish title: "El Muerto") is a short story by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. Short story by Jorge Luis Borges "The Dead Man"
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