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Chapter 49

           Withoutwarningthesoldierbehindhimjabbedhiminthesmallofthebacksomethingthatcouldnotbefaked.Isawit,Isawhisspasmicjerkforward,andtheorsoitsoundedabsolutelyauthenticgaspofpainthejabcaused.Hestumbledonanotherfiveorsixyards.Thenthecolonelspatoneword.Theguardsreachedroughlyoutandbroughthimtoahalt.Thethreemenstoodthereinthepath,facingdownhill.Thecolonelmoveddowntojustinfrontofme,hislieutenantlimpingbesidehim;bothbackstome.Anothersilence;thepantingoftheman.Thenalmostatoncecameanotherfigure,exactlythesame,handstiedbehindhisback,twosoldiersbehindhim.IknewbythenwhereIwas.Iwasbackin1943,tenyearsbefore;IwaslookingatcapturedResistancefighters.Thesecondmanwasobviouslythekapetan,theleaderheavilybuilt,aboutforty,somesixfeettall.Hehadonenakedarminaropesling,aroughbandagecoveredinbloodroundhisupperarm.Itseemedtohavebeenmadefromthesleevetornoffhisshirt;wastoothintostaunchtheblood.Hecamedownthepathtowardsme;amagnificentKlephtfacewithaheavyblackmoustache,anaccipitralnose.IhadseensuchfacesonceortwiceinthePeloponnesus,butIknewwherethismancamefrom,becauseoverhisforeheadhestillworethefringedblackheadbandoftheCretanmountaineer.Icouldseehimstandinginsomeearlynineteenth-centuryprint,infolkcostume,silver-handledyataghanandpistolsinhisbelt,thenoblebrigandoftheByronicmyth.

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