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Chapter 10

           Cartswerepiledexactlyasforacapeaexceptthatthesidetowardtheriverwasnotenclosed.Thatwasleftopen.ThenPabloorderedthepriesttoconfessthefascistsandgivethemthenecessarysacraments."

           "Wherewasthisdone?"

           "IntheAyuntamiento,asIsaid.Therewasagreatcrowdoutsideandwhilethiswasgoingoninsidewiththepriest,therewassomelevityoutsideandshoutingofobscenities,butmostofthepeoplewereveryseriousandrespectful.Thosewhomadejokeswerethosewhowerealreadydrunkfromthecelebrationofthetakingofthebarracksandtherewereuselesscharacterswhowouldhavebeendrunkatanytime.

           "Whilethepriestwasengagedintheseduties,Pabloorganizedthoseintheplazaintotwolines.

           "Heplacedthemintwolinesasyouwouldplacemenforaropepullingcontest,orastheystandinacitytowatchtheendingofabicycleroadracewithjustroomforthecycliststopassbetween,orasmenstoodtoallowthepassageofaholyimageinaprocession.TwometerswasleftbetweenthelinesandtheyextendedfromthedooroftheAyuntamientoclearacrosstheplazatotheedgeofthecliff.Sothat,fromthedoorwayoftheAyuntamiento,lookingacrosstheplaza,onecomingoutwouldseetwosolidlinesofpeoplewaiting.

           "Theywerearmedwithflailssuchasareusedtobeatoutthegrainandtheywereagoodflail’slengthapart.Alldidnothaveflails,asenoughflailscouldnotbeobtained.ButmosthadflailsobtainedfromthestoreofDonGuillermoMartín,whowasafascistandsoldallsortsofagriculturalimplements.Andthosewhodidnothaveflailshadheavyherdsman’sclubs,orox-goads,andsomehadwoodenpitchforks;thosewithwoodentinesthatareusedtoforkthechaffandstrawintotheairaftertheflailing.

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