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Chapter 10

           "ImyselfhadfeltmuchemotionattheshootingoftheguardiacivilbyPablo,"Pilarsaid."Itwasathingofgreatugliness,butIhadthoughtifthisishowitmustbe,thisishowitmustbe,andatleasttherewasnocruelty,onlythedeprivingoflifewhich,asweallhavelearnedintheseyears,isathingofuglinessbutalsoanecessitytodoifwearetowin,andtopreservetheRepublic.

           "Whenthesquarehadbeenclosedoffandthelinesformed,IhadadmiredandunderstooditasaconceptionofPablo,althoughitseemedtometobesomewhatfantasticandthatitwouldbenecessaryforallthatwastobedonetobedoneingoodtasteifitwerenottoberepugnant.Certainlyifthefascistsweretobeexecutedbythepeople,itwasbetterforallthepeopletohaveapartinit,andIwishedtosharetheguiltasmuchasany,justasIhopedtoshareinthebenefitswhenthetownshouldbeours.ButafterDonGuillermoIfeltafeelingofshameanddistaste,andwiththecomingofthedrunkardsandtheworthlessonesintothelines,andtheabstentionofthosewholeftthelinesasaprotestafterDonGuillermo,IwishedthatImightdisassociatemyselfaltogetherfromthelines,andIwalkedaway,acrossthesquare,andsatdownonabenchunderoneofthebigtreesthatgaveshadethere.

           "Twopeasantsfromthelineswalkedover,talkingtogether,andoneofthemcalledtome,‘Whatpasseswiththee,Pilar?’

           "‘Nothing,man,’Itoldhim.

           "‘Yes,’hesaid.‘Speak.Whatpasses.

           "‘IthinkthatIhaveabelly-full,’Itoldhim.

           "‘Us,too,’hesaidandtheybothsatdownonthebench.Oneofthemhadaleatherwineskinandhehandedittome.

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