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Chapter 1

           "Iwilltakeit,"Pablotoldhim,andinhissullennesstherewasasadnessthatwasdisturbingtoRobertJordan.Heknewthatsadnessandtoseeithereworriedhim.

           "Givemethecarbinethen,"hesaidandwhenPablohandedittohim,heslungitoverhisbackand,withthetwomenclimbingaheadofhim,theywentheavily,pullingandclimbingupthegraniteshelfandoveritsupperedgetowheretherewasagreenclearingintheforest.

           TheyskirtedtheedgeofthelittlemeadowandRobertJordan,stridingeasilynowwithoutthepack,thecarbinepleasantlyrigidoverhisshoulderaftertheheavy,sweatingpackweight,noticedthatthegrasswascroppeddowninseveralplacesandsignsthatpicketpinshadbeendrivenintotheearth.Hecouldseeatrailthroughthegrasswherehorseshadbeenledtothestreamtodrinkandtherewasthefreshmanureofseveralhorses.Theypicketthemheretofeedatnightandkeepthemoutofsightinthetimberinthedaytime,hethought.IwonderhowmanyhorsesthisPablohas?

           Herememberednownoticing,withoutrealizingit,thatPablo’strouserswerewornsoapyshinyinthekneesandthighs.Iwonderifhehasapairofbootsorifheridesinthosealpargatas,hethought.Hemusthavequiteanoutfit.ButIdon’tlikethatsadness,hethought.Thatsadnessisbad.That’sthesadnesstheygetbeforetheyquitorbeforetheybetray.Thatisthesadnessthatcomesbeforethesell-out.

           Aheadofthemahorsewhinniedinthetimberandthen,throughthebrowntrunksofthepinetrees,onlyalittlesunlightcomingdownthroughtheirthick,almost-touchingtops,hesawthecorralmadebyropingaroundthetreetrunks.

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