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Chapter 14

           "Thatwinter,"Pilarsaid."HeneverrecoveredfromthatlastblowwiththeflatofthehorninZaragoza.Theyareworsethanagoring,fortheinjuryisinternalanditdoesnotheal.Hereceivedonealmosteverytimehewentintokillanditwasforthisreasonhewasnotmoresuccessful.Itwasdifficultforhimtogetoutfromoverthehornbecauseofhisshortstature.Nearlyalwaysthesideofthehornstruckhim.Butofcoursemanywereonlyglancingblows."

           "Ifhewassoshortheshouldnothavetriedtobeamatador,"Primitivosaid.

           PilarlookedatRobertJordanandshookherhead.Thenshebentoverthebigironpot,stillshakingherhead.

           Whatapeopletheyare,shethought.WhatapeoplearetheSpaniards,"andifhewassoshortheshouldnothavetriedtobeamatador."AndIhearitandsaynothing.IhavenorageforthatandhavingmadeanexplanationIamsilent.Howsimpleitiswhenoneknowsnothing.Quésencillo!Knowingnothingonesays,"Hewasnotmuchofamatador."Knowingnothinganothersays,"Hewastubercular."Andanothersays,afterone,knowing,hasexplained,"Ifhewassoshortheshouldnothavetriedtobeamatador."

           Now,bendingoverthefire,shesawonthebedagainthenakedbrownbodywiththegnarledscarsinboththighs,thedeep,searedwhorlbelowtheribsontherightsideofthechestandthelongwhiteweltalongthesidethatendedinthearmpit.Shesawtheeyesclosedandthesolemnbrownfaceandthecurlyblackhairpushedbacknowfromtheforeheadandshewassittingbyhimonthebedrubbingthelegs,chafingthetautmusclesofthecalves,kneadingthem,looseningthem,andthentappingthemlightlywithherfoldedhands,looseningthecrampedmuscles.

           "Howisit?"shesaidtohim."Howarethelegs,littleone?"

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