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Chapter 18

           Itgaveyouapartinsomethingthatyoucouldbelieveinwhollyandcompletelyandinwhichyoufeltanabsolutebrotherhoodwiththeotherswhowereengagedinit.Itwassomethingthatyouhadneverknownbeforebutthatyouhadexperiencednowandyougavesuchimportancetoitandthereasonsforitthatyourowndeathseemedofcompleteunimportance;onlyathingtobeavoidedbecauseitwouldinterferewiththeperformanceofyourduty.Butthebestthingwasthattherewassomethingyoucoulddoaboutthisfeelingandthisnecessitytoo.Youcouldfight.

           Soyoufought,hethought.Andinthefightingsoontherewasnopurityoffeelingforthosewhosurvivedthefightingandweregoodatit.Notafterthefirstsixmonths.

           Thedefenseofapositionorofacityisapartofwarinwhichyoucanfeelthatfirstsortoffeeling.ThefightingintheSierrashadbeenthatway.Theyhadfoughttherewiththetruecomradeshipoftherevolution.Uptherewhentherehadbeenthefirstnecessityfortheenforcementofdisciplinehehadapprovedandunderstoodit.Undertheshellingmenhadbeencowardsandhadrun.Hehadseenthemshotandlefttoswellbesidetheroad,nobodybotheringtodomorethanstripthemoftheircartridgesandtheirvaluables.Takingtheircartridges,theirbootsandtheirleathercoatswasright.Takingthevaluableswasonlyrealistic.Itonlykepttheanarchistsfromgettingthem.

           Ithadseemedjustandrightandnecessarythatthemenwhoranwereshot.Therewasnothingwrongaboutit.

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