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Chapter 18

           HehadnotarrivedinMadriduntilJanuaryandwhileRobertJordanhadfoughtatCarabanchelandatUserainthosethreedayswhentheystoppedtherightwingofthefascistattackonMadridanddrovetheMoorsandtheTerciobackfromhousetohousetoclearthatbatteredsuburbontheedgeofthegray,sun-bakedplateauandestablishalineofdefensealongtheheightsthatwouldprotectthatcornerofthecity,KarkovhadbeeninMadrid.

           Karkovwasnotcynicalaboutthosetimeseitherwhenhetalked.Thosewerethedaystheyallsharedwheneverythinglookedlostandeachmanretainednow,betterthananycitationordecoration,theknowledgeofjusthowhewouldactwheneverythinglookedlost.Thegovernmenthadabandonedthecity,takingallthemotorcarsfromtheministryofwarintheirflightandoldMiajahadtoridedowntoinspecthisdefensivepositionsonabicycle.RobertJordandidnotbelievethatone.HecouldnotseeMiajaonabicycleeveninhismostpatrioticimagination,butKarkovsaiditwastrue.ButthenhehadwrittenitforRussianpaperssoheprobablywantedtobelieveitwastrueafterwritingit.

           ButtherewasanotherstorythatKarkovhadnotwritten.HehadthreewoundedRussiansinthePalaceHotelforwhomhewasresponsible.

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