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Chapter 18

           "Ourglorioustroopscontinuetoadvancewithoutlosingafootofground,"KarkovrepeatedinEnglish."Itisinthecommuniqué.Iwillfinditforyou."

           YoucouldrememberthemenyouknewwhodiedinthefightingaroundPozoblanco;butitwasajokeatGaylord’s.

           SothatwasthewayitwasatGaylord’snow.StilltherehadnotalwaysbeenGaylord’sandifthesituationwasnowonewhichproducedsuchathingasGaylord’soutofthesurvivorsoftheearlydays,hewasgladtoseeGaylord’sandtoknowaboutit.YouarealongwayfromhowyoufeltintheSierraandatCarabanchelandatUsera,hethought.Youcorruptveryeasily,hethought.Butwasitcorruptionorwasitmerelythatyoulostthenaïvetéthatyoustartedwith?Woulditnotbethesameinanything?Whoelsekeptthatfirstchastityofmindabouttheirworkthatyoungdoctors,youngpriests,andyoungsoldiersusuallystartedwith?Thepriestscertainlykeptit,ortheygotout.IsupposetheNaziskeepit,hethought,andtheCommunistswhohaveasevereenoughself-discipline.ButlookatKarkov.

           HenevertiredofconsideringthecaseofKarkov.ThelasttimehehadbeenatGaylord’sKarkovhadbeenwonderfulaboutacertainBritisheconomistwhohadspentmuchtimeinSpain.RobertJordanhadreadthisman’swritingforyearsandhehadalwaysrespectedhimwithoutknowinganythingabouthim.HehadnotcaredverymuchforwhatthismanhadwrittenaboutSpain.

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