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Chapter 18

           Thereweresomehonestmisguidedpeople.Therewasonefairlygoodbrainandtherewasalittlefascistmoney.Notmuch.ThepoorP.O.U.M.Theywereverysillypeople."

           "Butweremanykilledintheputsch?"

           "Notsomanyaswereshotafterwardsorwillbeshot.TheP.O.U.M.Itislikethename.Notserious.TheyshouldhavecalledittheM.U.M.P.S.ortheM.E.A.S.L.E.S.Butno.TheMeaslesismuchmoredangerous.Itcanaffectbothsightandhearing.Buttheymadeoneplotyouknowtokillme,tokillWalter,tokillModestoandtokillPrieto.Youseehowbadlymixeduptheywere?Wearenotatallalike.PoorP.O.U.M.Theyneverdidkillanybody.Notatthefrontnoranywhereelse.AfewinBarcelona,yes."

           "Wereyouthere?"

           "Yes.IhavesentacabledescribingthewickednessofthatinfamousorganizationofTrotskyitemurderersandtheirfascistmachinationsallbeneathcontemptbut,betweenus,itisnotveryserious,theP.O.U.M.Ninwastheironlyman.Wehadhimbutheescapedfromourhands."

           "Whereishenow?"

           "InParis.WesayheisinParis.Hewasaverypleasantfellowbutwithbadpoliticalaberrations."

           "Buttheywereincommunicationwiththefascists,weren’tthey?"

           "Whoisnot?"

           "Wearenot."

           "Whoknows?Ihopewearenot.Yougooftenbehindtheirlines,"hegrinned."ButthebrotherofoneofthesecretariesoftheRepublicanEmbassyatParismadeatriptoSt.JeandeLuzlastweektomeetpeoplefromBurgos."

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