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Chapter 25

           Heheardthefiringclearlyhereandashelookedacrossthecountry,hesaw,faroff,acrossthedistantvalleywherethecountryrosesteeplyagain,atroopofcavalryrideoutofthetimberandcrossthesnowysloperidinguphillinthedirectionofthefiring.Hesawtheoblongdoublelineofmenandhorsesdarkagainstthesnowastheyforcedatanangleupthehill.Hewatchedthedoublelinetoptheridgeandgointothefarthertimber.

           "Wehavetoaidthem,"Primitivosaid.Hisvoicewasdryandflat.

           "Itisimpossible,"RobertJordantoldhim."Ihaveexpectedthisallmorning."

           "How?"

           "Theywenttostealhorseslastnight.Thesnowstoppedandtheytrackedthemupthere."

           "Butwehavetoaidthem,"Primitivosaid."Wecannotleavethemalonetothis.Thoseareourcomrades."

           RobertJordanputhishandontheotherman’sshoulder.

           "Wecandonothing,"hesaid."IfwecouldIwoulddoit."

           "Thereisawaytoreachtherefromabove.Wecantakethatwaywiththehorsesandthetwoguns.Thisonebelowandthine.Wecanaidthemthus."

           "Listen"RobertJordansaid.

           "ThatiswhatIlistento,"Primitivosaid.

           Thefiringwasrollinginoverlappingwaves.Thentheyheardthenoiseofhandgrenadesheavyandsoddeninthedryrollingoftheautomaticriflefire.

           "Theyarelost,"RobertJordansaid."Theywerelostwhenthesnowstopped.Ifwegotherewearelost,too.Itisimpossibletodividewhatforcewehave."

           TherewasagraystubbleofbeardstippledoverPrimitivo’sjaws,hislipandhisneck.

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