Chapter 26

           Itwasthreeo’clockintheafternoonbeforetheplanescame.Thesnowhadallbeengonebynoonandtherockswerehotnowinthesun.TherewerenocloudsintheskyandRobertJordansatintherockswithhisshirtoffbrowninghisbackinthesunandreadingthelettersthathadbeeninthepocketsofthedeadcavalryman.Fromtimetotimehewouldstopreadingtolookacrosstheopenslopetothelineofthetimber,lookoverthehighcountryaboveandthenreturntotheletters.Nomorecavalryhadappeared.AtintervalstherewouldbethesoundofashotfromthedirectionofElSordo’scamp.Butthefiringwasdesultory.

           FromexamininghismilitarypapersheknewtheboywasfromTafallainNavarra,twenty-oneyearsold,unmarried,andthesonofablacksmith.HisregimentwastheNthcavalry,whichsurprisedRobertJordan,forhehadbelievedthatregimenttobeintheNorth.HewasaCarlist,andhehadbeenwoundedatthefightingforIrunatthestartofthewar.

           I’veprobablyseenhimrunthroughthestreetsaheadofthebullsattheferiainPamplona,RobertJordanthought.Youneverkillanyonethatyouwanttokillinawar,hesaidtohimself.Well,hardlyever,heamendedandwentonreadingtheletters.

           Thefirstlettershereadwereveryformal,verycarefullywrittenanddealtalmostentirelywithlocalhappenings.

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