Chapter 27

           ElSordowasmakinghisfightonahilltop.Hedidnotlikethishillandwhenhesawithethoughtithadtheshapeofachancre.Buthehadhadnochoiceexceptthishillandhehadpickeditasfarawayashecouldseeitandgallopedforit,theautomaticrifleheavyonhisback,thehorselaboring,barrelheavingbetweenhisthighs,thesackofgrenadesswingingagainstoneside,thesackofautomaticriflepansbangingagainsttheother,andJoaquínandIgnaciohaltingandfiring,haltingandfiringtogivehimtimetogettheguninplace.

           Therehadstillbeensnowthen,thesnowthathadruinedthem,andwhenhishorsewashitsothathewheezedinaslow,jerking,climbingstaggerupthelastpartofthecrest,splatteringthesnowwithabright,pulsingjet,Sordohadhauledhimalongbythebridle,thereinsoverhisshoulderasheclimbed.Heclimbedashardashecouldwiththebulletsspattingontherocks,withthetwosacksheavyonhisshoulders,andthen,holdingthehorsebythemane,hadshothimquickly,expertly,andtenderlyjustwherehehadneededhim,sothatthehorsepitched,headforwarddowntoplugagapbetweentworocks.Hehadgottentheguntofiringoverthehorse’sbackandhefiredtwopans,thegunclattering,theemptyshellspitchingintothesnow,thesmellofburnthairfromtheburnthidewherethehotmuzzlerested,himfiringatwhatcameuptothehill,forcingthemtoscatterforcover,whileallthetimetherewasachillinhisbackfromnotknowingwhatwasbehindhim.

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