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Chapter 27

           TheyounglieutenantwhowasdeaduptheslopehadbeenthebestfriendofthisotherlieutenantwhowasnamedPacoBerrendoandwhowaslisteningtotheshoutingofthecaptain,whowasobviouslyinastateofexaltation.

           "Thosearetheswinewhoshotmysisterandmymother,"thecaptainsaid.Hehadaredfaceandablond,British-lookingmoustacheandtherewassomethingwrongabouthiseyes.Theywerealightblueandthelasheswerelight,too.Asyoulookedatthemtheyseemedtofocusslowly.Then"Reds,"heshouted."Cowards!"andcommencedcursingagain.

           Hestoodabsolutelyclearnowand,sightingcarefully,firedhispistolattheonlytargetthatthehilltoppresented:thedeadhorsethathadbelongedtoSordo.Thebulletthrewupapuffofdirtfifteenyardsbelowthehorse.Thecaptainfiredagain.Thebullethitarockandsungoff.

           Thecaptainstoodtherelookingatthehilltop.TheLieutenantBerrendowaslookingatthebodyoftheotherlieutenantjustbelowthesummit.Thesniperwaslookingatthegroundunderhiseyes.Thenhelookedupatthecaptain.

           "Thereisnoonealiveupthere,"thecaptainsaid."Thou,"hesaidtothesniper,"goupthereandsee."

           Thesniperlookeddown.Hesaidnothing.

           "Don’tyouhearme?"thecaptainshoutedathim.

           "Yes,mycaptain,"thesnipersaid,notlookingathim.

           "Thengetupandgo."Thecaptainstillhadhispistolout."Doyouhearme?"

           "Yes,mycaptain."

           "Whydon’tyougo,then?"

           "Idon’twantto,mycaptain."

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