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Chapter 27

           Hewastakingnochancesofanyonebeingaliveandwaitingfortheminthemessthatwasupthereandhethrewfourgrenadesintotheconfusionofdeadhorses,brokenandsplitrocks,andtornyellow-stainedexplosive-stinkingearthbeforeheclimbedoutofthebombcraterandwalkedovertohavealook.

           NoonewasaliveonthehilltopexcepttheboyJoaquín,whowasunconsciousunderthedeadbodyofIgnacio.Joaquínwasbleedingfromthenoseandfromtheears.HehadknownnothingandhadnofeelingsincehehadsuddenlybeenintheveryheartofthethunderandthebreathhadbeenwrenchedfromhisbodywhentheonebombstrucksocloseandLieutenantBerrendomadethesignofthecrossandthenshothiminthebackofthehead,asquicklyandasgently,ifsuchanabruptmovementcanbegentle,asSordohadshotthewoundedhorse.

           LieutenantBerrendostoodonthehilltopandlookeddowntheslopeathisowndeadandthenacrossthecountryseeingwheretheyhadgallopedbeforeSordohadturnedatbayhere.Henoticedallthedispositionsthathadbeenmadeofthetroopsandthenheorderedthedeadmen’shorsestobebroughtupandthebodiestiedacrossthesaddlessothattheymightbepackedintoLaGranja.

           "Takethatone,too,"hesaid."Theonewithhishandsontheautomaticrifle.ThatshouldbeSordo.Heistheoldestanditwashewiththegun.No.Cuttheheadoffandwrapitinaponcho."Heconsideredaminute."Youmightaswelltakealltheheads.Andoftheothersbelowontheslopeandwherewefirstfoundthem

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