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Chapter 29

           Hetolditfromthebeginningandinorderwiththewonderfulmemoryofthosewhocannotreadorwrite,andtwice,whilehewastalking,Pabloreachedoutformorewinefromthebowl.

           "TherewasalsothecavalrywhichenteredLaGranjafromthehighcountrywhereElSordofought,"Anselmowenton.

           Thenhetoldthenumberofthewoundedhehadseenandthenumberofthedeadacrossthesaddles.

           "TherewasabundlepackedacrossonesaddlethatIdidnotunderstand,"hesaid."ButnowIknowitwastheheads."Hewentonwithoutpausing."Itwasasquadronofcavalry.Theyhadonlyoneofficerleft.Hewasnottheonewhowashereintheearlymorningwhenyouwerebythegun.Hemusthavebeenoneofthedead.Twoofthedeadwereofficersbytheirsleeves.Theywerelashedfacedownoverthesaddles,theirarmshanging.AlsotheyhadthemáquinaofElSordotiedtothesaddlethatboretheheads.Thebarrelwasbent.Thatisall,"hefinished.

           "Itisenough,"RobertJordansaidanddippedhiscupintothewinebowl."WhobesideyouhasbeenthroughthelinestothesideoftheRepublic?"

           "AndrésandEladio."

           "Whichisthebetterofthosetwo?"

           "Andrés."

           "HowlongwouldittakehimtogettoNavacerradafromhere?"

           "Carryingnopackandtakinghisprecautions,inthreehourswithluck.Wecamebyalonger,saferroutebecauseofthematerial."

           "Hecansurelymakeit?"

           "Nosé,thereisnosuchthingassurely."

           "Notfortheeeither?"

           "Nay."

           Thatdecidesthat,RobertJordanthoughttohimself.

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