Chapter 3

           Theycamedownthelasttwohundredyards,movingcarefullyfromtreetotreeintheshadowsandnow,throughthelastpinesofthesteephillside,thebridgewasonlyfiftyyardsaway.Thelateafternoonsunthatstillcameoverthebrownshoulderofthemountainshowedthebridgedarkagainstthesteepemptinessofthegorge.Itwasasteelbridgeofasinglespanandtherewasasentryboxateachend.Itwaswideenoughfortwomotorcarstopassanditspanned,insolid-flungmetalgrace,adeepgorgeatthebottomofwhich,farbelow,abrookleapedinwhitewaterthroughrocksandbouldersdowntothemainstreamofthepass.

           ThesunwasinRobertJordan’seyesandthebridgeshowedonlyinoutline.Thenthesunlessenedandwasgoneandlookingupthroughthetreesatthebrown,roundedheightthatithadgonebehind,hesaw,now,thathenolongerlookedintotheglare,thatthemountainslopewasadelicatenewgreenandthattherewerepatchesofoldsnowunderthecrest.

           Thenhewaswatchingthebridgeagaininthesuddenshorttruenessofthelittlelightthatwouldbeleft,andstudyingitsconstruction.Theproblemofitsdemolitionwasnotdifficult.Ashewatchedhetookoutanotebookfromhisbreastpocketandmadeseveralquicklinesketches.Ashemadethedrawingshedidnotfigurethecharges.Hewoulddothatlater.Nowhewasnotingthepointswheretheexplosiveshouldbeplacedinordertocutthesupportofthespananddropasectionofitintothegorge.Itcouldbedoneunhurriedly,scientificallyandcorrectlywithahalfdozenchargeslaidandbracedtoexplodesimultaneously;oritcouldbedoneroughlywithtwobigones.Theywouldneedtobeverybigones,onoppositesidesandshouldgoatthesametime.Hesketchedquicklyandhappily;gladatlasttohavetheproblemunderhishand;gladatlastactuallytobeengageduponit.

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