Chapter 40

           DuringthetimethatRobertJordanhadsleptthrough,thetimehehadspentplanningthedestructionofthebridgeandthetimethathehadbeenwithMaria,Andréshadmadeslowprogress.UntilhehadreachedtheRepublicanlineshehadtravelledacrosscountryandthroughthefascistlinesasfastasacountrymaningoodphysicalconditionwhoknewthecountrywellcouldtravelinthedark.ButonceinsidetheRepublicanlinesitwentveryslowly.

           Intheoryheshouldonlyhavehadtoshowthesafe-conductgivenhimbyRobertJordanstampedwiththesealoftheS.I.M.andthedispatchwhichborethesamesealandbepassedalongtowardhisdestinationwiththegreatestspeed.Butfirsthehadencounteredthecompanycommanderinthefrontlinewhohadregardedthewholemissionwithowlishlygravesuspicion.

           Hehadfollowedthiscompanycommandertobattalionheadquarterswherethebattalioncommander,whohadbeenabarberbeforethemovement,wasfilledwithenthusiasmonhearingtheaccountofhismission.Thiscommander,whowasnamedGomez,cursedthecompanycommanderforhisstupidity,pattedAndrésontheback,gavehimadrinkofbadbrandyandtoldhimthathehimself,theex-barber,hadalwayswantedtobeaguerrillero.Hehadthenrousedhisadjutant,turnedoverthebattaliontohim,andsenthisorderlytowakeupandbringhismotorcyclist.

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