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Chapter 40

           Butheshookhisheadandsaidnothingashestoreditallawayforsometimeinthefuture.HehadstoredmuchintheyearandahalfinwhichhehadrisentothecommandofabattalionintheSierraandnow,astheLieutenant-Colonelcameintotheroominhispajamashedrewhimselfstiffandsaluted.

           TheLieutenant-ColonelMiranda,whowasashort,gray-facedman,whohadbeeninthearmyallhislife,whohadlosttheloveofhiswifeinMadridwhilehewaslosinghisdigestioninMorocco,andbecomeaRepublicanwhenhefoundhecouldnotdivorcehiswife(therewasneveranyquestionofrecoveringhisdigestion),hadenteredthecivilwarasaLieutenant-Colonel.Hehadonlyoneambition,tofinishthewarwiththesamerank.HehaddefendedtheSierrawellandhewantedtobeleftalonetheretodefenditwheneveritwasattacked.Hefeltmuchhealthierinthewar,probablyduetotheforcedcurtailmentofthenumberofmeatcourses,hehadanenormousstockofsodium-bicarbonate,hehadhiswhiskeyintheevening,histwenty-three-year-oldmistresswashavingababy,aswerenearlyalltheothergirlswhohadstartedoutasmilicianasintheJulyoftheyearbefore,andnowhecameintotheroom,noddedinanswertoGomez’ssaluteandputouthishand.

           "Whatbringsthee,Gomez?"heaskedandthen,totheofficeratthedeskwhowashischiefofoperation,"Givemeacigarette,please,Pepe."

           GomezshowedhimAndrés’spapersandthedispatch.

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