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Chapter 42

           AsGomezstartedthemotorcycleaheadontothenowclearright-handsideoftheroadpastthewreckedtruck,Andrés,holdingtightagain,sawthecontrolguardhaltinganothertruckandthedriverleaningfromthecabandlisteningtohim.

           Nowtheywentfast,swoopingalongtheroadthatmountedsteadilytowardthemountain.Allforwardtraffichadbeenstalledatthecontrolandtherewereonlythedescendingtruckspassing,passingandpassingontheirleftasthemotorcycleclimbedfastandsteadilynowuntilitbegantoovertakethemountingtrafficwhichhadgoneonaheadbeforethedisasteratthecontrol.

           Stillwithoutlightstheypassedfourmorearmoredcars,thenalonglineoftrucksloadedwithtroops.ThetroopsweresilentinthedarkandatfirstAndrésonlyfelttheirpresencerisingabovehim,bulkingabovethetruckbodiesthroughthedustastheypassed.Thenanotherstaffcamebehindthemblastingwithitsklaxonandflickingitslightsoffandon,andeachtimethelightsshoneAndréssawthetroops,steel-helmeted,theirriflesvertical,theirmachinegunspointedupagainstthedarksky,etchedsharpagainstthenightthattheydroppedintowhenthelightflickedoff.Onceashepassedclosetoatrooptruckandthelightsflashedhesawtheirfacesfixedandsadinthesuddenlight.

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