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Chapter 30

           IprobablycouldnotevengettoUdine.ThehellIcouldn’t.Thethingtodowastobecalmandnotgetshotorcaptured.

           "Didn’tyouhaveacanteenopen?"IaskedPiani.Hehandedittome.Itookalongdrink."Wemightaswellstart,"Isaid."There’snohurrythough.Doyouwanttoeatsomething?"

           "Thisisnoplacetostay,"Bonellosaid.

           "Allright.We’llstart."

           "Shouldwekeeponthissideoutofsight?"

           "We’dbebetteroffontop.Theymaycomealongthisbridgetoo.Wedon’twantthemontopofusbeforeweseethem."

           Wewalkedalongtherailroadtrack.Onbothsidesofusstretchedthewetplain.AheadacrosstheplainwasthehillofUdine.Theroofsfellawayfromthecastleonthehill.Wecouldseethecampanileandtheclock-tower.Thereweremanymulberrytreesinthefields.AheadIsawaplacewheretherailsweretornup.Thetieshadbeendugouttooandthrowndowntheembankment.

           "Down!down!"Aymosaid.Wedroppeddownbesidetheembankment.Therewasanothergroupofbicyclistspassingalongtheroad.Ilookedovertheedgeandsawthemgoon.

           "Theysawusbuttheywenton,"Aymosaid.

           "We’llgetkilledupthere,Tenente,"Bonellosaid.

           "Theydon’twantus,"Isaid."They’reaftersomethingelse.We’reinmoredangeriftheyshouldcomeonussuddenly."

           "I’dratherwalkhereoutofsight,"Bonellosaid.

           "Allright.We’llwalkalongthetracks."

           "Doyouthinkwecangetthrough?"Aymoasked.

           "Sure.Therearen’tverymanyofthemyet.

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