Robert Jordan pushed aside the saddle blanket that hung over the mouth of the cave and, stepping out, took a deep breath of the cold night air. The mist had cleared away and the stars were out. There was no wind, and, outside now of the warm air of the cave, heavy with smoke of both tobacco and charcoal, with the odor of cooked rice and meat, saffron, pimentos, and oil, the tarry, wine-spilled smell of the big skin hung beside the door, hung by the neck and the four legs extended, wine drawn from a plug fitted in one leg, wine that spilled a little onto the earth of the floor, settling the dust smell; out now from the odors of different herbs whose names he did not know that hung in bunches from the ceiling, with long ropes of garlic, away now from the copper-penny, red wine and garlic, horse sweat and man sweat dried in the clothing (acrid and gray the man sweat, sweet and sickly the dried brushed-off lather of horse sweat), of the men at the table, Robert Jordan breathed deeply of the clear night air of the mountains that smelled of the pines and of the dew on the grass in the meadow by the stream. Dew had fallen heavily since the wind had dropped, but, as he stood there, he thought there would be frost by morning.
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As he stood breathing deep and then listening to the night, he heard first, firing far away, and then he heard an owl cry in the timber below, where the horse corral was slung. Then inside the cave he could hear the gypsy starting to sing and the soft chording of a guitar.
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"_I had an inheritance from my father_," the artificially hardened voice rose harshly and hung there. Then went on:
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"_It was the moon and the sun_
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"_And though I roam all over the world_
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"_The spending of it's never done_."
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〔1〕 指用西班牙东北部加泰罗尼亚地区的方言加泰隆语谱写的民歌。
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The guitar thudded with chorded applause for the singer. "Good," Robert Jordan heard some one say. "Give us the Catalan, gypsy."
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"No."
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"Yes. Yes. The Catalan."
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"All right," the gypsy said and sang mournfully,
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"_My nose is flat_.
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"_My face is black_.
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"_But still I am a man_."
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"Ole!" some one said. "Go on, gypsy!"
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The gypsy's voice rose tragically and mockingly.
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"_Thank God I am a Negro_.
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"_And not a Catalan!_"
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"There is much noise," Pablo's voice said. "Shut up, gypsy."
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"Yes," he heard the woman's voice. "There is too much noise. You could call the _guardia civil_ with that voice and still it has no quality."
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"I know another verse," the gypsy said and the guitar commenced
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"Save it," the woman told him.
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The guitar stopped.
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"I am not good in voice tonight. So there is no loss," the gypsy said and pushing the blanket aside he came out into the dark.
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Robert Jordan watched him walk over to a tree and then come toward him.
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"Roberto," the gypsy said softly.
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"Yes, Rafael," he said. He knew the gypsy had been affected by the wine from his voice. He himself had drunk the two absinthes and some wine but his head was clear and cold from the strain of the difficulty with Pablo.
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"Why didst thou not kill Pablo?" the gypsy said very softly.
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"Why kill him?"
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"You have to kill him sooner or later. Why did you not approve of the moment?"
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"Do you speak seriously?"
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"What do you think they all waited for? What do you think the woman sent the girl away for? Do you believe that it is possible to continue after what has been said?"
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"That you all should kill him."
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"_Qu?va_," the gypsy said quietly. "That is your business. Three or four times we waited for you to kill him. Pablo has no friends."
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"I had the idea," Robert Jordan said. "But I left it."
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"Surely all could see that. Every one noted your preparations. Why didn't you do it?"
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"I thought it might molest you others or the woman."
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"_Qu?va_. And the woman waiting as a whore waits for the flight of the big bird. Thou art younger than thou appearest."
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"It is possible."
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"Kill him now," the gypsy urged.
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"That is to assassinate."
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"Even better," the gypsy said very softly. "Less danger. Go on. Kill him now."
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"I cannot in that way. It is repugnant to me and it is not how one should act for the cause."
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"Provoke him then," the gypsy said. "But you have to kill him. There is no remedy."
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As they spoke, the owl flew between the trees with the softness of all silence, dropping past them, then rising, the wings beating quickly, but with no noise of feathers moving as the bird hunted.
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"Look at him," the gypsy said in the dark. "Thus should men move."
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"And in the day, blind in a tree with crows around him," Robert Jordan said.
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"Rarely," said the gypsy. "And then by hazard. Kill him," he went on. "Do not let it become difficult."
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"Now the moment is passed."
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"Provoke it," the gypsy said. "Or take advantage of the quiet."
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The blanket that closed the cave door opened and light came out. Some one came toward where they stood.
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"It is a beautiful night," the man said in a heavy, dull voice. "We will have good weather."
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It was Pablo.
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He was smoking one of the Russian cigarettes and in the glow, as he drew on the cigarette, his round face showed. They could see his heavy, long-armed body in the starlight.
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"Do not pay any attention to the woman," he said to Robert Jordan. In the dark the cigarette glowed bright, then showed in his hand as he lowered it. "She is difficult sometimes. She is a good woman. Very loyal to the Republic." The light of the cigarette jerked slightly now as he spoke. He must be talking with it in the corner of his mouth, Robert Jordan thought. "We should have no difficulties. We are of accord. I am glad you have come." The cigarette glowed brightly. "Pay no attention to arguments," he said. "You are very welcome here.
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"Excuse me now," he said. "I go to see how they have picketed the horses."
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He went off through the trees to the edge of the meadow and they heard a horse nicker from below.
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"You see?" the gypsy said. "Now you see? In this way has the moment escaped."