![]() ![]() ![]() Shortly thereafter, it is revealed that Maria had her head shaved as a prisoner in Valadolid, and that the guerillas rescued her from the wreckage of a blown-up train. She is beautiful, despite her cropped haircut, and he is struck by her. Pablo and Anselmo lead Jordan to their camp, where Jordan encounters Maria, a member of the guerilla group. Jordan immediately takes a disliking to Pablo, who is sullen and uncooperative. Anselmo introduces Jordan to Pablo, the “boss” of the group of guerilla fighters to which Anselmo belongs. Two nights before, Golz, a Soviet officer working for the Republicans, ordered Jordan to blow up the bridge, thus preventing the Republicans’ opponents, the Fascists, from entering the area and quelling their offensive. The young man, Robert Jordan, is an American Spanish teacher fighting for the Spanish Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War, and the older man is Anselmo, his guide to the mountain region. A young man and an older man meet in the mountainside and discuss a bridge in the distance. ![]()
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