Chapter 9 Summary

They stood at the mouth of the cave and watched the planes pass. Maria thinks they look like death, but Pilar tells her they look like planes. They go back into the cave to wait for the planes to pass. Pilar asks if Robert Jordan slept well and asks if he and Maria made love. When he refuses to answer, she knows they did and tells him to be careful with the girl. Pilar talks of Maria going with Robert Jordan, but he says he cannot have a woman where he goes.

Robert Jordan asks Pilar how she ended up with Pablo. She tells him it happened at the start of the movement. Pablo was something then, but now he is finished. The night before she and Pablo spoke of Robert Jordan and the bridge. Pablo cried and told Pilar he is afraid...