Chapter 37 Summary

Maria wakes and they make love. She tells him there is no pain. Robert Jordan thanks her and says he loves her. She tells him they have had good fortune and Robert Jordan agrees. He silently wishes he were not going to die today. Robert Jordan thinks of Anselmo and Agustin and how much they have become like family in such a short time. Maria asks if he will come fast when the bridge is blown and he tells her he will. Maria rolls up the robe, while Robert Jordan enters the cave.

Chapter 37 Analysis

The theme of the saving power of love is seen in this chapter. Robert Jordan has grown to love not only Maria, but Anselmo and Agustin as well. It has only been a few days, but these people feel like family to Robert Jordan. In war, there is...