Chapter 38 Summary

Inside the cave, Pilar tells Fernando to eat because there is no doctor around if he should be gored. Agustin tells her not to talk that way and they argue. Robert Jordan asks Eladio about the grenades and learns they are from the Republic. Robert Jordan asks if they have always exploded, and Eladio insists they have. Robert Jordan decides to use two on each set, just to be sure.

As he works, Robert Jordan thinks how impossible the plan seems. Pablo knew it and that is why he ran. He wonders if Golz will stop the attack when he receives the message from Andres. Maria smiles at Robert Jordan and he begins to think of ways out. Pilar tells him not to worry: everything is fine. She begins to speak of what she saw in his palm and tells him it is...