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It\'s 2:00 A.M., the middle of Jordan\'s third night. Pilar wakes
him with bad news. Pablo has gone, deserted. That in itself isn\'t so
bad; maybe they\'ll be better off without him. But Pablo took the
detonation devices that Jordan needs to blow up the bridge. That is
disastrous. Pilar is apologetic and guilt-ridden. She feels she has
failed Jordan and the Republic miserably.
You learn something about Pilar here. Pablo may have discarded
illusions about the cause long ago. And Jordan may be swiftly moving
in the direction of losing his. But to Pilar, the ideal of the
Republic is still very real. At first Jordan is upset with her. Then
he realizes that he cannot afford \"the luxury of being bitter.\" He
says he\'ll find other ways to detonate the explosives. \"It is
nothing.\"
He has to improvise the detonation of a major demolition with
makeshift materials, and he has to come up with the ideas for it
within a few hours. Considering the situation, Jordan\'s remarkably
calm.
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