The fire ticked. Outside in the world all was silence. Is my brother dead? he said. Yes. He was killed in Ignacio Zaragosa? No. In San Lorenzo. The girl too? No. When they took her away she was covered in blood and she was falling down and so it was natural that people thought that she had been shot but it was not so. What became of her? I dont know. Perhaps she went back to her family. She was very young. I asked about her in Namiquipa. They didnt know what had become of her. They would not tell you in Namiquipa. Where is my brother buried? He is buried at Buenaventura. Is there a stone?
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