hemingway, ernest - for whom the bell tolls-第92部分

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Robert　Jordan's　luck　held　very　good　because　he　saw；　just　then；　the　cavalry　ride　out　of　the　timber　and　cross　the　road。　He　watched　them　coming　riding　up　the　slope。　He　saw　the　trooper　who　stopped　by　the　gray　horse　and　shouted　to　the　officer　who　rode　over　to　him。　He　watched　them　both　looking　down　at　the　gray　horse。　They　recognized　him　of　course。　He　and　his　rider　had　been　missing　since　the　early　morning　of　the　day　before。
Robert　Jordan　saw　them　there　on　the　slope；　close　to　him　now；　and　below　he　saw　the　road　and　the　bridge　and　the　long　lines　of　vehicles　below　it。　He　was　completely　integrated　now　and　he　took　a　good　long　look　at　everything。　Then　he　looked　up　at　the　sky。　There　were　big　white　clouds　in　it。　He　touched　the　palm　of　his　hand　against　the　pine　needles　where　he　lay　and　he　touched　the　bark　of　the　pine　trunk　that　he　lay　behind。
Then　he　rested　easily　as　he　could　with　his　two　elbows　in　the　pine　needles　and　the　muzzle　of　the　submachine　gun　resting　against　the　trunk　of　the　pine　tree。
As　the　officer　came　trotting　now　on　the　trail　of　the　horses　of　the　band　he　would　pass　twenty　yards　below　where　Robert　Jordan　lay。　At　that　distance　there　would　be　no　problem。　The　officer　was　Lieutenant　Berrendo。　He　had　come　up　from　La　Granja　when　they　had　been　ordered　up　after　the　first　report　of　the　attack　on　the　lower　post。　They　had　ridden　hard　and　had　then　had　to　swing　back；　because　the　bridge　had　been　blown；　to　cross　the　gorge　high　above　and　come　around　through　the　timber。　Their　horses　were　wet　and　blown　and　they　had　to　be　urged　into　the　trot。
Lieutenant　Berrendo；　watching　the　trail；　came　riding　up；　his　thin　face　serious　and　grave。　His　submachine　gun　lay　across　his　saddle　in　the　crook　of　his　left　arm。　Robert　Jordan　lay　behind　the　tree；　holding　onto　himself　very　carefully　and　delicately　to　keep　his　hands　steady。　He　was　waiting　until　the　officer　reached　the　sunlit　place　where　the　first　trees　of　the　pine　forest　joined　the　green　slope　of　the　meadow。　He　could　feel　his　heart　beating　against　the　pine　needle　floor　of　the　forest。





ABOUT　THE　AUTHOR


ERNEST　HEMINGWAY　was　born　in　Oak　Park；　Illinois；　in　1899；　and　began　his　writing　career　for　_The　Kansas　City　Star_　in　1917。　During　the　First　World　War　he　volunteered　as　an　ambulance　driver　on　the　Italian　front　but　was　invalided　home；　having　been　seriously　wounded　while　serving　with　the　infantry。　In　1921　Hemingway　settled　in　Paris；　where　he　became　part　of　the　expatriate　circle　of　Gertrude　Stein；　F。　Scott　Fitzgerald；　Ezra　Pound；　and　Ford　Madox　Ford。　His　first　book；　_Three　Stories　and　Ten　Poems_；　was　published　in　Paris　in　1923　and　was　followed　by　the　short　story　selection　_In　Our　Time_；　which　marked　his　American　debut　in　1925。　With　the　appearance　of　_The　Sun　Also　Rises_　in　1926；　Hemingway　became　not　only　the　voice　of　the　〃lost　generation〃　but　the　preeminent　writer　of　his　time。　This　was　followed　by　_Men　Without　Women_　in　1927；　when　Hemingway　returned　to　the　United　States；　and　his　novel　of　the　Italian　front；　_A　Farewell　to　Arms_　（1929）。　In　the　1930s；　Hemingway　settled　in　Key　West；　and　later　in　Cuba；　but　he　traveled　widelyto　Spain；　Italy；　and　Africaand　wrote　about　his　experiences　in　_Death　in　the　Afternoon_　（1932）；　his　classic　treatise　on　bullfighting；　and　_Green　Hills　of　Africa_　（1935）；　an　account　of　big…game　hunting　in　Africa。　Later　he　reported　on　the　Spanish　Civil　War；　which　became　the　background　for　his　brilliant　war　novel；　_For　Whom　the　Bell　Tolls_　（1939）；　hunted　U…boats　in　the　Caribbean；　and　covered　the　European　front　during　the　Second　World　War。　Hemingway's　most　popular　work；　_The　Old　Man　and　the　Sea_；　was　awarded　the　Pulitzer　Prize　in　1953；　and　in　1954　Hemingway　won　the　Nobel　Prize　in　Literature　〃for　his　powerful；　style…forming　mastery　of　the　art　of　narration。〃　One　of　the　most　important　influences　on　the　development　of　the　short　story　and　novel　in　American　fiction；　Hemingway　has　seized　the　imagination　of　the　American　public　like　no　other　twentieth…century　author。　He　died；　by　suicide；　in　Ketchum；　Idaho；　in　1961。　His　other　works　include　_The　Torrents　of　Spring_　（1926）；　_Winner　Take　Nothing_　（1933）；　_To　Have　and　Have　Not_　（1937）；　_The　Fifth　Column　and　the　First　Forty…Nine　Stories_　（1938）；　_Across　the　River　and　Into　the　Trees_　（1950）；　and　posthumously；　_A　Moveable　Feast_　（1964）；　_Islands　in　the　Stream_　（1970）；　_The　Dangerous　Summer_　（1985）；　and　_The　Garden　of　Eden_　（1986）。