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The band is on its way. Pablo seems worried about two things: the
horses needed for the retreat and the fact that the men he\'s recruited
think he is in charge. Jordan humors him on both counts.
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NOTE: Jordan makes two religious allusions (to conversion and
canonizing) in reference to Pablo\'s return. He compares it to the
conversion of Paul on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-9). (Hemingway
incorrectly cites Tarsus, Paul\'s birthplace, as the destination when
the conversion occurred.) Canonization is the process in the Roman
Catholic church by which a deceased person is declared a saint.
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On the way to the bridge, Jordan muses on the idea that he himself
is nothing, death is nothing. On the other hand, he has now learned
that he plus another person could be everything.
But that\'s the exception, he tells himself. And even though the
exception has happened, he can\'t afford to think about it now. The
qualities of Jordan the lover- gentleness and sentimentality, for
instance- apparently will not serve the needs of Jordan the soldier.
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