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02: The Old Man at the Bridge by Earnest Hemmingway
- #2What did the narrator observe while doing his duty?Ans : The narrator who was a soldier was on his duty to find out how far the enemy had advanced. When the soldier crossed the Pontoon bridge near the Ebro River towards the enemy, he observed an old man sitting at the bridge while everybody else was fleeing from the place. When he returned back, he again saw the same old man sitting at the same place whereas there were not so many carts now and very few people on foot. This aroused his curiosity.