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02: The Old Man at the Bridge by Earnest Hemmingway

"What politics have you?" I asked. "I am without politics", he said. "I am seventy-six years old. I have come twelve kilometres now and I think now I can go no further." "This is not a good place to stop", I said. "If you can make it, there are trucks up the road where it forks for Tortosa." "I will wait a while", he said, "and then I will go. Where do the trucks go ?" "Towards Barcelona," I told him.:with Solutions -
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    "What politics have you?" I asked. "I am without politics", he said. "I am seventy-six years old. I have come twelve kilometres now and I think now I can go no further." "This is not a good place to stop", I said. "If you can make it, there are trucks up the road where it forks for Tortosa." "I will wait a while", he said, "and then I will go. Where do the trucks go ?" "Towards Barcelona," I told him.