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　　W he,n (school t#=`!eacher H_+?/arriet: Win ,slow goe s t\:o Mexico to te.?ach, :=)s$$.?he )is kidn:?#a\!pped by Gen. Tomas Arro/yo an]%d hi[s re#^voluti$;*onaries. An aging
#American, Ambro!se "O`$l/)d==* Gringo?,&)#quot Bierce also + in Mexic$o, ;^ ;befriends Ge;]n,. Arroyo and meet`s Harriet. Bierce is a fa%]( mous writer,) who knowing ?th$*^\a)-t he is dy#=ing=: , wishes[  =;to keep his i.@dentity secret( so h[,e+ %can dete  rm?!ine his own fa/te. T_%#(hough =\he likes Arroyo, B _;ierce tries to pro^voke the;! #/#
?General&]#39s anger whenever possible in an attempt to get hims=* elf killed, ?t@= h,;us av/,oiding), suffering thr ough,[ hi:%s illness. Wi=-,nslow is i$!@ntrig!\ ued b)!y both B-ier]$#ce `/:and A rroyo, a(@!#nd the men ?are #+*i=-`;n t $urn attracted to h$er. She. becomes roman?[tically involved with A=%?rro]yo. ,++When ]?Winslow) (learns of Bierce's/$ tr%_/ue\% ide)]ntity (a_ wri[.
ter whos=@(e work she ha$ s loved a nd respe+?cted for years$/), she i!*s single:;mind(ed!ly [(dete%rmined^^] to fulfill !!^!his dying$ wish.