hait had been fought and started brilliantly and ended in a very bloody and undecisive battle. and we were waiting for the first of the other two. they never came, but while we waited, i wrote the play. each day we were shelled by the guns behind the foods of garabitas hill and while i was writing the play, the hotel florita where we lived and worked was struck by more than 30 high-explosive shells. when you went to the front, at its closest, it was 1500 yards from the hotel, the play was always slipped inside the inner fold of a rolled-up mattress. when you came back and found the room and the play intact, you were always pleased. it was finished and coppied -- >> that was some more of hemingway in his own words talking about writing during the spanish civil war. our sometime running out. the two hours goes by so very quickly. john sh let me return to you. you see a lot of tourists in this place. you probably have lots of time to think about hemingway. why do you think he is significant? why should people come here other than it's a beautiful spot? >> it is a beautiful spot an