Chapter 3

           ExceptforshoutingonceatDelacroix,Percykepthismouthshutoncetheexcitementwasover.ThiswasprobablytheresultofshockratherthananyeffortattactPercyWetmoreknewasmuchabouttactasIdoaboutthenativetribesofdarkestAfrica,inmyopinionbutitwasadamnedgoodthing,justthesame.Ifhe’dstartedinwhiningabouthowBrutalhadpushedhimintothewallorwonderingwhynoonehadtoldhimthatnastymenlikeWildBillyWhartonsometimesturneduponEBlock,Ithinkwewouldhavekilledhim.ThenwecouldhavetouredtheGreenMileinawholenewway.That’ssortofafunnyidea,whenyouconsiderit.ImissedmychancetomakelikeJamesCagneyinWhiteHeat.

           Anyway,whenweweresurethatDeanwasgoingtokeepbreathingandthathewasn’tgoingtopassoutonthespot,HarryandBrutalescortedhimovertotheinfirmary.Delacroix,whohadbeenabsolutelysilentduringthescuffle(hehadbeeninprisonlotsoftimes,thatone,andknewwhenitwasprudenttokeephisyapshutandwhenitwasrelativelysafetoopenitagain),beganbawlingloudlydownthecorridorasHarryandBrutalhelpedDeanout.Delacroixwantedtoknowwhathadhappened.Youwouldhavethoughthisconstitutionalrightshadbeenviolated.

           "Shutup,youlittlequeer!"Percyyelledback,sofuriousthattheveinsstoodoutonthesidesofhisneck.Iputahandonhisarmandfeltitquiveringbeneathhisshirt.

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