Зеленая миля

Chapter 7

           

           "Hey!"Brutalcalledfromoutsidethedoor,wherehewasmanningthedeskattheheadofthehall."Hey,youtwo!Getouthere!"

           DeanandIgazedateachotherwithidenticalexpressionsofalarm,thinkingthatsomethinghadhappenedtoeithertheIndianfromOklahoma(hisnamewasArlenBitterbuck,butwecalledhimTheChief...or,inHarryTerwilliger’scase,ChiefCoatCheese,becausethatwaswhatHarryclaimedBitterbucksmelledlike),orthefellowwecalledThePresident.ButthenBrutalstartedtolaugh,andwehurriedtoseewhatwashappening.LaughinginEBlocksoundedalmostaswrongaslaughinginchurch.

           OldToot-Toot,thetrustywhoranthefood-wagoninthosedays,hadbeenbywithhisholy-rollingcartfulofgoodies,andBrutalhadstockedupforalongnightthreesandwiches,twopops,andacoupleofmoonpies.AlsoasideofpotatosaladToothadundoubtedlyfilchedfromtheprisonkitchen,whichwassupposedtobeoff-limitstohim.Brutalhadthelogbookopeninfrontofhim,andforawonderhehadn’tspilledanythingonityet.Ofcourse,hewasjustgettingstarted.

           "What?"Deanasked."Whatisit?"

           "Statelegislaturemusthaveopenedthepursestringsenoughtohireanotherscrewthisyearafterall,"Brutalsaid,stilllaughing."Lookieyonder."

           Hepointedandwesawthemouse.Istartedtolaugh,too,andDeanjoinedin.

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