Chapter 2

           1932wastheyearofJohnCoffey.Thedetailswouldbeinthepapers,stillthereforanyonewhocaredenoughtolookthemoutsomeonewithmoreenergythanoneveryoldmanwhittlingawaytheendofhislifeinaGeorgianursinghome.Thatwasahotfall,Irememberthat;veryhot,indeed.OctoberalmostlikeAugust,andthewarden’swife,Melinda,upinthehospitalatIndianolaforaspell.ItwasthefallIhadtheworsturinaryinfectionofmylife,notbadenoughtoputmeinthehospitalmyself,butalmostbadenoughformetowishIwasdeadeverytimeItookaleak.ItwasthefallofDelacroix,thelittlehalf-baldFrenchmanwiththemouse,theonethatcameinthesummeranddidthatcutetrickwiththespool.Mostly,though,itwasthefallthatJohnCoffeycametoEBlock,sentencedtodeathfortherape-murderoftheDettericktwins.

           Therewerefourorfiveguardsontheblockeachshift,butalotofthemwerefloaters.DeanStanton,HarryTerwilliger,andBrutusHowell(themencalledhim"Brutal,"butitwasajoke,hewouldn’thurtaflyunlesshehadto,inspiteofhissize)arealldeadnow,andsoisPercyWetmore,whoreallywasbrutal...nottomentionstupid.PercyhadnobusinessonEBlock,whereanuglynaturewasuselessandsometimesdangerous,buthewasrelatedtothegovernorbymarriage,andsohestayed.

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