И проиграли бой

           "Idon’tknow.Somebullfromtownputthefingeronus,Iguess.MaybeIbettergetsomehelpdownhereincaseyouorIgoout.Thisthing’scomingoff,anditneedsdirection.It’saprettygoodlayout,too.""Willtheyjailus?"Jimasked.

           Macchewedathickcrustbeforeheanswered."Firstthey’lltrytoscareus,"hesaid."Nowlisten,ifanytimewhenI’mnotaroundsomebodytellsyouyou’regoingtobelynched,youjustagreetoanything.Don’tlet’emscareyou,butdon’tgotousingJoy’stricks.Jesus,theygotmovingquick!Oh,well,we’llgetmovingtomorrow,ourselves.Isentofflastnightforsomeposters.TheyshouldbeherebytomorrowmorningifDickgotoffhisdime.Thereoughttobesomekindofwordbymailtonight."

           "Whatdoyouwantmetodo?"Jimasked."AllIdoisjustlisten.Iwanttodosomething."

           Maclookedaroundathimandgrinned."I’lluseyoumoreandmore,"hesaid."I’lluseyourightdowntothebone.Thisisgoingtobeanicemess,fromthelooksofit.Thatcrackofyoursaboutthecottonwasswell.I’veheardhalfadozenguysuseitfortheirownideathismorning."

           "Wherewegoingtonight,Mac?"

           "Well,yourememberAl,thefellowinthelunchwagon?Hesaidhisoldmanhadalittleorchard.IthoughtwemightgooutandseeAl’sfather."

           "Isthatwhatyoumeantaboutgettingaplacefortheguyswhentheygoout?"

           "I’mgoingtotrytoworkit,anyway,"Macsaid."Thisthing’sgoingtobreakanytimenow.It’slikeblowingupaballoon.Youcan’ttellwhenit’sgoingtobust.Notwoof’embustjustthesame."