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Chapter 25

           HeknelttoPeterson’sheart,andfeltthepulsethebodywaswarm,theface,harassedandindirectinlife,wasgrossandbitterindeath;theboxofmaterialswasheldunderonearmbuttheshoethatdangledoverthebedsidewasbareofpolishanditssolewaswornthrough.ByFrenchlawDickhadnorighttotouchthebodybuthemovedthearmalittletoseesomethingtherewasastainonthegreencoverlet,therewouldbefaintbloodontheblanketbeneath.

           Dickclosedthedoorandstoodthinking;heheardcautiousstepsinthecorridorandthenNicolecallinghimbyname.Openingthedoorhewhispered:"Bringthecouvertureandtopblanketfromoneofourbedsdon’tletanyoneseeyou."Then,noticingthestrainedlookonherface,headdedquickly,"Lookhere,youmustn’tgetupsetoverthisit’sonlysomeniggerscrap."

           "Iwantittobeover."

           Thebody,asDickliftedit,waslightandill-nourished.Hehelditsothatfurtherhemorrhagesfromthewoundwouldflowintotheman’sclothes.Layingitbesidethebedhestrippedoffthecoverletandtopblanketandthenopeningthedooraninch,listenedtherewasaclankofdishesdownthehallfollowedbyaloudpatronizing"Mer-CI,Madame,"butthewaiterwentintheotherdirection,towardtheservicestairway.QuicklyDickandNicoleexchangedbundlesacrossthecorridor;afterspreadingthiscoveringonRosemary’sbed,Dickstoodsweatinginthewarmtwilight,considering.

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