Зеленая миля

Chapter 4

           TodayRollononemeantnothing,butwhenheheardBrutalsayittomorrownight,VanHaywouldturntheknobthatgoosedtheprisongeneratorbehindBBlock.Thewitnesseswouldhearthegennyasasteadylowhumming,andthelightsallovertheprisonwouldbrighten.Intheothercellblocks,prisonerswouldobservethoseoverbrightlightsandthinkithadhappened,theexecutionwasover,wheninfactitwasjustbeginning.

           BrutalsteppedaroundthechairsothatTootcouldseehim."ArlenBitterbuck,youhavebeencondemnedtodieintheelectricchair,sentencepassedbyajuryofyourpeersandimposedbyajudgeingoodstandinginthisstate.Godsavethepeopleofthisstate.Doyouhaveanythingtosaybeforesentenceiscarriedout?"

           "Yeah,"Tootsaid,eyesgleaming,lipsbunchedinatoothlesshappygrin."Iwantafriedchickendinnerwithgravyonthetaters,Iwanttoshitinyourhat,andIgottohaveMaeWestsitonmyface,becauseIamonehornymotherfucker."

           Brutaltriedtoholdontohisstemexpression,butitwasimpossible.Hethrewbackhisheadandbeganlaughing.Deancollapsedontotheedgeoftheplatformlikehe’dbeengutshot,headdownbetweenhisknees,howlinglikeacoyote,withonehandclappedtohisbrowasiftokeephisbrainsintherewheretheybelonged.Harrywasknockinghisownheadagainstthewallandgoinghuh-huh-huhasifhehadagloboffoodstuckinhisthroat.EvenJackVanHay,amannotknownforhissenseofhumor,waslaughing.

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