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Chapter 11

           TheytookwhatweusedtocallthestagecoachaFordpanel-truckwhichhadbeensteel-reinforcedandequippedwithsupposedlybulletproofglass.Itlookedlikeacrossbetweenamilk-wagonandanarmoredcar.

           HarryTerwilligerwastechnicallyinchargeoftheexpedition.Hehandedhispaperworkovertothecountysheriff(notHomerCribusbutsomeotherelectedyokellikehim,Iimagine),whointurnhandedoverMr.WilliamWharton,hellraiserextraordinaire,asDelacroixmighthaveputit.AColdMountainprisonuniformhadbeensentahead,butthesheriffandhismenhadn’tbotheredtoputWhartoninit;theyleftthattoourboys.WhartonwasdressedinacottonhospitaljohnnyandcheapfeltslipperswhentheyfirstmethimonthesecondflooroftheGeneralHospital,ascrawnymanwithanarrow,pimplyfaceandalotoflong,tanglyblondhair.Hisass,alsonarrowandalsocoveredwithpimples,stuckoutthebackofthejohnny.ThatwasthepartofhimHarryandtheotherssawfirst,becauseWhartonwasstandingatthewindowandlookingoutattheparkinglotwhentheycamein.Hedidn’tturnbutjuststoodthere,holdingthecurtainsbackwithonehand,silentasadollwhileHarrybitchedatthecountysheriffaboutbeingtoolazytogetWhartonintohisprisonbluesandthecountysherifflecturedaseverycountyofficialI’veevermetseemsboundtodoaboutwhatwashisjobandwhatwasnot.

           WhenHarrygottiredofthatpart(Idoubtittookhimlong),hetoldWhartontoturnaround.Whartondid.

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