Зеленая миля

Chapter 5

           ThestreamcaughtWildBillWhartonsquareinthemiddleofhischest,spunhimhalfwayaround,anddrovehimbackunderhisbunk.Downthehall,Delacroixwasjumpingfromfoottofoot,cacklingshrilly,andcursingatJohnCoffey,demandingthatCoffeytellhimwhatwasgoingon,whowaswinning,andhowdatgran"founewboylikedatChineewatertreatment.Johnsaidnothing,juststoodtherequietlyinhistoo-shortpantsandhisprisonslippers.Ionlyhadonequickglanceathim,butthatwasenoughtoobservehissameoldexpression,bothsadandserene.Itwasasifhe’dseenthewholethingbefore,notjustonceortwicebutathousandtimes.

           "Killthewater!"Brutalshoutedbackoverhisshoulder,thenracedforwardintothecell.Hesankhishandsintothesemi-consciousWharton’sarmpitsanddraggedhimoutfromunderhisbunk.Whartonwascoughingandmakingaglub-glubsound.Bloodwasdribblingintohisdazedeyesfromabovehisbrows,whereBrutal’sstickhadpoppedtheskinopeninaline.

           Wehadthestraitjacketbusinessdowntoascience,didBrutusHowellandme;we’dpracticeditlikeacoupleofvaudevillehoofersworkingupanewdanceroutine.Everynowandthen,thatpracticepaidoff.Now,forinstance.BrutalsatWhartonupandheldouthisarmstowardmethewayakidmightholdoutthearmsofaRaggedyAndydoll.

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