Зеленая миля

Chapter 8

           Idoubtthathewantedto,butIthinkhedid.Allthecolorhaddrainedfromhisface,andtheblemishesonhischeeksstoodoutlikebirthmarks.Hiseyeswerehugeandwet.Alineofspittleleakedfromonecomerofhistwitchingmouth.Allthishappenedquickitwasbegunanddoneinlessthantenseconds,I’dsay.

           HarryandIsteppedforward,ourbilliesraised.Deandrewhisgun.Butbeforethingscouldgosomuchasaninchfurther,WhartonletgoofPerryandsteppedback,raisinghishandstohisshouldersandgrinninghisdankgrin."Iletimgo,I"usjustplayinandIletimgo,"hesaid."Neverhurtairysinglehaironthatboy’spurtyhead,sodon’tyougostickinmedowninthatgoddamsoftroomagain."

           PercyWetmoredartedacrosstheGreenMileandcringedagainstthebarreddooroftheemptycellontheotherside,breathingsofastandsoloudthatitsoundedalmostlikesobbing.HehadfinallygottenhislessoninkeepingtothecenteroftheGreenMileandawayfromthefrumiousbandersnatch,theteeththatbiteandtheclawsthatcatch.Ihadanideaitwasalessonthatwouldstickwithhimlongerthanalltheadvicewe’dgivenhimafterourrehearsals.Therewasanexpressionofutterterroronhisface,andhisprecioushairwasseriouslymussedupforthefirsttimesinceI’dmethim,allinspikesandtangles.Helookedlikesomeonewhohasjustescapedbeingraped.

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