Зеленая миля

Chapter 4

           Hewasthebestofthem,andnowIrealizeIhavenoideawhatbecameofhim.Ihopehekepthisfaith,whateverelsebefell.

           HeurgedDelacroixontohisknees,thenfoldedhishands.Delacroixdidthesame.

           "Not"Pre,quitesauxcieux,"Schusterbegan,andDelacroixjoinedhim.TheyspoketheLord’sPrayertogetherinthatliquid-soundingCajunFrench,allthewayto"maisdliverez-nousdumal,ainsisoit-il."Bythen,Del’stearshadmostlystoppedandhelookedcalm.SomeBibleverses(inEnglish)followed,notneglectingtheoldstandbyaboutthestillwaters.Whenthatwasdone,Schusterstartedtogetup,butDelheldontothesleeveofhisshirtandsaidsomethinginFrench.Schusterlistenedcarefully,frowning.Heresponded.Delsaidsomethingelse,thenjustlookedathimhopefully.

           Schusterturnedtomeandsaid:"He’sgotsomethingelse,Mr.Edgecombe.AprayerIcan’thelphimwith,becauseofmyfaith.Isitallright?"

           Ilookedattheclockonthewallandsawitwasseventeenminutestomidnight."Yes,"Isaid,"butit’llhavetobequick.We’vegotascheduletokeephere,youknow."

           "Yes.Ido."HeturnedtoDelacroixandgavehimanod.

           Delclosedhiseyesasiftopray,butforamomentsaidnothing.AfrowncreasedhisforeheadandIhadasenseofhimreachingfarbackinhismind,asamanmaysearchasmallatticroomforanobjectwhichhasn’tbeenused(orneeded)foralong,longtime.

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