Зеленая миля

Chapter 4

           

           HeturnedandslammedthefireextinguisherintoPercy’sarmssohardthatPercystaggeredbackwardandalmostfellofftheplatform."Youdoit,"Brutalsaid."You’rerunningtheshow,afterall,ain’tyou?"

           Percygavehimalookthatwasbothsickandmurderous,thenarmedtheextinguisher,pumpedit,cockedit,andshotahugecloudofwhitefoamoverthemaninthechair.IsawDel’sfoottwitchonceasthesprayhithisfaceandthoughtOhno,wemighthavetogoagain,buttherewasonlythatsingletwitch.

           Andersonhadturnedaroundandwasbawlingatthepanickywitnesses,tellingthemeverythingwasallright,everythingwasundercontrol,justapowersurgefromtheelectricalstorm,nothingtoworryabout.Nextthing,he’dbetellingthemthatwhattheysmelledadevil’smixtureofburnedhair,friedmeat,andfresh-bakedshitwasChanelNo.5.

           "Getdoc’sstethoscope,"ItoldDeanastheextinguisherrandry.Delacroixwascoatedwithwhitenow,andtheworstofthestenchwasbeingoverlaidbyathinandbitterchemicalsmell.

           "Doc...shouldI..."

           "Neverminddoc,justgethisstethoscope,"Isaid."Let’sgetthisover...gethimoutofhere."

           Deannodded.Overandoutofhereweretwoconceptsthatappealedtohimjustthen.Theyappealedtobothofus.Hewentovertodoc’sbagandbeganrummaginginit.Docwasbeginningtomoveagain,soatleasthehadn’thadastrokeoraheart-storm.Thatwasgood.

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