Зеленая миля

Chapter 4

           ThentheycameoutontheedgeoftheTrapingusRiver,whichiswideandslowatthatpoint,runningsoutheastthroughlow,woodedhillswherefamiliesnamedCrayandRobinetteandDuplisseystillmadetheirownmandolinsandoftenspatouttheirownrottedteethastheyplowed;deepcountrysidewheremenwereapttohandlesnakesonSundaymorningandliedownincarnalembracewiththeirdaughtersonSundaynight.Iknewtheirfamilies;mostofthemhadsentSparkyamealfromtimetotime.Onthefarsideoftheriver,themembersofthepossecouldseetheJunesunglintingoffthesteelrailsofaGreatSouthernbranchline.Aboutamiledownstreamtotheirright,atrestlecrossedtowardthecoal-fieldsofWestGreen.

           Heretheyfoundawidetrampledpatchinthegrassandlowbushes,apatchsobloodythatmanyofthemenhadtosprintbackintothewoodsandrelievethemselvesoftheirbreakfasts.TheyalsofoundtherestofCora’snightgownlyinginthisbloodypatch,andHowie,whohadheldupadmirablyuntilthen,reeledbackagainsthisfatherandnearlyfainted.

           AnditwasherethatBoboMarchant’sdogshadtheirfirstandonlydisagreementoftheday.Thereweresixinall,twobloodhounds,twobluetickhounds,andacoupleofthoseterrierlikemongrelsborderSouthernerscallcoonhounds.Thecoonieswantedtogonorthwest,upstreamalongtheTrapingus;therestwantedtogointheotherdirection,southeast.

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