Зеленая миля

Chapter 13

           Butofcourseitwasn’tonlyMellyMooresthatJohnCoffeysavedin1932,orDel’smouse,theonethatcoulddothatcutetrickwiththespoolandseemedtobelookingforDellongbeforeDelshowedup...longbeforeJohnCoffeyshowedup,either.

           Johnsavedme,too,andyearslater,standinginthepouringAlabamarainandlookingforamanwhowasn’tthereintheshadowsofanunderpass,standingamidthespilledluggageandtheruineddead,Ilearnedaterriblething:sometimesthereisabsolutelynodifferenceatallbetweensalvationanddamnation.

           IfeltoneortheotherpouringthroughmeaswesattogetheronhisbunkNovembertheeighteenth,nineteenandthirty-two.Pouringoutofhimandintome,whateverstrangeforcehehadinhimcomingthroughourjoinedhandsinawayourloveandhopeandgoodintentionssomehownevercan,afeelingthatbeganasatingleandthenturnedintosomethingtidalandenormous,aforcebeyondanythingIhadeverexperiencedbeforeorhaveeverexperiencedsince.SincethatdayIhaveneverhadpneumonia,ortheflu,orevenastrepthroat.Ihaveneverhadanotherurinaryinfection,orsomuchasaninfectedcut.Ihavehadcolds,buttheyhavebeeninfrequentsixorsevenyearsapart,andalthoughpeoplewhodon’thavecoldsoftenaresupposedtosuffermoreseriousones,thathasneverbeenthecasewithme.Once,earlieroninthatawfulyearof1956,Ipassedagallstone.

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