Зеленая миля

Chapter 13

           AndalthoughIsupposeitwillsoundstrangetosomereadingthisinspiteofallIhavesaid,partofmerelishedthepainthatcamewhenthatgallstonewent.ItwastheonlyseriouspainI’dhadsincethatproblemwithmywaterworks,twenty-fouryearsbefore.Theillsthathavetakenmyfriendsandsame-generationlovedonesuntiltherearenoneofthemleftthestrokes,thecancers,theheartattacks,theliverdiseases,theblooddiseaseshaveallleftmeuntouched,haveswervedtoavoidmethewayamandrivingacarswervestoavoidadeeroraraccoonintheroad.TheoneseriousaccidentIwasinleftmeuntouchedsaveforascratchonthehand.In1932,JohnCoffeyinoculatedmewithlife.Electrocutedmewithlife,youmightsay.IwillpassoneventuallyofcourseIwill,anyillusionsofimmortalityImighthavehaddiedwithMr.JinglesbutIwillhavewishedfordeathlongbeforedeathfindsme.Truthtotell,IwishforitalreadyandhaveeversinceElaineConnellydied.NeedItellyou?

           Ilookbackoverthesepages,leafingthroughthemwithmytrembling,spottedhands,andIwonderifthereissomemeaninghere,asinthosebookswhicharesupposedtobeupliftingandennobling.Ithinkbacktothesermonsofmychildhood,boomingaffirmationsinthechurchofPraiseJesus,TheLordIsMighty,andIrecallhowthepreachersusedtosaythatGod’seyeisonthesparrow,thatHeseesandmarkseventheleastofHiscreations.WhenIthinkofMr.

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