Уловка 22

Lieutenant Scheisskopf

           ApunishmenttourforClevingerwasfiftyminutesofaweekendhourspentpacingbackandforthbeforetheprovostmarshal’sbuildingwithatonofanunloadedrifleonhisshoulder.

           ItwasallveryconfusingtoClevinger.Thereweremanystrangethingstakingplace,butthestrangestofall,toClevinger,wasthehatred,thebrutal,uncloaked,inexorablehatredofthemembersoftheActionBoard,glazingtheirunforgivingexpressionswithahard,vindictivesurface,glowingintheirnarrowedeyesmalignantlylikeinextinguishablecoals.Clevingerwasstunnedtodiscoverit.Theywouldhavelynchedhimiftheycould.Theywerethreegrownmenandhewasaboy,andtheyhatedhimandwishedhimdead.Theyhadhatedhimbeforehecame,hatedhimwhilehewasthere,hatedhimafterheleft,carriedtheirhatredforhimawaymalignantlylikesomepamperedtreasureaftertheyseparatedfromeachotherandwenttotheirsolitude.

           Yossarianhaddonehisbesttowarnhimthenightbefore."Youhaven’tgotachance,kid,"hehadtoldhimglumly."TheyhateJews."

           "ButI’mnotJewish,"answeredClevinger.

           "Itwillmakenodifference,"Yossarianpromised,andYossarianwasright."They’reaftereverybody."

           Clevingerrecoiledfromtheirhatredasthoughfromablindinglight

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