Уловка 22

Corporal Whitcomb

           Inevitably,thechaplain’sattention,ashecoweredmeeklybeforehim,focusedonColonelKorn’smidriff,wheretheshirttailsbunchingupfrominsidehissaggingbeltandballooningdownoverhiswaistgavehimanappearanceofslovenlygirthandmadehimseeminchesshorterthanhismiddleheight.ColonelKornwasanuntidydisdainfulmanwithanoilyskinanddeep,hardlinesrunningalmoststraightdownfromhisnosebetweenhiscrepuscularjowlsandhissquare,cleftedchin.Hisfacewasdour,andheglancedatthechaplainwithoutrecognitionasthetwodrewcloseonthestaircaseandpreparedtopass.

           "Hiya,Father,"hesaidtonelesslywithoutlookingatthechaplain."How’sitgoing?"

           "Goodmorning,sir,"thechaplainreplied,discerningwiselythatColonelKornexpectednothingmoreinthewayofaresponse.

           ColonelKornwasproceedingupthestairswithoutslackeninghispace,andthechaplainresistedthetemptationtoremindhimagainthathewasnotaCatholicbutanAnabaptist,andthatitwasthereforeneithernecessarynorcorrecttoaddresshimasFather.HewasalmostcertainnowthatColonelKornrememberedandthatcallinghimFatherwithalookofsuchblandinnocencewasjustanotheroneofColonelKorn’smethodsoftauntinghimbecausehewasonlyanAnabaptist.

           ColonelKornhaltedwithoutwarningwhenhewasalmostbyandcamewhirlingbackdownuponthechaplainwithaglareofinfuriatedsuspicion.Thechaplainwaspetrified.

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