Уловка 22

The Chaplain

           HecouldstillseeMajorMajorandMajorDanbystandingsomberasbrokenstonepillarsoneithersideofhim,seealmosttheexactnumberofenlistedmenandalmosttheexactplacesinwhichtheyhadstood,seethefourunmovingmenwithspades,therepulsivecoffinandthelarge,loose,triumphantmoundofreddish-brownearth,andthemassive,still,depthless,mufflingsky,soweirdlyblankandbluethatdayitwasalmostpoisonous.Hewouldrememberthemforever,fortheywereallpartandparcelofthemostextraordinaryeventthathadeverbefallenhim,aneventperhapsmarvelous,perhapspathologicalthevisionofthenakedmaninthetree.Howcouldheexplainit?Itwasnotalreadyseenorneverseen,andcertainlynotalmostseen;neitherdéjàvu,jamaisvunorpresquevuwaselasticenoughtocoverit.Wasitaghost,then?Thedeadman’ssoul?Anangelfromheavenoraminionfromhell?Orwasthewholefantasticepisodemerelythefigmentofadiseasedimagination,hisown,ofadeterioratingmind,arottingbrain?Thepossibilitythattherereallyhadbeenanakedmaninthetreetwomen,actually,sincethefirsthadbeenjoinedshortlybyasecondmancladinabrownmustacheandsinisterdarkgarmentsfromheadtotoewhobentforwardritualisticallyalongthelimbofthetreetoofferthefirstmansomethingtodrinkfromabrowngobletnevercrossedthechaplain’smind.

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