Уловка 22

The Chaplain

           "Thechaplainglancedatthebridgetablethatservedashisdeskandsawonlytheabominableorange-redpear-shapedplumtomatohehadobtainedthatsamemorningfromColonelCathcart,stilllyingonitssidewherehehadforgottenitlikeanindestructibleandincamadinesymbolofhisownineptitude."Whereistheletter?"

           "IthrewitawayassoonasItoreitopenandreadit."CorporalWhitcombslammedtheBibleshutandjumpedup."What’sthematter?Won’tyoutakemywordforit?"Hewalkedout.Hewalkedrightbackinandalmostcollidedwiththechaplain,whowasrushingoutbehindhimonhiswaybacktoMajorMajor."Youdon’tknowhowtodelegateresponsibility,"CorporalWhitcombinformedhimsullenly."That’sanotheroneofthethingsthat’swrongwithyou."Thechaplainnoddedpenitentlyandhurriedpast,unabletomakehimselftakethetimetoapologize.Hecouldfeeltheskillfulhandoffatemotivatinghimimperatively.Twicethatdayalready,herealizednow,MajorMajorhadcomeracingtowardhiminsidetheditch;andtwicethatdaythechaplainhadstupidlypostponedthedestinedmeetingbyboltingintotheforest.Heseethedwithself-recriminationashehastenedbackasrapidlyashecouldstridealongthesplintered,irregularlyspacedrailroadties.Bitsofgritandgravelinsidehisshoesandsocksweregrindingthetopsofhistoesraw.Hispale,laboringfacewasscrewedupunconsciouslyintoagrimaceofacutediscomfort.TheearlyAugustafternoonwasgrowinghotterandmorehumid.

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