Уловка 22

The Chaplain

           "

           "Youdowanttocutmythroat!"thecaptaininsisted.

           "Igivemyword,"thechaplainpleaded,butitwastoolate,forthehomelyhirsutespecterhadalreadyvanished,dissolvingsoexpertlyinsidetheblooming,dappled,fragmentedmalformationsofleaves,lightandshadowsthatthechaplainwasalreadydoubtingthathehadevenbeenthere.Somanymonstrouseventswereoccurringthathewasnolongerpositivewhicheventsweremonstrousandwhichwerereallytakingplace.Hewantedtofindoutaboutthemadmaninthewoodsasquicklyaspossible,tocheckifthereeverreallyhadbeenaCaptainFlume,buthisfirstchore,herecalledwithreluctance,wastoappeaseCorporalWhitcombforneglectingtodelegateenoughresponsibilitytohim.Heploddedalongthezigzaggingpaththroughtheforestlistlessly,cloggedwiththirstandfeelingalmosttooexhaustedtogoon.HewasremorsefulwhenhethoughtofCorporalWhitcomb.HeprayedthatCorporalWhitcombwouldbegonewhenhereachedtheclearingsothathecouldundresswithoutembarrassment,washhisarmsandchestandshouldersthoroughly,drinkwater,liedownrefreshedandperhapsevensleepforafewminutes;buthewasinforstillanotherdisappointmentandstillanothershock,forCorporalWhitcombwasSergeantWhitcombbythetimehearrivedandwassittingwithhisshirtoffinthechaplain’schairsewinghisnewsergeant’sstripesonhissleevewiththechaplain’sneedleandthread.

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