Уловка 22

The Chaplain

           ColonelCathcartwouldneverforgetthefirsteveningGeneralDreedletooknoticeofthechaplainintheofficers"club,liftinghisruddy,sweltering,intoxicatedfacetostareponderouslythroughtheyellowpallofcigarettesmokeatthechaplainlurkingnearthewallbyhimself.

           "Well,I’llbedamned,"GeneralDreedlehadexclaimedhoarsely,hisshaggygraymenacingeyebrowsbeetlinginrecognition."IsthatachaplainIseeoverthere?That’sreallyafinethingwhenamanofGodbeginshangingaroundaplacelikethiswithabunchofdirtydrunksandgamblers."ColonelCathcartcompressedhislipsprimlyandstartedtorise."Icouldn’tagreewithyoumore,sir,"heassentedbrisklyinatoneofostentatiousdisapproval."Ijustdon’tknowwhat’shappeningtotheclergythesedays."

           "They’regettingbetter,that’swhat’shappeningtothem,"GeneralDreedlegrowledemphatically.

           ColonelCathcartgulpedawkwardlyandmadeanimblerecovery."Yes,sir.Theyaregettingbetter.That’sexactlywhatIhadinmind,sir."

           "Thisisjusttheplaceforachaplaintobe,minglingwiththemenwhilethey’reoutdrinkingandgamblingsohecangettounderstandthemandwintheirconfidence.

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