Уловка 22

The Eternal City

           Nately’swhorewasonhismind,aswereKraftandOrrandNatelyandDunbar,andKidSampsonandMcWatt,andallthepoorandstupidanddiseasedpeoplehehadseeninItaly,EgyptandNorthAfricaandknewaboutinotherareasoftheworld,andSnowdenandNately’swhore’skidsisterwereonhisconscience,too.YossarianthoughtheknewwhyNately’swhoreheldhimresponsibleforNately’sdeathandwantedtokillhim.Whythehellshouldn’tshe?Itwasaman’sworld,andsheandeveryoneyoungerhadeveryrighttoblamehimandeveryoneolderforeveryunnaturaltragedythatbefellthem;justasshe,eveninhergrief,wastoblameforeveryman-mademiserythatlandedonherkidsisterandonallotherchildrenbehindher.Someonehadtodosomethingsometime.Everyvictimwasaculprit,everyculpritavictim,andsomebodyhadtostandupsometimetotrytobreakthelousychainofinheritedhabitthatwasimperilingthemall.InpartsofAfricalittleboyswerestillstolenawaybyadultslavetradersandsoldformoneytomenwhodisemboweledthemandatethem.Yossarianmarveledthatchildrencouldsuffersuchbarbaricsacrificewithoutevincingtheslightesthintoffearorpain.Hetookitforgrantedthattheydidsubmitsostoically.Ifnot,hereasoned,thecustomwouldcertainlyhavedied,fornocravingforwealthorimmortalitycouldbesogreat,hefelt,astosubsistonthesorrowofchildren.

           Hewasrockingtheboat,Milosaid,andYossariannoddedoncemore.Hewasnotagoodmemberoftheteam,Milosaid.

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