Уловка 22

The Eternal City

           "Attheverynextcorner,deepinsidethedense,impenetrableshadowsofanarrow,windingsidestreet,heheardthemysterious,unmistakablesoundofsomeoneshovelingsnow.Themeasured,labored,evocativescrapeofironshovelagainstconcretemadehisfleshcrawlwithterrorashesteppedfromthecurbtocrosstheominousalleyandhurriedonwarduntilthehaunting,incongruousnoisehadbeenleftbehind.Nowheknewwherehewas:soon,ifhecontinuedwithoutturning,hewouldcometothedryfountaininthemiddleoftheboulevard,thentotheofficers"apartmentsevenblocksbeyond.Heheardsnarling,inhumanvoicescuttingthroughtheghostlyblacknessinfrontsuddenly.Thebulbonthecornerlampposthaddied,spillinggloomoverhalfthestreet,throwingeverythingvisibleoffbalance.Ontheothersideoftheintersection,amanwasbeatingadogwithasticklikethemanwhowasbeatingthehorsewithawhipinRaskolnikov’sdream.Yossarianstrainedhelplesslynottoseeorhear.Thedogwhimperedandsquealedinbrute,dumbfoundedhysteriaattheendofanoldManilaropeandgroveledandcrawledonitsbellywithoutresisting,butthemanbeatitandbeatitanywaywithhisheavy,flatstick.Asmallcrowdwatched.Asquatwomansteppedoutandaskedhimpleasetostop."Mindyourownbusiness,"themanbarkedgruffly,liftinghisstickasthoughhemightbeathertoo,andthewomanretreatedsheepishlywithanabjectandhumiliatedair.Yossarianquickenedhispacetogetaway,almostran.

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