Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           HerealizedthemeetinghehadjustattendedforeshadowedthemakingoflegalandpsychiatrichistoryonMondayinthatcourtroom.

           WhenBillyMilliganawokeonDecember4,themorningtheyweretotakehimfromtheColumbusOhioPsychiatricHospitalbacktotheFranklinCountyCourthouse,andlookedintothemirror,hewasstartledtoseethathismustachewasgone.Buthedidn’tremembershavingityandhewonderedwhohaddoneit.Themustachehadbeenshavedoffbetweenthefirstandsecondrapes,andhehadgrownitback.Nowhehadlosttimeagain.HehadthesameoddsensationhehadknowninthoselastdaysatHardingandintheFranklinCountyJail—thatsomehowRagenandArthurhadstoodapart,andtheycouldn’torwouldn’tfuseuntiltheyweresurehewouldn’tbesenttoprison.Well,hewaspartiallyfused,enoughtostandtrial.

           HewouldcontinuetoanswertothenameBilly,thoughheknewhewasneitherthecoreBillynoracompletelyfusedBilly.Hewassomewhereinbetween.Hewondered,astheywalkedtothepolicevan,whatitwouldfeellikeifhewasevercompletelyfused.

           Whenhegotintothepolicevanattheentrancetothehospital,hesawthedeputieslookingathimstrangely.Onthewaytothecourthouse,thepaddywagonmadeafive-miledetourtothrowoffanynewsreportersorTVnewspeoplewhomightbefollowing.