Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           "Healonelackedconfidenceinhisabilitytocarryoutaplan.

           WhenBobbyfirstheardaboutthehungerstrike,heimaginedhimselfleadingit,settinganexamplefortheotherprisoners.LikethegreatMahatmaGandhiofIndia,hewoulcbringtherepressiveauthoritiestotheirkneesbyhisfastingWhenthestrikeendedaweeklater,Bobbydecidedhewouldn’tstop.Helostagreatdealofweight.

           Oneeveningwhenaguardopenedhiscelldoortobringhi;foodtray,Bobbypusheditbackathimandthrewtheslopaloverhisface.

           ArthurandRagenagreedthatthoughBobby’sfantasie;helpedthemsurvivethelongmonthsinprison,hisfastingwa;weakeningthebody.Ragendeclaredhimundesirable.

           Tommywalkedoutofthevisitingroomoneafternoonafter?visitfromBilly’smom,whohadcometocelebrateherson’;twenty-firstbirthday.Helookedbackthroughthewindowancsawsomethinghehadn’tnoticedbefore;Indifferentpartso:theroom,prisonersweresittingbesidetheirwomen,hand;outofsightbehindthesmallsquaretables,nottalkingoreverlookingateachother,butstaringstraightahtead,nonchalantly,almostglassy-eyed.

           WhenhementionedittoJonsie,aprisonerinthecellnexitohis,Jonsielaughed."Man,don’tyouknownothin’?Hell,it’;Valentine’sDay.They’shand-fiickin’."

           "Idon’tbelieveit.