Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           Butonedayhebecameinvolvedinapaintingthatwasveryimportanttohim,adaptedfromapaintinghesawinanartbook.

           Allen,TommyandDannytookturnsworkingon"TheGraceofCathleen."Itwasoriginallyplannedtobeaseventeenth-centuryaristocraticladyholdingamandolin.Allenworkedonthefaceandhands.Tommyworkedonthebackground.Dannypaintedthedetails.Whenthetimecametoputthemandolininherhands,Dannyrealizedhedidn’tknowhowtopaintone,sohepaintedinapieceofsheetmusicinstead.Forforty-eighthours,withoutstopping,theytookturnsworkingonit.Andwhentheyweredone,Milligancollapsedinhisbunkandslept."Steve"hadnotspentmuchtimeonthespotbeforeLebanon.Anexpertanddaringdriver,hehadbeenbehindthewheelafewtimeswhenhewasyounger,andboastedofbeingthebestdriverintheworld.RagenallowedhimonthespotinLebanonafterLeewasbanished,becauseSteve,too,hadtheabilitytomakepeoplelaugh.Hewas,Stevelikedtobrag,oneofthebestmimicsalive.Hecouldimitateanyoneandsendanaudienceofinmatesintospasmsoflaughter.Imitationswerehiswayofmockingpeople.Stevewasthehell-raiser,theperpetualimpostor.

           ItangeredRagenwhenSteveimitatedhisYugoslavianaccent,anditinfuriatedArthurwhenhemockedhimbytalking

           inalower-classBritishaccent."Idonotspeakthatway,"Arthurinsisted."Idonothaveacockneyaccent.