Пролетая над гнездом кукушки

           "Arewespeakingsymbolically,orarewestilldealingwiththeconcretehere-and-nowcigarettes?Nomatter;youknowtheanswertothequestion,whicheverwayyouintendedit."

           "Ididn’tintendnothingbyitexceptwhatIsaid,Dale—"

           "Youdidn’tintendanythingbyit,sweetest;youruseof‘didn’t’and‘nothing’constitutesadoublenegative.McMurphy,Vera’sEnglishrivalsyoursforilliteracy.Look,honey,youunderstandthatbetween‘no’and‘any’thereis—"

           "Allright!That’senough!Imeantitbothways.Imeantitanywayyouwanttotakeit.Imeantyoudon’thaveenoughofnothingperiod!"

           "Enoughofanything,mybrightlittlechild."

           SheglaresatHardingasecond,thenturnstoMcMurphysittingbesideher."You,Mack,whataboutyou.Canyouhandleasimplelittlethinglikeofferingagirlacigarette?"

           Hispackageisalreadylyinginhislap.Helooksdownatitlikehewishesitwasn’t,thensays,"Sure,Ialwaysgotcigarettes.Reasonis,I’mabum.IbumthemwheneverIgetthechanceiswhymypacklastslongerthanHarding’shere.Hesmokesonlyhisown.Soyoucanseehe’smorelikelytorunoutthan—"

           "Youdon’thavetoapologizeformyinadequacies,myfriend.Itneitherfitsyourcharacternorcomplementsmine."

           "No,itdoesn’t,"thegirlsays."Allyouhavetodoislightmycigarette."

           AndsheleanssofarforwardtohismatchthatevenclearacrosstheroomIcouldseedownherblouse.