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eport on the incident。 When I finally sensed someone looking at me and glanced up; there he was; his grin displaying a set of blackening; dying teeth with several gaps among them already。 It gave me a jump to see him there like that。 I tried not to show it; but I think he knew。 〃Hey; flunky;〃 he said。 〃Next time it'll be you。 And I won't miss。〃

〃Hello; Wharton;〃 I said; as evenly as I could。 〃Under the circumstances; I guess I can skip the speech and the Wele Wagon; don't you think?〃

His grin faltered just a little。 It wasn't the sort of response he had expected; and probably wasn't the one I would have given under other circumstances。 But something had happened while Wharton was unconscious。 It is; I suppose; one of the major things I have trudged through all these pages to tell you about。 Now let's just see if you believe it。

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Except for shouting once at Delacroix; Percy kept his mouth shut once the excitement was over。 This was probably the result of shock rather than any effort at tact … Percy Wetmore knew as much about tact as I do about the native tribes of darkest Africa; in my opinion … but it was a damned good thing; just the same。 If he'd started in whining about how Brutal had pushed him into the wall or wondering why no one had told him that nasty men like Wild Billy Wharton sometimes turned up on E Block; I think we would have killed him。 Then we could have toured the Green Mile in a whole new way。 That's sort of a funny idea; when you consider it。 I missed my chance to make like James Cagney in White Heat。

Anyway; when we were sure that Dean was going to keep breathing and that he wasn't going to pass out on the spot; Harry and Brutal escorted him over to the infirmary。 Delacroix; who had been absolutely silent duri

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