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小說:綠裡奇蹟(英文版) 作者:蒂帆

There was nothing there to get alarmed about。 Delacroix had wept briefly after turning in … he did most nights; and more for himself than for the folks he had roasted alive; I am quite sure … and then had take Mr。 Jingles; the mouse; out of the cigar box he slept in。 That had calmed Del; and he had slept like a baby the rest of the night。 Mr。 Jingles had most likely spent it on Delacroix's stomach; with his tail curled over his paws; eyes unblinking。 It was as if God had decided Delacroix needed a guardian angel; but had decreed in His wisdom that only a mouse would do for a rat like our homicidal friend from Louisiana。 Not all that was in Brutal's report; of course; but I had done enough night watches myself to fill in the stuff between the lines。 There was a brief note about Coffey: 〃Laid aay have cried some。 I tried to get some talk started; but after a few grunted replies from Coffey; gave up。 Paul or Harry may have better luck。〃

〃Getting the talk started〃 was at the center of our job; really。 I didn't know it then; but looking back from the vantage point of this strange old age (I think all old ages seem strange to the folk who must endure them); I understand that it was; and why I didn't see it then … it was too big; as central to our work as our respiration was to our lives。 It wasn't important that the floaters be good at 〃getting the talk started;〃 but it was vital for me and Harry and Brutal and Dean。。。 and it was one reason why Percy Wetmore was such a disaster。 The inmates hated him; the guards hated him 。。。 everyone hated him; presumably; except for his political connections; Percy himself; and maybe (but only maybe) his mother。 He was like a dose of white arsenic sprinkled into a wedding cake; and I think I knew he spelled disaster the start。 He was

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