ale in which Popeye； Bluto； and even Wimpy the hamburger fiend took turns shtupping Olive Oyl）。 There were craft items as well； including the crayons Delacroix later put to some good use。 Not that he was our problem yet； this was earlier； remember。 Also in the restraint room was the jacket no one wanted to wear … white； made of double…sewn canvas； and with the buttons and snaps and buckles going up the back。 We all knew how to zip a problem child into that jacket lickety…larrup。 They didn't get violent often； our lost boys； but when they did； brother； you didn't wait around for the situation to improve on its own。
Brutal reached into the desk drawer above the kneehole and brought out the big leather…bound book with the word VISITORS stamped on the front in gold leaf。 Ordinarily； that book stayed in the drawer from one month to the next。 When a prisoner had visitors … unless it was a lawyer or a minister … he went over to the room off the messhall that was kept special for that purpose。 The Arcade； we called it。 I don't know why。
〃Just what in the Gorry do you think you're doing？〃 Dean Stanton asked； peering over the tops of his spectacles as Brutal opened the book and paged grandly past years of visitors to men now dead。
〃Obeyin Regulation 19；〃 Brutal said； finding the current page。 He took the pencil and licked the tip … a disagreeable habit of which he could not be broken … and prepared to write。 Regulation 19 stated simply： 〃Each visitor to E Block shall show a yellow Administration pass and shall be recorded without fail〃
〃He's gone nuts；〃 Dean said to me。
〃He didn't show us his pass； but I'm gonna let it go this time；〃 Brutal said。 He gave the tip of his pencil an extra lick for good luck； then filled in 9：49 p。m。 under the column