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〃Lemme out of it;〃 Wharton said。 He looked from Brutal to Harry to me; the red creeping back into his face。 〃I'll be good … I tell you I've learned my lesson。 I 。。。 I 。。。 ummmmmahhhhhhh…!〃
He suddenly collapsed; half of him in the cell; half of him on the played…out lino of the Green Mile; kicking his feet and bucking his body。
〃Holy Christ; he's pitchin a fit;〃 Percy whispered。
〃Sure; and my sister's the Whore of Babylon;〃 Brutal said。 〃She dances the hootchie…kootchie for Moses on Saturday nights in a long white veil。〃 He bent down and hooked a hand into one of Wharton's armpits。 I got the other one。 Wharton threshed between us like a hooked fish。 Carrying his jerking body; listening to him grunt from one end and fart from the other was one of my life's less pleasant experiences。
I looked up and met John Coffey's eyes for a second。 They were bloodshot; and his dark cheeks were wet。 He had been crying again。 I thought of Hammersmith making that biting gesture with his hand and shivered a little。 Then I turned my attention back to Wharton。
We threw him into the restraint room like he was cargo; and watched him lie on the floor; bucking hard in the straitjacket next to the drain we had once checked for the mouse which had started its E Block life as Steamboat Willy。
〃I don't much care if he swallows his tongue or something and dies;〃 Dean said in his hoarse and raspy voice; 〃but think of the paperwork; boys! It'd never end。〃