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on the join!〃
I did; and saw what he wanted me to see almost right away。 The beams had been pegged together with dowels; half a dozen of them; and one was gone; leaving a black; circular hole the size of a quarter。 I looked at it; then looked doubtfully back over my shoulder at Brutal。 〃It was a small mouse;〃 I said; 〃but that small? Man; I don't think so。〃
〃But that's where he went;〃 Brutal said。 〃I'm just as sure as houses。〃
〃I don't see how you can be。〃
〃Lean closer … don't worry I got you … and take a whiff。〃
I did as he asked; groping with my left hand for one of the other beams; and feeling a little better when I had hold of it。 The wind outside gusted again; air puffed out of that hole and into my face。 I could smell the keen breath of a winter night in the border South 。。。 and something else; as well。
The smell of peppermint。
Don't let nothing happen to Mr。 Jingles; I could hear Delacroix saying in a voice that wouldn't stay steady I could hear that; and I could feel the warmth of Mr。 Jingles as the Frenchman handed it to me; just a mouse; smarter than most of the species; no doubt; but still just a mouse for a' that and a' that。 Don't let that bad 'un hurt my mouse; he'd said; and I had promised; as I always promised them at the end when walking the Green Mile was no longer a myth or a hypothesis but something they really had to do。 Mail this letter to my brother; who I haven't seen for twenty years? I promise。 Say fi
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