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just as soon not … 〃
〃It isn't a question of what I want〃； she said。 〃I have to know how it came out； although I guess there is no doubt that you executed him。 The intervention of Providence…with…a…capital…P is greatly overrated in the lives of ordinary humans； I think。 But before I take those pages 。。。 Paul 。。。〃
She stopped； as if unsure how to go on。 I waited。 Sometimes you can't help people。 Sometimes it's better not even to try。
〃Paul； you speak in here as though you had two grown children in 1932 … not just one； but two。 If you didn't get married to your Janice when you were twelve and she was eleven； something like that … 〃
I smiled a little。 〃We were young when we married … a lot of hill…people are； my own mother was … but not that young。〃
〃Then how old are you？ I've always assumed you were in your early eighties； my age； possibly even a little younger； but according to this。。。〃
〃I was forty the year John walked the Green Mile〃； I said。 〃I was born in 1892。 That makes me a hundred and four； unless my reckoning's out。〃
She stared at me； speechless。
I held out the rest of the manuscript； remembering again how John had touched me； there in his cell。
You won't 'splode； he'd said； smiling a bit at the very idea； and I hadn't 。。。 but something had happened to me； all the same。 Something lasting。
〃Read the rest of it〃； I said。 〃What answers I have are in there。〃
〃All right〃； she almost whispered。 〃I
