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e within a twenty…mile radius knows what it looks like; anyway。 I guess maybe we can use my Ford。〃
〃Guess again;〃 Dean said; popping his specs back onto his nose。 〃You couldn't get John Coffey into your car if you stripped him naked; covered him with lard; and used a shoehorn。 You're so used to looking at him that you've forgotten how big he is。〃
I had no reply to that。 Most of my attention that morning had been focused on the problem of Percy … and the lesser but not inconsiderable problem of Wild Bill Wharton。 Now I realized that transportation wasn't going to be as simple as I had hoped。
Harry Terwilliger picked up the remains of his second sandwich; looked at it for a second; then put it down again。 〃If we was to actually do this crazy thing;〃 he said; 〃I guess we could use my pickup truck。 Sit him in the back of that。 Wouldn't be nobody much on the roads at that hour。 We're talking about well after midnight; ain't we?〃
〃Yes;〃 I said。
〃You guys're forgetting one thing;〃 Dean said。 〃I know Coffey's been pretty quiet ever since he came on the block; doesn't do much but lay there on his bunk and leak from the eyes; but he's a murderer。 Also; he's huge。 If he decided he wanted to escape out of the back of Harry's truck; the only way we could stop him would be to shoot him dead。 And a guy like that would take a lot of killing; even with a 。45。 Suppose we weren't able to put him down? And suppose he killed someone else? I'd hate losing my job;