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wasn't plicated by much in the way of thought。 He got up in back。 I followed him; went to the front of the truckbed; and banged on top of the cab。 Harry ground the transmission into first and the truck pulled out of the little bower he had hidden it in; shaking and juddering。
John Coffey stood spread…legged in the middle of the truckbed head cocked up at the stars again; smiling broadly; unmindful of the boughs that whipped at him as Harry turned his truck toward the highway。 〃Look; boss!〃 he cried in a low; rapturous voice; pointing up into the black night。 〃It's Cassie; the lady in the rockin chair!〃
He was right; I could see her in the lane of stars between the dark bulk of the passing trees。 But it wasn't Cassiopeia I thought of when he spoke of the lady in the rocking chair; it was Melinda Moores。
〃I see her; John;〃 I said; and tugged on his arm。 〃But you have to sit down now; all right?〃
He sat with his back against the cab; never taking his eyes off the night sky。 On his face was a look of sublime unthinking happiness。 The Green Mile fell farther behind us with each revolution of the Farmall's bald tires; and for the time being; at least; the seemingly endless flow of John Coffey's tears had stopped。
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It was twenty…five miles to Hal Moores's house on Chimney Ridge; and in Harry Terwilliger's slow and rattly farm truck; the trip took over an hour。 It was an eerie ride; and although it seems to me now that every moment of it is