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〃Percy； if you think about it … 〃
〃Oh； I intend to；〃 he said； brushing past me。 〃I intend to think about it very hard。 Starting right now。 On my way home。 One of you boys can clock me out at quitting time。〃 He reached the door of the restraint room and turned to survey us with a look of angry； embarrassed contempt … a deadly bination for the secret we'd had some fool's hope of keeping。
〃Unless； of course； you want to try explaining why I left early。〃
He left the room and went striding up the Green Mile； forgetting in his agitation why that green floored central corridor was so wide。 He had mad this mistake once before and had gotten away with it。 He would not get away with it again。
I followed him out the door； trying to think of a way to soothe him down … I didn't want him leaving E Block the way he was now； sweaty and dishevelled； with the red print of my hand still on his cheek。 The other three followed me。
What happened then happened very fast … it was all over in no more than a minute； perhaps even less。 Yet I remember all of it to this day … mostly； I think； because I told Janice everything when I got home and that set it in my mind。 What happened afterward … the dawn meeting with Curtis Anderson； the inquest； the press…meeting Hal Moores set up for us （he was back by then； of course）； and the eventual Board of Enquiry in the state capital … those things have blurred over the years like so much else in my memory。 But as to what ac
