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t I knew； all right）； but at first there was only thoughtful silence。 Then； taking another of Janice's biscuits and beginning to put an outrageous amount of butter on it； Dean said： 〃Did John see him； do you think？ Did he see Wharton drop the girls； maybe even rape them？〃
〃I think if he'd seen that； he would have tried to stop it；〃 I said。 〃As for seeing Wharton； maybe as he ran off； I suppose he might have。 If he did； he forgot it later。〃
〃Sure；〃 Dean said。 〃He's special； but that doesn't make him bright。 He only found out it was Wharton when Wharton reached through the bars of his cell and touched him。〃
Brutal was nodding。 〃That's why John looked so surprised 。。。 so shocked。 Remember the way his eyes opened？〃
I nodded。 〃He used Percy on Wharton like a gun； that was what Janice said； and it was what I kept thinking about。 Why would John Coffey want to kill Wild Bill？ Percy； maybe …Percy stamped on Delacroix's mouse right in front of him； Percy burned Delacroix alive and John knew it … but Wharton？ Wharton messed with most of us in one way or another； but he didn't mess with John at all； so far as I know …hardly passed four dozen words with him the whole time they were on the Mile together； and half of those were that last night。 Why would he want to？ He was from Purdom County； and as far as white boys from up there are concerned； you don't even see a Negro unless he happens to step into your road。 So why did he do it？ What could he've seen or felt
