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〃Well; I don't like to be scared;〃 Bill rumbled; 〃and I work here; Wetmore; in case you didn't notice。 I ain't one of your lugoons。〃
Percy gave him a look that was narrow…eyed and a touch uncertain。
〃And we don't scare them any more than we have to; because they're under a lot of strain;〃 Dean said。 He was still keeping his voice low。 〃Men that are under a lot of strain can snap。 Hurt themselves。 Hurt others。 Sometimes get folks like us in trouble; too。〃
Percy's mouth twitched at that。 〃In trouble〃 was an idea that had power over him。 Making trouble was okay。 Getting into it was not。
〃Our job is talking; not yelling;〃 Dean said。 〃A man who is yelling at prisoners is a man who has lost control。〃
Percy knew who had written that scripture … me。
The boss。 There was no love lost between Percy Wetmore and Paul Edgebe; and this was still summer; remember … long before the real festivities started。
〃You'll do better;〃 Dean said; 〃if you think of this place as like an intensive…care ward in a hospital。 It's best to be quiet……!〃
〃I think of it as a bucket of piss to drown rats in;〃 Percy said; 〃and that's all。 Now let me go。〃
He tore free of Dean's hand; stepped between him and Bill; and stalked up the corridor with his head down。 He walked a little too close to The President's side … close enough so that Flanders could have reached out; grabbed him; and maybe headwhipped him with his own prized hickory baton; had Fland