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ers been that sort of man。 He wasn't; of course; but The Chief perhaps was。 The Chief; if given a chance; might have administered such a beating just to teach Percy a lesson。 What Dean said to me on that subject when he told me this story the following night has stuck with me ever since; because it turned out to be a kind of prophecy。 〃Wetmore don't understand that he hasn't got any power over them;〃 Dean said。 〃That nothing he does can really make things worse for them; that they can only be electrocuted once。 Until he gets his head around that; he's going to be a danger to himself and to everyone else down here。〃
Percy went into my office and slammed the door behind him。
〃My; my;〃 Bill Dodge said。 〃Ain't he the swollen and badly infected testicle。〃
〃You don't know the half of it;〃 Dean said。
〃Oh; look on the bright side;〃 Bill said。 He was always telling people to look on the bright side; it got so you wanted to punch his nose every time it came out of his mouth。 〃Your trick mouse got away; at least。〃
〃Yeah; but we won't see him no more;〃 Dean said。 〃I imagine this time goddam Percy Wetmore's scared him off for good。〃
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That was logical but wrong。 The mouse was back the very next evening; which just happened to be the first of Percy Wetmore's two nights off before he slid over to the graveyard shift。
Steamboat Willy showed up around seven o'clock。 I was there to see his reappearance; so was Dean。 Harry Terwilliger; to