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and I'd hate going to jail … I got a wife and kids depending on me to put bread in their mouths … but I don't think I'd hate either of those things near as much as having another dead little girl on my conscience。〃
〃That won't happen；〃 I said。
〃How in God's name can you be so sure of that？〃
I didn't answer。 I didn't know just how to begin。 I had known this would e up； of course I did； but I still didn't know how to start telling them what I knew。 Brutal helped me。
〃You don't think he did it； do you； Paul？〃 He looked incredulous。 〃You think that big lug is innocent。〃
〃I'm positive he's innocent；〃 I said。
〃How in the name of Jesus can you be？〃
〃There are two things；〃 I said。 〃One of them is my shoe。〃 I leaned forward over the table and began talking。
Part Five：
Night Journey
1。
Mr。 H。 G。 Wells once wrote a story about a man who invented a time machine； and I have discovered that； in the writing of these memoirs； I have created my own time machine。 Unlike Wells's； it can only travel into the past … back to 1932； as a matter of fact； when I was the bull…goose screw in E Block of Cold Mountain State Penitentiary … but it's eerily efficient； for all that。 Still； this time machine reminds me of the old Ford I had in those days： you could be sure that it would start eventually； but you never knew if a turn of the key would be enough to fire the motor； or if you were going to have to get out and crank until
