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ctric chair; sentence passed by a jury of your peers。 。。〃
John Coffey's peers? What a joke。 So far as I knew; there was no one like him on the pla。 Then I thought of what John had said while he stood looking at Sparky from the foot of the stairs leading down from my office: They're still in there。 I hear them screaming。
〃Get me out of it〃; I said hoarsely。 〃Undo these clamps and let me up。〃
They did it; but for a moment I felt frozen there; as if Old Sparky did not want to let me go。
As we walked back to the block; Brutal spoke to me in a low voice; so not even Dean and Harry; who were setting up the last of the chairs behind us; would overhear。 〃I done a few things in my life that I'm not proud of; but this is the first time I ever felt really actually in danger of hell。〃
I looked at him to make sure he wasn't joking。 I didn't think he was。 〃What do you mean?〃
〃I mean we're fixing to kill a gift of God〃; he said。 〃One that never did ary harm to us; or to anyone else。 What am I going to say if I end up standing in front of God the Father Almighty and He asks me to explain why I did it? That it was my job? My job?〃
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When John got back from his shower and the floaters had left; I unlocked his cell; went in; and sat down on the bunk beside him。 Brutal was on the desk。 He looked up; saw me in there on my own; but said nothing。 He just went back to whatever paperwork he was currently mangling; licking away at the tip of his