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ath; in other words … the Frenchman called me down to his cell。 I was on my own for the time being; Brutal over at the missary for something; and according to the regs; I was not supposed to approach a prisoner in such circumstances。 But since I probably could have shot…putted Delacroix twenty yards one…handed on a good day; I decided to break the rule and see what he wanted。
〃Watch this; Boss Edgebe;〃 he said。 〃You gonna see what Mr。 Jingles can do!〃 He reached behind the cigar box and brought up a small wooden spool。
〃Where'd you get that?〃 I asked him; although I supposed I knew。 There was really only one person he could have gotten it from。
〃Old Toot…Toot;〃 he said。 'Watch this。〃
I was already watching; and could see Mr。 Jingles in his box; standing up with his small front paws propped on the edge; his black eyes fixed on the spool Delacroix was holding between the thumb and first finger of his right hand。 I felt a funny little chill go up my back。 I had never seen a mere mouse attend to something with such sharpness … with such intelligence。 I don't really believe that Mr。 Jingles was a supernatural visitation; and if I have given you that idea; I'm sorry; but I have never doubted that he was a genius of his kind。
Delacroix bent over and rolled the threadless spool across the floor of his cell。 It went easily; like a pair of wheels connected by an axle。 The mouse was out of his box in a flash and across the floor after it; like a dog ch