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ull of Hammersmiths。 … Nobody was really equipped to think of it; Coffey's own attorney included。〃
〃But you did;〃 Harry said。 〃Goddam; boys; we're sittin here with Mr。 Sherlock Holmes。〃 He sounded simultaneously joshing and awed。
〃Oh; put a cork in it;〃 I said。 〃I wouldn't have thought of it either; if I hadn't put together what he told Deputy McGee that day with what he said after he cured my infection; and what he said after he healed the mouse。〃
〃What?〃 Dean asked。
〃When I went into his cell; it was like I was hypnotized。 I didn't feel like I could have stopped doing what he wanted; even if I'd tried。〃
〃I don't like the sound of that;〃 Harry said; and shifted uneasily in his seat。
〃I asked him what he wanted; and he said 'Just to help。' I remember that very clearly。 And when it was over and I was better; he knew。 'I helped it;' he said。 'I helped it; didn't I?; 〃
Brutal was nodding。 〃Just like with the mouse。 You said 'You helped it;' and Coffey said it back to you like he was a parrot。 'I helped Del's mouse。' Is that when you knew? It was; wasn't it?。〃
〃Yeah; I guess so。 I remembered what he said to McGee when McGee asked him what had happened。 It was in every story about the murders; just about。 'I couldn't help it。 I tried to take it back; but it was too late。' A man saying a thing like that with two little dead girls in his arms; them white and blonde; him as big as a house; no wonder they got it wrong。 They heard