Міжзірковий мандрівник
Chapter 2
Dopehimto-nightan’makehimlosehisjob.Showme,andwe’lltalkbusinesswithyou.”
AllthisLongBilltoldmeinthedungeonsafterward.CecilWinwooddemurredagainsttheimmediacyofthedemonstration.Heclaimedthathemusthavetimeinwhichtostealthedopefromthedispensary.Theygavehimthetime,andaweeklaterheannouncedthathewasready.Fortyhard-bittenliferswaitedfortheguardBarnumtogotosleeponhisshift.AndBarnumdid.Hewasfoundasleep,andhewasdischargedforsleepingonduty.
Ofcourse,thatconvincedthelifers.ButtherewastheCaptainoftheYardtoconvince.Tohim,daily,CecilWinwoodwasreportingtheprogressofthebreak—allfanciedandfabricatedinhisownimagination.TheCaptainoftheYarddemandedtobeshown.Winwoodshowedhim,andthefulldetailsoftheshowingIdidnotlearnuntilayearafterward,soslowlydothesecretsofprisonintrigueleakout.
Winwoodsaidthatthefortymeninthebreak,inwhoseconfidencehewas,hadalreadysuchpowerinthePrisonthattheywereabouttobeginsmugglinginautomaticpistolsbymeansoftheguardstheyhadboughtup.
“Showme,”theCaptainoftheYardmusthavedemanded.
Andtheforger-poetshowedhim.IntheBakery,nightworkwasaregularthing.Oneoftheconvicts,abaker,wasonthefirstnight-shift.
