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For once he had heard Wilson"You can shut up that...
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For once he had heard Wilson"You can shut up that kine of talk," he told himHis breath came in heavy sobs and he stared at Wilson vacantly as if he could not focus his eyes"Nuff of that," he blurted outEven in his exhaustion he was profoundly shocked"Ought know better talk like that," he panted
"Ridges, you're jus' chicken****," Wilson said
Ridges shook his head like a bullAll his life there had been any number of things he could not doMaking love to a Negro was a luxury as well as a sin to him; it was one of the excessive things you could not do and survive
But Wilson was far away alreadyThe warmth in his body, the pleasantly heavy lassitude of his limbs tricked himHe thought it was ***ual anticipation, dolce and gabbana bucket handbag and a thick foundationless lust rose in his throatHe closed his eyes, recalling a moonlit night and the creekbank of the river outside his townHe chuckled weakly, some phlegm burbling into his throatHe swallowed it againHe felt his cheeks puckering, and he lapsed into a gentle weeping which issued easily out of himHe noticed it with surprise
Suddenly he was aware of his mouth again, felt his tongue lolling in his throat"Gimme some water, huh, men?" There was no answer and he said again patiently"Jus' a little drink, huh, men?"
They would not answer him, and he was angry"Goddammit, men, gimme a little water
"Hold off," Ridges said hoarsely
"Men, Ah do anythin' for ya, y' gimme a little water
Ridges set cheap gucci bags him downWilson's cries rasped against his sensesIt was the only thing that could arouse him by now
"You men are just sonsofbitches
"You cain't have it," Ridges saidHe could see no harm in it, which made it harder for him to refuse, but he was also bitter at WilsonWe done without, neveh made any fuss, he told himself"Wilson, you cain't have it His voice was final and Wilson lapsed into reverie again
They picked up the stretcher and tugged forward a few yards, laid it down againThe sun was drifting toward the western horizon and it grew cooler, but they paid little attentionWilson was a burden they had to carry; it would go on and on and they could never let him goThey did not understand this, but rolex gmt master comprehension was lurking behind their fatigueThey only knew that they must move on, and they didAll afternoon until it was dark Ridges and Goldstein staggered forward their few inches at a time, and slowly the inches added upBy the time they had stopped for the night, covered Wilson with one of their two blankets and bundled up together beside each other to sleep in stupor, they had advanced Wilson five miles from the place where they had left Brown and StanleyAlready the jungle was not too far awayAlthough they did not say it, they had glimpsed it from the top of the last hill they had crossedTomorrow they might be sleeping on the beach, waiting for the boat to bring them back
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