of Old Toot shouting that he was frying and that he was a donetom turkey. Then all of a sudden it was over, and so was his urinary infection. Then John starts gagging and he opened his mouth and out came a cloud of tinyblack insects that looked like gnats. The swirled around in the air and thenturned white. When Paul asked John what he did, all John said was, "Helped. Ihelped it, didn't ?"The next day Paul goes to Trapingus County. He goes there to find informationabout that crime that John Coffey committed. Someone there tells him someonewho was there when they found John with the bloody, naked girls in each of hishuge arms. The guy Paul goes to talk to is named Hammersmith. He tells Paulthat even if someone else did kill Cora and Kathy that they'd think Coffey didit because he's black and the twin girls where white, but he tells Paul that hethinks Coffey did it, no doubt about it.Paul's boss Hal Moores' wife came back from the hospital and Paul and his wifeJanice went to visit them. At some point during the night Janice says she feelSorry for Melinda and that it's a shame that there's nothing anyone can do toHelp her. All Paul can think about is John saying, "I helped it, didn't I?"The next time Paul goes to work they have to practice for Dale's execution. ThePractice went better than Paul had expected. He put Percy out front so allPercy would have to do was wet the sponge, place it under the cap, and then rollhim. After the practice Percy makes everyone mad at him again, and when he goeswalking down the aisle Wharton jumped off his bed and grabbed him and choked himand told him we have sweet like a girl and then kissed his ear. Percy got awayand he was standing on the other side of the aisle catching his breathe whenDelacroix started yelling, "Look it him, he done piss in his pants! Look at whatthe big man done! Bus' other people wid 'is stick, mais oui some mauvais homme,but when someone touch him, he make water in ...
