Southern Gods

Джон Хорнор Джейкобс

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Zee_Beckett25 апреля 2017 г.
I don’t know, but we must be on our guard. It’s no small matter when gods ... start meddling in the affairs of men.
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Zee_Beckett25 апреля 2017 г.
“Hi, Lewis. I’m Sarah Rheinhart.” Alice looked at her sharply. “And that’s Alice. We found you at the river, in a boat.”
“Bull,” he said.
“We did… we found you by—”
“No, that’s what everyone calls me.” He motioned down to his body as if to say, this. “Since I was a kid.”
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Zee_Beckett25 апреля 2017 г.
Franny took two steps into the room, Fisk and Lenora behind her. She looked at Ingram. “It took six men to carry you. On a board. They dropped you once.”
He laughed, a big rumble coming from deep in his chest. The sound filled the room, reminding Sarah of her Uncle Gregor. He was always tickled by the absurd.
Ingram smiled at the little girl. “It sure feels like I got dropped. I think they might’ve bumped my head.”
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Zee_Beckett21 апреля 2017 г.
“Oh. That is sad. But what if he’s a bad man?”
Sarah looked back at the man’s face. That’s the question, isn’t it? With all men.
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Zee_Beckett21 апреля 2017 г.
“She’s scared of you, mother. Franny thinks you’re turning into a wolf, to gobble her up. A stupid play on words that Jim made planted that idea in her head.”
Sarah’s mother gave a thick, wheezing laugh that quickly turned into a cough. When the coughs died, the old woman smiled, tears streaming down the sides of her withered, discolored face.
She laughed again, and said, “Whoo-ee, I’m starting to like that girl. I watch her from my window, you know. She’s a wild thing, not like you or your father. She’s like me.” Sarah’s mother tapped her ribcage with a gnarled finger. “Tell that little dumpling that I was born a wolf, and after many years, I’m finally becoming human.”
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Zee_Beckett13 апреля 2017 г.
Ingram whispered to Rabbit, “Are white people allowed in here?”
“White people allowed wherever the hell they want, Bull, especially when they’re as big and ugly looking as you.”
Ingram glanced at Rabbit. “Ugly? Hey—”
Rabbit held up his hands. “All white folk is ugly until you get to know them. Then they usually get uglier. But I wouldn’t worry none. You’re a big — I mean big — fella. Ain’t nobody here gonna mess with you.”
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