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sense of ease and freedom�察�which was more acute because he 
knew that soon it was to be shattered。 He mended the fire and 
warmed his hands。 Then he rolled a cigarette。 The kitchen was 
in a state of spotless order and cleanliness。 The saucepans on 
the wall glowed with the light of the stove and behind each 
one there was a round�察�black shadow。 
'It about Willie。' 
'I know。' He rolled the cigarette gingerly between his palms。 
His eyes glanced recklessly about him�察�greedy for the last 
sweet pleasures。 
'Once I mentioned to you this here Buster Johnson were at the 
prison with Willie。 Us knowed him before。 He were sent home 
yestiddy。' 'So��' 
'Buster been crippled for life。' 
His head quavered。 He pressed his hand to his chin to steady 
himself�察�but the obstinate trembling was difficult to control。 


'Last night these here friends come round to my house and say 
that Buster were home and had something to tell 

me about Willie。 I run all the way and this here is what he 
said。' 
'Yes。' 
'There were three of them。 Willie and Buster and this other 
boy。 They were friends。 Then this here trouble come up。' 
Portia halted。 She wet her finger with her tongue and then 
moistened her dry lips with her finger。 'It were something to 
do with the way this here white guard picked on them all the 
time。 They were out on roadwork one day and Buster he 
sassed back and then the other boy he try to run off in the 
woods。 They taken all three of them。 They taken all three of 
them to the camp and put them in this here ice´cold room。' 
He said yes again。 But his head quavered and the word 
sounded like a rattle in his throat。 
'It were about six weeks ago��' Portia said。 'You remember that 
cold spell then。 They put Willie and them boys in this room 
like ice。' 
Portia spoke in a low voice�察�and she neither paused between 
words nor did the grief in her face soften。 It was like a low 
song。 She spoke and he could not understand。 The sounds 
were distinct in his ear but they had no shape or meaning。 It 
was as though his head were the prow of a boat and the 
sounds were water that broke on him and then flowed past。 He 
felt he had to look behind to find the words already said。 
'。 。 。 and their feets swolled up and they lay there and struggle 
on the floor and holler out。 And nobody come。 They hollered 
there for three days and three nights and nobody come。' 
'I am deaf��' said Doctor Copeland。 'I cannot understand。' 
'They put our Willie and them boys in this here ice´cold room。 
There were a rope hanging down from the ceiling。 They taken 
their shoes off and tied their bare feets to this rope。 Willie and 
them boys lay there with their backs on the floor and their 
feets in the air。 And their�察�feets swolled up and they struggle 
on the floor and holler out。 It were ice´cold in the room and 
their feets froze。 Their feets swolled up and they hollered for 
three nights and three days。 And nobody come。'218 


Doctor Copeland pressed his head with his hands�察�but still the 
steady trembling would not stop。 'I cannot hear what you say。' 
'Then at last they come to get them。 They quickly taken Willie 
and them boys to the sick ward and their legs were all swolled 
and froze。 Gangrene。 They sawed off both our Willie's feet。 
Buster Johnson lost one foot and the other boy got well。 But 
our Willie!he crippled for life now。 Both his feet sawed off。' 
The words were finished and Portia leaned over and struck her 
head upon the table。 She did not cry or moan�察�but she struck 
her head again and again on the hard´scrubbed top of the 
table。 The bowl and spoon rattled and he removed them to the 
sink。 The words were scattered in his mind�察�but he did not try 
to assemble them。 He scalded the bowl and spoon and washed 
out the dish´towel。 He picked up something from the floor and 
put it somewhere。 
'Crippled��' he asked。 'William��' 
Portia knocked her head on the table and the blows had a 
rhythm like the slow beat of a drum and his heart took up this 
rhythm also。 Quietly the words came alive and fitted to the 
meaning and he understood。 
'When will they send him home��' 
Portia leaned her drooping head on her arm。 'Buster don't 
know that。 Soon afterward they separate all three of them in 
different places。 They sent Buster to another camp。 Since 
Willie only haves a few more months he think he liable to be 
home soon now。' 
They drank coffee and sat for a long time�察�looking into each 
other's eyes。 His cup rattled against his teeth。 She poured her 
coffee into a saucer and some of it dripped down on her lap。 
'William' Doctor Copeland said。 As he pronounced 
the name his teeth bit deeply into his tongue and he moved his 
jaw with pain。 They sat for a long while。 Portia held his hand。 
The bleak morning light made the windows gray。 Outside it 
was still raining。 
'If I means to get to work I better go on now��' Portia said。 
He followed her through the hall and stopped at the hat´rack 
to put on his coat and shawl。 The open door let in a 

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gust of wet�察�cold air。 Highboy sat out on the street curb with a 
wet newspaper over his head for protection。 Along the 


sidewalk there was a fence。 Portia leaned against this as she 
walked。 Doctor Copeland followed a few paces after her and 
his hands�察�also�察�touched the boards of the fence to steady 
himself。 Highboy trailed behind them。 
He waited for the black�察�terrible anger as though for some 
beast out of the night。 But it did not come to him。 His bowels 
seemed weighted with lead�察�and he walked slowly and 
lingered against fences and the cold�察�wet walls of buildings by 
the way。 Descent into the depths until at last there was no 
further chasm below。 He touched the solid bottom of despair 
and there took ease。 
In this he knew a certain strong and holy gladness。 The 
persecuted laugh�察�and the black slave sings to his outraged 
soul beneath the whip。 A song was in him now!although it 
was not music but only the feeling of a song。 And the sodden 
heaviness of peace weighted down his limbs so that it was 
only with the strong�察�true purpose that he moved。 Why did he 
go onward�拭�Why did he not rest here upon the bottom of 
utmost humiliation and for a while take his content�拭�
But he went onward。 

。Uncle��' said Mick。 'You think some hot coffee would make 
you feel better��' 
Doctor Copeland looked into her face but gave no sign that he 
heard。 They had crossed the town and come at last to the alley 
behind the Kellys' house。 Portia had entered first and then he 
followed。 Highboy remained on the steps outside。 Mick and 
her two little brothers were already in the kitchen。 Portia told 
of William。 Doctor Copeland did not listen to the words but 
her voice had a rhythm!a start�察�a middle�察�and an end。 Then 
when she was finished she began all over。 Others came into 
the room to hear。 
Doctor Copeland sat on a stool in the corner。 His coat and 
shawl steamed over the back of a chair by the stove。 He held 
his hat on his knees and his long�察�dark hands moved nervously 
around the worn brim。 The yellow insides of his hands were 
so moist that occesionally he wiped them with a handkerchief。 
His head trembled�察�and all of his muscles were stiff with the 
effort to make it be still。220 
Mr。 Singer came into the room。 Doctor Copeland raised up his 


face to him。 'Have you heard of this��' he asked。 Mr。 Singer
nodded。 In his eyes there was no horror or pity or hate。 Of all
those who knew�察�his eyes alone did not express these
reactions。 For he alone understood this thing。
Mick whispered to Portia�察 �What's your father's name��
'
'He named Benedict Mady Copeland。
'
Mick leaned over close to Doctor Copeland and shouted in his
face as though he were deaf。 'Benedict�察�don't you think some
hot coffee would make you feel a little better��
'
Doctor Copeland started。
'Quit that hollering��' Portia said。 'He can hear well as you can。
'
'Oh��' said Mick。 She emptied the grounds from the pot and put
the coffee on the stove to boil again。
The mute still lingered in the doorway。 Doctor Copeland still
looked into his face。 'You heard��
'
'What'll they do to those prison guards��' Mick asked

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