“I’m goin’,” he said. “I’m gonna shoot the guts outa that big bastard myself, even if I only got one hand.”
“I’m gonna get ‘im.” Slim turned to Candy. “You stay here with her then, Candy.”
“The rest of us better get goin’.” They moved away.
George stopped a moment beside Candy and they both looked down at the dead girl until Curley called,
“You George! You stick with us so we don’t think you had nothin’ to do with this.”
George moved slowly after them, and his feet dragged heavily.
And when they were gone, Candy squatted down in the hay and watched the face of Curley’s wife.
“Poor bastard,” he said softly. The sound of the men grew fainter.
The barn was darkening gradually and, in their stalls, the horses shifted their feet and rattled the halter chains.
Old Candy lay down in the hay and covered his eyes with his arm.
CHAPTER 6
THE deep green pool of the Salinas River was still in the late afternoon.
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