[The Devil’s Own by Randall Parrish]@TWC D-Link bookThe Devil’s Own CHAPTER XXII 16/22
How 'bout sum soap an' water fore I eat? an' yer cudn't loan me a razor, cud ye ?" He rubbed his chin reflectively with stubby fingers. "Wal' I got plenty o' water, an' maybe cud scare up sum soap.
Tim yere he's got a razor, an', if he's a frien' o' yers, I reckon he mought lend it ter yer--thet's sure sum hell ov a beard yer've got." The deputy gulped down his drink, and smacked his lips, clinging with one hand to the bar, regarding me lovingly. "Sure; he's friend' o' mine.
Shave him myself soon's I git sober. Stand most whisky all righ', but damn if I kin this kind--only hed three drinks, tha's all---whut's thet? Yer can't wait? Oh, all righ' then, take it yerself.
Mighty fin' razor, ol' man." Rale found me a tin basin, water, a bit of rag for a towel, and a small, cracked mirror, in which my reflection was scarcely recognizable.
He was a man of few words, contenting himself with uttering merely a dry comment on Kennedy, who had dropped back into a convenient chair, and buried his face on the table. "Tim's a damn good fellow, an' I never saw him so blame drunk afore," he said, regretfully.
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