Mr. Jingles személy
Idézetek
– Maradj nyugton, Mr. Jingles – mondta Delacroix, és az egér megtorpant a bal vállán, mintha csak megértette volna. – Legyél csak ilyen szép nyugodt és csöndes. – A francia dallamos cajun [A XVIII. századi angol-francia háborúk elől Kanadából Louisianába menekült franciákat hívják cajunnek.] kiejtésével a csöndes olyan egzotikus idegenszerűséggel hangzott, hogy söndés.
I. rész -- A két halott lány - 2.
Mr. Jingles had most likely spent it on Delacroix's stomach, with his tail curled over his paws, eyes unblinking. It was as if God had decided Delacroix needed a guardian angel […]
63. oldal, 6.fejezet
Don't let nothing happen to Mr. Jingles, I could hear Delacroix saying in a voice that wouldn't stay steady. I could hear that, and I could feel the warmth of Mr. Jingles as the Frenchman handed it to me, just a mouse, smarter than most of the species, no doubt, but still just a mouse for a' that and a' that. Dont let that bad 'un hurt my mouse, he'd said, and I had promised, as I always promised them at the end, when walking the Green Mile was no longer a myth or a hypothesis but something they really had to do.
88. oldal, 8.fejezet