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Stephen King

The Green Mile

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

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Part 2, Chapters 9-11

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 2: The Mouse on the Mile

Chapter 9 Summary

Brutal manages to convince Toot-Toot to sell the cigar box to Delacroix with minor contributions from other guards, including Paul himself. Toot-Toot agrees. The mouse takes to the box very quickly. Delacroix gives his new pet a portion of the peppermints his aunt sends him. Someone gifts Delacroix a wooden spool, which he uses as a toy for Mr. Jingles. Harry offers Delacroix a box of crayons to color the spool with. Delacroix happily does so, showing off the mouse’s tricks with the spool to all the guards except Percy.

Paul remarks that the early days of Delacroix’s arrival are pleasant, prior to Paul’s urinary tract infection returning, and the inmate William Wharton’s arrival to the Green Mile.

Chapter 10 Summary

Delacroix’s executiondate arrives earlier than expected. Delacroix’s execution makes room for the arrival of William Wharton, whose trial has run longer than expected due to his hospital visits. In court, Wharton’s lawyer claims that Wharton suffers from epilepsy, but the hospital finds no physiological issue with his brain. The day of Wharton’s arrival to Cold Mountain, Paul’s urinary tract infection worsens. He wakes up in unbearable pain, falling over when he goes to urinate, and is almost unable to get back up.

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