“What’s that wire around you for? It’s not natural,” she repeated. After a second he began to button the shirt. “It’s natural,” he said. “Well, it’s not normal. It’s like one of them gory stories, it’s something that people have quit doing—like boiling in oil or being a saint or walling up cats,” she said. “There’s no reason for it. People have quit doing it.” “They ain’t quit doing it as long as I’m doing it,” he said. “People have quit doing it,” she repeated. “What do you do it for?” “I’m not clean,” he said.
