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Stephen King
When he stopped much later the sun was hanging over the fields to his right, red and inflamed, and when he looked at his watch he saw that it was quarter past seven. The sun had stained the corntops a reddish gold, but here the shadows were dark and deep. He cocked his head, listening. With the coming of sunset the wind had died entirely and the corn stood still, exhaling its aroma of growth into the warm air. If they were still in the corn they were either far away or just hunkered down and listening. But Burt didn't think a bunch of kids, even crazy ones, could be quiet for that long. He suspected they had done the most kidlike thing, regardless of the consequences for them; they had given up and gone home.
He turned towards the setting sun (он повернулся в сторону заходящего солнца), which had sunk between the raftered clouds on the horizon (которое утонуло меж полосатых: «похожих на потолочные балки» облаков на горизонте;
The ache in his arm had settled into a dull throb that was nearly pleasant (боль в его руке поутихла до тупого подергивания, которое было почти приятно), and the good feeling was still with him (и хорошее чувство было все еще с ним). He decided that as long as he was here (он решил, что пока: «так долго, как»он находится здесь), he would let the good feeling exist in him without guilt (он позволит этому хорошему чувству существовать в нем без чувства вины). The guilt would return when he had to face the authorities (чувство вины вернется, когда ему придется встретиться с/предстать перед властями) and account for what had happened in Gatlin (и сообщить обо всем, что произошло в Гатлине;
He pressed through the corn (он пробирался через кукурузу;