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only hammer on the door and hear the dead woman ing for him�察�bloated belly�察�
dry hair�察�outstretched hands something that had lain slain in that tub for
perhaps years�察�embalmed there in magic。
The door would not open�察�would not�察�would not�察�would not。
And then the voice of Dick Hallorann came to him�察�so sudden and unexpected�察�so
calm�察�that his locked vocal cords opened and he began to cry weakly not with
fear but with blessed relief。
��I don't think they can hurt you 。。。 they're like pictures in a book 。。。
close your eyes and they'll be gone。��
His eyelids snapped down。 His hands curled into balls。 His shoulders hunched
with the effort of his concentration�此�
��Nothing there nothing there not there at all NOTHING
THERE THERE IS NOTHING�。�
Time passed。 And he was just beginning to relax�察�just beginning to realize
that the door must be unlocked and he could go�察�when the years´damp�察�bloated�察�
fish´smelling hands closed softly around his throat and he was turned implacably
around to stare into that dead and purple face。
P A R T F O U R
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DREAMLAND
Knitting made her sleepy。 Today even Bartok would have made her sleepy�察�and it
wasn't Bartok on the little phonograph�察�it was Bach。 Her hands grew slower and
slower�察�and at the time her son was making the acquaintance of Room 217's long´
term resident�察�Wendy was asleep with her knitting on her lap。 The yarn and
needles rose in the slow time of her breathing。 Her sleep was deep and she did
not dream。
* * *
Jack Torrance had fallen asleep too�察�but his sleep was light and uneasy�察�
populated by dreams that seemed too vivid to be mere dreams ! they were certainly
more vivid than any dreams he had ever had before。
His eyes had begun to get heavy as he leafed through packets of milk bills�察�a
hundred to a packet�察�seemingly tens of thousands all together。 Yet he gave each
one a cursory glance�察�afraid that by not being thorough he might miss exactly
the piece of Overlookiana he needed to make the mystic connection that he was
sure must be here somewhere。 He felt like a man with a power cord in one hand�察�
groping around a dark and unfamiliar room for a socket。 If he could find it he
would be rewarded with a view of wonders。
He had e to grips with Al Shockley's phone call and his request�察�his
strange experience in the playground had helped him to do that。 That had been
too damned close to some kind of breakdown�察�and he was convinced that it was his
mind in revolt against Al's high´goddam´handed request that he chuck his book
project。 It had maybe been a signal that his own sense of self´respect could
only be pushed so far before disintegrating entirely。 He would write the book。
If it meant the end of his association with Al Shockley�察�that would have to be。
He would write the hotel's biography�察�write it straight from the shoulder�察�and
the introduction would be his hallucination that the topiary animals had moved。
The title would be uninspired but workable�此�Strange Resort�察�The Story of the
Overlook Hotel。 Straight from the shoulder�察�yes�察�but it would not be written
vindictively�察�in any effort to get back at Al or Stuart Ullman or George
Hatfield or his father ��miserable�察�bullying drunk that he had been�� or anyone
else�察�for that matter。 He would write it because the Overlook had enchanted
him ! could any other explanation be so simple or so true�拭�He would write it for
the reason he felt that all great literature�察�fiction and nonfiction�察�was
written�此�truth es out�察�in the end it always es out。 He would write it
because he felt he had to。
Five hundred gals whole milk。 One hundred gals skim milk。 Pd。 Billed to acc't。
Three hundred pts orange juice。 Pd。
He slipped down further in his chair�察�still holding a clutch of the receipts�察�
but his eyes no longer looking at what was printed there。 They had e
unfocused。 His lids were slow and heavy。 His mind had slipped from the Overlook
to his father�察�who had been a male nurse at the Berlin munity Hospital。 Big
man。 A fat man who had towered to six feet two inches�察�he had been taller than
Jack even when Jack got his full growth of six feet even ! not that the old man
had still been around then。 ;Runt of the litter�察─�he would say�察�and then cuff
Jack lovingly and laugh。 There had been two other brothers�察�both taller than
their father�察�and Becky�察�who at five´ten had only been two inches shorter than
Jack and taller than he for most of their childhood。
His relationship with his father had been like the unfurling of some flower of
beautiful potential�察�which�察�when wholly opened�察�turned out to be blighted
inside。 Until he had been seven he had loved the tall�察�big´bellied man
uncritically and strongly in spite of the spankings�察�the black´and´blues�察�the
occasional black eye。
He could remember velvet summer nights�察�the house quiet�察�oldest brother Brett
out with his girl�察�middle brother Mike studying something�察�Becky and their
mother in the living room�察�watching something on the balky old TV�察�and he would
sit in the hall dressed in a pajama singlet and nothing else�察�ostensibly playing
with his trucks�察�actually waiting for the moment when the silence would be
broken by the door swinging open with a large bang�察�the bellow of his father's
wele when he saw Jacky was waiting�察�his own happy squeal in answer as this
big man came down the hall�察�his pink scalp glowing beneath his crewcut in the
glow of the hall light。 In that light he always looked like some soft and
flapping oversized ghost in his hospital whites�察�the shirt always untucked ��and
sometimes bloody���察�the pants cuffs drooping down over the black shoes。
His father would sweep him into his arms and Jacky would be propelled
deliriously upward�察�so fast it seemed he could feel air pressure settling
against his skull like a cap made out of lead�察�up and up�察�both of them crying
;Elevator� �Elevator� ┌察�and there had been nights when his father in his
drunkenness had not stopped the upward lift of his slabmuscled arms soon enough
and Jacky had gone right over his father's flattopped head like a human
projectile to crash´land on the hall floor behind his dad。 But on other nights
his father would only sweep him into a giggling ecstasy�察�through the zone of air
where beer hung around his father's face like a mist of raindrops�察�to be twisted
and turned and shaken like a laughing rag�察�and finally to be set down on his
feet�察�hiccupping with reaction。
The receipts slipped from his relaxing hand and seesawed down through the air
to land lazily on the floor�察�his eyelids�察�which had settled shut with his
father's image tattooed on their backs like stereopticon images�察�opened a little
bit and then slipped back down again。 He twitched a little。 Consciousness�察�like
the receipts�察�like autumn aspen leaves�察�seesawed lazily downward。
That had been the first phase of his relationship with his father�察�and as it
was drawing to its end he had bee aware that Becky and his brothers�察�all of
them older�察�hated the father and that their mother�察�a nondescript woman who
rarely spoke above a mutter�察�only suffered him because her Catholic upbringing
said that she must。 In those days it had not seemed strange to Jack that the
father won all his arguments with his children by use of his fists�察�and it had
not seemed strange that his own love should go hand´in´hand with his fear�此�fear
of the elevator game which might end in a splintering crash on any given night�察�
fear that his father's bearish good humor on his day off might suddenly change
to boarish bellowing and the smack of his ;good right hand;�察�and sometimes�察�he
remembered�察�he had even been afraid that his father's shadow might fall over him
while he was at play。 It was near the end of this phase that he began to notice
that Brett never brought his dates home�察�or Mike and Becky their chums。
Love began to curdle at nine�察�when his father put his mother into the hospital
with his cane。 He had begun to carry the cane a year earlier�察�when a car
accident had left him lame。 After that he was never without it�察�long and black
and thick and gold´headed。 Now�察�dozing�察�Jack's body twitched in a remembered
cringe at the sound it made in the air�察�a murderous swish�察�and its heavy crack
against the wall 。。。 or against flesh。 He had beaten their mother for no good
reason at all�察�suddenly and without warning。 They had been at the supper table。
The cane had been standing by his chair。 It was a Sunday night�察�the end of a
three´day weekend for Daddy�察�a weekend which he had boozed away in his usual
inimitable style。 Roast chicken。 Peas。 Mashed potatoes。 Daddy at the head of the
table�察�his plate heaped high�察�snoozing or nearly snoozing。 His mother passing
plates。 And suddenly Daddy had been wide awake�察�his eyes set deeply into their
fat eyesockets�察�glittering with a kind of stupid�察�evil petulance。 They flickered
from one member of the family to the next�察�and the vein in the center of his
forehead was standing out prominently�察�always a bad sign。 One of his large
freckled hands had dropped to the gold knob of his cane�察�caressing it。 He said
something about coffee . to this day Jack was sure it had been ;coffee; that his
father said。 Momma had opened her mouth to answer and then the cane was
whickering through the air�察�smashing against her face。 Blood spurted from her
nose。 Becky screamed。 Momma's spectacles dropped into her gravy。 The cane had
been drawn back�察�had e down again�察�this time on top of her head�察�splitting
the scalp。 Momma had dropped to the floor。 He had been out of his chair and
around to where she lay dazed on the carpet�察�brandishing the cane�察�moving with a
fat man's grotesque speed and agility�察�little eyes flashing�察�jowls quivering as
he spoke to her just as he had always spoken to his children during such
outbursts。 ;Now。 Now by Christ。 I guess you'll take your medicine now。 Goddam
puppy。 Whelp。 e on and take your medicine。; The cane had gone up and down on
her seven more times before Brett and Mike got hold of him�察�dragged him away�察�
wrestled the cane out of his hand。 Jack
��little Jacky now he was little Jacky now dozing and mumbling on a cobwebby
camp chair while the furnace roared into hollow life behind him��
knew exactly how many blows it had been because each soft whump against his
mother's body had been engraved on his memory like the irrational swipe of a
chisel on stone。 Seven whumps。 No more�察�no less。 He and Becky crying�察�
unbelieving�察�looking at their mother's spectacles lying in her mashed potatoes�察�
one cracked lens smeared with gravy。 Brett shouting at Daddy from the back hall�察�
telling him he'd kill him if he moved。 And Daddy saying over and over�此 �Damn
little puppy。 Damn little whelp。 Give me my cane�察�you damn little pup。 Give it
to me。; Brett brandishing it hysterically�察�saying yes�察�yes�察�I'll give it to you�察�
just you move a little bit and I'll give you all you want and two extra。 I'll
give you plenty。 Momma getting slowly to her feet�察�dazed�察�her face already
puffed and swelling like an old tire with too much air in it�察�bleeding in four
or five different places�察�and she had said a terrible thing�察�perhaps the only
thing Momma had ever said which Jacky could recall word for word�此 �Who's got the
newspaper�拭�Your daddy wants the funnies。 Is it raining yet�拭─�And then she sank
to her knees again�察�her hair hanging in her puffed and bleeding face。 Mike
calling the doctor�察�babbling into the phone。 Could he e right away�拭�It was
their mother。 No�察�he couldn't say what the trouble was�察�not over the phone�察�not
over a party line he couldn't。 Just e。 The doctor came and took Momma away to
the hospital where Daddy had worked all of his adult life。 Daddy�察�sobered up
some ��or perhaps only with the stupid cunning of a
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