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Jag's snow tires out of the garage and bring them down to the Highway 31 bridge 
outside of Barre。 The friend showed up twenty minutes later�察�wearing a pair of 
jeans and his pajama top。 He surveyed the scene。 
  ;Kill anybody�拭─�he asked。 
  Al was already jacking up the back of the car and Jack was loosening lug nuts。 
;Providentially�察�no one�察─�Al said。 
  ;I think I'll just head on back anyway。 Pay me in the morning。; 
  ;Fine�察─�Al said without looking up。 
  The two of them had gotten the tires on without incident�察�and together they 
drove back to Al Shockley's house。 Al put the Jag in the garage and killed the 
motor。 
  In the dark quiet he said�此 �I'm off drinking�察�Jacky´boy。 It's all over。 I've 
slain my last martian。; 
  And now�察�sweating in this phonebooth�察�it occurred to Jack that he had never 
doubted Al's ability to carry through。 He had driven back to his own house in 
the VW with the radio turned up�察�and some disco group chanted over and over 
again�察�talismanic in the house before dawn�此�Do it anyway 。。。 you wanta do it 。 
。 。 do it anyway you want 。。。 No matter how loud he heard the squealing tires�察�
the crash。 When he blinked his eyes shut�察�he saw that single crushed wheel with 
its broken spokes pointing at the sky。 
  When he got in�察�Wendy was asleep on the couch。 He looked in Danny's room and 
Danny was in his crib on his back�察�sleeping deeply�察�his arm still buried in the 
cast。 In the softly filtered glow from the streetlight outside he could see the 
dark lines on its plastered whiteness where all the doctors and nurses in 


 
 
pediatrics had signed it。 
  It was an accident。 He fell down the stairs。 
  ��o you dirty liar�� 
  It was an accident。 l lost my temper。 
  ��you fucking drunken waste god wiped snot out of his nose and that was you�� 
  Listen�察�hey�察�e on�察�please�察�just an accident !  
  But the last plea was driven away by the image of that bobbing flashlight as 
they hunted through the dry late November weeds�察�looking for the sprawled body 
that by all good rights should have been there�察�waiting for the police。 It 
didn't matter that Al had been driving。 There had been other nights when he had 
been driving。 
  He pulled the covers up over Danny�察�went into their bedroom�察�and took the 
Spanish Llama 。38 down from the top shelf of the closet。 It was in a shoe box。 
He sat on the bed with it for nearly an hour�察�looking at it�察�fascinated by its 
deadly shine。 
  It was dawn when he put it back in the box and put the box back in the closet。 
  That morning he had called Bruckner�察�the department head�察�and told him to 
please post his classes。 He had the flu。 Bruckner agreed�察�with less good grace 
than was mon。 Jack Torrance had been extremely susceptible to the flu in the 
last year。 
  Wendy made him scrambled eggs and coffee。 They ate in silence。 The only sound 
came from the back yard�察�where Danny was gleefully running his trucks across the 
sand pile with his good hand。 
  She went to do the dishes。 Her back to him�察�she said�此 �Jack。 I've been 
thinking。; 
  ;Have you�拭─�He lit a cigarette with trembling hands。 No hangover this morning�察�
oddly enough。 Only the shakes。 He blinked。 In the instant's darkness the bike 
flew up against the windshield�察�starring the glass。 The tires shrieked。 The 
flashlight bobbed。 
  ;I want to talk to you about 。。。 about what's best for me and Danny。 For you 
too�察�maybe。 I don't know。 We should have talked about it before�察�I guess。; 
  ;Would you do something for me�拭─�he asked�察�looking at the wavering tip of his 
cigarette。 ;Would you do me a favor�拭─�
  ;What�拭─�Her voice was dull and neutral。 He looked at her back。 
  ;Let's talk about it a week from today。 If you still want to。。�察�
  Now she turned to him�察�her hands lacy with suds�察�her pretty face pale and 
disillusioned。 ;Jack�察�promises don't work with you。 You just go right on with ! ; 
  She stopped�察�looking in his eyes�察�fascinated�察�suddenly uncertain。 
  ;In a week�察─�he said。 His voice had lost all its strength and dropped to a 
whisper。 ;Please。 I'm not promising anything。 If you still want to talk then�察�
we'll talk。 About anything you want。; 
  They looked across the sunny kitchen at each other for a long time�察�and when 
she turned back to the dishes without saying anything more�察�he began to shudder。 
God�察�he needed a drink。 Just a little pick´me´up to put things in their true 
perspective !  
  ;Danny said he dreamed you had a car accident�察─�she said abruptly。 ;He has 
funny dreams sometimes。 He said it this morning�察�when I got him dressed。 Did 
you�察�Jack�拭�Did you have an accident�拭─�


 
 
  ;No。; 
  By noon the craving for a drink had bee a low´grade fever。 He went to Al's。 
  ;You dry�拭─�Al asked before letting him in。 Al looked horrible。 
  ;Bone dry。 You look like Lon Chaney in Phantom of the Opera。; 
  ;e on in。; 
  They played two´handed whist all afternoon。 They didn't drink。 
  A week passed。 He and Wendy didn't speak much。 But he knew she was watching�察�
not believing。 He drank coffee black and endless cans of Coca´Cola。 One night he 
drank a whole six´pack of Coke and then ran into the bathroom and vomited it up。 
The level of the bottles in the liquor cabinet did not go down。 After his 
classes he went over to Al Shockley's´she hated Al Shockley worse than she had 
ever hated anyone´and when he came home she would swear she smelled scotch or 
gin on his breath�察�but he would talk lucidly to her before supper�察�drink coffee�察�
play with Danny after supper�察�sharing a Coke with him�察�read him a bedtime story�察�
then sit and correct themes with cup after cup of black coffee by his hand�察�and 
she would have to admit to herself that she had been wrong。 
  Weeks passed and the unspoken word retreated further from the back of her 
lips。 Jack sensed its retirement but knew it would never retire pletely。 
Things began to get a little easier。 Then George Hatfield。 He had lost his 
temper again�察�this time stone sober。 
  ;Sir�察�your party still doesn't ! ; 
  ;Hello�拭─�Al's voice�察�out of breath。 
  ;Go ahead�察─�the operator said dourly。 
  ;Al�察�this is Jack Torrance。; 
  ;Jacky´boy� ─�Genuine pleasure。 ;How are you�拭─�
  ;Good。 I just called to say thanks。 I got the job。 It's perfect。 If I can't 
finish that goddam play snowed in all winter�察�I'll never finish it。; 
  ;You'll finish。; 
  ;How are things�拭─�Jack asked hesitantly。 
  ;Dry�察─�Al responded。 ;You�拭─�
  ;As a bone。; 
  ;Miss it much�拭─�
  ;Every day。; 
  Al laughed。 ;I know that scene。 But I don't know how you stayed dry after that 
Hatfield thing�察�Jack。 That was above and beyond。; 
  ;I really bitched things up for myself�察─�he said evenly。 
  ;Oh�察�hell。 I'll have the Board around by spring。 Effinger's already saying 
they might have been too hasty。 And if that play es to something ! ; 
  ;Yes。 Listen�察�my boy's out in the car�察�Al。 He looks like he might be getting 
restless ! ; 
  ;Sure。 Understand。 You have a good winter up there�察�Jack。 Glad to help。; 
  ;Thanks again�察�Al。; He hung up�察�closed his eyes in the hot booth�察�and again 
saw the crashing bike�察�the bobbing flashlight。 There had been a squib in the 
paper the next day�察�no more than a space´filler really�察�but the owner had not 
been named。 Why it had been out there in the night would always be a mystery to 
them�察�and perhaps that was as it should be。 
  He went back out to the car and gave Danny his slightly melted Baby Ruth。 
  ;Daddy�拭─�


 
 
  ;What�察�doc�拭─�
  Danny hesitated�察�looking at his father's abstracted face。 
  ;When I was waiting for you to e back from that hotel�察�I had a bad dream。 
Do you remember�拭�When I fell asleep�拭─�
  ;Um´hm。; 
  But it was no good。 Daddy's mind was someplace else�察�not with him。 Thinking 
about the Bad Thing again。 
  ��I dreamed that you hurt me�察�Daddy�� 
  ;What was the dream�察�doc�拭─�
  ;Nothing�察─�Danny said as they pulled out into the parking lot。 He put the maps 
back into the glove partment。 
  ;You sure�拭─�
  ;Yes。; 
  Jack gave his son a faint�察�troubled glance�察�and then his mind turned to his 
play。 
 
 
 
 
〃 
 
 
NIGHT THOUGHTS 
 
 
  Love was over�察�and her man was sleeping beside her。 
  Her man。 
  She smiled a little in the darkness�察�his seed still trickling with slow warmth 
from between her slightly parted thighs�察�and her smile was both rueful and 
pleased�察�because the phrase her man summoned up a hundred feelings。 Each feeling 
examined alone was a bewilderment。 Together�察�in this darkness floating to sleep�察�
they were like a distant blues tune heard in an almost deserted night club�察�
melancholy but pleasing。 
 
    Lovin' you baby�察�is just like rollin' off a log�察�
    But if I can't be your woman�察�I sure ain't goin' to be your dog。 
 
  Had that been Billie Holiday�拭�Or someone more prosaic like Peggy Lee�拭�Didn't 
matter。 It was low and torchy�察�and in the silence of her head it played 
mellowly�察�as if issuing from one of those old´fashioned jukeboxes�察�a Wurlitzer�察�
perhaps�察�half an hour before closing。 
  Now�察�moving away from her consciousness�察�she wondered how many beds she had 
slept in with this man beside her。 They had met in college and had first made 
love in his apartment 。。。 that had been less than three months after her 
mother drove her from the house�察�told her never to e back�察�that if she wanted 
to go somewhere she could go to her father since she had been responsible for 
the divorce。 That bad been in 1970。 So long ago�拭�A semester later they had moved 


 
 
in together�察�had found jobs for the summer�察�and had kept the apartment when 
their senior year began。 She remembered that bed the most clearly�察�a big double 
that sagged in the middle。 When they made love�察�the rusty box spring had counted 
the beats。 That fall she had finally managed to break from her mother。 Jack had 
helped her。 She wants to keep beating you�察�Jack had said。 The more times you 
phone her�察�the more times you crawl back begging forgiveness�察�the more she can 
beat you with your father。 It's good for her�察�Wendy�察�because she can go on 
making believe it was your fault。 But it's not good for you。 They had talked it 
over again and again in that bed�察�that year。 
  ��Jack sitting up with the covers pooled around his waist�察�a cigarette burning 
between his fingers�察�looking her in the eye ! he had a half´humorous�察�half´ 
scowling way of doing that ! telling her�此�She told you never to e back�察�right�拭�
Never to darken her door again�察�right�拭�Then why doesn't she hang up the phone 
when she knows it's you�拭�Why does she only tell you that you can't e in if 
I'm with you�拭�Because she thinks I might cramp her style a little bit。 She wants 
to keep putting the thumbscrews right to you�察�baby。 You're a fool if you keep 
letting her do it。 She told you never to e back�察�so why don't you take her at 
her word�拭�Give it a rest。 And at last she'd seen it his way。�� 
  It had been Jack's idea to separate for a while ! to get perspective on the 
relationship�察�he said。 She had been afraid he had bee interested in someone 
else。 Later she found it wasn't so。 They were together again in the spring and 
he asked her if she had been to see her father。 She had jumped as if he'd struck 
her with a quirt。 
  How did you know that�拭�
  The Shadow knows。 
  Have you been spying on me�拭�
  And his impatient laughter�察�which had always made her feel so awkward ! as if 
she were eight and he was able to see her motivations more clearly than she。 
  You needed time�察�Wendy。 
  For what�拭�
  I guess 。。。 to see which one of us you wanted to marry。 
  Jack�察�what are you saying�拭�
  I think I'm proposing marriage。 
  The wedding。 Her father had been there�察�her mother had not been。 She 
discovered she could live with that�察�if she had Jack。 Then Danny had e�察�her 
fine son。 
  That had been the best year�察�the best bed。 After Danny was born�察�Jack had 
gotten her a job typing for half a dozen English Department profs ! quizzes�察�
exams�察�class syllabi�察�study notes�察�reading lists。 She ended up tvping a novel 
for one of them�察�a novel that never got published 。。。 much to Jack's very 
irreverent and very private glee。 The job was good for forty a week�察�and 
skyrocketed all the way up to sixty during the two months she spent typing the 
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