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open with the pole; there had been a ratcheting whir of counterweights as the 


 
 
door went up and a ladder had swung down。 If he could get up there and pull the 
ladder after him 。。。 
  Somewhere in the maze of corridors behind him; the elevator came to a stop。 
There was a metallic; rattling crash as the gate was thrown back。 And then a 
voice — not in his head now but terribly real — called out: 〃Danny? Danny; e here 
a minute; will you? You've done something wrong and I want you to e and take 
your medicine like a man。 Danny? Danny!〃 
  Obedience was so strongly ingrained in him that he actually took two automatic 
steps toward the sound of that voice before stopping。 His hands curled into 
fists at his sides。 
  (Not real! False face! I know what you are! Take off your mask!) 
  〃Danny!〃 it roared。 〃e here; you pup! e here and take it like a man!〃 A 
loud; hollow boom as the mallet struck the wall。 When the voice roared out his 
name again it had changed location。 It had e closer。 
  In the world of real things; the hunt was beginning。 
  Danny ran。 Feet silent on the heavy carpet; he ran past the closed doors; past 
the silk figured wallpaper; past the fire extinguisher bolted to the corner of 
the wall。 He hesitated; and then plunged down the final corridor。 Nothing at the 
end but a bolted door; and nowhere left to run。 
  But the pole was still there; still leaning against the wall where Daddy had 
left it。 
  Danny snatched it up。 He craned his neck to stare up at the trapdoor。 There 
was a hook on the end of the pole and you had to catch it on a ring set into the 
trapdoor。 You bad to —  
  There was a brand…new Yale padlock dangling from the trapdoor。 The lock Jack 
Torrance had clipped around the hasp after laying his traps; just in case his 
son should take the notion into his head to go exploring up there someday。 
  Locked。 Terror swept him。 
  Behind him it was ing; blundering and staggering past the Presidential 
Suite; the mallet whistling viciously through the air。 
  Danny backed up against the last closed door and waited for it。 
 
 
 
 
   》 
 
 
THAT WHICH WAS 
   FORGOTTEN 
 
 
  Wendy came to a little at a time; the grayness draining away; pain replacing 
it: her back; her leg; her side 。。。 she didn't think she would be able to 
move。 Even her fingers hurt; and at first she didn't know why。 
  (The razor blade; that's why。) 
  Her blond hair; now dank and matted; hung in her eyes。 She brushed it away and 


 
 
her ribs stabbed inside; making her groan。 Now she saw a field of blue and white 
mattress; spotted with blood。 Her blood; or maybe Jack's。 Either way it was 
still fresh。 She hadn't been out long。 And that was important because —  
  (?Why?) 
  Because —  
  It was the insectile; buzzing sound of the motor that she remembered first。 
For a moment she fixed stupidly on the memory; and then in a single vertiginous 
and nauseating swoop; her mind seemed to pan back; showing her everything at 
once。 
  Hallorann。 It must have been Hallorann。 Why else would Jack have left so 
suddenly; without finishing it 。。。  without finishing her? 
  Because he was no longer at leisure。 He had to find Danny quickly and 。。。 
and do it before Hallorann could put a stop to it。 
  Or had it happened already? 
  She could hear the whine of the elevator rising up the shaft。 
  (No God please no the blood the blood's still fresh don't let it have happened 
already) 
  Somehow she was able to find her feet and stagger through the bedroom and 
across the ruins of the living room to the shattered front door。 She pushed it 
open and made it out into the hall。 
  〃Danny!〃 she cried; wincing at the pain in her chest。 〃Mr。 Hallorann! Is 
anybody there? Anybody?〃 
  The elevator had been running again and now it came to a stop。 She heard the 
metallic crash of the gate being thrown back and then thought she heard a 
speaking voice。 It might have been her imagination。 The wind was too loud to 
really be able to tell。 
  Leaning against the wall; she made her way up to the corner of the short 
hallway。 She was about to turn the corner when the scream froze her; floating 
down the stairwell and the elevator shaft: 
  〃Danny! e here; you pup! e here and take it like a man!〃 
  Jack。 On the second or third floor。 Looking for Danny。 
  She got around the corner; stumbled; almost fell。 Her breath caught in her 
throat。 Something 
  (someone?) 
  huddled against the wall about a quarter of the way down from the stairwell。 
She began to hurry faster; wincing every time her weight came down on her hurt 
leg。 It was a man; she saw; and as she drew closer; she understood the meaning 
of that buzzing motor。 
  It was Mr。 Hallorann。 He had e after all。 
  She eased to her knees beside him; offering up an incoherent prayer that he 
was not dead。 His nose was bleeding; and a terrible gout of blood had spilled 
out of his mouth。 The side of his face was a puffed purple bruise。 But he was 
breathing; thank God for that。 It was ing in long; harsh draws that shook his 
whole frame。 
  Looking at him more closely; Wendy's eyes widened。 One arm of the parka he was 
wearing was blackened and singed。 One side of it had been ripped open。 There was 
blood in his hair and a shallow but ugly scratch down the back of his neck。 
  (My God; what's happened to him?) 


 
 
  〃Danny!〃 the hoarse; petulant voice roared from above them。 〃Get out here; 
goddammit!〃 
  There was no time to wonder about it now。 She began to shake him; her face 
twisting at the flare of agony in her ribs。 Her side felt hot and massive and 
swollen。 
  (What if they're poking my lung whenever I move?) 
  There was no help for that; either。 If Jack found Danny; he would kill him; 
beat him to death with that mallet as he had tried to do to her。 
  So she shook Hallorann; and then began to slap the unbruised side of his face 
lightly。 
  〃Wake up;〃 she said。 〃Mr。 Hallorann; you've got to wake up。 Please 。。。 
please 。。。〃 
  From overhead; the restless booming sounds of the mallet as Jack Torrance 
looked for his son。 
 
                                     * * * 
 
  Danny stood with his back against the door; looking at the right angle where 
the hallways joined。 The steady; irregular booming sound of the mallet against 
the walls grew louder。 The thing that was after him screamed and howled and 
cursed。 Dream and reality had joined together without a seam。 
  It came around the corner。 
  In a way; what Danny felt was relief。 It was not his father。 The mask of face 
and body had been ripped and shredded and made into a bad joke。 It was not his 
daddy; not this Saturday Night Shock Show horror with its rolling eyes and 
hunched and hulking shoulders and blood…drenched shirt。 It was not his daddy。 
  〃Now; by God;〃 it breathed。 It wiped its lips with a shaking hand。 〃Now you'll 
find out who is the boss around here。 You'll see。 It's not you they want。 It's 
me。 Me。 Me!〃 
  It slashed out with the scarred hammer; its double head now shapeless and 
splintered with countless impacts。 It struck the wall; cutting a circle in the 
silk paper。 Plaster dust puffed out。 It began to grin。 
  〃Let's see you pull any of your fancy tricks now;〃 it muttered。 〃I wasn't born 
yesterday; you know。 Didn't just fall off the hay truck; by God。 I'm going to do 
my fatherly duty by you; boy。〃 
  Danny said: 〃You're not my daddy。〃 
  It stopped。 For a moment it actually looked uncertain; as if not sure who or 
what it was。 Then it began to walk again。 The hammer whistled out; struck a door 
panel and made it boom hollowly。 
  〃You're a liar;〃 it said。 〃Who else would I be? I have the two birthmarks; I 
have the cupped navel; even the pecker; my boy。 Ask your mother。〃 
  〃You're a mask;〃 Danny said。 〃Just a false face。 The only reason the hotel 
needs to use you is that you aren't as dead as the others。 But when it's done 
with you; you won't be anything at all。 You don't scare me。〃 
  〃I'll scare you!〃 it howled。 The mallet whistled fiercely down; smashing into 
the rug between Danny's feet。 Danny didn't flinch。 〃You lied about me! You 
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