The shower curtain; a pallid pastel pink; was drawn protectively around the
long claw…footed tub。
(nevertheless they did move)
And for the first time he felt his new sense of sureness (almost cockiness)
that had e over him when Danny ran to him shouting It was her! It was her!
deserting him。 A chilled finger pressed gently against the base of his spine;
cooling him off ten degrees。 It was joined by others and they suddenly rippled
all the way up his back to his medulla oblongata; playing his spine like a
jungle instrument。
His anger at Danny evaporated; and as he stepped forward and pushed the shower
curtain back his mouth was dry and he felt only sympathy for his son and terror
for himself。
The tub was dry and empty。
Relief and irritation vented in a sudden 〃Pah!〃 sound that escaped his
pressed lips like a very small explosive。 The tub had been scrubbed clean at
the end of the season; except for the rust stain under the twin faucets; it
sparkled。 There was a faint but definable smell of cleanser; the kind that can
irritate your nose with the smell of its own righteousness for weeks; even
months; after it has been used。
He bent down and ran his fingertips along the bottom of the tub。 Dry as a
bone。 Not even a hint of moisture。 The boy had been either hallucinating or
outright lying。 He felt angry again。 That was when the bathmat on the floor
caught his attention。 He frowned down at it。 What was a bathmat doing in here?
It should be down in the linen cupboard at the end of the wing with the rest of
the sheets and towels and pillow slips。 All the linen was supposed to be there。
Not even the beds were really made up in these guest rooms; the mattresses had
been zipped into clear plastic and then covered with bedspreads。 He supposed
Danny might have gone down and gotten it — the passkey would open the linen
cupboard — but why? He brushed the tips of his fingers back and forth across it。
The bathmat was bone dry。
He went back to the bathroom door and stood in it。 Everything was all right。
The boy had been dreaming。 There was not a thing out of place。 It was a little
puzzling about the bathmat; granted; but the logical explanation was that some
chambermaid; hurrying like mad on the last day of the season; had just forgotten
to pick it up。 Other than that; everything was —
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