behind them the parties that were all one went on and on; populated by
generations of guests。 The air seemed to be shimmering around him; the blows of
the mallet against the walls echoing and re…echoing。 He seemed to be bursting
through some thin placental womb from sleep to
* * *
the rug outside the Presidential Suite on the third floor; lying near him in a
bloody heap were the bodies of two men dressed in suits and narrow ties。 They
had been taken out by shotgun blasts and now they began to stir in front of him
and get up。
He drew in breath to scream but didnt。
(!! FALSE FACES !! NOT REAL !!)
They faded before his gaze like old photographs and were gone。
But below him; the faint sound of the mallet against the walls went on and on;
drifting up through the elevator shaft and the stairwell。 The controlling force
of the Overlook; in the shape of his father; blundering around on the first
floor。
A door opened with a thin screeing sound behind him。
A decayed woman in a rotten silk gown pranced out; her yellowed and splitting
fingers dressed with verdigris…caked rings。 Heavy…bodied wasps crawled
sluggishly over her face。
〃e in;〃 she whispered to him; grinning with black lips。 〃e in and we
will daance the taaaango 。。。〃
〃False face!〃 he hissed。 〃Not real!〃 She drew back from him in alarm; and in
the act of drawing back she faded and was gone。
〃Where are you?〃 it screamed; but the voice was still only in his head。 He
could still hear the thing that was wearing Jacks face down on the first floor
。。。 and something else。
The high; whining sound of an approaching motor。
Dannys breath stopped in his throat with a little gasp。 Was it just another
face of the hotel; another illusion? Or was it Dick? He wanted — wanted
desperately — to believe it was Dick; but he didnt dare take the chance。
He retreated down the main corridor; and then took one of the offshoots; his
feet whispering on the nap of the carpet。 Locked doors frowned down at him as
they had done in the dreams; the visions; only now he was in the world of real
things; where the game was played for keeps。
He turned to the right and came to a halt; his heart thudding heavily in his
chest。 Heat was blowing around his ankles。 From the registers; of course。 This
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