〃Good。〃 The word was uttered with dead finality。 〃I dont know if I can get
down those stairs again。 My ribs 。。。 he broke my ribs。 And something in my
back。 It hurts。〃
〃Youll make it;〃 Hallorann said。 〃Well all make it。〃 But suddenly he
remembered the hedge animals; and wondered what they would do if they were
guarding the way out。。
Then Danny was ing back。 He had Wendys boots and coat and gloves; also his
own coat and gloves。
〃Danny;〃 she said。 〃Your boots。〃
〃Its too late;〃 he said。 His eyes stared at them with a desperate kind of
madness。 He looked at Dick and suddenly Halloranns mind was fixed with an image
of a clock under a glass dome; the clock in the ballroom that had been donated
by a Swiss diplomat in 1949。 The hands of the clock were standing at a minute to
midnight。
〃Oh my God;〃 Hallorann said。 〃Oh my dear God。〃
He clapped an arm around Wendy and picked her up。 He clapped his other arm
around Danny。 He ran for the stairs。
Wendy shrieked in pain as he squeezed the bad ribs; as something in her back
ground together; but Hallorann did not slow。 He plunged down the stairs with
them in his arms。 One eye wide and desperate; the other puffed shut to a slit。
He looked like a one…eyed pirate abducting hostages to be ransomed later。
Suddenly the shine was on him; and he understood what Danny had meant when he
said it was too late。 He could feel the explosion getting ready to rumble up
from the basement and tear the guts out of this horrid place。
He ran faster; bolting headlong across the lobby toward the double doors。
* * *
It hurried across the basement and into the feeble yellow glow of the furnace
rooms only light。 It was slobbering with fear。 It had been so close; so close
to having the boy and the boys remarkable power。 It could not lose now。 It must
not happen。 It would dump the boiler and then chastise the boy harshly。
〃Mustnt happen!〃 it cried。 〃Oh no; mustnt happen!〃
It stumbled across the floor to the boiler; which glowed a dull red halfway up
its long tubular body。 It was huffing and rattling and hissing off plumes of
steam in a hundred directions; like a monster calliope。 The pressure needle
stood at the far end of the dial。
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