Американские боги
Chapter 5
"Theplaceseemedtobeageometricallyreconfigured1960sbachelorpad,withopenstonework,pilecarpeting,andmagnificentlyuglymushroom-shapedstainedglasslampshades.Upawindingstaircasewasanotherroom,filledwithknickknacks.
"TheysaythiswasbuiltbyFrankLloydWright’seviltwin,"saidWednesday."FrankLloydWrong."Hechuckledathisjoke.
"IsawthatonaT-shirt,"saidShadow.
Upanddownmorestairs,andnowtheywereinalong,longroom,madeofglass,thatprotruded,needlelike,outovertheleaflessblack-and-whitecountrysidehundredsoffeetbelowthem.Shadowstoodandwatchedthesnowtumbleandspin.
"ThisistheHouseontheRock?"heasked,puzzled.
"Moreorless.ThisistheInfinityRoom,partoftheactualhouse,althoughalateaddition.Butno,myyoungfriend,wehavenotscratchedthetiniestsurfaceofwhatthehousehastooffer."
"Soaccordingtoyourtheory,"saidShadow,"WaltDisneyWorldwouldbetheholiestplaceinAmerica."
Wednesdayfrowned,andstrokedhisbeard."WaltDisneyboughtsomeorangegrovesinthemiddleofFloridaandbuiltatouristtownonthem.Nomagicthereofanykind,althoughIthinktheremightbesomethingrealintheoriginalDisneyland.Theremaybesomepowerthere,althoughtwisted,andhardtoaccess.There’sdefinitelynothingoutoftheordinaryaboutDisneyWorld.ButsomepartsofFloridaarefilledwithrealmagic.
