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The Grand Tour

           

           Thecashregisterapparentlycheckedout,becausenowUllmanranitshutwithanauthoritativesnap.Heinitialedthetapeandputitinasmallzippercase.Wendysilentlyapplaudedtheheadclerk,wholookedgreatlyrelieved.Ullmanlookedlikethetypeofmanwhomighttakeanyshortageoutoftheheadclerk’shide…withouteverspillingadropofblood.Wendydidn’tmuchcareforUllmanorhisofficious,ostentatiouslybustlingmanner.Hewaslikeeverybossshe’deverhad,maleorfemale.Hewouldbesaccharinsweetwiththeguests,apettytyrantwhenhewasbackstagewiththehelp.Butnowschoolwasoutandtheheadclerk’spleasurewaswrittenlargeonhisface.ItwasoutforeveryonebutsheandJackandDanny,anyway.

           "Mr.Torrance,"Ullmancalledperemptorily."Wouldyoucomeoverhere,please?"

           Jackwalkedover,noddingtoWendyandDannythattheyweretocometoo.

           Theclerk,whohadgoneintotheback,nowcameoutagainwearinganovercoat."Haveapleasantwinter,Mr.Ullman."

           "Idoubtit,"Ullmansaiddistantly."Maytwelfth,Braddock.Notadayearlier.Notadaylater."

           "Yes,sir."

           Braddockwalkedaroundthedesk,hisfacesoberanddignified,asbefittedhisposition,butwhenhisbackwasentirelytoUllman,hegrinnedlikeaschoolboy.Hespokebrieflytothetwogirlsstillwaitingbythedoorfortheirride,andhewasfollowedoutbyabriefburstofstifledlaughter.

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