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The Grand Tour

           

           Itwasanold-fashionedextinguisher,aflathosefoldedbackadozentimesuponitself,oneendattachedtoalargeredvalve,theotherendinginabrassnozzle.Thefoldsofthehoseweresecuredwitharedsteelslatonahinge.Incaseofafireyoucouldknockthesteelslatupandoutofthewaywithonehardpushandthehosewasyours.Dannycouldseethatmuch;hewasgoodatseeinghowthingsworked.BythetimehewastwoandahalfhehadbeenunlockingtheprotectivegatehisfatherhadinstalledatthetopofthestairsintheStovingtonhouse.Hehadseenhowthelockworked.HisdaddysaiditwasaNACK.SomepeoplehadtheNACKandsomepeopledidn’t.

           Thisfireextinguisherwasalittleolderthanothershehadseen-theoneinthenurseryschool,forinstance-butthatwasnotsounusual.Nonethelessitfilledhimwithfaintunease,curledupthereagainstthelightbluewallpaperlikeasleepingsnake.Andhewasgladwhenitwasoutofsightaroundthecorner.

           "Ofcourseallthewindowshavetobeshuttered,"Mr.Ullmansaidastheysteppedbackintotheelevator.Onceagainthecarsankqueasilybeneaththeirfeet."ButI’mparticularlyconcernedabouttheoneinthePresidentialSuite.Theoriginalbillonthatwindowwasfourhundredandtwentydollars,andthatwasoverthirtyyearsago.Itwouldcosteighttimesthattoreplacetoday."

           "I’llshutterit,"Jacksaid.

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