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           Hehadbeentold,andtoldbluntly,thatcertainareasofthehotelwereofflimits:theequipmentshed,thebasement,andalloftheguestrooms.HewouldtalktoDannyaboutthatjustassoonastheboywasoverhisfright.Hewouldtalktohimreasonablybutsternly.Therewereplentyoffatherswhowouldhavedonemorethanjusttalk.Theywouldhaveadministeredagoodshaking,andperhapsthatwaswhatDannyneeded.Iftheboyhadgottenascare,wasn’tthatatleasthisjustdeserts?

           Hewalkeddowntothedoor,removedthepasskey,droppeditintohispocket,andsteppedinside.Theoverheadlightwason.Heglancedatthebed,sawitwasnotrumpled,andthenwalkeddirectlyacrosstothebathroomdoor.Acuriouscertaintyhadgrowninhim.AlthoughWatsonhadmentionednonamesorroomnumbers,Jackfeltsurethatthiswastheroomthelawyer’swifeandherstudhadshared,thatthiswasthebathroomwhereshehadbeenfounddead,fullofbarbituratesandColoradoLoungebooze.

           Hepushedthemirror-backedbathroomdooropenandsteppedthrough.Thelightinherewasoff.Heturneditonandobservedthelong,Pullman-carroom,furnishedinthedistinctiveearlynineteen-hundreds-remodeled-in-the-twentiesstylethatseemedcommontoallOverlookbathrooms,exceptfortheonesonthethirdfloor-thosewereproperlyByzantine,asbefittedtheroyalty,politicians,moviestars,andcaposwhohadstayedthereovertheyears.

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