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The Ballroom

           Andthen,eyeswideninginhorror,hesawthewordREDRUMreflectingdimlyfromtheglassdome,nowreflectedtwice.AndhesawthatitspelledMURDER.

           DannyTorrancescreamedinwretchedterror.Thedatewasgonefromtheclockface.Theclockfaceitselfwasgone,replacedbyacircularblackholethatswelledandswelledlikeadilatingiris.Itblottedouteverythingandhefellforward,beginningtofall,falling,hewas-

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           fallingoffthechair.

           Foramomenthelayontheballroomfloor,breathingbard.

           REDRUM.

           MURDER.

           REDRUM.

           MURDER.

           (TheRedDeathheldswayoverall!)

           (Unmask!Unmask!)

           Andbehindeachglitteringlovelymask,theas-yetunseenfaceoftheshapethatchasedhimdownthesedarkhallways,itsredeyeswidening,blankandhomicidal.

           Oh,hewasafraidofwhatfacemightcometolightwhenthetimeforunmaskingcamearoundatlast.

           (DICK!)

           hescreamedwithallhismight.Hisheadseemedtoshiverwiththeforceofit.

           (!!!OHDICKOHPLEASEPLEASEPLEASECOME!!!)

           Abovehimtheclockhehadwoundwiththesilverkeycontinuedtomarkoffthesecondsandminutesandhours.

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