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In the Basement

           Burn,baby,burn.Intwelvehourstherewouldbenothingleftbutthebarebones.

           Theneedleonthegaugehadmoveduptotwo-twelve.Theboilerwascreakingandgroaninglikeanoldwomantryingtogetoutofbed.Hissingjetsofsteamhadbeguntoplayaroundtheedgesofoldpatches;beadsofsolderhadbeguntosizzle.

           Hedidn’tsee,hedidn’thear.Frozenwithhishandonthevalvethatwoulddumpoffthepressureanddampthefire,Jack’seyesglitteredfromtheirsocketslikesapphires.

           (It’smylastchance.)

           Theonlythingnotcashedinnowwasthelife-insurancepolicyhehadtakenoutjointlywithWendyinthesummerbetweenhisfirstandsecondyearsatStovington.Forty-thousand-dollardeathbenefit,doubleindemnityifheorshediedinatraincrash,aplanecrash,orafire.Seven-come-eleven,diethesecretdeathandwinahundreddollars.

           (Afire…eightythousanddollars.)

           Theywouldhavetimetogetout.Eveniftheyweresleeping,theywouldhavetimetogetout.Hebelievedthat.Andhedidn’tthinkthehedgesoranythingelsewouldtrytoholdthembackiftheOverlookwasgoingupinflames.

           (Flames.)

           Theneedleinsidethegreasy,almostopaquedialbaddanceduptotwohundredandfifteenpoundspersquareinch.

           Anothermemoryoccurredtohim,achildhoodmemory.Therehadbeenawasps’nestinthelowerbranchesoftheirappletreebehindthehouse.

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