Hallorann, Going up the Country

           Itwasquarteroftwointheafternoonandaccordingtothesnow-clottedsignsandtheHertzBuick’sodometer,hewaslessthanthreemilesfromEstesParkwhenhefinallywentofftheroad.

           Inthehills,thesnowwasfallingfasterandmorefuriouslythanHallorannhadeverseen(whichwas,perhaps,nottosayagreatdeal,sinceHallorannhadseenaslittlesnowashecouldmanageinhislifetime),andthewindwasblowingacapriciousgale-nowfromthewest,nowbackingaroundtothenorth,sendingcloudsofpowderysnowacrosshisfieldofvision,makinghimcoldlyawareagainandagainthatifhemissedaturnhemightwellplungetwohundredfeetofftheroad,theElectracartwheelingassoverteapotasitwentdown.Makingitworsewashisownamateurstatusasawinterdriver.Itscaredhimtohavetheyellowcenterlineburiedunderswirling,driftingsnow,anditscaredhimwhentheheavygustsofwindcameunimpededthroughthenotchesinthehillsandactuallymadetheheavyBuickslewaround.Itscaredhimthattheroadinformationsignsweremostlymaskedwithsnowandyoucouldflipacoinastowhethertheroadwasgoingtobreakrightorleftupaheadinthewhitedrive-inmoviescreenheseemedtobedrivingthrough.Hewasscared,allright.HehaddriveninacoldsweatsinceclimbingintothehillswestofBoulderandLyons,handlingtheacceleratorandbrakeasiftheywereMingvases.

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