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Hallorann Arrives

           HereflectedthatforallofDurkin’sconcernforJackTorrance’sboy,hehadnotofferedtotaketheothersnowmobileandcomewithhim.

           (Thatplacehasgotabadreputationaroundhere.)

           Clenchinghisteeth,heturnedthethrottlehigherandwatchedtheneedleonthespeedometerclimbpastfortyandsettleatforty-five.Heseemedtobegoinghorriblyfastandyethewasafraiditwasn’tfastenough.AtthisspeeditwouldtakehimalmostanhourtogettotheOverlook.Butatahigherspeedhemightnotgetthereatall.

           Hekepthiseyesgluedtothepassingguardrailsandthedime-sizedreflectorsmountedontopofeachone.Manyofthemwereburiedunderdrifts.Twicehesawcurvesignsdangerouslylateandfeltthesnowmobileridingupthedriftsthatmaskedthedropoffbeforeturningbackontowheretheroadwasinthesummertime.Theodometercountedoffthemilesatamaddeninglyslowclip-five,ten,finallyfifteen.Evenbehindtheknittedskimaskhisfacewasbeginningtostiffenupandhislegsweregrowingnumb.

           (GuessI’dgiveahundredbucksforapairofskipants.)

           Aseachmileturnedover,histerrorgrew-asiftheplacehadapoisonatmospherethatthickenedasyounearedit.Haditeverbeenlikethisbefore?HehadneverreallylikedtheOverlook,andtherehadbeenotherswhosharedhisfeeling,butithadneverbeenlikethis.

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