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The Explosion

           HehadWendy’sbootsandcoatandgloves,alsohisowncoatandgloves.

           "Danny,"shesaid."Yourboots."

           "It’stoolate,"hesaid.Hiseyesstaredatthemwithadesperatekindofmadness.HelookedatDickandsuddenlyHallorann’smindwasfixedwithanimageofaclockunderaglassdome,theclockintheballroomthathadbeendonatedbyaSwissdiplomatin1949.Thehandsoftheclockwerestandingataminutetomidnight.

           "OhmyGod,"Hallorannsaid."OhmydearGod."

           HeclappedanarmaroundWendyandpickedherup.HeclappedhisotherarmaroundDanny.Heranforthestairs.

           Wendyshriekedinpainashesqueezedthebadribs,assomethinginherbackgroundtogether,butHalloranndidnotslow.Heplungeddownthestairswiththeminhisarms.Oneeyewideanddesperate,theotherpuffedshuttoaslit.Helookedlikeaone-eyedpirateabductinghostagestoberansomedlater.

           Suddenlytheshinewasonhim,andheunderstoodwhatDannyhadmeantwhenhesaiditwastoolate.Hecouldfeeltheexplosiongettingreadytorumbleupfromthebasementandtearthegutsoutofthishorridplace.

           Heranfaster,boltingheadlongacrossthelobbytowardthedoubledoors.

           ***

           Ithurriedacrossthebasementandintothefeebleyellowglowofthefurnaceroom’sonlylight.Itwasslobberingwithfear.

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