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kitchen and find her cup out with a tea bag in it。 She would remember that the 
books were due at the library and find them all neatly piled up on the hall 
table; her library card on top。 Or Jack would take it into his head to wax the 
Volkswagen and find Danny already out there; listening to tinny top…forty music 
on his crystal radio as he sat on the curb to watch。 
  Aloud she said; 〃Then why the nightmares now? Why did Tony tell him to lock 
the bathroom door?〃 
  〃I believe it's because Tony has outlived his usefulness;〃 Edmonds said。 〃He 
was born — Tony; not Danny — at a time when you and your husband were straining to 
keep your marriage together。 Your husband was drinking too much。 There was the 
incident of the broken arm。 The ominous quiet between you。〃 
  Ominous quiet; yes; that phrase was the real thing; anyway。 The stiff; tense 
meals where the only conversation had been please pass the butter or Danny; eat 
the rest of your carrots or may I be excused; please。 The nights when Jack was 
gone and she had lain down; dry…eyed; on the couch while Danny watched TV。 The 
mornings when she and Jack had stalked around each other like two angry cats 
with a quivering; frightened mouse between them。 It all rang true; 
  (dear God; do old scars ever stop hurting?) 
  horribly; horribly true。 
  Edmonds resumed; 〃But things have changed。 You know; schizoid behavior is a 
pretty mon thing in children。 It's accepted; because all we adults have this 
unspoken agreement that children are lunatics。 They have invisible friends。 They 
may go and sit in the closet when they're depressed; withdrawing from the world。 
They attach talismanic importance to a special blanket; or a teddy bear; or a 
stuffed tiger。 They suck their thumbs。 When an adult sees things that aren't 
there; we consider him ready for the rubber room。 When a child says he's seen a 
troll in his bedroom or a vampire outside the window; we simply smile 
indulgently。 We have a one…sentence explanation that explains the whole range of 
such phenomena in children — 〃 
  〃He'll grow out of it;〃 Jack said。 
  Edmonds blinked。 〃My very words;〃 he said。 〃Yes。 Now I would guess that Danny 
was in a pretty good position to develop a full…fledged psychosis。 Unhappy home 
life; a big imagination; the invisible friend who was so real to him that he 
nearly became real to you。 Instead of ‘growing out of' his childhood 


 
 
schizophrenia; he might well have grown into it。〃 
  〃And bee autistic?〃 Wendy asked。 She had read about autism。 The word itself 
frightened her; it sounded like dread and white silence。 
  〃Possible but not necessarily。 He might simply have entered Tony's world 
someday and never e back to what he calls ‘real things。' 〃 
  〃God;〃 Jack said。 
  〃But now the basic situation has changed drastically。 Mr。 Torrance no longer 
drinks。 You are in a new place where conditions have forced the three of you 
into a tighter family unit than ever before — certainly tighter than my own; 
where my wife and kids may see me for only two or three hours a day。 To my mind; 
he is in the perfect healing situation。 And I think the very fact that he is 
able to differentiate so sharply between Tony's world and ‘real things' says a 
lot about the fundamentally healthy state of his mind。 He says that you two are 
no longer considering divorce。 Is he as right as I think he is?〃 
  〃Yes;〃 Wendy said; and Jack squeezed her hand tightly; almost painfully。 She 
squeezed back。 
  Edmonds nodded。 〃He really doesn't need Tony anymore。 Danny is flushing him 
out of his system。 Tony no longer brings pleasant visions but hostile nightmares 
that are too frightening for him to remember except fragmentarily。 He 
internalized Tony during a difficult — desperate — life situation; and Tony is not 
leaving easily。 But he is leaving。 Your son is a little like a junkie kicking 
the habit。〃 
  He stood up; and the Torrances stood also。 
  〃As I said; I'm not a psychiatrist。 If the nightmares are still continuing 
when your job at the Overlook ends next spring; Mr。 Torrance; I would strongly 
urge you to take him to this man in Boulder。〃 
  〃I will。〃 
  〃Well; let's go out and tell him he can go home;〃 Edmonds said。 
  〃I want to thank you;〃 Jack told him painfully。 〃I feel better about all this 
than I have in a very long time。〃 
  〃So do I;〃 Wendy said。 
  At the door; Edmonds paused and looked at Wendy。 〃Do you or did you have a 
sister; Mrs。 Torrance? Named Aileen?〃 
  Wendy looked at him; surprised。 〃Yes; I did。 She was killed outside our home 
in Somersworth; New Hampshire; when she was six and I was ten。 She chased a ball 
into the street and was struck by a delivery van。〃 
  〃Does Danny know that?〃 
  〃I don't know。 I don't think so。〃 
  〃He says you were thinking about her in the waiting room。〃 
  〃I was;〃 Wendy said slowly。 〃For the first time in 。。。 oh; I don't know how 
long。〃 
  〃Does the word 'redrum' mean anything to either of you?〃 
  Wendy shook her head but Jack said; 〃He mentioned that word last night; just 
before he went to sleep。 Red drum。〃 
  〃No; rum;〃 Edmonds corrected。 〃He was quite emphatic about that。 Rum。 As in 
the drink。 The alcoholic drink。〃 
  〃Oh;〃 Jack said。 〃It fits in; doesn't it?〃 He took his handkerchief out of his 
back pocket and wiped his lips with it。 


 
 
  〃Does the phrase ‘the shining' mean anything to you?〃 
  This time they both shook their heads。 
  〃Doesn't matter; I guess;〃 Edmonds said。 He opened the door into the waiting 
room。 〃Anybody here named Danny Torrance that would like to go home?〃 
  〃Hi; Daddy! Hi; Mommy!〃 He stood up from the small table where he had been 
leafing slowly through a copy of Where the Wild Things Are and muttering the 
words he knew aloud。 
  He ran to Jack; who scooped him up。 Wendy ruffled his hair。 
  Edmonds peered at him。 〃If you don't love your mommy and daddy; you can stay 
with good old Bill。〃 
  〃No; sir!〃 Danny said emphatically。 He slung one arm around Jack's neck; one 
arm around Wendy's; and looked radiantly happy。 
  〃Okay;〃 Edmonds said; smiling。 He looked at Wendy。 〃You call if you have any 
problems。〃 
  〃Yes。〃 
  〃I don't think you will;〃 Edmonds said; smiling。 
 
 
 
 
   》 
 
 
 THE SCRAPBOOK 
 
 
  Jack found the scrapbook on the first of November; while his wife and son were 
hiking up the rutted old road that ran from behind the roque court to a deserted 
sawmill two miles further up。 The fine weather still held; and all three of them 
had acquired improbable autumn suntans。 
  He had gone down in the basement to knock the press down on the boiler and 
then; on impulse; he had taken the flashlight from the shelf where the plumbing 
schematics were and decided to look at some of the old papers。 He was also 
looking for good places to set his traps; although he didn't plan to do that for 
another month — I want them all to be home from vacation; he had told Wendy。 
  Shining the flashlight ahead of him; he stepped past the elevator shaft (at 
Wendy's insistence they hadn't used the elevator since they moved in) and 
through the small stone arch。 His nose wrinkled at the smell of rotting paper。 
Behind him the boiler kicked on with a thundering whoosh; making him jump。 
  He flickered the light around; whistling tunelessly between his teeth。 There 
was a scale…model Andes range down here: dozens of boxes and crates stuffed with 
papers; most of them white and shapeless with age and damp。 Others had broken 
open and spilled yellowed sheaves of paper onto the stone floor。 There were 
bales of newspaper tied up with hayrope。 Some boxes contained what looked like 
ledgers; and others contained invoices bound with rubber bands。 Jack pulled one 
out and put the flashlight beam on it。 
 


 
 
                         ROCKY MOUNTAIN EXPRESS; INC。 
                  To: OVERLOOK HOTEL 
                  From: SIDEY'S WAREHOUSE; 1210 16th Street; Denver; CO。 
                  Via: CANDIAN PACIFIC RR 
                  Contents: 400 CASES DELSEY TOILET TISSUE; 1 GROSS/CASE 
                                                               Signed D E F 
                                                       Date August 24; 1954 
 
  Smiling; Jack let the paper drop back into the box。 
  He flashed the light above it and it speared a hanging lightbulb; almost 
buried in cobwebs。 There was no chain pull。 
  He stood on tiptoe and tried screwing the bulb in。 It lit weakly。 He picked up 
the toilet…paper invoice again and used it to wipe off some of the cobwebs。 The 
glow didn't brighten much。 
  Still using the flashlight; he wandered through the boxes and bales of paper; 
looking for rat spoor。 They had been here; but not for quite a long time 。。。 
maybe years。 He found some droppings that were powdery with age; and several 
nests of neatly shredded paper that were old and unused。 
  Jack pulled a newspaper from one of the bundles and glanced down at the 
headline。 
 
                      JOHNSON PROMISES ORDERLY TRANSITION 
                    Says Work Begun by JFK Will Go Forward 
                                in ing Year 
 
  The paper was the

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