就去读小说网 > 恐怖电子书 > The Shining 原版小说 >

第69章

The Shining 原版小说-第69章

小说: The Shining 原版小说 字数: 每页4000字

按键盘上方向键 ← 或 → 可快速上下翻页,按键盘上的 Enter 键可回到本书目录页,按键盘上方向键 ↑ 可回到本页顶部!
————未阅读完?加入书签已便下次继续阅读!



open because it was time; the time had e; it was time to say 
  (Goodnight 。。。 goodnight 。。。 yes; it was lovely 。。。 no; i really can't 
stay for the unmasking 。。。 early to bed; early to rise 。。。 oh; was that 
Sheila? 。。。 the monk? 。。。 isn't that witty; Sheila ing as a monk? 。。。 
yes; goodnight 。。。good) 
  Thump。 
  Gears clashed。 The motor engaged。 The car began to whine back down。 
  〃Jack;〃 she whispered。 〃What is it? What's wrong with it?〃 
  〃A short circuit;〃 he said。 His face was like wood。 〃I told you; it was a 
short circuit。〃 
  〃I keep hearing voices in my head!〃 she cried。 〃What is it? What's wrong? I 
feel like I'm going crazy!〃 
  〃What voices?〃 He looked at her with deadly blandness。 
  She turned to Danny。 〃Did you — ?〃 
  Danny nodded slowly。 〃Yes。 And music。 Like from a long time ago。 In my head。〃 
  The elevator car stopped again。 The hotel was silent; creaking; deserted。 
Outside; the wind whined around the eaves in the darkness。 
  〃Maybe you are both crazy;〃 Jack said conversationally。 〃I don't hear a 
goddamned thing except that elevator having a case of the electrical hiccups。 If 
you two want to have duet hysterics; fine。 But count me out。〃 
  The elevator was ing down again。 
  Jack stepped to the right; where a glass…fronted box was mounted on the wall 
at chest height。 He smashed his bare fist against it。 Glass tinkled inward。 
Blood dripped from two of his knuckles。 He reached in and took out a key with a 


 
 
long; smooth barrel。 
  〃Jack; no。 Don't。〃 
  〃I am going to do my job。 Now leave me alone; Wendy!〃 
  She tried to grab his arm。 He pushed her backward。 Her feet tangled in the hem 
of her robe and she fell to the carpet with an ungainly thump。 Danny cried out 
shrilly and fell on his knees beside her。 Jack turned back to the elevator and 
thrust the key into the socket。 
  The elevator cables disappeared and the bottom of the car came into view in 
the small window。 A second later Jack turned the key hard。 There was a grating; 
screeching sound as the elevator car came to an instant standstill。 For a moment 
the declutched motor in the basement whined even louder; and then its circuit 
breaker cut in and the Overlook went unearthly still。 The night wind outside 
seemed very loud by parison。 Jack looked stupidly at the gray metal elevator 
door。 There were three splotches of blood below the keyhole from his lacerated 
knuckles。 
  He turned back to Wendy and Danny for a moment。 She was sitting up; and Danny 
had his arm around her。 They were both staring at him carefully; as if he was a 
stranger they had never seen before; possibly a dangerous one。 He opened his 
mouth; not sure what was going to e out。 
  〃It。。。 Wendy; it's my job。〃 
  She said clearly: 〃Fuck your job〃 
  He turned back to the elevator; worked his fingers into the crack that ran 
down the right side of the door; and got it to open a little way。 Then he was 
able to get his whole weight on it and threw the door open。 
  The car had stopped halfway; its floor at Jack's chest level。 Warm light still 
spilled out of it; contrasting with the oily darkness of the shaft below。 
  He looked in for what seemed a long time。 
  〃It's empty;〃 he said then。 〃A short circuit; like I said。〃 He hooked his 
fingers into the slot behind the door and began to pull it closed 。。。 then her 
hand was on his shoulder; surprisingly strong; yanking him away。 
  〃Wendy!〃 he shouted。 But she had already caught the car's bottom edge and 
pulled herself up enough so she could look in。 Then; with a convulsive heave of 
her shoulder and belly muscles; she tried to boost herself all the way up。 For a 
moment the issue was in doubt。 Her feet tottered over the blackness of the shaft 
and one pink slipper fell from her foot and slipped out of sight。 
  〃Mommy!〃 Danny screamed。 
  Then she was up; her cheeks flushed; her forehead as pale and shining as a 
spirit lamp。 〃What about this; Jack? Is this a short circuit?〃 She threw 
something and suddenly the hall was full of drifting confetti; red and white and 
blue and yellow。 〃Is this?〃 A green party streamer; faded to a pale pastel color 
with age。 
  〃And this?〃 
  She tossed it out and it came to rest on the blue…black jungle carpet; a black 
silk cat's…eye mask; dusted with sequins at the temples。 
  〃Does that look like a short circuit to you; Jack?〃 she screamed at him。 
  Jack stepped slowly away from it; shaking his head mechanically back and 
forth。 The cat's…eye mask stared up blankly at the ceiling from the confetti… 
strewn hallway carpet。 


 
 
 
 
 
 
   》 
 
 
 THE BALLROOM 
 
 
  It was the first of December。 
  Danny was in the east…wing ballroom; standing on an over…stuffed; high…backed 
wing chair; looking at the clock under glass。 It stood in the center of the 
ballroom's high; ornamental mantelpiece; flanked by two large ivory elephants。 
He almost expected the elephants would begin to move and try to gore him with 
their tusks as he stood there; but they were moveless。 They were 〃safe。〃 Since 
the night of the elevator he had e to divide all things at the Overlook into 
two categories。 The elevator; the basement; the playground; Room 217; and the 
Presidential Suite (it was Suite; not Sweet; he had seen the correct spelling in 
an account book Daddy had been reading at supper last night and had memorized it 
carefully) — those places were 〃unsafe。〃 Their quarters; the lobby; and the porch 
were 〃safe。〃 Apparently the ballroom was; too。 
  (The elephants are; anyway。) 
  He was not sure about other places and so avoided them on general principle。 
  He looked at the clock inside the glass dome。 It was under glass because all 
its wheels and cogs and springs were showing。 A chrome or steel track ran around 
the outside of these works; and directly below the clockface there was a small 
axis bar with a pair of meshing cogs at either end。 The hands of the clock stood 
at quarter past XI; and although he didn't know Roman numerals he could guess by 
the configuration of the hands at what time the clock had stopped。 The clock 
stood on a velvet base。 In front of it; slightly distorted by the curve of the 
dome; was a carefully carved silver key。 
  He supposed that the clock was one of the things he wasn't supposed to touch; 
like the decorative fire…tools in their brass…bound cabinet by the lobby 
fireplace or the tall china highboy at the back of the dining room。 
  A sense of injustice and a feeling of angry rebellion suddenly rose in him and 
  (never mind what i'm not supposed to touch; just never mind。 touched me; 
hasn't it? played with me; hasn't it?) 
  It had。 And it hadn't been particularly careful not to break him; either。 
  Danny put his hands out; grasped the glass dome; and lifted it aside。 He let 
one finger play over the works for a moment; the pad of his index finger denting 
against the cogs; running smoothly over the wheels。 He picked up the silver key。 
For an adult it would have been unfortably small; but it fitted his own 
fingers perfectly。 He placed it in the keyhole at the center of the clockface。 
It went firmly home with a tiny click; more felt than heard。 It wound to the 
right; of course; clockwise。 
  Danny turned the key until it would turn no more and then removed it。 The 


 
 
clock began to tick。 Cogs turned。 A large balance wheel rocked back and forth in 
semicircles。 The hands were moving。 If you kept your head perfectly motionless 
and your eyes wide open; you could see the minute hand inching along toward its 
meeting some forty…five minutes from now with the hour hand。 At XII。 
  (And the Red Death held sway over all。) 
  He frowned; and then shook the thought away。 It was a thought with no meaning 
or reference for him。 
  He reached his index finger out again and pushed the minute band up to the 
hour; curious about what might happen。 It obviously wasn't a cuckoo clock; but 
that steel rail had to have some purpose。 
  There was a small; ratcheting series of clicks; and then the clock began to 
tinkle Strauss's 〃Blue Danube Waltz。〃 A punched roll of cloth no more than two 
inches in width began to unwind。 A small series of brass strikers rose and fell。 
From behind the clockface two figures glided into view along the steel track; 
ballet dancers; on the left a girl in a fluffy skirt and white stockings; on the 
right a boy in a black leotard and ballet slippers。 Their hands were held in 
arches over their beads。 They came together in the middle; in front of VI。 
  Danny espied tiny grooves in their sides; just below their armpits。 The axis 
bar slipped into these grooves and he heard another small click。 The cogs at 
either end of the bar began to turn。 〃The Blue Danube〃 tinkled。 The dancers' 
arms came down around each other。 The boy flipped the girl up over his head and 
then whirled over the bar。 They were now lying prone; the boy's head buried 
beneath the girl's short ballet skirt; the girl's face pressed against the 
center of the boy's leotard。 They writhed in a mechanical frenzy。 
  Danny's nose wrinkled。 They were kissing peepees。 That made him feel sick。 
  A moment later and things beg

返回目录 上一页 下一页 回到顶部 0 0

你可能喜欢的