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than sixty miles an hour had floated the Buick all the way around in a 360° 
turn。 And there were still miles to travel with God alone knew what at the other 
end of them。 He was terrified for the boy。 Now it was almost ten minutes to 


 
 
seven and he had this whole song and dance to go through again。 
  〃Somebody is in trouble up there;〃 he said very carefully。 〃The son of the 
caretaker。〃 
  〃Who? Torrance's boy? Now what kind of trouble could he be in?〃 
  〃I don't know;〃 Hallorann muttered。 He felt sick with the time this was 
taking。 He was speaking with a country man; and he knew that all country men 
feel a similar need to approach their business obliquely; to smell around its 
corners and sides before plunging into the middle of dealing。 But there was no 
time; because now he was one scared nigger and if this went on much longer he 
just might decide to cut and run。 
  〃Look;〃 he said。 〃Please。 I need to go up there and I have to have a 
snowmobile to get there。 I'll pay your price; but for God's sake let me get on 
with my business!〃 
  〃All right;〃 Durkin said; unperturbed。 〃If Howard sent you; that's good 
enough。 You take this ArcticCat。 I'll put five gallons of gas in the can。 Tank's 
full。 She'll get you up and back down; I guess。〃 
  〃Thank you;〃 Hallorann said; not quite steadily。 
  〃I'll take twenty dollars。 That includes the ethyl。〃 
  Hallorann fumbled a twenty out of his wallet and handed it over。 Durkin tucked 
it into one of his shirt pockets with hardly a look。 
  〃Guess maybe we better trade jackets; too;〃 Durkin said; pulling off his 
parka。 〃That overcoat of yours ain't gonna be worth nothin tonight。 You trade me 
back when you return the snowsled。〃 
  〃Oh; hey; I couldn't —〃 
  〃Don't fuss with me;〃 Durkin interrupted; still mildly。 〃I ain't sending you 
out to freeze。 I only got to walk down two blocks and I'm at my own supper 
table。 Give it over。〃 
  Slightly dazed; Hallorann traded his overcoat for Durkin's fur…lined parka。 
Overhead the fluorescents buzzed faintly; reminding him of the lights in the 
Overlook's kitchen。 
  〃Torrance's boy;〃 Durkin said; and shook his head。 〃Good…lookin little tyke; 
ain't he? He'n his dad was in here a lot before the snow really flew。 Drivin the 
hotel truck; mostly。 Looked to me like the two of em was just about as tight as 
they could get。 That's one little boy that loves his daddy。 Hope he's all 
right。〃 
  〃So do I。〃 Hallorann zipped the parka and tied the hood。 
  〃Lemme help you push that out;〃 Durkin said。 They rolled the snowmobile across 
the oil…stained concrete and toward the garage bay。 〃You ever drove one of these 
before?〃 
  〃No。 〃 
  〃Well; there's nothing to it。 The instructions are pasted there on the 
dashboard; but all there really is; is stop and go。 Your throttle's here; just 
like a motorcycle throttle。 Brake on the other side。 Lean with it on the turns。 
This baby will do seventy on hardpack; but on this powder you'll get no more 
than fifty and that's pushing it。〃 
  Now they were in the service station's snow…filled front lot; and Durkin had 
raised his voice to make himself heard over the battering of the wind。 〃Stay on 
the road!〃 he shouted at Hallorann's ear。 〃Keep your eye on the guardrail posts 


 
 
and the signs and you'll be all right; I guess。 If you get off the road; you're 
going to be dead。 Understand?〃 
  Hallorann nodded。 
  〃Wait a minute!〃 Durkin told him; and ran back into the garage bay。 
  While he was gone; Hallorann turned the key in the ignition and pumped the 
throttle a little。 The snowmobile coughed into brash; choppy life。 
  Durkin came back with a red and black ski mask。 
  〃Put this on under your hood!〃 he shouted。 
  Hallorann dragged it on。 It was a tight fit; but it cut the last of the 
numbing wind off from his cheeks and forehead and chin。 
  Durkin leaned close to make himself heard。 
  〃I guess you must know about things the same way Howie does sometimes;〃 he 
said。 〃It don't matter; except that place has got a bad reputation around here。 
I'll give you a rifle if you want it。〃 
  〃I don't think it would do any good;〃 Hallorann shouted back。 
  〃You're the boss。 But if you get that boy; you bring him to Sixteen Peach 
Lane。 The wife'll have some soup on。〃 
  〃Okay。 Thanks for everything。〃 
  〃You watch out!〃 Durkin yelled。 〃Stay on the road!〃 
  Hallorann nodded and twisted the throttle slowly。 The snowmobile purred 
forward; the headlamp cutting a clean cone of light through the thickly falling 
snow。 He saw Durkin's upraised hand in the rearview mirror; and raised his own 
in return。 Then he nudged the handlebars to the left and was traveling up Main 
Street; the snowmobile coursing smoothly through the white light thrown by the 
streetlamps。 The speedometer stood at thirty miles an hour。 It was ten past 
seven。 At the Overlook; Wendy and Danny were sleeping and Jack Torrance was 
discussing matters of life and death with the previous caretaker。 
  Five blocks up Main; the streetlamps ended。 For half a mile there were small 
houses; all buttoned tightly up against the storm; and then only wind…howling 
darkness。   In the black again with no light but the thin spear of the 
snowmobile's headlamp; terror closed in on him again; a childlike fear; dismal 
and disheartening。 He had never felt so alone。 For several minutes; as the few 
lights of Sidewinder dwindled away and disappeared in the rearview; the urge to 
turn around and go back was almost insurmountable。 He reflected that for all of 
Durkin's concern for Jack Torrance's boy; he had not offered to take the other 
snowmobile and e with him。 
  (That place has got a bad reputation around here。) 
  Clenching his teeth; he turned the throttle higher and watched the needle on 
the speedometer climb past forty and settle at forty…five。 He seemed to be going 
horribly fast and yet he was afraid it wasn't fast enough。 At this speed it 
would take him almost an hour to get to the Overlook。 But at a higher speed he 
might not get there at all。 
  He kept his eyes glued to the passing guardrails and the dime…sized reflectors 
mounted on top of each one。 Many of them were buried under drifts。 Twice he saw 
curve signs dangerously late and felt the snowmobile riding up the drifts that 
masked the dropoff before turning back onto where the road was in the 
summertime。 The odometer counted off the miles at a maddeningly slow clip — five; 
ten; finally fifteen。 Even behind the knitted ski mask his face was beginning to 


 
 
stiffen up and his legs were growing numb。 
  (Guess I'd give a hundred bucks for a pair of ski pants。) 
  As each mile turned over; his terror grew — as if the place had a poison 
atmosphere that thickened as you neared it。 Had it ever been like this before? 
He had never really liked the Overlook; and there had been others who shared his 
feeling; but it had never been like this。 
  He could feel the voice that had almost wrecked him outside of Sidewinder 
still trying to get in; to get past his defenses to the soft meat inside。 If it 
had been strong twenty…five miles back; how much stronger would it be now? He 
couldn't keep it out entirely。 Some of it was slipping through; flooding his 
brain with sinister subliminal images。 More and more he got the image of a badly 
hurt woman in a bathroom; holding her hands up uselessly to ward off a blow; and 
he felt more and more that the woman must be —  
  (Jesus; watch out!) 
  The embankment was looming up ahead of him like a freight train。 Wool… 
gathering; he had missed a turn sign。 He jerked the snowmobile's steering gear 
hard right and it swung around; tilting as it did so。 From underneath came the 
harsh grating sound of the snowtread on rock。 He thought the snowmobile was 
going to dump him; and it did totter on the knife…edge of balance before half… 
driving; half…skidding back down to the more or less level surface of the snow… 
buried road。 Then the dropoff was ahead of him; the headlamp showing an abrupt 
end to the snowcover and darkness beyond that。 He turned the snowmobile the 
other way; a pulse beating sickly in his throat。 
  (Keep it on the road Dicky old chum。) 
  He forced himself to turn the throttle up another notch。 Now the speedometer 
needle was pegged just below fifty。 The wind howled and roared。 The headlamp 
probed the dark。 
  An unknown length of time later; he came around a driftbanked curve and saw a 
glimmering flash of light ahead。 Just a glimpse; and then it was blotted out by 
a rising fold of land。 The glimpse was so brief he was persuading himself it had 
been wishful thinking when another turn brought it in view again; slightly 
closer; for another few seconds。 There was no question of its reality this time; 
he had seen it from just this angle too many times before。 It was the Overlook。 
There were lights on the first floor and lobby levels; it looked like。 
  Some of his terror — the part that had to do with driving off the road or 
wrecking the snowmobile on an unseen curve — melted entirely away。 The snowmobile 
swept surely into the first half of an S curve that he now remembered 
confidently foot f

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