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He attached the can to the back of the snowmobile; fumbling the job several

times before getting it right because his fingers were going numb。 For the first

time he became aware that hed lost Howard Cottrells mittens。

(i get out of this i gonna have my sister knit you a dozen pair; howie)

〃Get on!〃 Hallorann shouted at the boy。

Danny shrank back。 〃Well freeze!〃

〃We have to go around to the equipment shed! Theres stuff in there 。。。

blankets 。。。 stuff like that。 Get on behind your mother!〃

Danny got on; and Hallorann twisted his head so he could shout into Wendys

face。

〃Missus Torrance! Hold onto me! You understand? Hold on!〃

She put her arms around him and rested her cheek against his back。 Hallorann

started the snowmobile and turned the throttle delicately so they would start up

without a jerk。 The woman had the weakest sort of grip on him; and if she

shifted backward; her weight would tumble both her and the boy off。

They began to move。 He brought the snowmobile around in a circle and then they

were traveling west parallel to the hotel。 Hallorann cut in more to circle

around behind it to the equipment shed。

They had a momentarily clear view into the Overlooks lobby。 The gasflame

ing up through the shattered floor was like a giant birthday candle; fierce

yellow at its heart and blue around its flickering edges。 In that moment it

seemed only to be lighting; not destroying。 They could see the registration desk

with its silver bell; the credit card decals; the old…fashioned; scrolled cash

register; the small figured throw rugs; the highbacked chairs; horsehair

hassocks。 Danny could see the small sofa by the fireplace where the three nuns

had sat on the day they had e up — closing day。 But this was the real closing

day。

Then the drift on the porch blotted the view out。 A moment later they were

skirting the west side of the hotel。 It was still light enough to see without

the snowmobiles headlight。 Both upper stories were flaming now; and pennants of

flame shot out the windows。 The gleaming white paint had begun to blacken and

peel。 The shutters which had covered the Presidential Suites picture window —

shutters Jack had carefully fastened as per instructions in mid…October — now hung

in flaming brands; exposing the wide and shattered darkness behind them; like a

toothless mouth yawing in a final; silent deathrattle。