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will let me near you 。。。 get Dick 。。 。 get Dick 。。。)
〃Tony!〃 he screamed。
But Tony was gone and suddenly he was in a dark room。 But not entirely dark。
Muted light spilling from somewhere。 It was Mommy and Daddy's bedroom。 He could
see Daddy's desk。 But the room was a dreadful shambles。 He had been in this room
before。 Mommy's record player overturned on the floor。 Her records scattered on
the rug。 The mattress half off the bed。 Pictures ripped from the walls。 His cot
lying on its side like a dead dog; the Violent Violet Volkswagen crushed to
purple shards of plastic。
The light was ing from the bathroom door; half…open。 Just beyond it a hand
dangled limply; blood dripping from the tips of the fingers。 And in the medicine
cabinet mirror; the word REDRUM flashing off and on。
Suddenly a huge clock in a glass bowl materialized in front of it。 There were
no hands or numbers on the clockface; only a date written in red: DECEMBER 2。
And then; eyes widening in horror; he saw the word REDRUM reflecting dimly from
the glass dome; now reflected twice。 And he saw that it spelled MURDER。
Danny Torrance screamed in wretched terror。 The date was gone from the
clockface。 The clockface itself was gone; replaced by a circular black hole that
swelled and swelled like a dilating iris。 It blotted out everything and he fell
forward; beginning to fall; falling; he was —
* * *
— falling off the chair。
For a moment he lay on the ballroom floor; breathing bard。
REDRUM。
MURDER。
REDRUM。
MURDER。
(The Red Death held sway over all!)
(Unmask! Unmask!)
And behind each glittering lovely mask; the as…y