that would go on all night a sound they would get to know well。 Flakes of snow
swirled and danced across the porch。 The Overlook faced it as it had for nearly
three quarters of a century； its darkened windows now bearded with snow；
indifferent to the fact that it was now cut off from the world。 Or possibly it
was pleased with the prospect。 Inside its shell the three of them went about
their early evening routine； like microbes trapped in the intestine of a
monster。
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INSIDE 217
A week and a half later two feet of snow lay white and crisp and even on the
grounds of the Overlook Hotel。 The hedge menagerie was buried up to its
haunches； the rabbit； frozen on its hind legs； seemed to be rising from a white
pool。 Some of the drifts were over five feet deep。 The wind was constantly
changing them； sculpting them into sinuous； dunelike shapes。 Twice Jack had
snowshoed clumsily around to the equipment shed for his shovel to clear the
porch； the third time he shrugged； simply cleared a path through the towering
drift lying against the door； and let Danny amuse himself by sledding to the
right and left of the path。 The truly heroic drifts lay against the Overlook's
west side； some of them towered to a height of twenty feet； and beyond them the
ground was scoured bare to the grass by the constant windflow。 The first…floor
windows were covered； and the view from the dining room which Jack had so
admired on closing day was now no more exciting than a view of a blank movie
screen。 Their phone had been out for the last eight days； and the CB radio in
Ullman's office was now their only munications link with the outside wor