sandwich…yeek！〃 She twisted away from
him； giggling。 〃That tickles！〃
〃It teekles nozzing like Jock Torrance would like to teekle you； madame。〃
〃Lay off； Jock。 How about a ham and cheese 。。。 for the first course？〃
They went up the stairs together； and Jack didn't look over his shoulder
again。 But he thought of Watson's words：
Every big hotel has got a ghost。 Why？ Hell； people e and go。。。
Then Wendy shut the basement door behind them； closing it into darkness。
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OUTSIDE 217
Danny was remembering the words of someone else who had worked at the Overlook
during the season：
Her saying she'd seen something in one of the rooms where 。。。 a bad thing
happened。 That was in Room 217 and I want you to promise me you won't go in
there； Danny 。。。 steer right clear 。。。
It was a perfectly ordinary door； no different from any other door on the
first two floors of the hotel。 It was dark gray； halfway down a corridor that
ran at right angles to the main second…floor hallway。 The numbers on the door
looked no different from the house numbers on the Boulder apartment building
they had lived in。 A 2； a 1； and a 7。 Big deal。 Just below them was a tiny glass
circle； a peephole。 Danny had tried several of them。 From the inside you got a
wide； fish…eye view of the corridor。 From outside you could screw up your eye
seven ways to Sunday and still not see a thing。 A dirty gyp：
（Why are you here？）
After the walk behind the Overlook； he and Mommy had e back and she had
fixed him his favorite lunch； a cheese and bologna sandwich plus Campbell's Bean
Soup。 They ate in Dick's kitchen and talked。 The radio was on； getting thi