down in Estes Park； but that was just about all。 Pretty good； considerin the
reputation this place has got。 I expected some reporter would dig it all up
again and just sorta put Grady in it as an excuse to rake over the scandals。〃
〃What scandals？〃
Watson shrugged。 〃Any big hotels have got scandals；〃 he said。 〃Just like every
big hotel has got a ghost。 Why？ Hell； people e and go。 Sometimes one of em
will pop off in his room； heart attack or stroke or something like that。 Hotels
are superstitious places。 No thirteenth floor or room thirteen； no mirrors on
the back of the door you e in through； stuff like that。 Why； we lost a lady
just this last July。 Ullman had to take care of that； and you can bet your ass
he did。 That's what they pay him twenty…two thousand bucks a season for； and as
much as I dislike the little prick； he earns it。 It's like some people just e
here to throw up and they hire a guy like Ullman to clean up the messes。 Here's
this woman； must be sixty fuckin years old — my age！ — and her hair's dyed just as
red as a whore's stoplight； tits saggin just about down to her belly button on
account of she ain't wearin no brassy…ear； big varycoarse veins all up and down
her legs so they look like a couple of goddam roadmaps； the jools drippin off
her neck and arms an hangin out her ears。 And she's got this kid with her； he
can't be no more than seventeen； with hair down to his asshole and his crotch
bulgin 'like he stuffed it with the funnypages。 So they're here a week； ten days
maybe； and every night it's the same drill。 Down in the Colorado Lounge from
five to seven； her suckin up singapore slings like they're gon