wn
into a blackness where one sinister word flashed in red：
REDRUM。
P A R T T W O
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Closing Day
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A VIEW OF THE OVERLOOK
Mommy was worried。
She was afraid the bug wouldn't make it up and down all these mountains and
that they would get stranded by the side of the road where somebody might e
ripping along and hit them。 Danny himself was more sanguine； if Daddy thought
the bug would make this one last trip； then probably it would。
〃We're just about there；〃 Jack said。
Wendy brushed her hair back from her temples。 〃Thank God。〃
She was sitting in the right…hand bucket； a Victoria Holt paperback open but
face down in her lap。 She was wearing her blue dress； the one Danny thought was
her prettiest。 It had a sailor collar and made her look very young； like a girl
just getting ready to graduate from high school。 Daddy kept putting his hand
high up on her leg and she kept laughing and brushing it off； saying Get away；
fly。
Danny was impressed with the mountains。 One day Daddy had taken them up in the
ones near Boulder； the ones they called the Flatirons； but these were much
bigger； and on the tallest of them you could see a fine dusting of snow； which
Daddy said was often there year…round。
And they were actually in the mountains； no goofing around。 Sheer rock faces
rose all around them； so high you could barely see their tops even by craning
your neck out the window。 When they left Boulder； the temperature had been in
the high seventies。 Now； just