s
for a moment； thinking； wanting a drink。 Suddenly the hotel seemed full of a
thousand stealthy sounds： creakings and groans and the sly sniff of the wind
under the eaves where more wasps' nests might be hanging like deadly fruit。
They had e back。
And suddenly he found that he didn't like the Overlook so well anymore； as if
it wasn't wasps that had stung his son； wasps that had miraculously lived
through the bug bomb assault； but the hotel itself。
His last thought before going upstairs to his wife and son
（from now on you will hold your temper。 No Mattes What。）
was firm and hard and sure。
As he went down the hall to them he wiped his lips with the back of his hand。
》
THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE
Stripped to his underpants； lying on the examination table； Danny Torrance
looked very small。 He was looking up at Dr。 （〃Just call me Bill〃） Edmonds； who
was wheeling a large black machine up beside him。 Danny rolled his eyes to get a
better look at it。
〃Don't let it scare you； guy；〃 Bill Edmonds said。 〃It's an
electroencephalograph； and it doesn't hurt。〃
〃Electro — 〃
〃We call it EEG for short。 I'm going to hook a bunch of wires to your head —
no； not stick them in； only tape them — and the pens in this part of the gadget
will record your brain waves。〃
〃Like on ‘The Six Million Dollar Man'？〃
〃About the same。 Would you like to be like Steve Austin when you grow up？〃
〃No way；〃 Danny said as the nurse began to tape the wires to a number of tiny
shaved spots on his scalp。 〃My daddy says that someday he'll get a short circuit
and then he'll be up sh 。。。 he'll be up the creek。〃
〃I know that cr