Wendy is knitting while listening to Bach, and falls asleep. Upstairs, the dead corpse of Room 217 is silently attacking Danny. Jack, too, has fallen asleep in the basement as he pours over old bills and ledgers, looking for links between the hotel and its past. Jack has decided that the episode with the hedge animals is a sign of his need for self-respect, and has decided to write the book about the Overlook, despite Shockley's disapproval. As he begins to fall asleep, he thinks of his father, whom he loved dearly until he nearly killed Jack's mother when Jack was nine. Following a car accident, his father had begun to carry a cane, which he used to beat his family. One night during dinner, his father unexpectedly began to beat their.....
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