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Although he had always thought it would be Horace Derwent who would eventually show up. Or perhaps the bartender, the one his father had called Lloyd. He supposed he should have known it would be Mrs. Massey, though, even before it finally happened.

Overlook bartender Danny remembers among the hotel’s undead figures.

His fists, clenching slowly, made minute scratchings on the bar’s leather-padded edge. “Hi, Lloyd,” he said. “A little slow tonight, isn’t it?” Lloyd said it was. Lloyd asked him what it would be. “Now I’m really glad you asked me that,” Jack said, “really glad.

Jack addresses an imaginary bartender named Lloyd and describes him as the best between Barre and Portland. Narrator explicitly says Lloyd and drinks were not there in this first scene; later manifestations require separate qualification.

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“Hello, boys,” Jack Torrance said softly. “I’ve been away but now I’m back.” “Good evening, Mr. Torrance,” Lloyd said, genuinely pleased. “It’s good to see you.”

Bartender now manifested amid populated lounge; says manager supplies free drinks and wants Danny. Appearance distorts into diseased face before returning to normal.

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