large/118/police_op_0810_librivox_64kb_mp3/policeoperation_05_piper_64kb_4
large/118/police_op_0810_librivox_64kb_mp3/policeoperation_05_piper_64kb
English
118
"So?" His chief lit a cigarette and waited. "I traced Gavran Sarn." Verkan Vall got out his pipe and began to fill it. "But that's only the beginning. I have to trace something else. Gavran Sarn exceeded his Paratime permit, and took one of his pets along. SO HIS CHIEF LIT A CIGARETTE AND WAITED I TRACED GAVRAN SARN VERKAN VALL GOT OUT HIS PIPE AND BEGAN TO FILL IT BUT THAT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING I HAVE TO TRACE SOMETHING ELSE GAVRAN SARN EXCEEDED HIS PAIRTIE PERMIT AND TOOK ONE OF HIS PETS ALONG
 to the rocket-pilot and took his seat beside the pilot of the aircab; the latter lifted his vehicle above the building level and then set it down on the landing-stage of the Paratime Police Building in a long, side-swooping glide. An express elevator took Verkan Vall down to one of the middle stages, where he showed his sigil to the guard outside the door of Tortha Karf's office and was admitted at once. The Paratime Police chief rose from behind his semicircular desk, with its array of keyboards and viewing-screens and communicators. He was a big man, well past his two hundredth year; his hair was iron-gray and thinning in front, he had begun to grow thick at the waist, and his calm features bore the lines of middle age. He wore the dark-green uniform of the Paratime Police. "Well, Vall," he greeted. "Everything secure?" "Not exactly, sir." Verkan Vall came around the desk, deposited his rifle and bag on the floor, and sat down in one of the spare chairs. "I'll have to go back again. AN VALL SAID GOOD BYE TO THE ROCKET PILOT AND TOOK HIS SEAT BESIDE THE PILOT OF THE AIR CAB THE LATTER LIFTED HIS VEHICLE ABOVE THE BUILDING LEVEL AND THEN SET IT DOWN ON THE LANDING STAGE OF THE PARENTINE POLICE BUILDING IN A LONG SIDE SWOOPING GLIDE AN EXPRESS ELEVATOR TOOK VERKAN VALL DOWN TO ONE OF THE MIDDLE STAGES WHERE HE SHOWED HIS SIGUIL TO THE GUARD OUTSIDE THE DOOR OF TORITHA KARF'S OFFICE AND WAS ADMITTED AT ONCE THE PARITIME POLICE CHIEF ROSE FROM BEHIND THE SEMICIRCULAR DESK WITH ITS ARRAY OF KEYBOARDS AND VIEWING SCREENS AND COMMUNICATORS HE WAS A BIG MAN WELL PASSED HIS TWO HUNDREDTH YEAR HIS HAIR WAS IRON GRAY AND THINNING IN FRONT AND HE HAD BEGUN TO GROW THICK AT THE WAIST AND HIS CALM FEATURES BORE THE LINES OF MIDDLE AGE HE WORE THE DARK GREEN UNIFORM OF THE PARENTINE POLICE WELL WALL HE ASKED EVERYTHING SECURE NOT EXACTLY SIR VERKAN VALL CAME AROUND THE DESK DEPOSITED HIS RIFLE AND BAG ON THE FLOOR AND SAT DOWN IN ONE OF THE SPARE CHAIRS I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AGAIN
large/118/police_op_0810_librivox_64kb_mp3/policeoperation_05_piper_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/118/police_op_0810_librivox_64kb_mp3/policeoperation_05_piper_64kb.flac