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large/118/police_op_0810_librivox_64kb_mp3/policeoperation_04_piper_64kb
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The hidden room vanished, and he was looking into the shadowy interior of a deserted barn. The barn vanished; blue sky appeared above, streaked with wisps of high cirrus cloud. The autumn landscape flickered unreally. Buildings appeared and vanished, and other buildings came and went in a twinkling. THE HIDDEN ROOM VANISHED AND HE WAS LOOKING INTO THE SHADOWY INTERIOR OF A DESERTED BARN THE BARN VANISHED BLUE SKY APPEARED ABOVE STREAKED WITH WISPS OF HIGH CIRRUS CLOUDS THE AUTUMN LANDSCAPE FLICKERED UNREALLY BUILDINGS APPEARED AND VANISHED AND OTHER BUILDINGS CAME AND WENT IN A TWINKLING
d numbered with characters not of the Roman alphabet or the Arabic notation, and, within instant reach of the occupant of the chair, a pistollike weapon lay on the desk. It had a conventional index-finger trigger and a hand-fit grip, but, instead of a tubular barrel, two slender parallel metal rods extended about four inches forward of the receiver, joined together at what would correspond to the muzzle by a streamlined knob of some light blue ceramic or plastic substance. The man with the handsome immobile face deposited his rifle and musette on the floor beside the chair and sat down. First, he picked up the pistollike weapon and checked it, and then he examined the many instruments on the panel in front of him. Finally, he flicked a switch on the control board. At once, a small humming began, from some point overhead. It wavered and shrilled and mounted in intensity, and then fell to a steady monotone. The dome about him flickered with a queer, cold iridescence, and slowly vanished. BOARD WERE ALL LETTERED IN NUMBERS WITH CHARACTERS NOT OF THE ROMAN ALPHABET OR THE ARABIC NOTATION AND WITH INSTANT REACH OF THE OCCUPANT OF THE CHAIR A BUSTLE LIKE WEAPON LAY ON THE DESK HAD A CONVENTIONAL INDEX FINGER TRINGER AND A HAND GRIP FIT BUT INSTEAD OF A TUBULAR BARREL TWO SLENDER PARALLEL METAL RODS EXTENDED ABOUT FOUR INCHES FORWARD OF THE RECEIVER JOINED TOGETHER AT WHAT WOULD OF CORRESPOND TO THE MUZZLE OF A STREAM LIKE KNOB OF SOME WHITE BLUE CERAMIC OR PLASTIC SUBSTANCE THE MAN WITH THE HANDSOME AND MOBILE FACE DEPOSITED HIS RIFLE AND WAS THAT ON THE FLOOR BESIDE THE CHAIR AND SAT DOWN FIRST HE PICKED UP THE PISTOL LIKE WEAPON AND CHECKED IT THEN HE EXAMINED THE MANY INSTRUMENTS ON THE PANEL IN FRONT OF HIM FINALLY HE FLICKED A SWITCH ON THE CONTROL BOARD AT ONCE A SMALL HUMMING BEGAN FROM SOME POINT OVERHEAD IT WAVERED AND SHRILLED AND MOUNTED IN INTENSITY AND THEN FELL TO A STEADY MONOTONE THE DOME ABOUT HIM FLICKERED WITH A CLEAR COLD IRIDESCENCE AND SLOWLY VANISHED
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