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The dome grew visible, coruscating with many colored lights and then the humming died and the dome became a cold and inert mesh of fine white metal. A green light above flashed on and off slowly. THE DOME GREW VISIBLE CORUS SCATTERING WITH MANY COLOURED LIGHTS AND THEN THE HUMMING DIED AND THE DOME BECAME A COLD AND INNER MESH OF FINE WHITE METAL A GREEN LIGHT ABOVE FLASHED ON AND OFF SLOWLY
and. Instantly, the man at the desk snatched up his own weapon and thumbed off the safety, but before he could lift and aim it, the intruder stumbled and passed outside the force-field which surrounded the chair and instruments. For a while, there were fires raging outside, and for a while, the man at the desk was surrounded by a great hall, with a high, vaulted ceiling, through which figures flitted and vanished. For a while, there were vistas of deep forests, always set in the same background of mountains and always under the same blue cirrus-laced sky. There was an interval of flickering blue-white light, of unbearable intensity. Then the man at the desk was surrounded by the interior of vast industrial works. The moving figures around him slowed, and became more distinct. For an instant, the man in the chair grinned as he found himself looking into a big washroom, where a tall blond girl was taking a shower bath, and a pert little redhead was vigorously drying herself with a towel. UTOMATIC PISTOL IN HIS HAND INSTANTLY THE MAN AT THE DESK SNATCHED UP HIS OWN WEAPON AND THUMBED OFF THE SAFETY BEFORE HE COULD LIFT AND AIM IT THE INTRUDER STUMBLED AND PASSED OUTSIDE THE FORCE FIELD WHICH SURROUNDED THE CHARIOT INSTRUMENTS FOR A WHILE THERE WERE FIRES RAGING OUTSIDE AND FOR A WHILE THE MAN AT THE DESK WAS SURROUNDED BY A GREAT HALL WITH A HIGH VAULTED CEILING THROUGH WHICH FIGURES FLITTED AND VANISHED FOR A WHILE THERE WERE VISTAS AND DEEP FORESTS ALWAYS SET IN THE SAME BACKGROUND ABOVE MOUNTAINS AND ALWAYS UNDER THE SAME BLUE CIRRUS LACE SKY THERE WAS AN INTERVAL OF FLICKERING BLUE WHITE LIGHT OF UNBEARABLE INTENSITY THEN THE MAN AT THE DESK WAS SURROUNDED BY THE INTERIOR OF VAST INDUSTRIAL WORKS THE MOVING FIGURES AROUND HIM SLOWED AND BECAME MORE DISTINCT FOR AN INSTANT THE MAN IN THE CHAIR GRINNED AS HE FOUND HIMSELF LOOKING INTO A BIG WASHROOM WHERE A TALL BLOND GIRL WAS TAKING A SHOWER BATH AND HER PERT LITTLE RED HEAD WAS VIGOROUSLY DRYING HERSELF WITH A TOWEL
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