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The long curve of the mountains was the same, and they were mottled with the same autumn colors, but where the little village of Rutter's Fort stood on that other line of probability, the white towers of an apartment city rose  the living quarters of the plant personnel. THE LONG CURVED OF MOUNTAINS WERE THE SAME AND THEY WERE MODELLED WITH THE SAME AUTUMN COLORS BUT WHERE THE LITTLE VILLAGE OF RUDDER'S FORT STOOD ON THE OTHER LINE OF PROBABILITY THESE WHITE TOWERS OF AN APARTMENT CITY ROSE THE LIVING QUARTERS OF THE PLANT PERSONNEL
, when I came through," Verkan Vall told her. The girl looked at him in obviously feigned indignation. "Why, you--You _parapeeper_!" Verkan Vall chuckled and turned to the clerk. "I want a strato-rocket and pilot, for Dhergabar, right away. Call Dhergabar Paratime Police Field and give them my ETA; have an air-taxi meet me, and have the chief notified that I'm coming in. Extraordinary report. Keep a guard over the conveyor; I think I'm going to need it, again, soon." He turned to the little redhead. "Want to show me the way out of here, to the rocket field?" he asked. * * * * * [Illustration] Outside, on the open landing field, Verkan Vall glanced up at the sky, then looked at his watch. It had been twenty minutes since he had backed the jeep into the barn, on that distant other time-line; the same delicate lines of white cirrus were etched across the blue above. The constancy of the weather, even across two hundred thousand parayears of perpendicular time, never failed to impress him. GHT NOW YOU WERE JUST FINISHING WHEN ABOUT FIFTY PAIR SECONDS OFF WHEN I CAME THROUGH VERKAN VALL TOLD HER THE GIRL LOOKED AT HIM IN OBVIOUS FEIGNED INDIGNATION WHY YOU YOU PAIR OF PEOPLE VERKAN VALL CHUCKLED AND TURNED TO THE CLERK I WANT A STRATO ROCKET AND PILOT FOR DER WAR RIGHT AWAY CALL DARE BAR VERITIME POLICE FIELD AND GIVE THEM MY E T A HAVE AN AIR TAXI MEET ME AND HAVE THE CHIEF NOTIFIED THAT I'M COMING IN EXTRAORDINARY REPORT KEEP A GUARD OVER THE CONVEYOR I THINK I'M GOING TO NEED IT AGAIN SOON HE TURNED A LITTLE RED HEAD YOU WANT TO SHOW ME THE WAY OUT O HERE TO THE ROCKET FIELD HE ASKED OUTSIDE IN THE OPEN LANDING FIELD VERKAN VALL GLANCED UP AT THE SKY THEN LOOKED AT HIS WATCH IT HAD BEEN TWENTY MINUTES SINCE HE BACKED THE JEEP UP INTO HIS BARN ON THAT DISTANT OTHER TIME LINE THE SAME DELICATE LINES OF WHITE CIRRUS WERE EDGED ACROSS THE BLUE ABOVE THE CONSISTENCY OF THE WEATHER EVEN ACROSS TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PERIL YEARS OF PERPENDICULAR TIME NEVER FAILED TO IMPRESS HIM
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