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large/10361/revolutions_time_1608_librivox_64kb_mp3/revolutionsoftime_08_dunn_64kb
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There were little closets and such in the empty spaces on the bottom floor. The upper room was a good thirty feet in diameter, and the walls and ceiling were all made of glass, very sturdy and insulating, yet completely transparent. THERE WERE LITTLE CLOSETS AND SUCH IN THE EMPTY SPACES ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR THE UPPER ROOM WAS A GOOD THIRTY FEET IN DIAMETER AND THE WALLS AND CEILING WERE ALL MADE OF GLASS VERY STURDY AND INSULATING YET COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT
. With that he started over to a door in the wall adjacent to the entrance, which, as there were only two doors, was the only other exit. It led to a long, winding stair that went up to the top of the tower that I had seen from below. We walked up it in silence, more from awe of its magnificent construction on my part than fatigue in climbing its steep stairs, which wound on and on almost indefinitely. There were no windows in the tower, and only a few paintings to liven up the sparsely decorated walls, yet they needed no adornments, for they were beautifully constructed from a strange stone that split and colored in a marvelous twisting pattern. At last we came to the top. It was much like it had appeared to be from below, for it was a large glass sphere that sat on the tower, like the dome on top of a light pole. It was divided in two, and the stairs went right through the bottom half and opened into a circular foyer that then had a small flight of stairs running up to the main room. ANT TO SHOW YOU HE TOLD ME WITH THAT HE STARTED OVER TO A DOOR IN A WALL ADJACENT TO THE ENTRANCE WHICH AS THERE WAS ONLY TWO DOORS WAS THE ONLY OTHER EXIT IT LED TO A LONG WHINING STAIR THAT WENT UP TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER THAT I HAD SEEN FROM BELOW WE WALKED UP IN SILENCE MORE FROM AWE OF ITS MAGNIFICENT CONSTRUCTION ON MY PART THAN FATIGUE IN CLIMBING ITS STEEP STAIRS WHICH WOUND ON AND ON ALMOST INDEFINITELY THERE WERE NO WINDOWS IN THE TOWER AND ONLY A FEW PAINTINGS TO LIVEN UP THE SPARSELY DECORATED WALLS YET THEY NEEDED NO ADORNMENTS FOR THEY WERE BEAUTIFULLY CONSTRUCTED FROM A STRANGE STONE THAT SPLIT AND COLOURED IN A MARVELLOUSLY TWISTING PATTERN AT LAST WE CAME TO THE TOP IT WAS MUCH LIKE IT APPEARED TO BE FROM BELOW FOR IT WAS A LARGE GLASS SPHERE THAT SAT ON THE TOWER LIKE THE DOME ON TOP OF A LIGHT POLE IT WAS DIVIDED IN TWO AND THE STAIRS WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE BOTTOM HALF AND OPENED INTO A CIRCULAR FOYER THAT THEN HAD A SMALL FLIGHT OF STAIRS RUNNING UP TO THE MAIN ROOF
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