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The man with the handsome immobile face deposited his rifle and musette on the floor beside the chair and sat down. THE MAN WITH THE HANDSOME AND MOBILE FACE DEPOSITED HIS RIFLE AND WAS THAT ON THE FLOOR BESIDE THE CHAIR AND SAT DOWN
ts came on within the hidden room, disclosing a great semiglobe of some fine metallic mesh, thirty feet in diameter and fifteen in height. There was a sliding door at one side of this; the man called Richard Lee opened and entered through it, closing it behind him. Then he turned to the center of the hollow dome, where an armchair was placed in front of a small desk below a large instrument panel. The gauges and dials on the panel, and the levers and switches and buttons on the desk control board, were all lettered and 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.  OILY CLICK AS IT DID LIGHTS CAME ON WITHIN THE HIDDEN ROOM DISCLOSING A GRAY SEMI GLOBE OF SOME FINE METALLIC MESH THIRTY FEET DIAMETER AND FIFTEEN IN HEIGHT THERE WAS A SLIDING DOOR AT ONE SIDE OF THIS THE MAN CALLED RICHARD LEE OPENED AND ENTERED THROUGH IT CLOSING IT BEHIND HIM THEN HE TURNED TO THE CENTRE OF THE HOLLOW DOME WHERE AN ARM CHAIR WAS PLACED IN FRONT OF A SMALL DESK BELOW A LARGE INTERMENT PANEL THE GAGES AND DIALS ON THE PANEL AND THE LEVERS AND SWITCHES AND BUTTONS ON THE DESK CONTROL 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
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