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He was a big man, well past his two hundredth year; his hair was iron gray and thinning in front, he had begun to grow thick at the waist, and his calm features bore the lines of middle age. He wore the dark green uniform of the Paratime Police. "Well, Vall," he greeted. HE WAS A BIG MAN WELL PASSED HIS TWO HUNDREDTH YEAR HIS HAIR WAS IRON GRAY AND THINNING IN FRONT AND HE HAD BEGUN TO GROW THICK AT THE WAIST AND HIS CALM FEATURES BORE THE LINES OF MIDDLE AGE HE WORE THE DARK GREEN UNIFORM OF THE PARENTINE POLICE WELL WALL HE ASKED
is hands to the manual controls, in case of failure of the robot controls. The rocket landed smoothly, however; there was a slight jar as it was grappled by the crane and hoisted upright, the seats turning in their gimbals. Pilot and passenger unstrapped themselves and hurried through the refrigerated outlet and away from the glowing-hot rocket. * * * * * An air-taxi, emblazoned with the device of the Paratime Police, was waiting. Verkan Vall said good-by to the rocket-pilot and took his seat beside the pilot of the aircab; the latter lifted his vehicle above the building level and then set it down on the landing-stage of the Paratime Police Building in a long, side-swooping glide. An express elevator took Verkan Vall down to one of the middle stages, where he showed his sigil to the guard outside the door of Tortha Karf's office and was admitted at once. The Paratime Police chief rose from behind his semicircular desk, with its array of keyboards and viewing-screens and communicators.  SECTION FIVE POLICE OPERATION THIS IS A LIBER VOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX STOUT ORG RECORDING BY ALEX BULLY WOOD BRIDGE VIRGINIA POLICE OPERATION BY H BEAN PIPER SECTION FIVE AN AIR TAXI EMBLAZONED WITH THE DEVICE OF THE PAIRTIME POLICE WAS WAITING VERKAN VALL SAID GOOD BYE TO THE ROCKET PILOT AND TOOK HIS SEAT BESIDE THE PILOT OF THE AIR CAB THE LATTER LIFTED HIS VEHICLE ABOVE THE BUILDING LEVEL AND THEN SET IT DOWN ON THE LANDING STAGE OF THE PARENTINE POLICE BUILDING IN A LONG SIDE SWOOPING GLIDE AN EXPRESS ELEVATOR TOOK VERKAN VALL DOWN TO ONE OF THE MIDDLE STAGES WHERE HE SHOWED HIS SIGUIL TO THE GUARD OUTSIDE THE DOOR OF TORITHA KARF'S OFFICE AND WAS ADMITTED AT ONCE THE PARITIME POLICE CHIEF ROSE FROM BEHIND THE SEMICIRCULAR DESK WITH ITS ARRAY OF KEYBOARDS AND VIEWING SCREENS AND COMMUNICATORS
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