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large/118/police_op_0810_librivox_64kb_mp3/policeoperation_04_piper_64kb
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Outside was a wide hallway, with a pale green floor, paler green walls, and a ceiling of greenish off white. A big hole had been cut to accommodate the dome, and across the hallway a desk had been set up, and at it sat a clerk in a pale blue tunic, who was just taking the audio plugs of a music box out of his ears. OUTSIDE WAS A WIDE HALLWAY WITH A PALE GREEN FLOOR PALER GREEN WALLS AND A CEILING OF GREENISH OFF WHITE A BIG HALL HAD BEEN CUT TO ACCOMMODATE THE DOME AND ACROSS THE HALLWAY A DESK HAD BEEN SET UP AND AT IT SAT A CLERK IN A PALE BLUE TUNIC WHO WAS JUST TAKING THE AUDIOPLUGS OF A MUSIC BOX OUT OF HIS EARS
ng 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. 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. He stabbed a button and flipped a switch, then got to his feet, picking up his rifle and musette and fumbling under his shirt for a small mesh bag, from which he took an inch-wide disk of blue plastic. Unlocking a container on the instrument panel, he removed a small roll of solidograph-film, which he stowed in his bag. Then he slid open the door and emerged into his own dimension of space-time. ERVAL 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 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 HE STABBED A BUTTON FLIPPED A SWITCH THEN GOT TO HIS FEET PICKING UP HIS RIFLE IN NEW ZETTE AND FUMBLING UNDER HIS SHIRT FOR A SMALL MESH BAG FROM WHICH HE TOOK AN UNSWIED DISC OF BLUE BLASTIC UNLOCKING CONTAINER IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HE REMOVED A SMALL ROLL OF SOLIDIOGRAPH FILM WHICH HE STOWED IN HIS BAG THEN HE SLID OPEN THE DOOR AND EMERGED INTO HIS OWN DIMENSION OF SPACE TIME
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