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There was an interval of flickering blue white light, of unbearable intensity. Then the man at the desk was surrounded by the interior of vast industrial works. THERE WAS AN INTERVAL OF FLICKERING BLUE WHITE LIGHT OF UNBEARABLE INTENSITY THEN THE MAN AT THE DESK WAS SURROUNDED BY THE INTERIOR OF VAST INDUSTRIAL WORKS
s appeared and vanished, and other buildings came and went in a twinkling. All around him, half-seen shapes moved briefly and disappeared. Once, the figure of a man appeared, inside the circle of the dome. He had an angry, brutal face, and he wore a black tunic piped with silver, and black breeches, and polished black boots, and there was an insignia, composed of a cross and thunderbolt, on his cap. He held an automatic pistol in his hand. Instantly, the man at the desk snatched up his own weapon and thumbed off the safety, but before he could lift and aim it, the intruder stumbled and passed outside the force-field which surrounded the chair and instruments. For a while, there were fires raging outside, and for a while, the man at the desk was surrounded by a great hall, with a high, vaulted ceiling, through which figures flitted and vanished. For a while, there were vistas of deep forests, always set in the same background of mountains and always under the same blue cirrus-laced sky. PE FLICKERED UNREALLY BUILDINGS APPEARED AND VANISHED AND OTHER BUILDINGS CAME AND WENT IN A TWINKLING ALL AROUND HIM HALF SEEN SHAPES MOVED BRIEFLY AND DISAPPEARED ONCE THE FIGURE OF A MAN APPEARED INSIDE THE CIRCLE OF A DOME HE HAD AN ANGRY FACE BRUTAL FACE AND HE WORE A BLACK TUNIC PIPED WITH SILVER AND BLACK BREECHES AND POLISHED BLACK BOOTS AND THERE WAS AN INSIGNIA COMPOSED OF A CROSS AND THUNDERBOLT ON HIS CAP HE HELD AN AUTOMATIC PISTOL IN HIS HAND INSTANTLY THE MAN AT THE DESK SNATCHED UP HIS OWN WEAPON AND THUMBED OFF THE SAFETY BEFORE HE COULD LIFT AND AIM IT THE INTRUDER STUMBLED AND PASSED OUTSIDE THE FORCE FIELD WHICH SURROUNDED THE CHARIOT INSTRUMENTS FOR A WHILE THERE WERE FIRES RAGING OUTSIDE AND FOR A WHILE THE MAN AT THE DESK WAS SURROUNDED BY A GREAT HALL WITH A HIGH VAULTED CEILING THROUGH WHICH FIGURES FLITTED AND VANISHED FOR A WHILE THERE WERE VISTAS AND DEEP FORESTS ALWAYS SET IN THE SAME BACKGROUND ABOVE MOUNTAINS AND ALWAYS UNDER THE SAME BLUE CIRRUS LACE SKY
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