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..>......C.D.YOU ARE ON THE SIDEWALK OF
E56-57, IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE TO TIFF
ANY'S, A MUSEUM OF GOLDSMITHERY AND LAPI
DARY ART. THE POLISHED BRASS TRIM ON THE
BUILDING'S FACADE SHINES AGAINST THE DU
LL, LIGHT BROWN STONE WALL..THIS IS TIFF
ANY'S--A MUSEUM..YOU PUSH OPEN THE HEAVY
, PLATE-GLASS DOORS AND ENTER A LARGE RO
OM. GLASS-FRONT CABINETS EXHIBIT SCULPTU
RES AND OTHER ARTIFACTS, ALL MADE OF GOL
D, SILVER, AND PRECIOUS STONES..YOU PUSH
ON THE HEAVY, PLATE-GLASS DOORS, BUT TH
EY ARE LOCKED SHUT. YOU SEE A SIGN ON ON
E OF THE DOORS, "MUSEUM OPEN 10 AM TO 8
PM.".HUNDREDS OF OBJECTS ARE ON DISPLAY
IN THE CABINETS, MANY INTRICATELY CARVED
AND OF RARE BEAUTY. YOU ARE LOOKING AT
A SCULPTURE OF A WHALE MADE OF WHITE GOL
D WHEN A DAPPER YOUNG MAN WITH A MUSTACH
E AND WEARING A BLUE UNIFORM ENTERS THE
ROOM AND SAYS TO YOU, "I THOUGHT I HEARD
SOMEONE COME IN. I'M THE ATTENDANT HERE
. IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW, JUST ASK ME.".YOU PUSH OPEN THE DO
ORS AND GO BACK OUT..THE ARRANGEMENT OF
CABINETS PREVENTS YOU FROM MOVING VERY F
AR IN ANY ONE DIRECTION.."THAT WHALE," S
AYS THE ATTENDANT, "IS SUPPOSED TO REPRE
SENT MOBY DICK. THE CARVING DATES FROM T
HE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY.".YOU TAKE OUT
THE AMBER LIGHTER AND PUT YOUR FINGERTIP
IN THE DEPRESSION. A YELLOW FLAME SHOOT
S OUT THE OTHER END. THE ATTENDANT EYES
THE FLAME AND SAYS, "ENGRAVE THESE WORDS
IN YOUR MEMORY: "IMAGINATION BODIES FOR
TH THE FORMS OF THINGS UNKNOWN."".THE AT
TENDANT COMES OVER AND SHAKES YOUR HAND,
SAYING, "GLAD TO MEET YOU, ISMAEL." HE
TAKES A SMALL, METALLIC OBJECT OUT OF HI
S POCKET AND GIVES IT TO YOU. HE SAYS, "
THIS IS A TETRASONDE. IT WILL OPEN LOCKE
R 415 IN THE LOUNGE OF THE PLAZA HOTEL."
YOU PUT THE TETRASONDE IN YOUR POCKET A
ND LEAVE..THE ATTENDANT COMES OVER AND S
HAKES YOUR HAND, SAYING, "NICE TO SEE YO
U AGAIN, ISHMAEL." THE ATTENDANT WALKS
AWAY AND YOU LEAVE..THE ATTENDANT COMES
OVER AND SHAKES YOUR HAND, SAYING, "NICE
TO SEE YOU AGAIN, ISMAEL." YOU EXPLAIN
THAT YOU HAVE LOST YOUR TETRASONDE AND H
E GIVES YOU ANOTHER SAYING, "REMEMBER IT
WILL OPEN THE ACTIVE LOCKER IN THE LOUN
GE OF THE PLAZA HOTEL. THE NUMBER OF THE
ACTIVE LOCKER CHANGES PERIODICALLY, BUT
IT IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE PERMUTATIONS OF
THE NUMBER 451." YOU PUT THE TETRASONDE
IN YOUR POCKET AND LEAVE..THE ATTENDANT
SAYS, "I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND YOU, CA
N YOU REPHRASE THAT PLEASE?".THE WHALE I
S A BEAUTIFUL WHITE GOLD SCULPTURE..E56-
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