Stool

Bench.

What's the name of it? Stool.

Size.

Something like that.

Stool height pillars.

In the garden.

Pillars? What's the name of it? It's just sitting.

Blank By Randall Garrett This is a LibriVox recording.

All librivox recordings Are in the public domain For more information Or to volunteer Please visit librivox dot org Blank By Randall Garrett Bethelmann came too quite suddenly and found himself standing on the corner of Forty-fourth Street and Madison Avenue He was dizzy for a moment Not from any physical cause But from the disorientation The last thing he could remember He had been sitting in a bar In Boston talking To Dr Elijah Kamarov After the interview Was over They’d Had A few drinks And then a Few More After that Things began to get hazy Bethelmann rubbed His head It wasn’t like a hangover His Head felt perfectly fine But How in the devil Had he gotten Here ?He looked around No One was paying Any attention to Him but no one pays any Attention to anyone On the streets Of New York Still feeling queer He headed east On Forty fourth street He wanted to sit Down for a bit And the nearest Place was the little Bar halfway between Madison avenue and Grand central station He went in And ordered a beer What the hell Had happened He’d had Too Much to drink On several occasions But he’d Never gone to sleep In one city And awakened In another Doctor Kamarov Must Have put Him on the plane The biochemist Didn’t Drink much And had probably Been in better shape Than bethelman Had been He glanced At his watch Two fifteen Wow The City editor Would be wondering Where he was He Went to the phone Dropped in a dime And dialed the City desk When the Editor’s voice Answered He said Hickman This is Bethelmann I’m sorry i’m Late but late Interrupted hickman what Are you Talking about You’ve Only been Gone half an hour You sick or something I don’t feel too good Bethelmann admitted Confusedly That’s what you Said when you left Hell man Take the rest Of the Day off It’s Friday You Don’t need to Show Up until Monday If you don’t Want to Okay Yeah Said bethelimann Sure His mind still didn’t Want to focus Properly okay Boy Said hickman And thanks again For the tip Who’d Have thought Baby joe would Come in first See you monday And he hung up Bethelimann stood there Looking foolish For a full Five Seconds Then things Began to connect Up friday It Shouldn’t Be friday He cradled The Phone and Walked Over to the bar Where the barman Was assiduously Polishing a Beer glass What day Is this He asked Friday Said the White jacketed Barman looking up From the shell Of gleaming Glass i mean The date Bethlehem corrected Fifteenth I think He Glanced at a Copy of the Times that lay On the bar yeah fifteenth Bethlem sat down Heavily on the bar Stool the fifteenth Somewhere he Had lost two weeks He searched his Memory for some clue But Found nothing His memory Was a perfect blank For those two Weeks Automatically his Hand went to his Shirt pocket For cigarettes He pulled Out the pack And started to Shake one out It Wouldn’t shake So he stuck His finger in The Half empty Pack to dislodge A cigarette There was a Roll of paper Stuck in it He took it out And unrolled it It was a note You’re doing Fine You know Something’s wrong But you don’t Know what Go Ahead and Investigate I guarantee You’ll get the Answers But be careful not To get Anyone too Suspicious You don’t wantTo get Locked up inThe booby bin I suggestYou try marcos First The note was unsigned, but Bethelman didn't need a signature.

The handwriting was his own.

He looked at himself in the mirror behind the bar.

Chair.

Stool.

A rug is a floor covering that adds warmth or decoration to a room.

Rug.

Heavy cases to block casual push paths.

Stools turned on their sides to make soft choke points that slow a body without making it climb.

He hates traps.

So do I.

CHAMBERS OF SCRUGE, THE MISER.

ONE SIDE OF IT IS FILLED UP WITH A DESK AND HIGH STOOL, THE OTHER IS A FIREPLACE, FIRE LIGHTED.

EASY CHAIR, TABLE WITH CANDLESTICK UPON IT, ETC., ETC.

SCRUGE, THE MISER, DISCOVERED NEAR FIRE.

BOB CRATCHET, WRITING, NEAR DESK.

AS THE CURTAIN RISES HE DESCENDS FROM STOOL, APPROACHES FIRE TO STIR IT.

bob bob you shall be obliged to part you'll ruin me in coals

hark ruin you with such a fire in such weather i've been trying to warm myself by the candle for the last half-hour but not being a man of strong imagination failed hark i think

It says up in the top right corner, "Leo," and then it's got here it says, it says, "Bathroom," points to bathroom.

Up here it says, "Blue," and then down here it says, um, "Stool needs floor shadows.

Leonardo, September 19th, 1990." So I love that.

All right.

CHAMBERS OF SCRUGE, THE MISER.

ONE SIDE OF IT IS FILLED UP WITH A DESK AND HIGH STOOL, THE OTHER IS A FIREPLACE, FIRE LIGHTED.

EASY CHAIR, TABLE WITH CANDLESTICK UPON IT, ETC., ETC.

SCRUGE, THE MISER, DISCOVERED NEAR FIRE.

BOB CRATCHET, WRITING, NEAR DESK.

AS THE CURTAIN RISES HE DESCENDS FROM STOOL, APPROACHES FIRE TO STIR IT.

bob bob you shall be obliged to part you'll ruin me in coals hark

ruin you with such a fire in such weather i've been trying to warm myself by the candle for the last half-hour but not being a man of strong imagination failed hark

Chair.

Stool.

A lamp is a portable light source you can place on desks or tables.

Lamp.