John VanSickle wrote:
>   The Porthole of Infinity hung in the air without any apparent means 
> of support.  This, while highly unusual, was the lesser of its two 
> major properties.
>   "What's this?" Robert asked, as he leaned over the edge of the 
> hovercar.  This brough him closer to the Porthole so that he could see 
> what was depicted in it.
>   "I call this world CCD 1041," said Count de Cluny.  "I haven't the 
> faintest idea where it is, other than that it is certainly not part of 
> the Earth that we know.  That sun that you see rising there is not our 
> Sun, nor does its spectrograph match that of any star visible from 
> earth.  Therefore we cannot even be certain that we view something 
> within our own three-dimensional space, and not another parallel space."
>   "Can you open the Porthole?"
>   "I dare not.  There is simply no telling what atmosphere, if any, 
> exists on the other side.  Even were I to see green trees and blue 
> skies on the other side, I would not breach it; for this view will 
> shift in a matter of hours, and show me another world, as different 
> from this one as this one is from ours.  I am presently developing 
> intruments that can withstand the range of conditions I expect are to 
> be found on the other side, and when they are satisfactory I shall 
> have my servants place them on the other side."
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