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           Thewallsblurred.Dizzyingsensationofheadlongmovement,colors,whippingaroundcornersandthroughnarrowcorridors.Theyseemedatonepointtopassthroughseveralmetersofsolidwall,aflashofpitchdarkness.

           `Here,’theFinnsaid.`Thisisit.’

           Theyfloatedinthecenterofaperfectlysquareroom,wallsandceilingpaneledinrectangularsectionsofdarkwood.Thefloorwascoveredbyasinglesquareofbrilliantcarpetpatternedafteramicrochip,circuitstracedinblueandscarletwool.Intheexactcenteroftheroom,alignedpreciselywiththecarpetpattern,stoodasquarepedestaloffrostedwhiteglass.

           `TheVillaStraylight,’saidajeweledthingonthepedestal,inavoicelikemusic,`isabodygrowninuponitself,aGothicfolly.EachspaceinStraylightisinsomewaysecret,thisendlessseriesofchamberslinkedbypassages,bystairwellsvaultedlikeintestines,wheretheeyeistrappedinnarrowcurves,carriedpastornatescreens,emptyalcoves...’

           `Essayof3Jane’s,’theFinnsaid,producinghisPartagas.`Wrotethatwhenshewastwelve.Semioticscourse.’

           `ThearchitectsofFreesidewenttogreatpainstoconcealthefactthattheinteriorofthespindleisarrangedwiththebanalprecisionoffurnitureinahotelroom.