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    Wheels Within
    Wheels Within
    Wheels Within
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    Wheels Within

    By Charles V. (Charles Vincent) De Vet and Don Sibley

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      Wheels Within - Charles V. (Charles Vincent) De Vet

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      Title: Wheels Within

      Author: Charles V. De Vet

      Illustrator: Don Sibley

      Release Date: April 24, 2010 [EBook #32127]

      Language: English

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      Wheels Within

      By CHARLES DE VET

      Illustrated by DON SIBLEY

      Never ask Who am I and where do I come from? The answers may not be what you'd expect!

      hen did the headaches first start?" asked the neurologist, Dr. Hall.

      About six months ago, Bennett replied.

      What is your occupation, Mr. Bennett?

      I am a contractor.

      Are you happy in your work?

      Very. I prefer it to any other occupation I know of.

      When your headaches become sufficiently severe, you say that you have hallucinations, Hall said. Can you describe what you see during those hallucinations?

      At first I had only the impression that I was in a place completely unlike anything I had ever known, Bennett answered. But each time my impressions became sharper, and I carried a fairly clear picture when my mind returned to normal the last time. I felt then that I had been in a room in a tall building that towered thousands of feet over a great city. I even remembered that the name of the city was Thone. There were other people in the room with me—one person especially. I remembered her very clearly.

      Her? Hall asked.

      Yes.

      Was there anything unusual about this woman?

      Well, yes, there was, Bennett said, after a brief and almost embarrassed pause. This will sound pretty adolescent, but—

      Hall leaned forward attentively. It may be relevant. You're not here to be judged, you know; I'm trying to help you.

      Bennett nodded and spoke rapidly, as though trying to finish before he could stop himself. "She was a woman who exactly fitted an image I've had in mind for as long as I can remember. She was tall, fair—though brunette—very beautiful, very vivid, very well poised. I seem to have known her all my life, but only in my dreams, from my

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