A Fall of Glass

By Stanley R. Lee

The weatherman was always right: Temperature, 59; humidity, 47%; occasional light showers—but of what?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
• Release date: Apr 26, 2016
• ISBN: 9781682997017

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A Fall of Glass

By Stanley R. Lee

Start Publishing LLC

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A Fall of Glass

By Stanley R. Lee

The weatherman was always right: Temperature, 59; humidity, 47%; occasional light showers—but of what?

The pockets of Mr. Humphrey Fownes were being picked outrageously.

It was a splendid day. The temperature was a crisp 59 degrees, the humidity a mildly dessicated 47%. The sun was a flaming orange ball in a cloudless blue sky.

His pockets were picked eleven times.

It should have been difficult. Under the circumstances it was a masterpiece of pocket picking. What made it possible was Humphrey Fownes’ abstraction; he was an uncommonly preoccupied individual. He was strolling along a quiet residential avenue: small private houses, one after another, a place of little traffic and minimum distractions. But he was thinking about weather, which was an unusual subject to begin with for a person living in a domed city. He was thinking so deeply about it that it never occurred to him that entirely too many people were bumping into him. He was thinking about Optimum Dome Conditions (a crisp 59 degrees, a mildly dessicated 47%)