Gockel Flowers on the Square I

to the east, Captain Queeg von Hindenburg and his Jules contraption tunneled through the thickening fog, which closed in his wake, granting him concealment as completely as the sea had conspired to hide Nemo and the Nautilus.Corky sat on the ridge line, getting into the vent, while allowing air to be cycled out of the room below.Corky pulled the trash bag over the flared cap and with one hand snugged it as tight as possible around the pipe.[540] If the bathroom exhaust fan had been in operation, it would have pumped the trash bag full of air, and he would have been forced to delay this critical phase of the mission until the fan was switched off. The limp plastic did not swell into a balloon.With the all-weather tape, he quietly fixed the mouth of the bag to the pipe shaft, creating a relatively airtight seal.facing the pipe. This vent, which penetrated the roof to a height of one foot, led through the attic and to the bathroom in the security office.Reaching over his shoulder, Corky unzipped the top compartment on the backpack. He fished out a ten-gallon plastic trash bag and a roll of all-weather tape.A peaked and flared metal cap had been mounted on four-inch legs to the top of the pipe itself. This prevented rain and windblown debris from