Well for
one thing, it’s a strange place to have The Village mortuary! Would it not have
been more logical to have had the mortuary in the hospital? Ah but then that
would not have been at all convenient, as that would have meant Number 6 would
not have been able to discover the failure of his plan in one of the drawers in
the mortuary. The fact that the dead man, whose body Number 6 used as a
distress signal in order to get a message to someone, anyone in the outside
world, now resides in a drawer in the mortuary. Had the mortuary been located
at the hospital instead of the Town Hall, Number 6 would not have been able to
make the discovery he did. The same applies if the Ball and Cabaret had been
held in the Recreation Hall. The facts behind Town Hall are, that at times it
is there for convenience, and I’m not writing of the gentlemen and ladies
lavatories!
There are times when we get to see some of the inner
workings of the Town Hall, especially during the election period. We do not
exactly see the democratic process at work, yet we are privy to the
disillusionment of the outgoing Council in the Council Chamber. The same
chamber does also act for the Committee Chamber which Number 6 is brought before
after demonstrating acts of disharmonious-ness. Also the Control Room chamber
is beneath the Town Hall, the Observer Number 240 is herself observed going
into the Town Hall in time for the start of her shift. Also in the Town Hall
was the General’s office, and the Educational Board Room. The television
station is also run from within the Town Hall. And we get to see Number 2’s
quarters, at least the extremely elaborately decorated and furnished lounge, if
not the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen. Which no doubt is redecorated and
refurnished for each successive Number 2.
The entrance to the Town Hall is protected by the use of an
electronic for field, something Number 6 discovered that time he tried to
follow Number 240. How the Observer was allowed to pass through the electric
force-field, and not Number 6 is unknown. It might be that Number 240 was
wearing some kind of recognition device which by-passes the force field. An
electronic force-field is employed at a security checkpoint within the Town
Hall itself, and security pass discs are required. There is a secret
passageway. A room which resembles a small library, except instead of rows of
bookshelves, it has rows of filing cabinets, no doubt filled with files
containing information on the citizens and general Town Hall business. Such are
some of the facts behind Town Hall.
Be seeing you
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