The floor continued to accelerate toward him until he got really scared 
and started to scream. Then he felt gravity again as some force began to slow 
him down. The chair spun around so that Hackworth was looking up into the 
irregular constellation of chandeliers, and the acceleration shot up to several 
gees. Then back to normal. The chair rotated so that he was on the level once 
more, and the phenomenoscope went brilliant, blinding white. The earpieces were 
pumping white noise at him; but as it began to diminish, he realized it was 
actually the sound of applause.