Flatland: a romance of many dimensions

Edwin Abbott Abbott

Capitolo 64

It followed nearby then a dialogue as that I want endeavour to put down
how I can remember him/it, while only omitting some of my profuse excuses--
for me I was covered with shame and humiliation that me a Plaza,,
it would be due to be guilty of the impertinence to feel a Circle.
Starts from the extraneous one with some impatience to the
lengthiness of my introductory trial.

Extraneous.  Has you/he/she felt me enough from this duration?  It is not you
done still introduce me?

ME.  The most greater part of illustrious Lord, excuses my awkwardness that doesn't rise
from the ignorance of the uses of kind society, but from a small
surprise and the nervousness, consequent on this rather unexpected visit.
And I implore Him to reveal my indiscretion to anybody, and especially
not to my Wife.  But before Your Dominion subsequently enters in
communications, he deigns him to satisfy the curiosity
did of one who he/she would know gladly from where his/her visitor come?

Extraneous.  From Space, from Space the Lord:  from where other?

ME.  Forgive me, my God but it is not already Your Dominion in the Space,
Your Dominion and his/her humble servant, also to this moment?

Extraneous.  Pooh! what does he/she know about Space?  Defines Space.

ME.  Spaces, my God, is height and the width indefinitely prolonged.

Extraneous.  Precisely:  You see you he/she doesn't also know that Space is. 
You think that it is only of Two Dimensions;  but I have come to announce
to You a bystander--height, the width and length.

ME.  Your Dominion is pleased to be happy.  We also speak of length
and height or the width and the bigness, denoting so Two Dimensions
from four names.

Extraneous.  But I not only intend three names but Three Dimensions.

ME.  Your Dominion points out or you explains to me
in that direction the third Dimension is, unknown to me?

Extraneous.  I came from him.  It is on on and under of.

ME.  My God means apparently that you/he/she is Toward north and Toward south.

Extraneous.  I don't intend anything of some kind.  I intend a direction
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