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Chapter 25 — The Grand Lunar

           Icouldshutmyeyes,thinkofmyanswer,andalmostforgetthatthetheGrandLunarhasnoface....

           “WhenIhaddescendedagaintomyproperplacetheGrandLunaraskedhowweshelteredourselvesfromheatandstorms,andIexpoundedtohimtheartsofbuildingandfurnishing.Herewewanderedintomisunderstandingsandcross-purposes,duelargely,Imustadmit,totheloosenessofmyexpressions.ForalongtimeIhadgreatdifficultyinmakinghimunderstandthenatureofahouse.TohimandhisattendantSelenitesitseemed,nodoubt,themostwhimsicalthingintheworldthatmenshouldbuildhouseswhentheymightdescendintoexcavations,andanadditionalcomplicationwasintroducedbytheattemptImadetoexplainthatmenhadoriginallybeguntheirhomesincaves,andthattheywerenowtakingtheirrailwaysandmanyestablishmentsbeneaththesurface.HereIthinkadesireforintellectualcompletenessbetrayedme.Therewasalsoaconsiderabletangleduetoanequallyunwiseattemptonmyparttoexplainaboutmines.Dismissingthistopicatlastinanincompletestate,theGrandLunarinquiredwhatwedidwiththeinteriorofourglobe.

           “Atideoftwitteringandpipingsweptintotheremotestcornersofthatgreatassemblywhenitwasatlastmadeclearthatwemenknowabsolutelynothingofthecontentsoftheworlduponwhichtheimmemorialgenerationsofourancestorshadbeenevolved.ThreetimeshadItorepeatthatofallthe4000milesofdistancebetweentheearthanditscentremenknewonlytothedepthofamile,andthatveryvaguely.

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