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"

As

I

entered

the

penultimate

hall

the

music

rose

and

expanded

into

an

imperial

magnificence

of

sound

,

and

the

shrieks

of

the

news-bearers

died

away

...

"

I

entered

the

last

and

greatest

hall

...

"

My

procession

opened

out

like

a

fan

.

My

ushers

and

guards

went

right

and

left

,

and

the

three

litters

bearing

myself

and

Phi-oo

and

Tsi-puff

marched

across

a

shiny

darkness

of

floor

to

the

foot

of

the

giant

stairs

.

Then

began

a

vast

throbbing

hum

,

that

mingled

with

the

music

.

The

two

Selenites

dismounted

,

but

I

was

bidden

remain

seated

--

I

imagine

as

a

special

honour

.

The

music

ceased

,

but

not

that

humming

,

and

by

a

simultaneous

movement

of

ten

thousand

respectful

heads

my

attention

was

directed

to

the

enhaloed

supreme

intelligence

that

hovered

above

me

.

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"

At

first

as

I

peered

into

the

radiating

glow

this

quintessential

brain

looked

very

much

like

an

opaque

,

featureless

bladder

with

dim

,

undulating

ghosts

of

convolutions

writhing

visibly

within

.

Then

beneath

its

enormity

and

just

above

the

edge

of

the

throne

one

saw

with

a

start

minute

elfin

eyes

peering

out

of

the

glow

.

No

face

,

but

eyes

,

as

if

they

peered

through

holes

.

At

first

I

could

see

no

more

than

these

two

staring

little

eyes

,

and

then

below

I

distinguished

the

little

dwarfed

body

and

its

insect-jointed

limbs

shrivelled

and

white

.

The

eyes

stared

down

at

me

with

a

strange

intensity

,

and

the

lower

part

of

the

swollen

globe

was

wrinkled

.

Ineffectual-looking

little

hand-tentacles

steadied

this

shape

on

the

throne

...

"

It

was

great

.

It

was

pitiful

.

One

forgot

the

hall

and

the

crowd

.

"

I

ascended

the

staircase

by

jerks

.

It

seemed

to

me

that

this

darkly

glowing

brain

case

above

us

spread

over

me

,

and

took

more

and

more

of

the

whole

effect

into

itself

as

I

drew

nearer

.

The

tiers

of

attendants

and

helpers

grouped

about

their

master

seemed

to

dwindle

and

fade

into

the

night

.

I

saw

that

shadowy

attendants

were

busy

spraying

that

great

brain

with

a

cooling

spray

,

and

patting

and

sustaining

it

.

For

my

own

part

,

I

sat

gripping

my

swaying

litter

and

staring

at

the

Grand

Lunar

,

unable

to

turn

my

gaze

aside

.

And

at

last

,

as

I

reached

a

little

landing

that

was

separated

only

by

ten

steps

or

so

from

the

supreme

seat

,

the

woven

splendour

of

the

music

reached

a

climax

and

ceased

,

and

I

was

left

naked

,

as

it

were

,

in

that

vastness

,

beneath

the

still

scrutiny

of

the

Grand

Lunar

's

eyes

.

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"

He

was

scrutinising

the

first

man

he

had

ever

seen

...

"

My

eyes

dropped

at

last

from

his

greatness

to

the

ant

figures

in

the

blue

mist

about

him

,

and

then

down

the

steps

to

the

massed

Selenites

,

still

and

expectant

in

their

thousands

,

packed

on

the

floor

below

.

Once

again

an

unreasonable

horror

reached

out

towards

me

...

And

passed

.

"

After

the

pause

came

the

salutation

.

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