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I
was
assisted
from
my
litter
,
and
stood
awkwardly
while
a
number
of
curious
and
no
doubt
deeply
symbolical
gestures
were
vicariously
performed
for
me
by
two
slender
officials
.
The
encyclopaedic
galaxy
of
the
learned
that
had
accompanied
me
to
the
entrance
of
the
last
hall
appeared
two
steps
above
me
and
left
and
right
of
me
,
in
readiness
for
the
Grand
Lunar
's
need
,
and
Phi-oo
's
pale
brain
placed
itself
about
half-way
up
to
the
throne
in
such
a
position
as
to
communicate
easily
between
us
without
turning
his
back
on
either
the
Grand
Lunar
or
myself
.
Tsi-puff
took
up
a
position
behind
him
.
Dexterous
ushers
sidled
sideways
towards
me
,
keeping
a
full
face
to
the
Presence
.
I
seated
myself
Turkish
fashion
,
and
Phi-oo
and
Tsi-puff
also
knelt
down
above
me
.
There
came
a
pause
.
The
eyes
of
the
nearer
court
went
from
me
to
the
Grand
Lunar
and
came
back
to
me
,
and
a
hissing
and
piping
of
expectation
passed
across
the
hidden
multitudes
below
and
ceased
.
"
That
humming
ceased
.
"
For
the
first
and
last
time
in
my
experience
the
moon
was
silent
.
"
I
became
aware
of
a
faint
wheezy
noise
.
The
Grand
Lunar
was
addressing
me
.
It
was
like
the
rubbing
of
a
finger
upon
a
pane
of
glass
.
"
I
watched
him
attentively
for
a
time
,
and
then
glanced
at
the
alert
Phi-oo
.
I
felt
amidst
these
slender
beings
ridiculously
thick
and
fleshy
and
solid
;
my
head
all
jaw
and
black
hair
.
My
eyes
went
back
to
the
Grand
Lunar
.
He
had
ceased
;
his
attendants
were
busy
,
and
his
shining
superficies
was
glistening
and
running
with
cooling
spray
.
"
Phi-oo
meditated
through
an
interval
.
He
consulted
Tsi-puff
.
Then
he
began
piping
his
recognisable
English
--
at
first
a
little
nervously
,
so
that
he
was
not
very
clear
.
"'
M
'm
--
the
Grand
Lunar
--
wished
to
say
--
wishes
to
say
--
he
gathers
you
are
--
m
'm
--
men
--
that
you
are
a
man
from
the
planet
earth
.
He
wishes
to
say
that
he
welcomes
you
--
welcomes
you
--
and
wishes
to
learn
--
learn
,
if
I
may
use
the
word
--
the
state
of
your
world
,
and
the
reason
why
you
came
to
this
.
'
"
He
paused
.
I
was
about
to
reply
when
he
resumed
.
He
proceeded
to
remarks
of
which
the
drift
was
not
very
clear
,
though
I
am
inclined
to
think
they
were
intended
to
be
complimentary
.
He
told
me
that
the
earth
was
to
the
moon
what
the
sun
is
to
the
earth
,
and
that
the
Selenites
desired
very
greatly
to
learn
about
the
earth
and
men
.
He
then
told
me
no
doubt
in
compliment
also
,
the
relative
magnitude
and
diameter
of
earth
and
moon
,
and
the
perpetual
wonder
and
speculation
with
which
the
Selenites
had
regarded
our
planet
.
I
meditated
with
downcast
eyes
,
and
decided
to
reply
that
men
too
had
wondered
what
might
lie
in
the
moon
,
and
had
judged
it
dead
,
little
recking
of
such
magnificence
as
I
had
seen
that
day
.
The
Grand
Lunar
,
in
token
of
recognition
,
caused
his
long
blue
rays
to
rotate
in
a
very
confusing
manner
,
and
all
about
the
great
hall
ran
the
pipings
and
whisperings
and
rustlings
of
the
report
of
what
I
had
said
.
He
then
proceeded
to
put
to
Phi-oo
a
number
of
inquiries
which
were
easier
to
answer
.
"
He
understood
,
he
explained
,
that
we
lived
on
the
surface
of
the
earth
,
that
our
air
and
sea
were
outside
the
globe
;
the
latter
part
,
indeed
,
he
already
knew
from
his
astronomical
specialists
.
