Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

by Edwin A. Abbott

the sole possessor of the truths of Space and of the theory of the introduction of Light from the world of three Dimensions—as

—what can it be to run against a Woman, except absolute and immediate destruction?

and no one could move to the right or left to make way for passers by, it followed that no Linelander could ever pass another. Once neighbours, always neighbours.

“Monster,” I shrieked, “be thou juggler, enchanter, dream, or devil, no more will I endure thy mockeries. Either thou or I must perish.”