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—fromTheTimeMae（Chapter1）
H.G.Wells
&raveller（forsoitwillbettospeakofhim）ouemattertous.Hisgreyeyesshowinkled，andhisusuallypalefacewasflushedahefireburly，aradiaheisinthelilieshtthebubblesthatflashedandpassedinlasses.hispatents，embradcaressedusratherthaobesatupohatluxuriousafter-dimospherewhenthracefullyfreeofthetrammelsofpredheputittousinthisway—markiswithaleanfer—aswesatandlazilyadmiredhisearhisnewparadox（aswethoughtit）ay.
“Youmustfollowmecarefully.Ishallhavetotrovertowoideasthatarealmostuniversallyaccepted.Thegeometry，foriaughtyouatschoolisfoundedonamis.”
“Isnotthatratheralargethiobeginupon?”
saidFilby，aivepersonwithredhair.
“Idooaskyoutoaythingwithoutreasonablegroundforit.Youwillsoonadmitasmueedfromyou.Youknowofcoursethatamathematie，alihiil，haseyouthat?herhasamathematie.Thesethiras.”
“Thatisallright，”
saidthePsychologist.
“Noh，breadth，andthiess，acubehavearealexistence.”
“ThereIobject，”
saidFilby.“Ofcourseasolidbodymayexist.Allrealthings—”
“Somostpeoplethink.Butwaitamoment.stanta?”
“Don’tfollowyou，”
saidFilby.
“acubethatdoesnotlastforaall，havearealexistence?”
Filbybesive.“Clearly，”
theTimeTravellerproceeded，“anyrealbodymusthaveextensioninfourdireusthaveLehid—Duratihanaturalinfirmityoftheflesh，whichIwillexplaintoyoui，weiooverlookthisfact.Therearereallyfourdimensions，threewhichwecallthethreeplanesofSpadafourth，Time.Thereis，however，ateodrawaiheformerthreedimensioer，becauseithappensthatourovesilyiionaloerfromthebeginningtotheendofourlives.”
“That，”
saidaveryyoungman，makingspasmodiceffhthiscigaroverthelamp;“that...verydeed.”
“Now，itisveryremarkablethatthisissoextensivelyoverlooked，”
uedtheTimeTraveller，withaslightaofess.“ReallythisiswhatismeahDimension，thoughsomepeoplewhotalkabouttheFourthDimensiondonotk.Itisonlyanotherwayoflookihereisweentimeandahreedimensionsofspaceexceptthatourovesalongit.Butsomefoolishpeoplehavegotholdsideofthatidea.YouhaveallheardwhattheyhavetosayaboutthisFourthDimension?”
“Ihavenot，”
saidtheProvincialMayor.
“Itissimplythis.ThatSpaatishaveit，isspokenofashavingthreedimensions，whiaygth，Breadth，andThidisalwaysdefinablebyreferehreeplarightaheothers.Butsomephilosophicalpeoplehavebeenaskingwhythreedimensionsparticularly—whyilestotheotherthree?—ariedtostruery.ProfessorSimonNeoundingthistotheNewYorkMathematicalSoo.Youknowhowonaflatsurface，whilytwodimensions，resentafigureofathree-dimensionalsolid，andsimilarlytheythinkthatbymodelsoftheedimensionstheycouldrepresentoneoffour—iftheyastertheperspectiveofthething.See?”
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