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"Good night, Niti, dear. Don't trouble your head about my thinking. Sufficient unto the brain are the thoughts thereof. Sometimes they are more than sufficient. Good night. Sleep well and don't dream, if you can help it." "And don't _you_ dream, Dad, especially about that wretched proposition. GOOD NIGHT KNITTIE DEAR DON'T TROUBLE YOUR HEAD ABOUT MY THINKING SUFFICIENT UNTO THE BRAIN ARE THE THOUGHTS THEREOF SOMETIMES THEY ARE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT GOOD NIGHT SLEEP WELL DON'T DREAM IF YOU CAN HELP IT AND DON'T YOU DREAM DAD ESPECIALLY ABOUT THAT WRETCHED PROPOSITION
less Mummy as though he half expected the lips which had not spoken for fifty centuries to answer the question that was shaping itself in his mind. "What Hartley means, dear, is this--that when Pythagoras thought out that proposition he had almost reached the border which divides the world of three dimensions from the world of four." "Which, as our dear old friend Euclid would say, is impossible; because you know, Dad, if that were possible, everything else would be. Come, now, Annie is bringing up your whisky and soda. Put away your problems and take your night-cap, and do get to bed in something like respectable time. Don't worry your dear old head about forty-seventh propositions and fourth dimensions and mummies and that sort of thing, even if this Mummy does happen to look a bit like me. Now, good night, and remember that the night-cap _is_ to be a night-cap, and when you've put it on you really must go to bed. You've been thinking a great deal too much this week. Good-night, Dad. REPLIED THE PROFESSOR STILL STARING STRAIGHT AT THE MOTIONLESS MUMMY AS THOUGH HE HALF EXPECTED LIPS WHICH HAD NOT SPOKEN FOR FIFTY CENTURIES TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT WAS SHAPING ITSELF IN HIS MIND WHAT HARTLY MEANS DEAR IS THIS THAT WHEN PYTHAGORAS THOUGHT OUT THE PROPOSITION HE ALMOST REACHED THE BORDER WHICH DIVIDES THE WORLD OF THREE DIMENSIONS FROM THE WORLD OF FOUR WHICH OUR DEAR OLD FRIEND EUCLID WOULD SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU KNOW DAD IF IT WERE POSSIBLE EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD COME NOW ANNIE'S BRINGING UP YOUR WHISKEY AND SODA PUT AWAY YOUR PROBLEMS AND TAKE YOUR NIGHT CAP AND DO GET TO BED IN SOMETHING LIKE A RESPECTABLE TIME DON'T WORRY YOUR DEAR OLD HEAD ABOUT FORTY SEVENTH PROPOSITIONS AND FOURTH DIMENSIONS AND MUMMIES AND THAT SORT OF THING EVEN IF HIS MUMMY DOES HAPPEN TO LOOK A BIT LIKE ME NOW GOOD NIGHT REMEMBER THE NIGHTCAP IS TO BE A NIGHT CAP AND WHEN YOU'VE PUT IT ON YOU REALLY MUST GO TO BED YOU'VE BEEN THINKING A GREAT DEAL TOO MUCH THIS WEEK GOOD NIGHT DAD
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