"You," I said, "are an original sort of man. Do not be alarmed. Perhaps you will understand.... We were not joking."
"But, my dear fellow!"
"I mean it! We come from an inferior world! Like this, but out of order."
"No world could be more out of order——"
"You play at that and have your fun. But there's no limit to the extent to which a world of men may get out of gear. In our world——"
