I. My Lord, I have just acknowledged that a woman is broad as well as long. We see her length, we infer her breadth; which, though very slight, is capable of measurement.

Stranger. You do not understand me. I mean that when you see a woman, you ought⁠—besides inferring her breadth⁠—to see her length, and to see what we call her height ; although that last Dimension is infinitesimal in your country. If a Line were mere length without “height,” it would cease to occupy Space and would become invisible. Surely you must recognize this?