“I understand you. I understand completely,” he said. “Yet you must calm yourself. You must. It will return. It will inevitably return. It is only important that everybody should learn of my discovery. You are the first to whom I talk about it. I have calculated that there is no infinity ! No!”

I looked at him wildly.

“Yes, yes, I tell you so. There is no infinity. If the universe is infinite, then the average density of matter must equal zero, but as it is not zero, we know, consequently the universe is finite; it is spherical in form and the square of its radius⁠—R 2 ⁠—is equal to the average density multiplied by.⁠ ⁠… The only thing left is to calculate the numerical coefficient and then.⁠ ⁠… Do you realize what it means? It means that everything is final, everything is simple.⁠ ⁠… But you, my honored sir, you disturb me, you prevent my finishing my calculations by your yelling!”