OhGod！-pityme，Charmion！-Iamoverburthenedwiththemajestyofallthings-oftheunknownnowknown-ofthespeculativeFuturemergedintheaugustandcertainPresent。
CHARMION。
Grapplenotnowwithsuchthoughts。To-morrowwewillspeakofthis。Yourmindwavers，anditsagitationwillfindreliefintheexerciseofsimplememories。Looknotaround，norforward-butback。
Iamburningwithanxietytohearthedetailsofthatstupendouseventwhichthrewyouamongus。Tellmeofit。Letusconverseoffamiliarthings，intheoldfamiliarlanguageoftheworldwhichhassofearfullyperished。
Mostfearfully，fearfully！-thisisindeednodream。