To comport oneself with perfect propriety in Polygonal society, one ought to be a Polygon oneself. - Edwin A. Abbott

so that even a Woman in reasonable health can journey several furlongs northward without much difficulty —

If our highly pointed triangles of the soldier class are formidable, it may be readily inferred that far more formidable are our women. For if a soldier is a wedge, a women is a needle; being, so to speak, all point, at least at the two extremities. Add to this the power of making herself practically invisible at will, and you will perceive that a female, in Flatland, is a creature by no means to be trifled with.

Spaceland, whose appreciation has, with unexpected celerity, required a