All this, and more-
much more- would I most willingly detail. But, to be brief, I must
have my reward. I am pining for a return to my family and to my
home, and as the price of any farther communication on my part- in
consideration of the light which I have it in my power to throw upon
many very important branches of physical and metaphysical science- I
must solicit, through the influence of your honorable body, a pardon
for the crime of which I have been guilty in the death of the
creditors upon my departure from Rotterdam. This, then, is the
object of the present paper. Its bearer, an inhabitant of the moon,
whom I have prevailed upon, and properly instructed, to be my
messenger to the earth, will await your Excellencies' pleasure, and
return to me with the pardon in question, if it can, in any manner, be
obtained.
I have the honor to be, etc., your Excellencies' very humble
servant,
HANS PHAALL.
Upon finishing the perusal of this very extraordinary document,
Professor Rub-a-dub, it is said, dropped his pipe upon the ground in
the extremity of his surprise, and Mynheer Superbus Von Underduk
having taken off his spectacles, wiped them, and deposited them in his
pocket, so far forgot both himself and his dignity, as to turn round
three times upon his heel in the quintessence of astonishment and
admiration.
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