KING.
And the circle in which the planets revolve?
LEANDER.
A hundred thousand million miles.
KING.
A hundred thousand million! There's nothing in the world I like better to hear than such great numbers—millions, trillions—that gives you—something to think about. It's a good deal, isn't it, a thousand million, more or less?
LEANDER.
Human intelligence grows with the numbers.
KING.
But tell me, about how large is the whole world in general, counting fixed stars, milky ways, hoods of mist, and all that?