Instead of the shining firmament, spangled with its innumerable stars, shining singly or in clusters, I felt that all these subdued and shaded lights were ribbed in by vast walls of granite, which seemed to overpower me with their weight, and that all this space, great as it was, would not be enough for the march of the humblest of satellites.
En vez de un cielo tachonado de estrellas, adivinaba por encima de aquellos nubarrones una bóveda de granito que me oprimía con su peso, y todo aquel espacio, por muy grande que fuese, no hubiera bastado para una evolución del menos ambicioso de todos los satélites.