"Finding that one of these occurred near yonder star," and he indicated the bright orb, Spica, "at a certain time, I determined that then I would awake.

Behold! There are the stars as I engraved them from my foreknowledge, upon this chart, and there those two great planets hang in conjunction.

Daughter Yva, my wisdom has not failed me.

This world of ours has travelled round the sun neither less nor more than two hundred and fifty thousand times since we laid ourselves down to sleep.

It is written here, and yonder," and he pointed, first to the engraved plates and then to the vast expanse of the starlit heavens.
Awe fell on me; I think that even Bickley and Bastin were awed, at any rate for the moment.