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.
Au lieu d'un firmament brillant d'étoiles, je sentais par-dessus ces nuages une voûte de granit qui m'écrasait de tout son poids, et cet espace n'eût pas suffi, tout immense qu'il fût, à la promenade du moins ambitieux des satellites.