"That's just what one would always like--only unfortunately it's not possible." "Not possible ?" said Helen.
"Everything's possible.

Who knows what mayn't happen before night-fall ?" she continued, mocking the poor lady's timidity, who depended implicitly upon one thing following another that the mere glimpse of a world where dinner could be disregarded, or the table moved one inch from its accustomed place, filled her with fears for her own stability.
Higher and higher they went, becoming separated from the world.

The world, when they turned to look back, flattened itself out, and was marked with squares of thin green and grey.
"Towns are very small," Rachel remarked, obscuring the whole of Santa Marina and its suburbs with one hand.

The sea filled in all the angles of the coast smoothly, breaking in a white frill, and here and there ships were set firmly in the blue.

The sea was stained with purple and green blots, and there was a glittering line upon the rim where it met the sky.