Not a bad way of studying geography, is it?
If we stopped here long enough we should see the whole earth spin right round under us, but we haven't time for that.

We shall be in the moon before it's morning in New York, but we shall probably get a glimpse of Europe to-morrow." Zaidie stood gazing for nearly an hour at this marvellous vision of the home-world which she had left so far behind her before she could tear herself away and allow her husband to shut the slides again.

The greatly diminished weight of her body destroyed the fatigue of standing almost entirely.

In fact, on board the _Astronef_ just then it was almost as easy to stand as it was to lie down.
There was of course very little sleep for the travellers on this first night of their wonderful voyage, but towards the sixth hour after leaving the earth, Zaidie, overcome as much by the emotions which had been awakened within her as by physical fatigue, went to bed, after making her husband promise that he would wake her in good time to see the descent upon the moon.

Two hours later she was awake and drinking the coffee which he had prepared for her.