palpitation of night and day merged into one continuous greyness;

the sky took on a wonderful deepness of blue, a splendid luminous

color like that of early twilight; the jerking sun became a streak

of fire, a brilliant arch, in space; the moon a fainter fluctuating

band; and I could see nothing of the stars, save now and then a

brighter circle flickering in the blue.

The landscape was misty and vague. I was still on the hill-side

upon which this house now stands, and the shoulder rose above me

grey and dim. I saw trees growing and changing like puffs of vapour,

now brown, now green; they grew, spread, shivered, and passed away.

I saw huge buildings rise up faint and fair, and pass like dreams.

The whole surface of the earth seemed changed--melting and flowing

under my eyes. The little hands upon the dials that registered my

speed raced round faster and faster. Presently I noted that the sun

belt swayed up and down, from solstice to solstice, in a minute or

less, and that consequently my pace was over a year a minute; and

minute by minute the white snow flashed across the world, and

vanished, and was followed by the bright, brief green of spring.

'The unpleasant sensations of the start were less poignant now. They

merged at last into a kind of hysterical exhilaration. I remarked

indeed a clumsy swaying of the machine, for which I was unable to

account. But my mind was too confused to attend to it, so with a

kind of madness growing upon me, I flung myself into futurity. At

first I scarce thought of stopping, scarce thought of anything but

The Time Machine