Garrett P. Serviss 
A Columbus of Space [EPUB ebook] 

We simply listened in silence; for what could we say? The facts were more eloquent than any words, and called for no commentary. Here we ‘were, ‘ out in the middle of space; and ‘there’ was the earth, hanging on nothing, like a summer cloud. At least we knew where we were if we didn’t quite understand how we had got there. . . .