Herbert George Wells

The First Men in the Moon Herbert George Wells

As I sit down to write here amidst the shadows of vine-leaves under the blue sky ofsouthern Italy, it comes to me with a certain quality of astonishment that my participationin these amazing adventures of Mr. Cavor was, after all, the outcome of the purest accident. It might have been any one. I fell into these things at a time when I thought myself removedfrom the slightest possibility of disturbing experiences. I had gone to Lympne because I hadimagined it the most uneventful place in the world. "Here, at any rate," said I, "I shall findpeace and a chance to work!"