The black firmament became a ribbon, then a string, then nonexistent.

At last he realized that this black firmament was the world within the Index.

The point of light, like a white star setting in a coal- black firmament, remained uneclipsed.

Overhead was a black firmament.

The stars and moons that decorated Mr. Threader's black firmament have been changed by alchemy into this little sun.

The compartment around him had disappeared, giving the illusion that he and Faslorn were floating in the black firmament.

One could see the grand Alpine masses dimly outlined against the black firmament, and one or two faint stars blinking through rifts in the night.