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The Time Machine - International World History Project

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Time</strong> <strong>Machine</strong>‘It’s a curious thing,’ said the Medical Man; ‘but Icertainly don’t know the natural order of these flowers.May I have them?’<strong>The</strong> <strong>Time</strong> Traveller hesitated. <strong>The</strong>n suddenly:‘Certainly not.’‘Where did you really get them?’ said the MedicalMan.<strong>The</strong> <strong>Time</strong> Traveller put his hand to his head. He spokelike one who was trying to keep hold of an idea thateluded him. ‘<strong>The</strong>y were put into my pocket by Weena,when I travelled into <strong>Time</strong>.’ He stared round the room.‘I’m damned if it isn’t all going. This room and you andthe atmosphere of every day is too much for my memory.Did I ever make a <strong>Time</strong> <strong>Machine</strong>, or a model of a <strong>Time</strong><strong>Machine</strong>? Or is it all only a dream? <strong>The</strong>y say life is adream, a precious poor dream at times—but I can’t standanother that won’t fit. It’s madness. And where did thedream come from? … I must look at that machine. Ifthere is one!’He caught up the lamp swiftly, and carried it, flaringred, through the door into the corridor. We followedhim. <strong>The</strong>re in the flickering light of the lamp was themachine sure enough, squat, ugly, and askew; a thing ofbrass, ebony, ivory, and translucent glimmering quartz.142 of 148

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