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The<\/span> Time Trav\u00adeller (for so it will be con\u00adve\u00adnient to speak of him) was expound\u00ading<\/span> a recon\u00addite<\/span> mat\u00adter to us. His grey eyes shone and twin\u00adkled<\/span>, and his usu\u00adal\u00adly pale face was flushed and ani\u00admat\u00aded. The fire burned bright\u00adly, and the soft radi\u00adance<\/span> of the incan\u00addes\u00adcent<\/span> lights in the lilies<\/span> of sil\u00adver caught the bub\u00adbles<\/span> that flashed and passed in our glass\u00ades. Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed<\/span> us rather than sub\u00admit\u00adted to be sat upon, and there was that lux\u00adu\u00adri\u00adous<\/span> after-din\u00adner atmos\u00adphere when thought roams<\/span> grace\u00adful\u00adly free of the tram\u00admels<\/span> of pre\u00adci\u00adsion. And he put it to us in this way \u2013 mark\u00ading the points with a lean fore\u00adfin\u00adger<\/span> \u2013 as we sat and lazi\u00adly admired his earnest\u00adness<\/span> over this new para\u00addox (as we thought it:) and his fecun\u00addi\u00adty<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou must fol\u00adlow me care\u00adful\u00adly. I shall have to con\u00adtro\u00advert<\/span> one or two ideas that are almost uni\u00adver\u00adsal\u00adly accept\u00aded. The geom\u00ade\u00adtry, for instance, they taught you at school is found\u00aded on a mis\u00adcon\u00adcep\u00adtion<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIs not that rather a large thing to expect us to begin upon?\u201d said Fil\u00adby, an argu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtive<\/span> per\u00adson with red hair.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThat is all right,\u201d said the Psychologist.<\/p>\n

\u201cNor, hav\u00ading only length, breadth, and thick\u00adness, can a cube have a real existence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere I object<\/span>,\u201d said Fil\u00adby. \u201cOf course a sol\u00adid body may exist. All real things \u2013 \u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo most peo\u00adple think. But wait a moment. Can an instan\u00adta\u00adneous<\/span> cube exist?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t fol\u00adlow you<\/span>,\u201d said Filby.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan a cube that does not last for any time at all<\/span>, have a real existence?\u201d<\/p>\n

Fil\u00adby became pen\u00adsive<\/span>. \u201cClear\u00adly,\u201d the Time Trav\u00adeller pro\u00adceed\u00aded, \u201cany real body must have exten\u00adsion in four direc\u00adtions: it must have Length, Breadth, Thick\u00adness, and \u2013 Dura\u00adtion. But through a nat\u00adur\u00adal infir\u00admi\u00adty<\/span> of the flesh, which I will explain to you in a moment, we incline<\/span> to over\u00adlook this fact. There are real\u00adly four dimen\u00adsions, three which we call the three planes of Space, and a fourth, Time. There is, how\u00adev\u00ader, a ten\u00adden\u00adcy to draw an unre\u00adal dis\u00adtinc\u00adtion between the for\u00admer three dimen\u00adsions and the lat\u00adter, because it hap\u00adpens that our con\u00adscious\u00adness moves inter\u00admit\u00adtent\u00adly<\/span> in one direc\u00adtion along the lat\u00adter from the begin\u00adning to the end of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat,\u201d said a very young man, mak\u00ading spas\u00admod\u00adic<\/span> efforts to relight<\/span> his cig\u00adar<\/span> over the lamp; \u201cthat\u2026 very clear indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, it is very remark\u00adable that this is so exten\u00adsive\u00adly over\u00adlooked,\u201d con\u00adtin\u00adued the Time Trav\u00adeller, with a slight acces\u00adsion<\/span> of cheer\u00adful\u00adness. \u201cReal\u00adly this is what is meant by the Fourth Dimen\u00adsion, though some peo\u00adple who talk about the Fourth Dimen\u00adsion do not know they mean it. It is only anoth\u00ader way of look\u00ading at Time. There is no dif\u00adfer\u00adence between time and any of the three dimen\u00adsions of space except that our con\u00adscious\u00adness moves along it. But some fool\u00adish peo\u00adple have got hold of the wrong side of that idea<\/span>. You have all heard what they have to say about this Fourth Dimension?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have not,\u201d said the Provin\u00adcial May\u00ador<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is sim\u00adply this. That Space, as our math\u00ade\u00admati\u00adcians have it, is spo\u00adken of as hav\u00ading three dimen\u00adsions, which one may call Length, Breadth, and Thick\u00adness, and is always defin\u00adable<\/span> by ref\u00ader\u00adence to<\/span> three planes, each at right angles to the others.<\/p>\n

But some philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal peo\u00adple have been ask\u00ading why three dimen\u00adsions par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly \u2013 why not anoth\u00ader direc\u00adtion at right angles to the oth\u00ader three? \u2013 and have even tried to con\u00adstruct a Four-Dimen\u00adsion geom\u00ade\u00adtry. Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Simon New\u00adcomb was expound\u00ading<\/span> this to the New York Math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal Soci\u00adety only a month or so<\/span> ago. You know how on a flat sur\u00adface, which has only two dimen\u00adsions, we can rep\u00adre\u00adsent a fig\u00adure of a three-dimen\u00adsion\u00adal sol\u00adid, and sim\u00adi\u00adlar\u00adly they think that by mod\u00adels of three dimen\u00adsions they could rep\u00adre\u00adsent one of four \u2013 if they could mas\u00adter the per\u00adspec\u00adtive of the thing. See?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think so,\u201d mur\u00admured<\/span> the Provin\u00adcial May\u00ador<\/span>; and, knit\u00adting his brows<\/span>, he lapsed<\/span> into an intro\u00adspec\u00adtive<\/span> state, his lips mov\u00ading as one who repeats mys\u00adtic words. \u201cYes, I think I see it now,\u201d he said after some time, bright\u00aden\u00ading in a quite tran\u00adsi\u00adto\u00adry<\/span> manner.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I do not mind telling you<\/span> I have been at work upon<\/span> this geom\u00ade\u00adtry of Four Dimen\u00adsions for some time. Some of my results are curi\u00adous. For instance, here is a por\u00adtrait of a man at eight years old, anoth\u00ader at fif\u00adteen, anoth\u00ader at sev\u00aden\u00adteen, anoth\u00ader at twen\u00adty-three, and so on. All these are evi\u00addent\u00adly sec\u00adtions, as it were, Three-Dimen\u00adsion\u00adal rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtions of his Four-Dimen\u00adsioned being, which is a fixed and unal\u00adter\u00adable<\/span> thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cSci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic peo\u00adple,\u201d pro\u00adceed\u00aded the Time Trav\u00adeller, after the pause required for the prop\u00ader assim\u00adi\u00adla\u00adtion<\/span> of this, \u201cknow very well that Time is only a kind of Space. Here is a pop\u00adu\u00adlar sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic dia\u00adgram, a weath\u00ader record. This line I trace with my fin\u00adger shows the move\u00adment of the barom\u00ade\u00adter. Yes\u00adter\u00adday it was so high, yes\u00adter\u00adday night it fell, then this morn\u00ading it rose again, and so gen\u00adtly upward<\/span> to here. Sure\u00adly the mer\u00adcury<\/span> did not trace this line in any of the dimen\u00adsions of Space gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnized? But cer\u00adtain\u00adly it traced such a line, and that line, there\u00adfore, we must con\u00adclude was along the Time-Dimension.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut,\u201d said the Med\u00adical Man, star\u00ading hard at a coal in the fire, \u201cif Time is real\u00adly only a fourth dimen\u00adsion of Space, why is it, and why has it always been, regard\u00aded as some\u00adthing dif\u00adfer\u00adent? And why can\u00adnot we move in Time as we move about<\/span> in the oth\u00ader dimen\u00adsions of Space?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Time Trav\u00adeller smiled. \u201cAre you sure we can move freely in Space? Right and left we can go, back\u00adward and for\u00adward freely enough, and men always have done so. I admit we move freely in two dimen\u00adsions. But how about up and down? Grav\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion lim\u00adits us there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot exact\u00adly,\u201d said the Med\u00adical Man. \u201cThere are balloons.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut before the bal\u00adloons, save for<\/span> spas\u00admod\u00adic<\/span> jump\u00ading and the inequal\u00adi\u00adties<\/span> of the sur\u00adface, man had no free\u00addom of ver\u00adti\u00adcal move\u00adment.\u201d \u201cStill they could move a lit\u00adtle up and down,\u201d said the Med\u00adical Man.<\/p>\n

\u201cEas\u00adi\u00ader, far eas\u00adi\u00ader down than up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you can\u00adnot move at all<\/span> in Time, you can\u00adnot get away<\/span> from the present moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dear sir, that is just where you are wrong. That is just where the whole world has gone wrong. We are always get\u00adting away from the present move\u00adment. Our men\u00adtal exis\u00adtences, which are imma\u00adte\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal<\/span> and have no dimen\u00adsions, are pass\u00ading along the Time-Dimen\u00adsion with a uni\u00adform veloc\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> from the cra\u00addle<\/span> to the grave. Just as we should trav\u00adel down if we began our exis\u00adtence fifty miles<\/span> above the earth\u2019s surface.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the great dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty is this,\u201d inter\u00adrupt\u00aded the Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist. \u201cYou can move about in all direc\u00adtions of Space, but you can\u00adnot move about in Time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is the germ<\/span> of my great dis\u00adcov\u00adery. But you are wrong to say that we can\u00adnot move about in Time. For instance, if I am recall\u00ading an inci\u00addent very vivid\u00adly<\/span> I go back to the instant of its occur\u00adrence: I become absent-mind\u00aded, as you say. I jump back for a moment. Of course we have no means<\/span> of stay\u00ading back for any length of Time, any more than a sav\u00adage or an ani\u00admal has of stay\u00ading six feet above the ground. But a civ\u00adi\u00adlized man is bet\u00adter off<\/span> than the sav\u00adage in this respect. He can go up against grav\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion in a bal\u00adloon, and why should he not hope that ulti\u00admate\u00adly he may be able to stop or accel\u00ader\u00adate his drift along the Time-Dimen\u00adsion, or even turn about and trav\u00adel the oth\u00ader way?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, this,\u201d began Fil\u00adby, \u201cis all \u2013 \u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy not?\u201d said the Time Traveller.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s against rea\u00adson,\u201d said Filby.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat rea\u00adson?\u201d said the Time Traveller.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can show black is white by argu\u00adment,\u201d said Fil\u00adby, \u201cbut you will nev\u00ader con\u00advince me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPos\u00adsi\u00adbly not,\u201d said the Time Trav\u00adeller. \u201cBut now you begin to see the object of my inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtions into the geom\u00ade\u00adtry of Four Dimen\u00adsions. Long ago I had a vague inkling<\/span> of a machine \u2013 \u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo trav\u00adel through Time!\u201d exclaimed<\/span> the Very Young Man.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat shall trav\u00adel indif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly<\/span> in any direc\u00adtion of Space and Time, as the dri\u00adver determines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fil\u00adby con\u00adtent\u00aded him\u00adself with laughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I have exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal ver\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion,\u201d said the Time Traveller.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be remark\u00adably<\/span> con\u00adve\u00adnient for the his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan,\u201d the Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist sug\u00adgest\u00aded. \u201cOne might trav\u00adel back and ver\u00adi\u00adfy the accept\u00aded account of the Bat\u00adtle of Hast\u00adings<\/span>, for instance!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t you think you would attract atten\u00adtion?\u201d said the Med\u00adical Man. \u201cOur ances\u00adtors had no great tol\u00ader\u00adance for<\/span> anachro\u00adnisms<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne might get one\u2019s Greek from the very<\/span> lips of Homer<\/span> and Pla\u00adto<\/span>,\u201d the Very Young Man thought.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn which case they would cer\u00adtain\u00adly plough<\/span> you for the Lit\u00adtle-go<\/span>. The Ger\u00adman schol\u00adars have improved Greek so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen there is the future,\u201d said the Very Young Man. \u201cJust think! One might invest all one\u2019s mon\u00adey, leave it to accu\u00admu\u00adlate at inter\u00adest, and hur\u00adry on ahead!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo dis\u00adcov\u00ader a soci\u00adety,\u201d said I, \u201cerect\u00aded<\/span> on a strict\u00adly com\u00admu\u00adnis\u00adtic<\/span> basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf all the wild extrav\u00ada\u00adgant the\u00ado\u00adries!\u201d began the Psychologist.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, so it seemed to me, and so I nev\u00ader talked of it until \u2013 \u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cExper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal ver\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion!\u201d cried I. \u201cYou are going to ver\u00adi\u00adfy that?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe exper\u00adi\u00adment!\u201d cried Fil\u00adby, who was get\u00adting brain-weary<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s see your exper\u00adi\u00adment any\u00adhow,\u201d said the Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist, \u201cthough it\u2019s all hum\u00adbug<\/span>, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Time Trav\u00adeller smiled round at us. Then, still smil\u00ading faint\u00adly, and with his hands deep in his trousers pock\u00adets, he walked slow\u00adly out of the room, and we heard his slip\u00adpers<\/span> shuf\u00adfling<\/span> down the long pas\u00adsage to his laboratory.<\/p>\n

The Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist looked at us. \u201cI won\u00adder what he\u2019s got?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome sleight-of-hand trick<\/span> or oth\u00ader,\u201d said the Med\u00adical Man, and Fil\u00adby tried to tell us about a con\u00adjur\u00ader<\/span> he had seen at Burslem<\/span>; but before he had fin\u00adished his pref\u00adace<\/span> the Time Trav\u00adeller came back, and Filby\u2019s anec\u00addote collapsed.<\/p>\n

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\texpound<\/span> \u026aks\u02c8\u00adpa\u028and<\/span> v <\/span>To explain in detail: illus\u00adtrate, inter\u00adpret, con\u00adstrue, explicate<\/span><\/p>\n

\trecon\u00addite<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8k\u0252n\u00adda\u026at<\/span> adj<\/span> Not eas\u00adi\u00adly under\u00adstood: pro\u00adfound, eso\u00adteric, abstruse<\/span><\/p>\n

\ttwin\u00adkle<\/span> \u02c8tw\u026a\u014bkl<\/span> v <\/span>To shine with slight inter\u00admit\u00adtent gleams: flash, glis\u00adten, glint, glit\u00adter, sparkle<\/span><\/p>\n

\tradi\u00adance<\/span> \u02c8re\u026adi\u0259ns<\/span> n <\/span>The qual\u00adi\u00adty of being bright and send\u00ading out rays of light.<\/p>\n

\tincan\u00addes\u00adcent<\/span> \u02cc\u026ank\u00e6n\u02c8d\u025bs\u00adnt<\/span> adj<\/span> Shin\u00ading bril\u00adliant\u00adly: bright, lumi\u00adnous, radi\u00adant, lus\u00adtrous, beaming<\/span><\/p>\n

\tlily<\/span> \u02c8l\u026ali<\/span> n <\/span>Plant with var\u00adi\u00adous\u00adly coloured, often trum\u00adpet-shaped flowers.<\/p>\n

\tbub\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8b\u028cbl<\/span> n <\/span>Thin, usu\u00adal\u00adly spher\u00adi\u00adcal or hemi\u00adspher\u00adi\u00adcal film of liq\u00aduid filled with air.<\/p>\n

\tcaress<\/span> k\u0259\u02c8r\u025bs<\/span> v <\/span>Touch or stroke light\u00adly in a lov\u00ading or endear\u00ading manner.<\/p>\n

\tlux\u00adu\u00adri\u00adous<\/span> l\u028cg\u02c8zj\u028a\u0259r\u026a\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Very com\u00adfort\u00adable and expensive<\/p>\n

\troam<\/span> r\u0259\u028am<\/span> v <\/span>To move about at ran\u00addom: wan\u00adder, ram\u00adble, rove<\/span><\/p>\n

\ttram\u00admel<\/span> \u02c8tr\u00e6m\u0259l<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing that restricts activ\u00adi\u00adty, expres\u00adsion, or progress: restraint<\/span><\/p>\n

\tfore\u00adfin\u00adger<\/span> \u02c8f\u0254\u02d0\u02ccf\u026a\u014bg\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>The fin\u00adger next to the thumb.<\/p>\n

\tearnest\u00adness<\/span> \u02c8\u025c\u02d0n\u026ast\u00adn\u0259s<\/span> n <\/span>Deter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion and seri\u00adous\u00adness, espe\u00adcial\u00adly when this is with\u00adout humour.<\/p>\n

\tfecun\u00addi\u00adty<\/span> f\u026a\u02c8k\u028cnd\u026at\u026a<\/span> n <\/span>The qual\u00adi\u00adty of being fer\u00adtile: pro\u00adduc\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty, fer\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty, fruitfulness<\/span><\/p>\n

\tcon\u00adtro\u00advert<\/span> \u02c8k\u0252n\u00adtr\u0259v\u025c\u02d0t<\/span> v <\/span>To voice oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion to: deny, con\u00adtra\u00addict, negate<\/span><\/p>\n

\tmis\u00adcon\u00adcep\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccm\u026ask\u0259n\u02c8s\u025bp\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Fail\u00adure to under\u00adstand cor\u00adrect\u00adly: mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstand\u00ading, misinterpretation<\/span><\/p>\n

\targu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtive<\/span> \u02cc\u0251\u02d0gj\u028a\u02c8m\u025bn\u00adt\u0259t\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Often argu\u00ading or want\u00adi\u00adng to argue.<\/p>\n

\tobject<\/span> \u0259b\u02a4\u02c8ekt<\/span> v <\/span>To dis\u00adagree with some\u00adthing or oppose something.<\/p>\n

\tinstan\u00adta\u00adneous<\/span> \u02cc\u026an\u00adst\u0259n\u02c8te\u026ani\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Hap\u00adpen\u00ading very quick\u00adly, in an instant.<\/p>\n

\tdon\u2019t fol\u00adlow you<\/span> \u21d2 I don\u2019t under\u00adstand what you mean (the sub\u00adject is<\/span> dropped in order to make the style col\u00adlo\u00adqui\u00adal<\/span>).<\/p>\n

\tat all<\/span> \u21d2 In any way; for any rea\u00adson; to any extent; whatever.<\/p>\n

\tpen\u00adsive<\/span> \u02c8p\u025bn\u00ads\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Deeply or seri\u00adous\u00adly thoughtful.<\/p>\n

\tinfir\u00admi\u00adty<\/span> \u026an\u02c8f\u025c\u02d0m\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>The state of being weak or ill espe\u00adcial\u00adly because of old age.<\/p>\n

\tincline<\/span> \u026an\u02c8k\u00adla\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To have a men\u00adtal ten\u00adden\u00adcy, pref\u00ader\u00adence, etc.: be dis\u00adposed<\/span><\/p>\n

\tinter\u00admit\u00adtent\u00adly<\/span> \u02cc\u026ant\u0259(\u02d0)\u02c8m\u026at\u0259ntli<\/span> adj<\/span> Stop\u00adping and start\u00ading at inter\u00advals: occa\u00adsion\u00adaly, peri\u00adod\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, spo\u00adrad\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, fit\u00adful\u00adly, occa\u00adsion\u00adal\u00adly, peri\u00adod\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, sometimes<\/span><\/p>\n

\tspas\u00admod\u00adic<\/span> sp\u00e6z\u02c8m\u0252d\u026ak<\/span> adj<\/span> Hap\u00adpen\u00ading sud\u00adden\u00adly for short peri\u00adods of time and not in a reg\u00adu\u00adlar way.<\/p>\n

\trelight<\/span> \u02ccri\u02d0\u02c8la\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To light or kin\u00addle anew.<\/p>\n

\tcig\u00adar<\/span> s\u026a\u02c8g\u0251\u02d0r<\/span> n <\/span>A more or less cylin\u00addri\u00adcal roll of tobac\u00adco cured for smok\u00ading, of any of var\u00adi\u00adous lengths, thick\u00adness\u00ades, degrees of straight\u00adness, etc., usu\u00adal\u00adly wrapped in a tobac\u00adco leaf.<\/p>\n

\tacces\u00adsion<\/span> \u00e6k\u02c8s\u025b\u0283(\u0259)n<\/span> n <\/span>An increase by means of some\u00adthing added: addi\u00adtion, augmentation<\/span><\/p>\n

\tto have hold of the wrong side of the idea<\/span> \u00ad\u21d2 To have a wrong notion about something<\/p>\n

\tProvin\u00adcial May\u00ador<\/span> \u21d2 The head of a province government.<\/p>\n

\tdefin\u00adable<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8\u00adfa\u026an\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> You can explain and describe its mean\u00ading and exact limits.<\/p>\n

\tby ref\u00ader\u00adence to<\/span> \u21d2 In rela\u00adtion with.<\/p>\n

\texpound<\/span> \u026aks\u02c8\u00adpa\u028and<\/span> v <\/span>Clar\u00adi\u00adfy the mean\u00ading of some\u00adthing in a learned way, usu\u00adal\u00adly in writing.<\/p>\n

\tor so<\/span> \u21d2 (of quan\u00adti\u00adties<\/span>) Impre\u00adcise but fair\u00adly close to.<\/p>\n

\tmur\u00admur<\/span> \u02c8m\u025c\u02d0m\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>Speak indis\u00adtinct\u00adly in a low tone.<\/p>\n

\tto knit one\u2019s brows<\/span> \u21d2 Move your eye\u00adbrows togeth\u00ader, to show that you are think\u00ading hard, feel\u00ading angry, etc.<\/p>\n

\tlapse<\/span> l\u00e6ps<\/span> v <\/span>To pass grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly: slip<\/span><\/p>\n

\tintro\u00adspec\u00adtive<\/span> \u02cc\u026an\u00adtr\u0259\u028a\u02c8sp\u025bk\u00adt\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Con\u00adtem\u00adplat\u00ading of one\u2019s own thoughts and sen\u00adsa\u00adtions; self-examining.<\/p>\n

\ttran\u00adsi\u00adto\u00adry<\/span> \u02c8tr\u00e6n\u00ads\u026at\u0259ri<\/span> adj<\/span> Last\u00ading only for a short time: tempo\u00adrary, momen\u00adtary, ephemer\u00adal, short-lived, fleeting<\/span><\/p>\n

\tI do <\/span>not mind telling you<\/span> \u00ad\u21d2 I am not opposed to tell you (Used to empha\u00adsize the state\u00adment some\u00adone is mak\u00ading and to sug\u00adgest that he is mak\u00ading the state\u00adment in an unwill\u00ading way<\/span>).<\/p>\n

\tto be at work <\/span>on\/upon some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To work at\/on some\u00adthing; to deal with something.<\/p>\n

\tunal\u00adter\u00adable<\/span> \u028cn\u02c8\u0254\u02d0lt\u0259r\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Remain\u00ading the same that can\u00adnot be changed.<\/p>\n

\tassim\u00adi\u00adla\u00adtion<\/span> \u0259\u02ccs\u026am\u026a\u02c8le\u026a\u0283(\u0259)n<\/span> n <\/span>The act or process of absorb\u00ading infor\u00adma\u00adtion, expe\u00adri\u00adences, etc.<\/p>\n

\tupward<\/span> \u02c8\u028cp\u00adw\u0259d<\/span> adv<\/span> Spa\u00adtial\u00adly or metaphor\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly from a low\u00ader to a high\u00ader position.<\/p>\n

\tmer\u00adcury<\/span> \u02c8m\u025c\u02d0kj\u028ari<\/span> n <\/span>Sil\u00advery-white poi\u00adso\u00adnous metal\u00adlic ele\u00adment, liq\u00aduid at room tem\u00adper\u00ada\u00adture and used in ther\u00admome\u00adters, barom\u00ade\u00adters, etc.<\/p>\n

\tto move about<\/span> \u00ad\u21d2 To change one\u2019s position.<\/p>\n

\tsave for<\/span> \u21d2 With the excep\u00adtion of, except.<\/p>\n

\tinequal\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> \u02cc\u026ani(\u02d0)\u02c8kw\u0252l\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>Lack of smooth\u00adness: rough\u00adness, jagged\u00adness, unevenness<\/span><\/p>\n

\tto get away<\/span> \u21d2 To depart, to go away.<\/p>\n

\timma\u00adte\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal<\/span> \u02cc\u026am\u0259\u02c8t\u026a\u0259r\u026a\u0259l<\/span> adj<\/span> With\u00adout mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal form or sub\u00adstance; not con\u00adsist\u00ading of matter.<\/p>\n

\tveloc\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> v\u026a\u02c8l\u0252s\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>Rapid\u00adi\u00adty of motion or oper\u00ada\u00adtion: swift\u00adness; speed<\/span><\/p>\n

\tcra\u00addle<\/span> \u02c8kre\u026adl<\/span> n <\/span>A small bed for a baby, espe\u00adcial\u00adly one that rocks from side to side.<\/p>\n

\tfifty miles<\/span> \u21d2 1 mile is 1.609 kilo\u00adme\u00adters. so 50 miles are about 80 km.<\/p>\n

\tgerm<\/span> \u02a4\u025c\u02d0m<\/span> n <\/span>(Biol\u00ado\u00adgy<\/span>) A source of fur\u00adther growth and devel\u00adop\u00adment: embryo, nucle\u00adus, spark, kernel<\/span><\/p>\n

\tvivid\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8v\u026av\u026adli<\/span> adv<\/span> In a way that is very clear, pow\u00ader\u00adful, and detailed in your mind.<\/p>\n

\tmeans<\/span> mi\u02d0nz<\/span> n <\/span>(pl<\/span><\/span>) method; way, mode.<\/p>\n

\tto be bet\u00adter off<\/span> \u21d2 wealthy, rich, in easy circumstances.<\/p>\n

\tto have a vague inkling of<\/span> \u21d2 To have a vague idea about; inkling<\/span> \u02c8\u026a\u014bk\u00adl\u026a\u014b<\/span> n <\/span>A slight, uncer\u00adtain idea or knowl\u00adedge about something.<\/p>\n

\texclaim<\/span> \u026aks\u02c8k\u00adle\u026am<\/span> v <\/span>To cry out or speak sud\u00adden\u00adly and vehe\u00adment\u00adly, as in sur\u00adprise, strong emo\u00adtion, or protest.<\/p>\n

\tindif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly<\/span> \u026an\u02c8d\u026afr\u0259ntli<\/span> adv<\/span> In a way that shows you are not think\u00ading about or inter\u00adest\u00aded in some\u00adone or something<\/p>\n

\tremark\u00adably<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8m\u0251\u02d0k\u0259bli<\/span> adv<\/span> Used for empha\u00adsiz\u00ading how sur\u00adpris\u00ading or unusu\u00adal some\u00adthing is: extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary<\/span><\/p>\n

\tBat\u00adtle of Hast\u00adings<\/span> \u21d2 A bat\u00adtle which took place on Octo\u00adber 14th, 1066 and in which William the Con\u00adqueror won a deci\u00adsive vic\u00adto\u00adry over the Anglo-Saxons.<\/p>\n

\tto have tol\u00ader\u00adance for<\/span> \u21d2 To endure, to bear.<\/p>\n

\tanachro\u00adnism<\/span> \u0259\u02c8n\u00e6kr\u0259n\u026azm<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing locat\u00aded at a time when it could not have exist\u00aded or occurred.<\/p>\n

\tvery<\/span> \u02c8v\u025bri<\/span> adj<\/span> Being the exact same one; not any oth\u00ader (used to empha\u00adsize the exact\u00adness of a descrip\u00adtion<\/span>).<\/p>\n

\tHomer<\/span> \u02c8h\u0259\u028am\u0259<\/span> Author of the Ili\u00adad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are the cen\u00adtral works of Ancient Greek literature.<\/p>\n

\tPla\u00adto<\/span> \u02c8ple\u026at\u0259\u028a<\/span> Philoso\u00adpher dur\u00ading the Clas\u00adsi\u00adcal peri\u00adod in Ancient Greece, founder of the Pla\u00adton\u00adist school of thought, and the Acad\u00ade\u00admy, the first insti\u00adtu\u00adtion of high\u00ader learn\u00ading in the West\u00adern world.<\/p>\n

\tplough<\/span> \u21d2 (here<\/span>) to fail some\u00adone in an exam.<\/p>\n

\tLit\u00adtle-go<\/span> \u21d2 first bach\u00ade\u00adlor exam at the Cam\u00adbridge University.<\/p>\n

\terect<\/span> \u026a\u02c8r\u025bkt<\/span> v <\/span>Con\u00adstruct, build.<\/p>\n

\tcom\u00admu\u00adnis\u00adtic<\/span> \u02cck\u0252mj\u028a\u02c8n\u026ast\u026ak<\/span> adj<\/span> Relat\u00ading to or marked by communism.<\/p>\n

\tbrain-weary<\/span> \u21d2 exhaust\u00aded, bored, tired.<\/p>\n

\thum\u00adbug<\/span> \u02c8h\u028cm\u00adb\u028cg<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing intend\u00aded to deceive: hoax, fraud; nonsense<\/span><\/p>\n

\tslip\u00adper<\/span> \u02c8sl\u026ap\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>Low footwear that can be slipped on and off eas\u00adi\u00adly; usu\u00adal\u00adly worn indoors.<\/p>\n

\tshuf\u00adfle<\/span> \u02c8\u0283\u028cfl<\/span> v <\/span>Walk with\u00adout lift\u00ading one\u2019s feet by drag\u00adging them on the floor.<\/p>\n

\tsleight-of-hand trick<\/span> \u21d2 A swifthand\u00aded and skil\u00adful trick.<\/p>\n

\tcon\u00adjur\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8k\u028cn\u02a4\u0259r\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Magi\u00adcian; a sorcerer.<\/p>\n

\tBurslem<\/span> \u02c8b\u025c\u02d0r\u00adzl\u0259m<\/span> A town that is part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Stafford\u00adshire, England.<\/p>\n

\tpref\u00adace<\/span> \u02c8pr\u025bf\u026as<\/span> n <\/span>An intro\u00adduc\u00adto\u00adry part, as of a book, speech etc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The<\/span> thing the Time Trav\u00adeller held in his hand was a glit\u00adter\u00ading<\/span> metal\u00adlic frame\u00adwork, scarce\u00adly<\/span> larg\u00ader than a small clock, and very del\u00adi\u00adcate\u00adly made. There was ivory in it, and some trans\u00adpar\u00adent crys\u00adtalline<\/span> sub\u00adstance. And now I must be explic\u00adit<\/span>, for this that fol\u00adlows \u2013 unless his expla\u00adna\u00adtion is to be accept\u00aded \u2013 is an absolute\u00adly unac\u00adcount\u00adable<\/span> thing. He took one of the small octag\u00ado\u00adnal<\/span> tables that were scat\u00adtered about the room, and set it in front of the fire, with two legs on the hearthrug<\/span>. On this table he placed the mech\u00ada\u00adnism. Then he drew up a chair, and sat down. The only oth\u00ader object on the table was a small shad\u00aded lamp, the bright light of which fell upon the mod\u00adel. There were also per\u00adhaps a dozen can\u00addles about, two in brass<\/span> can\u00addle\u00adsticks<\/span> upon the man\u00adtel<\/span> and sev\u00ader\u00adal in sconces<\/span>, so that the room was bril\u00adliant\u00adly illu\u00admi\u00adnat\u00aded<\/span>. I sat in a low arm-chair near\u00adest the fire, and I drew this for\u00adward so as to be almost between the Time Trav\u00adeller and the fire\u00adplace<\/span>. Fil\u00adby sat behind him, look\u00ading over his shoul\u00adder. The Med\u00adical Man and the Provin\u00adcial May\u00ador<\/span> watched him in pro\u00adfile from the right, the Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist from the left.<\/p>\n

The Very Young Man stood behind the Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist. We were all on the alert<\/span>. It appears incred\u00adi\u00adble to me that any kind of trick, how\u00adev\u00ader sub\u00adtly<\/span> con\u00adceived and how\u00adev\u00ader adroit\u00adly<\/span> done, could have been played upon us under these conditions.<\/p>\n

The Time Trav\u00adeller looked at us, and then at the mechanism.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell?\u201d said the Psychologist.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis lit\u00adtle affair,\u201d said the Time Trav\u00adeller, rest\u00ading his elbows upon the table and press\u00ading his hands togeth\u00ader above the appa\u00adra\u00adtus, \u201cis only a mod\u00adel. It is my plan for a machine to trav\u00adel through time. You will notice that it looks sin\u00adgu\u00adlar\u00adly askew<\/span>, and that there is an odd twin\u00adkling<\/span> appear\u00adance about this bar, as though it was in some way unre\u00adal.\u201d He point\u00aded to the part with his fin\u00adger. \u201cAlso, here is one lit\u00adtle white lever<\/span>, and here is another.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Med\u00adical Man got up out of his chair and peered into<\/span> the thing. \u201cIt\u2019s beau\u00adti\u00adful\u00adly made,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took two years to make,\u201d retort\u00aded<\/span> the Time Traveller.<\/p>\n

Then, when we had all imi\u00adtat\u00aded the action of the Med\u00adical Man, he said: \u201cNow I want you clear\u00adly to under\u00adstand that this lever<\/span>, being pressed over, sends the machine glid\u00ading<\/span> into the future, and this oth\u00ader revers\u00ades the motion. This sad\u00addle<\/span> rep\u00adre\u00adsents the seat of a Time Trav\u00adeller. Present\u00adly I am going to press the lever<\/span>, and off the machine will go<\/span>. It will van\u00adish, pass into future Time, and dis\u00adap\u00adpear. Have a good look<\/span> at the thing. Look at the table too, and sat\u00adis\u00adfy your\u00adselves<\/span> there is no trick\u00adery<\/span>. I don\u2019t want to waste this mod\u00adel, and then be told I\u2019m a quack<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was a minute\u2019s pause per\u00adhaps. The Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist seemed about to<\/span> speak to me, but changed his mind. Then the Time Trav\u00adeller put forth his fin\u00adger towards the lever<\/span>. \u201cNo,\u201d he said sud\u00adden\u00adly. \u201cLend me your hand.\u201d And turn\u00ading to the Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist, he took that individual\u2019s hand in his own and told him to put out his fore\u00adfin\u00adger<\/span>. So that it was the Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist him\u00adself who sent forth the mod\u00adel Time Machine on its inter\u00adminable<\/span> voy\u00adage<\/span>. We all saw the lever<\/span> turn. I am absolute\u00adly cer\u00adtain there was no trick\u00adery<\/span>. There was a breath of wind, and the lamp flame jumped. One of the can\u00addles on the man\u00adtel<\/span> was blown out, and the lit\u00adtle machine sud\u00adden\u00adly swung round, became indis\u00adtinct<\/span>, was seen as a ghost for a sec\u00adond per\u00adhaps, as an eddy<\/span> of faint\u00adly glit\u00adter\u00ading<\/span> brass<\/span> and ivory; and it was gone \u2013 van\u00adished! Save for the lamp the table was bare.<\/p>\n

Every\u00adone was silent for a minute. Then Fil\u00adby said he was damned.<\/p>\n

The Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist recov\u00adered from his stu\u00adpor<\/span>, and sud\u00adden\u00adly looked under the table. At that the Time Trav\u00adeller laughed cheer\u00adful\u00adly. \u201cWell?\u201d he said, with a rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcence<\/span> of the Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist. Then, get\u00adting up, he went to the tobac\u00adco jar on the man\u00adtel<\/span>, and with his back to us began to fill his pipe.<\/p>\n

We stared at each oth\u00ader. \u201cLook here,\u201d said the Med\u00adical Man, \u201care you in earnest<\/span> about this? Do you seri\u00adous\u00adly believe that that machine has trav\u00adelled into time?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCer\u00adtain\u00adly,\u201d said the Time Trav\u00adeller, stoop\u00ading<\/span> to light a spill<\/span> at the fire. Then he turned, light\u00ading his pipe, to look at the Psychologist\u2019s face. (The Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist, to show that he was not unhinged<\/span>, helped him\u00adself to a cig\u00adar<\/span> and tried to light it uncut<\/span>.) \u201cWhat is more, I have a big machine near\u00adly fin\u00adished in there\u201d \u2013 he indi\u00adcat\u00aded the lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry \u2013 \u201cand when that is put togeth\u00ader<\/span> I mean to have a jour\u00adney on my own account<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou mean to say that that machine has trav\u00adelled into the future?\u201d said Filby.<\/p>\n

\u201cInto the future or the past \u2013 don\u2019t, for cer\u00adtain, know which.\u201d<\/p>\n

After an inter\u00adval the Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist had an inspi\u00adra\u00adtion. \u201cIt must have gone into the past if it has gone any\u00adwhere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy?\u201d said the Time Traveller.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I pre\u00adsume<\/span> that it has not moved in space, and if it trav\u00adelled into the future it would still be here all this time, since it must have trav\u00adelled through this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut,\u201d I said, \u201cIf it trav\u00adelled into the past it would have been vis\u00adi\u00adble when we came first into this room; and last Thurs\u00adday when we were here; and the Thurs\u00adday before that; and so forth<\/span>!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSeri\u00adous objec\u00adtions<\/span>,\u201d remarked the Provin\u00adcial May\u00ador<\/span>, with an air of<\/span> impar\u00adtial\u00adi\u00adty<\/span>, turn\u00ading towards the Time Traveller.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot a bit,\u201d said the Time Trav\u00adeller, and, to the Psychologist:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou think. You can explain that. It\u2019s pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion below the thresh\u00adold, you know, dilut\u00aded<\/span> presentation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course,\u201d said the Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist, and reas\u00adsured<\/span> us. \u201cThat\u2019s a sim\u00adple point of psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy. I should have thought of it. It\u2019s plain enough, and helps the para\u00addox delight\u00adful\u00adly. We can\u00adnot see it, nor can we appre\u00adci\u00adate this machine, any more than we can the spoke<\/span> of a wheel spin\u00adning, or a bul\u00adlet fly\u00ading through the air. If it is trav\u00adel\u00adling through time fifty times or a hun\u00addred times faster than we are, if it gets through a minute while we get through a sec\u00adond, the impres\u00adsion it cre\u00adates will of course be only one-fifti\u00adeth or one-hun\u00addredth of what it would make if it were not trav\u00adel\u00adling in time. That\u2019s plain enough.\u201d He passed his hand through the space in which the machine had been. \u201cYou see?\u201d he said, laughing.<\/p>\n

We sat and stared at the vacant<\/span> table for a minute or so<\/span>. Then the Time Trav\u00adeller asked us what we thought of it all.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sounds plau\u00adsi\u00adble<\/span> enough tonight,\u201d said the Med\u00adical Man; \u201cbut wait until tomor\u00adrow. Wait for the com\u00admon sense of the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWould you like to see the Time Machine itself?\u201d asked the Time Trav\u00adeller. And there\u00adwith<\/span>, tak\u00ading the lamp in his hand, he led the way down the long, draughty<\/span> cor\u00adri\u00addor to his lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry. I remem\u00adber vivid\u00adly<\/span> the flick\u00ader\u00ading<\/span> light, his queer<\/span>, broad head in sil\u00adhou\u00adette<\/span>, the dance of the shad\u00adows, how we all fol\u00adlowed him, puz\u00adzled but incred\u00adu\u00adlous<\/span>, and how there in the lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry we beheld<\/span> a larg\u00ader edi\u00adtion of the lit\u00adtle mech\u00ada\u00adnism which we had seen van\u00adish from before our eyes. Parts were of nick\u00adel, parts of ivory, parts had cer\u00adtain\u00adly been filed or sawn<\/span> out of rock crys\u00adtal. The thing was gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly com\u00adplete, but the twist\u00aded crys\u00adtalline<\/span> bars lay unfin\u00adished upon the bench beside some sheets of draw\u00adings, and I took one up for a bet\u00adter look at it. Quartz<\/span> it seemed to be.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook here,\u201d said the Med\u00adical Man, \u201care you per\u00adfect\u00adly seri\u00adous? Or is this a trick \u2013 like that ghost you showed us last Christmas?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon that machine,\u201d said the Time Trav\u00adeller, hold\u00ading the lamp aloft<\/span>, \u201cI intend to explore time. Is that plain? I was nev\u00ader more seri\u00adous in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

None of us quite knew how to take<\/span> it.<\/p>\n

I caught Filby\u2019s eye<\/span> over the shoul\u00adder of the Med\u00adical Man, and he winked<\/span> at me solemn\u00adly<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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\tglit\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8gl\u026at\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>Pro\u00adduce a lot of small, bright flash\u00ades of reflect\u00aded light.<\/p>\n

\tscarce\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8ske\u0259s\u00adli<\/span> adv<\/span> Bare\u00adly; hard\u00adly; not quite, almost not.<\/p>\n

\tcrys\u00adtalline<\/span> \u02c8kr\u026ast\u0259la\u026an<\/span> adj<\/span> Of or like crys\u00adtal: clear; trans\u00adpar\u00adent<\/span><\/p>\n

\texplic\u00adit<\/span> \u026aks\u02c8\u00adpl\u026as\u026at<\/span> adj<\/span> Clear\u00adly and ful\u00adly expressed: spe\u00adcif\u00adic, def\u00adi\u00adnite, precise<\/span><\/p>\n

\tunac\u00adcount\u00adable<\/span> \u02cc\u028cn\u0259\u02c8ka\u028an\u00adt\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Impos\u00adsi\u00adble to account for; unex\u00adplained; inexplicable.<\/p>\n

\toctag\u00ado\u00adnal<\/span> \u0252k\u02c8t\u00e6g\u0259nl<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading eight angles and eight sides. <\/p>\n

\thearthrug<\/span> \u02c8h\u0251\u02d0\u03b8r\u028cg<\/span> n <\/span>Rug laid on a floor in front of a fireplace.<\/p>\n

\tbrass<\/span> br\u0251\u02d0s<\/span> n <\/span>Yel\u00adlow\u00adish alloy of cop\u00adper and zinc, some\u00adtimes includ\u00ading small amounts of oth\u00ader metals.<\/p>\n

\tcan\u00addle\u00adstick<\/span> \u02c8k\u00e6ndl\u00adst\u026ak<\/span> n <\/span>An object with sock\u00adets or spikes for hold\u00ading candles.<\/p>\n

\tman\u00adtel<\/span> \u02c8m\u00e6ntl<\/span> n <\/span>The pro\u00adtrud\u00ading shelf over a fire\u00adplace: fire\u00adboard, man\u00adtel\u00adpiece, mantelshelf<\/span><\/p>\n

\tsconce<\/span> sk\u0252ns<\/span> n <\/span>Dec\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive wall brack\u00adet for hold\u00ading candles.<\/p>\n

\tillu\u00admi\u00adnate<\/span> \u026a\u02c8lju\u02d0m\u026ane\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To make lighter or brighter; to sup\u00adply or bright\u00aden with light; light up.<\/p>\n

\tfire\u00adplace<\/span> \u02c8fa\u026a\u0259\u02cc\u00adple\u026as<\/span> n <\/span>The part of a chim\u00adney that opens into a room and in which fuel is burned: hearth<\/span><\/p>\n

\tProvin\u00adcial May\u00ador<\/span> \u21d2 The head of a province government.<\/p>\n

\tto be on the alert<\/span> \u21d2 Be on one\u2019s guard.<\/p>\n

\tsub\u00adtle<\/span> \u02c8s\u028ctl<\/span> adj<\/span> So slight as to be dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to notice: fine, del\u00adi\u00adcate, refined<\/span><\/p>\n

\tadroit\u00adly<\/span> \u0259\u02c8dr\u0254\u026atli<\/span> adv<\/span> Skill\u00adful\u00adly per\u00adform\u00ading: art\u00adful\u00adly, mas\u00adter\u00adly, dexterously<\/span><\/p>\n

\tsin\u00adgu\u00adlar\u00adly askew<\/span> \u21d2 Tilt\u00aded in a pecu\u00adliar way.<\/p>\n

\ttwin\u00adkle<\/span> \u02c8tw\u026a\u014bkl<\/span> v <\/span>To shine with slight inter\u00admit\u00adtent gleams: flash, glis\u00adten, glint, glit\u00adter, sparkle<\/span><\/p>\n

\tlever<\/span> \u02c8li\u02d0v\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Pro\u00adject\u00ading han\u00addle used to adjust or oper\u00adate a mechanism.<\/p>\n

\tto peer into<\/span> \u21d2 To pry into, peep; gaze at.<\/p>\n

\tretort<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8t\u0254\u02d0t<\/span> v <\/span>Respond in a quick, clever or humor\u00adous way: come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin<\/span><\/p>\n

\tglide<\/span> gla\u026ad<\/span> v <\/span>To move gen\u00adtly and slow\u00adly into place: slip, slide, ease<\/span><\/p>\n

\tsad\u00addle<\/span> \u02c8s\u00e6dl<\/span> n <\/span>The seat of a bicy\u00adcle, motor\u00adcy\u00adcle, or sim\u00adi\u00adlar vehicle.<\/p>\n

\tand off the machine will go<\/span> \u21d2 And the machine will start working.<\/p>\n

\tto have a look<\/span> \u21d2 Look at with attention.<\/p>\n

\tto sat\u00adis\u00adfy one\u00adself<\/span> \u21d2 To assure or con\u00advince oneself<\/p>\n

\ttrick\u00adery<\/span> \u02c8tr\u026ak\u0259ri<\/span> n <\/span>The activ\u00adi\u00adty of using tricks to deceive or cheat people.<\/p>\n

\tquack<\/span> kw\u00e6k<\/span> n <\/span>A shar\u00adla\u00adtan.<\/p>\n

\tto be about to do some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To be going to do some\u00adthing very soon.<\/p>\n

\tfore\u00adfin\u00adger<\/span> \u02c8f\u0254\u02d0\u02ccf\u026a\u014bg\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>The fin\u00adger next to the thumb.<\/p>\n

\tinter\u00adminable<\/span> \u026an\u02c8t\u025c\u02d0m\u026an\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Monot\u00ado\u00adnous\u00adly or annoy\u00ading\u00adly pro\u00adtract\u00aded or con\u00adtin\u00adued; unend\u00ading, unceas\u00ading, incessant.<\/p>\n

\tvoy\u00adage<\/span> \u02c8v\u0254\u026a\u026a\u02a4<\/span> n <\/span>A jour\u00adney, trav\u00adel, or pas\u00adsage, espe\u00adcial\u00adly one to a dis\u00adtant land or by sea or air: jour\u00adney<\/span><\/p>\n

\tindis\u00adtinct<\/span> \u02cc\u026and\u026as\u02c8t\u026a\u014bkt<\/span> adj<\/span> Not clear\u00adly per\u00adceived: faint, vague, dim, obscure, hazy, shadowy<\/span><\/p>\n

\teddy<\/span> \u02c8\u025bdi<\/span> v <\/span>A minia\u00adture cur\u00adrent at vari\u00adance with the main cur\u00adrent in a stream of water or air, usu\u00adal\u00adly hav\u00ading a rotary or whirling motion: twist; whirl<\/span><\/p>\n

\tstu\u00adpor<\/span> \u02c8stju\u02d0p\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>The feel\u00ading of dis\u00adtress and dis\u00adbe\u00adlief that you have when some\u00adthing bad hap\u00adpens acci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly: daze, shock<\/span><\/p>\n

\trem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcence<\/span> \u02ccr\u025bm\u026a\u02c8n\u026asns<\/span> n <\/span>An act of remem\u00adber\u00ading: mem\u00ado\u00adry, rec\u00adol\u00adlec\u00adtion, remembrance<\/span><\/p>\n

\tare you in earnest<\/span> \u21d2 Are you seri\u00adous; do you real\u00adly mean it.<\/p>\n

\tstoop<\/span> stu\u02d0p<\/span> v <\/span>To walk with the head and upper back bent forward.<\/p>\n

\tspill<\/span> sp\u026al<\/span> n <\/span>Piece of wood or rolled paper used to light a fire.<\/p>\n

\tunhinge<\/span> \u028cn\u02c8h\u026an\u02a4<\/span> v <\/span>To derange; unbalance.<\/p>\n

\tcig\u00adar<\/span> s\u026a\u02c8g\u0251\u02d0r<\/span> n <\/span>A more or less cylin\u00addri\u00adcal roll of tobac\u00adco cured for smok\u00ading, of any of var\u00adi\u00adous lengths, thick\u00adness\u00ades, degrees of straight\u00adness, etc., usu\u00adal\u00adly wrapped in a tobac\u00adco leaf.<\/p>\n

\tuncut<\/span> \u028cn\u02c8k\u028ct<\/span> adj<\/span> Not trimmed, not cut. (The tip of the cig\u00adar must be trimmed before it is light\u00aded<\/span>).<\/p>\n

\tto put togeth\u00ader<\/span> \u21d2 To make some\u00adthing by join\u00ading all its parts.<\/p>\n

\ton one\u2019s own account<\/span> \u21d2 On one\u2019s own; on one\u2019s behalf; independently.<\/p>\n

\tpre\u00adsume<\/span> pr\u026a\u02c8zju\u02d0m<\/span> v <\/span>To take for grant\u00aded as being true in the absence of proof to the contrary.<\/p>\n

\tand so forth<\/span> \u21d2 And so on; et cetera.<\/p>\n

\tobjec\u00adtion<\/span> \u0259b\u02c8\u02a4\u025bk\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>A rea\u00adson for dis\u00adagree\u00ading with or oppos\u00ading something<\/p>\n

\tProvin\u00adcial May\u00ador<\/span> \u21d2 The head of a province government.<\/p>\n

\twith an air <\/span>of<\/span> \u21d2 With an expres\u00adsion or appear\u00adance of.<\/p>\n

\timpar\u00adtial\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> \u026am\u02ccp\u0251\u02d0\u0283\u026a\u02c8\u00e6l\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>The state of being free from bias in judg\u00adment: fair\u00adness, objec\u00adtive\u00adness, squareness<\/span><\/p>\n

\tdilut\u00aded<\/span> da\u026a\u02c8lju\u02d0t\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> Reduced in strength or con\u00adcen\u00adtra\u00adtion or qual\u00adi\u00adty or purity.<\/p>\n

\treas\u00adsure<\/span> \u02ccri\u02d0\u0259\u02c8\u0283\u028a\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To assure again and restore confidence.<\/p>\n

\tspoke<\/span> sp\u0259\u028ak<\/span> n <\/span>One of the rods con\u00adnect\u00ading the hub and rim of a wheel.<\/p>\n

\tvacant<\/span> \u02c8ve\u026ak\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Con\u00adtain\u00ading noth\u00ading; empty.<\/p>\n

\tor so<\/span> \u21d2 (of quan\u00adti\u00adties<\/span>) Impre\u00adcise but fair\u00adly close to.<\/p>\n

\tplau\u00adsi\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8pl\u0254\u02d0z\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Wor\u00adthy of being believed: cred\u00adi\u00adble, believable<\/span><\/p>\n

\tthere\u00adwith<\/span> \u00f0e\u0259\u02c8w\u026a\u03b8<\/span> adv<\/span> In addi\u00adtion to; right after that.<\/p>\n

\tdraughty<\/span> \u02c8dr\u0251\u02d0fti<\/span> adj<\/span> Exposed to drafts of air.<\/p>\n

\tvivid\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8v\u026av\u026adli<\/span> adv<\/span> In a way that is very clear, pow\u00ader\u00adful, and detailed in your mind.<\/p>\n

\tflick\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8fl\u026ak\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>Shine unsteadi\u00adly.<\/p>\n

\tqueer<\/span> kw\u026a\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Devi\u00adat\u00ading from the cus\u00adtom\u00adary: strange, curi\u00adous, odd, pecu\u00adliar, sin\u00adgu\u00adlar, quaint, weird<\/span><\/p>\n

\tsil\u00adhou\u00adette<\/span> \u02ccs\u026alu(\u02d0)\u02c8\u025bt<\/span> n <\/span>An out\u00adline of a sol\u00adid object (as cast by its shad\u00adow<\/span>).<\/p>\n

\tincred\u00adu\u00adlous<\/span> \u026an\u02c8kr\u025bd\u00adj\u028al\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Refus\u00ading to believe: skep\u00adti\u00adcal, unbelieving<\/span><\/p>\n

\tbehold<\/span> b\u026a\u02c8h\u0259\u028ald<\/span> pp<\/span>, pt<\/span> beheld<\/span> b\u026a\u02c8h\u025bld<\/span> v <\/span>To appre\u00adhend (images<\/span>) by use of the eyes: see, per\u00adceive<\/span><\/p>\n

\tsaw<\/span> s\u0254\u02d0<\/span> pt<\/span> sawed,<\/span> pp<\/span> sawn<\/span> s\u0254\u02d0n<\/span> v <\/span>To form by cut\u00adting with a tool for cut\u00adting, typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly a thin blade of met\u00adal with a series of sharp teeth.<\/p>\n

\tquartz<\/span> kw\u0254\u02d0ts<\/span> n <\/span>Hard, colour\u00adless, trans\u00adpar\u00adent min\u00ader\u00adal sub\u00adstance, used in mak\u00ading elec\u00adtron\u00adic equip\u00adment and accu\u00adrate watch\u00ades and clocks.<\/p>\n

\tto hold some\u00adthing aloft<\/span> \u21d2 To hold some\u00adthing (high<\/span>) in the air.<\/p>\n

\ttake<\/span> te\u026ak<\/span> v <\/span>Inter\u00adpret some\u00adthing in a cer\u00adtain way.<\/p>\n

\tto catch someone\u2019s eye<\/span> \u21d2 To meet the eyes of.<\/p>\n

\twink<\/span> w\u026a\u014bk<\/span> v <\/span>To close and open one or both eyes quick\u00adly show\u00ading friend\u00adli\u00adness, sex\u00adu\u00adal inter\u00adest, etc., or that you are not seri\u00adous about some\u00adthing you have said.<\/p>\n

\tsolemn\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8s\u0252l\u0259m\u00adli<\/span> adj<\/span> Seri\u00adous\u00adly and with\u00adout any humour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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I think<\/span> that at that time none of us quite believed in the Time Machine. The fact is, the Time Trav\u00adeller was one of those men who are too clever to be believed: you nev\u00ader felt that you saw all round him; you always sus\u00adpect\u00aded some sub\u00adtle reserve, some inge\u00adnu\u00adity<\/span> in ambush<\/span>, behind his lucid<\/span> frank\u00adness. Had Fil\u00adby shown the mod\u00adel and explained the mat\u00adter in the Time Traveller\u2019s words, we should have shown him far less scep\u00adti\u00adcism. For we should have per\u00adceived his motives; a pork butch\u00ader<\/span> could under\u00adstand Fil\u00adby. But the Time Trav\u00adeller had more than a touch of whim<\/span> among his ele\u00adments, and we dis\u00adtrust\u00aded him. Things that would have made the frame of<\/span> a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands. It is a mis\u00adtake to do things too eas\u00adi\u00adly. The seri\u00adous peo\u00adple who took him seri\u00adous\u00adly nev\u00ader felt quite sure of his deport\u00adment<\/span>; they were some\u00adhow aware that trust\u00ading their rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtions for judg\u00adment with him was like fur\u00adnish\u00ading a nurs\u00adery with egg-shell chi\u00adna<\/span>. So I don\u2019t think any of us said very much about time trav\u00adel\u00adling in the inter\u00adval between that Thurs\u00adday and the next, though its odd poten\u00adtial\u00adi\u00adties ran, no doubt, in most of our minds: its plau\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty<\/span>, that is, its prac\u00adti\u00adcal incred\u00adi\u00adble\u00adness, the curi\u00adous pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties of anachro\u00adnism<\/span> and of utter<\/span> con\u00adfu\u00adsion it sug\u00adgest\u00aded. For my own part, I was par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly pre\u00adoc\u00adcu\u00adpied<\/span> with the trick of the mod\u00adel. That I remem\u00adber dis\u00adcussing with the Med\u00adical Man, whom I met on Fri\u00adday at the Lin\u00adnaean<\/span>. He said he had seen a sim\u00adi\u00adlar thing at Tub\u00adin\u00adgen<\/span>, and laid con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adable stress on the blow\u00ading out of the can\u00addle. But how the trick was done he could not explain.<\/p>\n

The next Thurs\u00adday I went again to Rich\u00admond<\/span> \u2013 sup\u00adpose I was one of the Time Traveller\u2019s most con\u00adstant guests \u2013 and, arriv\u00ading late, found four or five men already assem\u00adbled in his draw\u00ading-room. The Med\u00adical Man was stand\u00ading before the fire with a sheet of paper in one hand and his watch in the oth\u00ader. I looked round for<\/span> <\/span>the Time Trav\u00adeller, and \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s half-past sev\u00aden now,\u201d said the Med\u00adical Man. \u201cI sup\u00adpose we\u2019d bet\u00adter have dinner?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere\u2019s \u2013 \u2013?\u201d said I, nam\u00ading our host.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve just come? It\u2019s rather odd. He\u2019s unavoid\u00adably<\/span> detained<\/span>. He asks me in this note to lead off<\/span> with din\u00adner at sev\u00aden if he\u2019s not back. Says he\u2019ll explain when he comes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems a pity to let the din\u00adner spoil<\/span>,\u201d said the Edi\u00adtor of a well-known dai\u00adly paper; and there\u00adupon<\/span> the Doc\u00adtor rang the bell.<\/p>\n

The Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist was the only per\u00adson besides the Doc\u00adtor and myself who had attend\u00aded the pre\u00advi\u00adous din\u00adner. The oth\u00ader men were Blank, the Edi\u00adtor afore\u00admen\u00adtioned<\/span>, a cer\u00adtain jour\u00adnal\u00adist, and anoth\u00ader \u2013 a qui\u00adet, shy man with a beard \u2013 whom I didn\u2019t know, and who, as far as my obser\u00adva\u00adtion went<\/span>, nev\u00ader opened his mouth all the evening. There was some spec\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion<\/span> at the din\u00adner-table about the Time Traveller\u2019s absence, and I sug\u00adgest\u00aded time trav\u00adel\u00adling, in a half-joc\u00adu\u00adlar<\/span> spir\u00adit. The Edi\u00adtor want\u00aded that explained to him, and the Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist vol\u00adun\u00adteered<\/span> a wood\u00aden account of the \u201cinge\u00adnious<\/span> para\u00addox and trick\u201d we had wit\u00adnessed that day week. He was in the midst of his expo\u00adsi\u00adtion when the door from the cor\u00adri\u00addor opened slow\u00adly and with\u00adout noise. I was fac\u00ading the door, and saw it first. \u201cHal\u00adlo<\/span>!\u201d I said. \u201cAt last<\/span>!\u201d And the door opened wider, and the Time Trav\u00adeller stood before us. I gave a cry of sur\u00adprise. \u201cGood heav\u00adens! man, what\u2019s the mat\u00adter<\/span>?\u201d cried the Med\u00adical Man, who saw him next. And the whole table\u00adful<\/span> turned towards the door.<\/p>\n

He was in an amaz\u00ading plight<\/span>. His coat was dusty and dirty, and smeared<\/span> with green down the sleeves; his hair dis\u00ador\u00addered, and as it seemed to me grey\u00ader \u2013 either with dust and dirt or because its colour had actu\u00adal\u00adly fad\u00aded. His face was ghast\u00adly<\/span> pale; his chin had a brown cut on it \u2013 a cut half healed; his expres\u00adsion was hag\u00adgard<\/span> and drawn, as by intense suf\u00adfer\u00ading. For a moment he hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded in the door\u00adway, as if he had been daz\u00adzled<\/span> by the light. Then he came into the room. He walked with just such a limp<\/span> as I have seen in foot\u00adsore<\/span> tramps<\/span>. We stared at him in silence, expect\u00ading him to speak.<\/p>\n

He said not a word, but came painful\u00adly to the table, and made a motion towards the wine. The Edi\u00adtor filled a glass of cham\u00adpagne<\/span>, and pushed it towards him. He drained it, and it seemed to do him good: for he looked round the table, and the ghost of his old smile flick\u00adered<\/span> across his face. \u201cWhat on earth have you been up to, man?<\/span>\u201d said the Doc\u00adtor. The Time Trav\u00adeller did not seem to hear. \u201cDon\u2019t let me dis\u00adturb you,\u201d he said, with a cer\u00adtain fal\u00adter\u00ading<\/span> artic\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion<\/span>. \u201cI\u2019m all right.\u201d He stopped, held out his glass for more, and took it off at a draught<\/span>. \u201cThat\u2019s good,\u201d he said. His eyes grew brighter, and a faint colour came into his cheeks. His glance flick\u00adered<\/span> over our faces with a cer\u00adtain dull<\/span> approval, and then went round the warm and com\u00adfort\u00adable room. Then he spoke again, still as it were feel\u00ading his way among his words. \u201cI\u2019m going to wash and dress, and then I\u2019ll come down and explain things\u2026 Save me some of that mut\u00adton<\/span>. I\u2019m starv\u00ading<\/span> for a bit of meat.\u201d<\/p>\n

He looked across at the Edi\u00adtor, who was a rare vis\u00adi\u00adtor, and hoped he was all right. The Edi\u00adtor began a ques\u00adtion. \u201cTell you present\u00adly,\u201d said the Time Trav\u00adeller. \u201cI\u2019m \u2013 fun\u00adny! Be all right in a minute.\u201d<\/p>\n

He put down his glass, and walked towards the stair\u00adcase door.<\/p>\n

Again I remarked his lame\u00adness<\/span> and the soft padding<\/span> sound of his foot\u00adfall<\/span>, and stand\u00ading up in my place, I saw his feet as he went out. He had noth\u00ading on them but a pair of tat\u00adtered<\/span> blood-stained<\/span> socks. Then the door closed upon him. I had half a mind to fol\u00adlow<\/span>, till I remem\u00adbered how he detest\u00aded<\/span> any fuss<\/span> about him\u00adself. For a minute, per\u00adhaps, my mind was wool-gath\u00ader\u00ading<\/span>. Then, \u201cRemark\u00adable Behav\u00adiour of an Emi\u00adnent<\/span> Sci\u00aden\u00adtist,\u201d I heard the Edi\u00adtor say, think\u00ading (after his wont<\/span>) in head\u00adlines. And this brought my atten\u00adtion back to the bright dinner-table.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s the game?\u201d said the Jour\u00adnal\u00adist. \u201cHas he been doing the Ama\u00adteur Cadger<\/span>? I don\u2019t fol\u00adlow.\u201d I met the eye of the Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist, and read my own inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adtion in his face. I thought of the Time Trav\u00adeller limp\u00ading<\/span> painful\u00adly upstairs. I don\u2019t think any one else had noticed his lame\u00adness<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The first to recov\u00ader com\u00adplete\u00adly from this sur\u00adprise was the Med\u00adical Man, who rang the bell \u2013 the Time Trav\u00adeller hat\u00aded to have ser\u00advants wait\u00ading at din\u00adner \u2013 for a hot plate. At that the Edi\u00adtor turned to his knife and fork with a g<\/span>runt<\/span>, and the Silent Man fol\u00adlowed suit<\/span>. The din\u00adner was resumed. Con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion was exclam\u00ada\u00adto\u00adry<\/span> for a lit\u00adtle while, with gaps of won\u00adder\u00adment<\/span>; and then the Edi\u00adtor got fer\u00advent<\/span> in his curios\u00adi\u00adty. \u201cDoes our friend eke out<\/span> his mod\u00adest income with a cross\u00ading<\/span>? or has he his Neb\u00aduchad\u00adnez\u00adzar phas\u00ades<\/span>?\u201d he inquired. \u201cI feel assured it\u2019s this busi\u00adness of the Time Machine,\u201d I said, and took up the Psychologist\u2019s account<\/span> of our pre\u00advi\u00adous meet\u00ading. The new guests were frankly incred\u00adu\u00adlous<\/span>. The Edi\u00adtor raised objec\u00adtions<\/span>. \u201cWhat was this time trav\u00adel\u00adling? A man couldn\u2019t cov\u00ader him\u00adself with dust by rolling in a para\u00addox, could he?\u201d And then, as the idea came home to him<\/span>, he resort\u00aded to car\u00adi\u00adca\u00adture. Hadn\u2019t they any clothes-brush\u00ades in the Future? The Jour\u00adnal\u00adist too, would not believe at any price<\/span>, and joined the Edi\u00adtor in the easy work of heap\u00ading ridicule on<\/span> the whole thing. They were both the new kind of jour\u00adnal\u00adist \u2013 very joy\u00adous, irrev\u00ader\u00adent<\/span> young men. \u201cOur Spe\u00adcial Cor\u00adre\u00adspon\u00addent in the Day after Tomor\u00adrow reports,\u201d the Jour\u00adnal\u00adist was say\u00ading \u2013 or rather shout\u00ading \u2013 when the Time Trav\u00adeller came back. He was dressed in ordi\u00adnary evening clothes, and noth\u00ading save his hag\u00adgard<\/span> look remained of the change that had star\u00adtled<\/span> me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI say,\u201d said the Edi\u00adtor hilar\u00adi\u00adous\u00adly<\/span>, \u201cthese chaps<\/span> here say you have been trav\u00adel\u00adling into the mid\u00addle of next week! Tell us all about lit\u00adtle Rose\u00adbery<\/span>, will you? What will you take for the lot?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Time Trav\u00adeller came to the place reserved for him with\u00adout a word. He smiled qui\u00adet\u00adly, in his old way. \u201cWhere\u2019s my mut\u00adton<\/span>?\u201d he said. \u201cWhat a treat it is to stick a fork into meat again!<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSto\u00adry!\u201d cried the Editor.<\/p>\n

\u201cSto\u00adry be damned!<\/span>\u201d said the Time Trav\u00adeller. \u201cI want some\u00adthing to eat. I won\u2019t say a word until I get some pep\u00adtone into my arter\u00adies<\/span>. Thanks. And the salt.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne word,\u201d said I. \u201cHave you been time travelling?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d said the Time Trav\u00adeller, with his mouth full, nod\u00adding his head.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d give a shilling a line<\/span> for a ver\u00adba\u00adtim<\/span> note,\u201d said the Edi\u00adtor. The Time Trav\u00adeller pushed his glass towards the Silent Man and rang it with his fin\u00adger\u00adnail; at which the Silent Man, who had been star\u00ading at his face, start\u00aded con\u00advul\u00adsive\u00adly<\/span>, and poured him wine. The rest of the din\u00adner was uncom\u00adfort\u00adable. For my own part, sud\u00adden ques\u00adtions kept on<\/span> ris\u00ading to my lips, and I dare say it was the same with the oth\u00aders. The Jour\u00adnal\u00adist tried to relieve the ten\u00adsion<\/span> by telling anec\u00addotes of Het\u00adtie Pot\u00adter. The Time Trav\u00adeller devot\u00aded his atten\u00adtion to his din\u00adner, and dis\u00adplayed the appetite of a tramp<\/span>. The Med\u00adical Man smoked a cig\u00ada\u00adrette, and watched the Time Trav\u00adeller through his eye\u00adlash\u00ades<\/span>. The Silent Man seemed even more clum\u00adsy<\/span> than usu\u00adal, and drank cham\u00adpagne<\/span> with reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adty and deter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion out of sheer ner\u00advous\u00adness. At last<\/span> the Time Trav\u00adeller pushed his plate away, and looked round us. \u201cI sup\u00adpose I must apol\u00ado\u00adgize,\u201d he said. \u201cI was sim\u00adply starv\u00ading<\/span>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had a most amaz\u00ading time.\u201d He reached out his hand for a cig\u00adar<\/span>, and cut the end. \u201cBut come into the smok\u00ading-room. It\u2019s too long a sto\u00adry to tell over greasy<\/span> plates.\u201d And ring\u00ading the bell in pass\u00ading, he led the way into the adjoin\u00ading<\/span> room.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have told Blank, and Dash, and Chose about the machine?\u201d he said to me, lean\u00ading back in his easy-chair and nam\u00ading the three new guests.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the thing\u2019s a mere para\u00addox,\u201d said the Editor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t argue tonight. I don\u2019t mind telling you<\/span> the sto\u00adry, but I can\u2019t argue. I will,\u201d he went on, \u201ctell you the sto\u00adry of what has hap\u00adpened to me, if you like, but you must refrain from<\/span> inter\u00adrup\u00adtions. I want to tell it. Bad\u00adly. Most of it will sound like lying. So be it! It\u2019s true \u2013 every word of it, all the same. I was in my lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry at four o\u2019clock, and since then\u2026 I\u2019ve lived eight days\u2026 such days as no human being ever lived before! I\u2019m near\u00adly worn out<\/span>, but I shan\u2019t sleep till I\u2019ve told this thing over to you. Then I shall go to bed. But no inter\u00adrup\u00adtions! Is it agreed?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAgreed,\u201d said the Edi\u00adtor, and the rest of us echoed \u201cAgreed.\u201d<\/p>\n

And with that the Time Trav\u00adeller began his sto\u00adry as I have set it forth<\/span>. He sat back in his chair at first, and spoke like a weary<\/span> man. After\u00adwards he got more ani\u00admat\u00aded. In writ\u00ading it down I feel with only too much keen\u00adness the inad\u00ade\u00adqua\u00adcy<\/span> of pen and ink \u2013 and, above all, my own inad\u00ade\u00adqua\u00adcy \u2013 to express its qual\u00adi\u00adty. You read, I will sup\u00adpose, atten\u00adtive\u00adly enough; but you can\u00adnot see the speaker\u2019s white, sin\u00adcere<\/span> face in the bright cir\u00adcle of the lit\u00adtle lamp, nor hear the into\u00adna\u00adtion of his voice. You can\u00adnot know how his expres\u00adsion fol\u00adlowed the turns of his sto\u00adry! Most of us hear\u00aders were in shad\u00adow, for the can\u00addles in the smok\u00ading-room had not been light\u00aded, and only the face of the Jour\u00adnal\u00adist and the legs of the Silent Man from the knees down\u00adward were illu\u00admi\u00adnat\u00aded<\/span>. At first we glanced now and again at each oth\u00ader. After a time we ceased to do that, and looked only at the Time Traveller\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

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inge\u00adnu\u00adity<\/span> \u02cc\u026an\u02a4\u026a\u02c8nju(\u02d0)\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>The qual\u00adi\u00adty of being clever, orig\u00adi\u00adnal, and inventive.<\/p>\n

in ambush<\/span> \u21d2 In wait in a con\u00adcealed posi\u00adtion\u00adwith an inten\u00adtion to make a sur\u00adprise attack on someone.<\/p>\n

lucid<\/span> \u02c8lu\u02d0s\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> Free from what obscures or dims: clear, trans\u00adpar\u00adent, limpid<\/span><\/p>\n

butch\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8b\u028a\u02a7\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>One that slaugh\u00adters and dress\u00ades ani\u00admals for food or market.<\/p>\n

more than a touch of whim<\/span> \u21d2 More than just a freak.<\/p>\n

the frame of<\/span> \u21d2 A men\u00adtal or phys\u00adi\u00adcal condition.<\/p>\n

deport\u00adment<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8p\u0254\u02d0t\u00adm\u0259nt<\/span> n <\/span>The man\u00adner in which one behaves: way, behav\u00adiour, con\u00adduct, actions<\/span><\/p>\n

egg-shell chi\u00adna<\/span> \u21d2 Chi\u00adnese porce\u00adlain char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by an exces\u00adsive\u00adly thin body under the glaze; chi\u00adna<\/span> \u02c8\u02a7a\u026an\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Dish\u00adware made of high qual\u00adi\u00adty porcelain.<\/p>\n

plau\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> \u02ccpl\u0254\u02d0z\u0259\u02c8b\u026al\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>Wor\u00adthi\u00adness of being believed.<\/p>\n

anachro\u00adnism<\/span> \u0259\u02c8n\u00e6kr\u0259n\u026azm<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing locat\u00aded at a time when it could not have exist\u00aded or occurred.<\/p>\n

utter<\/span> \u02c8\u028ct\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Com\u00adplete and absolute<\/p>\n

pre\u00adoc\u00adcu\u00adpied<\/span> pri(\u02d0)\u02c8\u0252kj\u028apa\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> Com\u00adplete\u00adly engrossed in thought: absorbed<\/span><\/p>\n

The Lin\u00adnean Soci\u00adety of Lon\u00addon<\/span> \u21d2 A learned soci\u00adety ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded to the study and dis\u00adsem\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion of infor\u00adma\u00adtion con\u00adcern\u00ading nat\u00adur\u00adal his\u00adto\u00adry and evolution.<\/p>\n

Tub\u00adin\u00adgen<\/span> \u21d2 A tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty town in cen\u00adtral Baden-W\u00fcrt\u00adtem\u00adberg, Germany.<\/p>\n

Rich\u00admond upon Thames<\/span> \u21d2 South\u00adwest Lon\u00addon Bor\u00adough home to the Nation\u00adal Phys\u00adi\u00adcal Lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry, The Nation\u00adal Archives and Roy\u00adal Botan\u00adic Gardens.<\/p>\n

to look round for<\/span> \u21d2 To be in search for.<\/p>\n

unavoid\u00adable<\/span> \u02cc\u028cn\u0259\u02c8v\u0254\u026ad\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Sure to hap\u00adpen: cer\u00adtain, inevitable, inescapable<\/span><\/p>\n

detain<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8te\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To main\u00adtain restrain\u00ading con\u00adtrol and pos\u00adses\u00adsion of: hold, hold up<\/span><\/p>\n

to lead off<\/span> \u21d2 To make a start, to open.<\/p>\n

spoil<\/span> sp\u0254\u02d0\u026al<\/span> v <\/span>To become bad, or unfit for use: decay<\/span><\/p>\n

there\u00adupon<\/span> \u02c8\u00f0e\u0259r\u0259\u02c8p\u0252n<\/span> v <\/span>Then; imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly.<\/p>\n

afore\u00admen\u00adtioned<\/span> \u0259\u02ccf\u0254\u02d0\u02c8m\u025bn\u0283\u0259nd<\/span> adj<\/span> Men\u00adtioned ear\u00adli\u00ader: above\u00admen\u00adtioned, afore\u00adnamed, aforesaid<\/span><\/p>\n

as far as some\u00adthing goes<\/span> \u21d2 As for, so far as some\u00adthing is concerned.<\/p>\n

spec\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccsp\u025bkj\u028a\u02c8le\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>A mes\u00adsage express\u00ading an opin\u00adion based on incom\u00adplete evi\u00addence: guess, con\u00adjec\u00adture, sup\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, sur\u00admise, sur\u00admisal, hypothesis<\/span><\/p>\n

joc\u00adu\u00adlar<\/span> \u02c8\u02a4\u0252kj\u028al\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by jokes and good humour.<\/p>\n

vol\u00adun\u00adteer<\/span> \u02ccv\u0252l\u0259n\u02c8t\u026a\u0259r<\/span> v <\/span>To put before anoth\u00ader for accep\u00adtance: offer, present, tender<\/span><\/p>\n

inge\u00adnious<\/span> \u026an\u02c8\u02a4i\u02d0ni\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Very smart or clever.<\/p>\n

hal\u00adlo<\/span> h\u0259\u02c8l\u0259\u028a<\/span> int<\/span> Used as a greeting.<\/p>\n

at last<\/span> \u21d2 After a long wait; finally.<\/p>\n

what\u2019s the mat\u00adter?<\/span> \u21d2 What\u2019s up, what\u2019s the problem?<\/p>\n

table\u00adful<\/span> \u02c8te\u026ablf\u028al<\/span> n <\/span>The num\u00adber of per\u00adsons that can be seat\u00aded at a table.<\/p>\n

plight<\/span> pla\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>Sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion, espe\u00adcial\u00adly a bad or unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate one.<\/p>\n

smear<\/span> sm\u026a\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To spread some\u00adthing over a surface.<\/p>\n

ghast\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8g\u0251\u02d0stli<\/span> adj<\/span> Very shock\u00ading or horrible.<\/p>\n

hag\u00adgard<\/span> \u02c8h\u00e6g\u0259d<\/span> adj<\/span> Pale,tired and exhaust\u00aded because of great hunger, wor\u00adry, sleep\u00adless\u00adness, pain, etc.: gaunt, wan, care\u00adworn, worn<\/span><\/p>\n

daz\u00adzle<\/span> \u02c8d\u00e6\u00adzl<\/span> v <\/span>To dim the vision of, espe\u00adcial\u00adly to blind with intense light: daze, bedaz\u00adzle<\/span><\/p>\n

limp<\/span> l\u026amp<\/span> n <\/span>Slow and awk\u00adward way of walk\u00ading caused by an injury to a leg or foot.<\/p>\n

foot\u00adsore<\/span> \u02c8f\u028at\u00ads\u0254\u02d0<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading sore or tired feet, as from too much walking.<\/p>\n

tramp<\/span> tr\u00e6mp<\/span> n <\/span>Walk\u00ading trip.<\/p>\n

cham\u00adpagne<\/span> \u0283\u00e6m\u02c8pe\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>White sparkling wine either pro\u00adduced in Cham\u00adpagne wine region in France or resem\u00adbling that pro\u00adduced there.<\/p>\n

flick\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8fl\u026ak\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>Shine unsteadi\u00adly.<\/p>\n

what on earth have you been up to<\/span> \u21d2 what for God\u2019s sake has hap\u00adpened to you.<\/p>\n

fal\u00adter\u00ading<\/span> \u02c8f\u0254\u02d0lt\u0259r\u026a\u014b<\/span> adj<\/span> Hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00ading, uncer\u00adtain, staggering.<\/p>\n

artic\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion<\/span> \u0251\u02d0\u02cct\u026akj\u028a\u02c8le\u026a\u0283(\u0259)n<\/span> n <\/span>The act of say\u00ading some\u00adthing in a way that can be clear\u00adly understood.<\/p>\n

to take a glass off at a draught<\/span> \u21d2 To drink every\u00adthing that is in a glass at a sin\u00adgle gulp.<\/p>\n

dull<\/span> d\u028cl<\/span> adj<\/span> Not clear and loud.<\/p>\n

mut\u00adton<\/span> \u02c8m\u028ctn<\/span> n <\/span>Flesh of ful\u00adly grown sheep.<\/p>\n

starve<\/span> st\u0251\u02d0v<\/span> v <\/span>To die or per\u00adish from lack of food or nourishment.<\/p>\n

lame\u00adness<\/span> \u02c8le\u026am\u00adn\u026as<\/span> n <\/span>Dis\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty of walk\u00ading due to crip\u00adpling of the legs or feet.<\/p>\n

pad<\/span> p\u00e6d<\/span> v <\/span>To line or stuff with soft material.<\/p>\n

foot\u00adfall<\/span> \u02c8f\u028at\u00adf\u0254\u02d0l<\/span> n <\/span>The sound made by some\u00adone walk\u00ading each time he takes a step.<\/p>\n

tat\u00adtered<\/span> \u02c8t\u00e6t\u0259d<\/span> adj<\/span> Worn or with hang\u00ading pieces of cloth.<\/p>\n

blood-stained<\/span> \u21d2 Made dirty with spots of blood.<\/p>\n

to have half a mind to<\/span> \u21d2 To be almost ready to.<\/p>\n

detest<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8t\u025bst<\/span> v <\/span>To feel abhor\u00adrence of or dis\u00adlike intense\u00adly: hate<\/span><\/p>\n

fuss<\/span> f\u028cs<\/span> n <\/span>Need\u00adless\u00adly ner\u00advous or use\u00adless activ\u00adi\u00adty or agi\u00adta\u00adtion: com\u00admo\u00adtion<\/span><\/p>\n

wool-gath\u00ader\u00ading<\/span> \u21d2 Absent-mind\u00aded, with one\u2019s head in the clouds; indul\u00adgence in fan\u00adci\u00adful daydreams.<\/p>\n

emi\u00adnent<\/span> \u02c8\u025bm\u026an\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Stand\u00ading above oth\u00aders in qual\u00adi\u00adty, height or position.<\/p>\n

wont<\/span> w\u0259\u028ant<\/span> n <\/span>An estab\u00adlished cus\u00adtom: habit<\/span><\/p>\n

cadger<\/span> \u02c8k\u00e6\u02a4\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adone who tries to get his liv\u00ading by trick\u00adery or beg\u00adging: beg\u00adger<\/span><\/p>\n

limp<\/span> l\u026amp<\/span> v <\/span>To walk in a slow and awk\u00adward way because of an injury to a leg or foot.<\/p>\n

grunt<\/span> gr\u028cnt<\/span> n <\/span>Low, indis\u00adtinct utter\u00adance of com\u00adplaint: mur\u00admur, grum\u00adble, mutter<\/span><\/p>\n

to fol\u00adlow suit<\/span> \u21d2 To play a card of the same suit as the one led; (here<\/span>) To do as anoth\u00ader has done; fol\u00adlow an example.<\/p>\n

exclam\u00ada\u00adto\u00adry<\/span> \u025bks\u02c8k\u00adl\u00e6m\u0259t\u0259ri<\/span> a<\/span>dj<\/span> Con\u00adtain\u00ading, relat\u00ading to, or using exclamation.<\/p>\n

won\u00adder\u00adment<\/span> \u02c8w\u028cnd\u0259m\u0259nt<\/span> n <\/span>Aston\u00adish\u00adment, awe, puzzlement.<\/p>\n

fer\u00advent<\/span> \u02c8f\u025c\u02d0v\u0259nt<\/span> adv<\/span> Hav\u00ading or show\u00ading great warmth or inten\u00adsi\u00adty of spir\u00adit, feel\u00ading, enthu\u00adsi\u00adasm, etc.: ardent<\/span><\/p>\n

to eke out<\/span> \u21d2 To sup\u00adple\u00adment what is scanty so as to make up or sup\u00adply deficiencies.<\/p>\n

cross\u00ading<\/span> \u02c8kr\u0252s\u026a\u014b<\/span> n <\/span>The process of cross\u00adbreed\u00ading; hybridization.<\/p>\n

Neb\u00aduchad\u00adnez\u00adzar phas\u00ades<\/span> \u21d2 Neb\u00aduchad\u00adnez\u00adzar (604? \u2013 561 B. C.<\/span>) a king of Baby\u00adlo\u00adnia and con\u00adqueror of Jerusalem; Neb\u00aduchad\u00adnez\u00adzar is in ref\u00ader\u00adence to the baby\u00adlon\u00adian king who was trans\u00adformed into a beast after los\u00ading his king\u00addom (Daniel 2:2\u201328<\/span>).<\/p>\n

to take up a sto\u00adry<\/span> \u21d2 To begin telling a sto\u00adry after some\u00adone else has start\u00aded it.<\/p>\n

incred\u00adu\u00adlous<\/span> \u026an\u02c8kr\u025bd\u00adj\u028al\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Refus\u00ading or reluc\u00adtant to believe: skep\u00adti\u00adcal, unbe\u00adliev\u00ading, dis\u00adbe\u00adliev\u00ading, questioning<\/span><\/p>\n

objec\u00adtion<\/span> \u0259b\u02c8\u02a4\u025bk\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>A rea\u00adson for dis\u00adagree\u00ading with or oppos\u00ading something<\/p>\n

an idea comes home to some\u00adone<\/span> \u21d2 To under\u00adstand, to grasp; to become con\u00adscious of.<\/p>\n

at any price<\/span> \u21d2 On no account, by no means.<\/p>\n

to heap ridicule on<\/span> \u21d2 To beset some\u00adone with ridicules.<\/p>\n

irrev\u00ader\u00adent<\/span> \u026a\u02c8r\u025bv\u0259r\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Lack\u00ading or exhibit\u00ading a lack of rev\u00ader\u00adence: dis\u00adre\u00adspect\u00adful<\/span><\/p>\n

star\u00adtle<\/span> \u02c8st\u0251\u02d0tl<\/span> v <\/span>To sur\u00adprise or fright\u00aden some\u00adone sud\u00adden\u00adly but not seri\u00adous\u00adly: fright\u00aden, scare, ter\u00adri\u00adfy, alarm<\/span><\/p>\n

hilar\u00adi\u00adous\u00adly<\/span> h\u026a\u02c8le\u0259r\u026a\u0259s\u00adli<\/span> adv<\/span> In a very fun\u00adny man\u00adner: uproar\u00adi\u00adous\u00adly<\/span><\/p>\n

chap<\/span> \u02a7\u00e6p<\/span> n <\/span>A man or boy; a fellow.<\/p>\n

lit\u00adtle Rose\u00adbery<\/span> \u21d2 An allu\u00adsion to Lord Rose\u00adbery (1847 \u2013 1929<\/span>) Prime Min\u00adis\u00adter of Eng\u00adland for a short time from March 1894 to June 1895. In 1894, his race\u00adhorse, Ladas, per\u00adformed the remark\u00adable feat of win\u00adning three major races. The epi\u00adthet \u201clit\u00adtle\u201d derives from Rosebery\u2019s boy\u00adish appear\u00adance. The Edi\u00adtor wants rac\u00ading tips and polit\u00adi\u00adcal infor\u00adma\u00adtion based on the Time Traveller\u2019s \u201cinside\u201d knowl\u00adedge of the future.<\/p>\n

what a treat it is to do some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 What a plea\u00adsure it is to do something<\/p>\n

Sto\u00adry be damned!<\/span> \u21d2 I don\u2019t care a bit about the story.<\/p>\n

to get a pep\u00adtone into on one\u2019s arter\u00adies<\/span> \u21d2 To eat some\u00adthing; pep\u00adtone<\/span> \u2329\u02c8p\u025bp\u00adt\u0259\u028an<\/span>\u232a n <\/span>A com\u00adpound obtained by acid or enzyme hydrol\u00ady\u00adsis of nat\u00adur\u00adal pro\u00adtein and used as nutri\u00adents in cul\u00adture media.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d give a shilling a line<\/span> \u21d2 I\u2019m ready to pay a shilling for each line.<\/p>\n

ver\u00adba\u00adtim<\/span> v\u025c\u02d0\u02c8be\u026at\u026am<\/span> adj<\/span> Employ\u00ading the very same words as anoth\u00ader: ver\u00adbal, lit\u00ader\u00adal, word-for-word<\/span><\/p>\n

con\u00advul\u00adsive\u00adly<\/span> k\u0259n\u02c8v\u028cl\u00ads\u026avli<\/span> adv<\/span> Spasmodically.<\/p>\n

keep on<\/span> \u21d2 To remain in a place or posi\u00adtion or main\u00adtain a prop\u00ader\u00adty or feature.<\/p>\n

ten\u00adsion<\/span> \u02c8t\u025bn\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Men\u00adtal, emo\u00adtion\u00adal, or ner\u00advous strain: pres\u00adsure, stress, strain<\/span><\/p>\n

tramp<\/span> tr\u00e6mp<\/span> n <\/span>One who trav\u00adels aim\u00adless\u00adly about on foot, doing odd jobs or beg\u00adging for a liv\u00ading: vagrant<\/span><\/p>\n

eye\u00adlash<\/span> \u02c8a\u026al\u00e6\u0283<\/span> n <\/span>Any of the short hairs fring\u00ading the edge of the eyelid.<\/p>\n

clum\u00adsy<\/span> \u02c8kl\u028cmzi<\/span> adj<\/span> Lack\u00ading phys\u00adi\u00adcal coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtion, skill, or grace: awk\u00adward<\/span><\/p>\n

cig\u00adar<\/span> s\u026a\u02c8g\u0251\u02d0<\/span> n <\/span>A more or less cylin\u00addri\u00adcal roll of tobac\u00adco cured for smok\u00ading, of any of var\u00adi\u00adous lengths, thick\u00adness\u00ades, degrees of straight\u00adness, etc., usu\u00adal\u00adly wrapped in a tobac\u00adco leaf.<\/p>\n

greasy<\/span> \u02c8gri\u02d0zi<\/span> adj<\/span> Coat\u00aded with grease: oily, oleagi\u00adnous<\/span><\/p>\n

adjoin\u00ading<\/span> \u0259\u02c8\u02a4\u0254\u026an\u026a\u014b<\/span> adj<\/span> Being con\u00adtigu\u00adous or next to: touch\u00ading, neigh\u00adbor\u00ading, bound\u00ading, bordering<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t mind doing some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 I\u2019m not opposed to doing something<\/p>\n

refrain form<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8fre\u026an f\u0254\u02d0m<\/span> v <\/span>To hold back from doing something.<\/p>\n

worn out<\/span> \u21d2 Very tired, absolute\u00adly exhausted.<\/p>\n

to set forth<\/span> \u21d2 To make some\u00adthing known, state clear\u00adly and in detail.<\/p>\n

weary<\/span> \u02c8w\u026a\u0259ri<\/span> adj<\/span> Phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly or men\u00adtal\u00adly tired or exhausted.<\/p>\n

inad\u00ade\u00adqua\u00adcy<\/span> \u026an\u02c8\u00e6d\u026ak\u00adw\u0259si<\/span> n<\/span> The con\u00addi\u00adtion of being inca\u00adpable of accom\u00adplish\u00ading or effect\u00ading any\u00adthing: inef\u00adfec\u00adtive\u00adness, incapability<\/span><\/p>\n

sin\u00adcere<\/span> s\u026an\u02c8s\u026a\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Free of deceit, hypocrisy, or false\u00adness: earnest<\/span><\/p>\n

illu\u00admi\u00adnate<\/span> \u026a\u02c8lju\u02d0m\u026ane\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To make lighter or brighter; to sup\u00adply or bright\u00aden with light; light up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cI told<\/span> some of you last Thurs\u00adday of the prin\u00adci\u00adples of the Time Machine, and showed you the actu\u00adal thing itself, incom\u00adplete in the work\u00adshop. There it is now, a lit\u00adtle trav\u00adel-worn, tru\u00adly; and one of the ivory bars is cracked, and a brass<\/span> rail bent; but the rest of it\u2019s sound enough. I expect\u00aded to fin\u00adish it on Fri\u00adday, but on Fri\u00adday, when the putting togeth\u00ader was near\u00adly done, I found that one of the nick\u00adel bars was exact\u00adly one inch too short, and this I had to get remade; so that the thing was not com\u00adplete until this morn\u00ading. It was at ten o\u2019clock today that the first of all Time Machines began its career. I gave it a last tap<\/span>, tried all the screws again, put one more drop of oil on the quartz<\/span> rod<\/span>, and sat myself in the sad\u00addle<\/span>. I sup\u00adpose a sui\u00adcide who holds a pis\u00adtol to his skull feels much the same won\u00adder at what will come next as I felt then. I took the start\u00ading lever<\/span> in one hand and the stop\u00adping one in the oth\u00ader, pressed the first, and almost imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly the sec\u00adond. I seemed to<\/span> reel<\/span>; I felt a night\u00admare sen\u00adsa\u00adtion of falling; and, look\u00ading round, I saw the lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry exact\u00adly as before. Had any\u00adthing hap\u00adpened? For a moment I sus\u00adpect\u00aded that my intel\u00adlect had tricked me. Then I not\u00aded the clock. A moment before, as it seemed, it had stood at a minute or so<\/span> past ten; now it was near\u00adly half-past three!<\/p>\n

\u201cI drew a breath, set my teeth<\/span>, gripped<\/span> the start\u00ading lever<\/span> with both hands, and went off with a thud<\/span>. The lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry got hazy<\/span> and went dark. Mrs. Watch\u00adett came in and walked, appar\u00adent\u00adly with\u00adout see\u00ading me, towards the gar\u00adden door. I sup\u00adpose it took her a minute or so<\/span> to tra\u00adverse<\/span> the place, but to me she seemed to shoot across<\/span> the room like a rock\u00adet. I pressed the lever<\/span> over to its extreme posi\u00adtion. The night came like the turn\u00ading out of a lamp<\/span>, and in anoth\u00ader moment came tomor\u00adrow. The lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry grew faint and hazy<\/span>, then fainter and ever fainter. Tomor\u00adrow night came black, then day again, night again, day again, faster and faster still. An eddy\u00ading<\/span> mur\u00admur<\/span> filled my ears, and a strange, dumb con\u00adfused\u00adness descend\u00aded on my mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am afraid I can\u00adnot con\u00advey the pecu\u00adliar<\/span> sen\u00adsa\u00adtions of time trav\u00adel\u00adling. They are exces\u00adsive\u00adly<\/span> unpleas\u00adant. There is a feel\u00ading exact\u00adly like that one has upon a switch\u00adback<\/span> \u2013 of a help\u00adless head\u00adlong<\/span> motion! I felt the same hor\u00adri\u00adble antic\u00adi\u00adpa\u00adtion<\/span>, too, of an immi\u00adnent<\/span> smash<\/span>. As I put on pace<\/span>, night fol\u00adlowed day like the flap\u00adping<\/span> of a black wing. The dim sug\u00adges\u00adtion of the lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry seemed present\u00adly to fall away from me, and I saw the sun hop\u00adping<\/span> swift\u00adly across the sky, leap\u00ading it every minute, and every minute mark\u00ading a day. I sup\u00adposed the lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry had been destroyed and I had come into the open air. I had a dim impres\u00adsion of scaf\u00adfold\u00ading<\/span>, but I was already going too fast to be con\u00adscious of any mov\u00ading things. The slow\u00adest snail<\/span> that ever crawled dashed by too fast for me. The twin\u00adkling<\/span> suc\u00adces\u00adsion<\/span> of dark\u00adness and light was exces\u00adsive\u00adly painful to the eye. Then, in the inter\u00admit\u00adtent<\/span> dark\u00adness\u00ades, I saw the moon spin\u00adning swift\u00adly through her quar\u00adters from new to full, and had a faint glimpse<\/span> of the cir\u00adcling stars. Present\u00adly, as I went on, still gain\u00ading veloc\u00adi\u00adty<\/span>, the pal\u00adpi\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> of night and day merged into one con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous grey\u00adness; the sky took on a won\u00adder\u00adful deep\u00adness of blue, a splen\u00addid<\/span> lumi\u00adnous<\/span> col\u00ador like that of ear\u00adly twi\u00adlight<\/span>; the jerk\u00ading<\/span> sun became a streak<\/span> of fire, a bril\u00adliant arch, in space; the moon a fainter fluc\u00adtu\u00adat\u00ading<\/span> band; and I could see noth\u00ading of the stars, save now and then a brighter cir\u00adcle flick\u00ader\u00ading<\/span> in the blue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe land\u00adscape was misty<\/span> and vague<\/span>. I was still on the hill-side upon which this house now stands, and the shoul\u00adder rose above me grey and dim. I saw trees grow\u00ading and chang\u00ading like puffs<\/span> of vapour<\/span>, now brown, now green; they grew, spread, shiv\u00adered<\/span>, and passed away. I saw huge build\u00adings rise up faint and fair, and pass like dreams. The whole sur\u00adface of the earth seemed changed \u2013 melt\u00ading and flow\u00ading under my eyes. The lit\u00adtle hands<\/span> upon the dials<\/span> that reg\u00adis\u00adtered my speed raced round faster and faster. Present\u00adly I not\u00aded that the sun belt swayed<\/span> up and down, from sol\u00adstice<\/span> to sol\u00adstice<\/span>, in a minute or less, and that con\u00adse\u00adquent\u00adly my pace was over a year a minute; and minute by minute the white snow flashed across the world, and van\u00adished, and was fol\u00adlowed by the bright, brief green of spring.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe unpleas\u00adant sen\u00adsa\u00adtions of the start were less poignant<\/span> now. They merged at last<\/span> into a kind of hys\u00adter\u00adi\u00adcal exhil\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion<\/span>.<\/p>\n

I remarked indeed a clum\u00adsy<\/span> sway\u00ading<\/span> of the machine, for which I was unable to account. But my mind was too con\u00adfused to attend to it<\/span>, so with a kind of mad\u00adness grow\u00ading upon me, I flung myself into futu\u00adri\u00adty<\/span>. At first I scarce thought of<\/span> stop\u00adping, scarce thought of<\/span> any\u00adthing but these new sen\u00adsa\u00adtions. But present\u00adly a fresh series of impres\u00adsions grew up in my mind \u2013 a ser\u00adtain curios\u00adi\u00adty and there\u00adwith<\/span> a cer\u00adtain dread<\/span> \u2013 until at last<\/span> they took com\u00adplete pos\u00adses\u00adsion of me<\/span>. What strange devel\u00adop\u00adments of human\u00adi\u00adty, what won\u00adder\u00adful advances upon our rudi\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry<\/span> civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion, I thought, might not appear when I came to look near\u00adly into the dim elu\u00adsive<\/span> world that raced and fluc\u00adtu\u00adat\u00aded<\/span> before my eyes! I saw great and splen\u00addid<\/span> archi\u00adtec\u00adture ris\u00ading about me, more mas\u00adsive than any build\u00adings of our own time, and yet, as it seemed, built of glim\u00admer<\/span> and mist<\/span>. I saw a rich\u00ader green flow up the hill-side, and remain there, with\u00adout any win\u00adtry<\/span> inter\u00admis\u00adsion<\/span>. Even through the veil<\/span> of my con\u00adfu\u00adsion the earth seemed very fair. And so my mind came round to the busi\u00adness<\/span> of stop\u00adping, \u201cThe pecu\u00adliar<\/span> risk lay in the pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of my find\u00ading some sub\u00adstance in the space which I, or the machine, occu\u00adpied. So long as I trav\u00adelled at a high veloc\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> through time, this scarce\u00adly<\/span> mat\u00adtered; I was, so to speak<\/span>, atten\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded<\/span> \u2013 was slip\u00adping like a vapour<\/span> through the inter\u00adstices<\/span> of inter\u00adven\u00ading substances!<\/p>\n

But to come to a stop<\/span> involved the jam\u00adming of myself, mol\u00ade\u00adcule by mol\u00ade\u00adcule, into what\u00adev\u00ader lay in my way; meant bring\u00ading my atoms into such inti\u00admate con\u00adtact with those of the obsta\u00adcle that a pro\u00adfound chem\u00adi\u00adcal reac\u00adtion \u2013 pos\u00adsi\u00adbly a far-reach\u00ading explo\u00adsion \u2013 would result, and blow myself and my appa\u00adra\u00adtus out of all pos\u00adsi\u00adble dimen\u00adsions \u2013 into the Unknown. This pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty had occurred to me again and again while I was mak\u00ading the machine; but then I had cheer\u00adful\u00adly accept\u00aded it as an unavoid\u00adable risk \u2013 one of the risks a man has got to take! Now the risk was inevitable, I no longer saw it in the same cheer\u00adful light. The fact is that insen\u00adsi\u00adbly, the absolute strange\u00adness of every\u00adthing, the sick\u00adly jar\u00adring<\/span> and sway\u00ading<\/span> of the machine, above all, the feel\u00ading of pro\u00adlonged<\/span> falling, had absolute\u00adly upset my nerve<\/span>. I told myself that I could nev\u00ader stop, and with a gust of<\/span> petu\u00adlance<\/span> I resolved to stop forth\u00adwith<\/span>. Like an impa\u00adtient fool, I lugged over<\/span> the lever<\/span>, and incon\u00adti\u00adnent\u00adly<\/span> the thing went reel\u00ading<\/span> over, and I was flung head\u00adlong<\/span> through the air.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was the sound of a clap<\/span> of thun\u00adder in my ears. I may have been stunned<\/span> for a moment. A piti\u00adless hail<\/span> was hiss\u00ading<\/span> round me, and I was sit\u00adting on soft turf<\/span> in front of the over\u00adset<\/span> machine. Every\u00adthing still seemed grey, but present\u00adly I remarked that the con\u00adfu\u00adsion in my ears was gone. I looked round me. I was on what seemed to be a lit\u00adtle lawn<\/span> in a gar\u00adden, sur\u00adround\u00aded by rhodo\u00adden\u00addron<\/span> bush\u00ades, and I noticed that their mauve<\/span> and pur\u00adple blos\u00adsoms<\/span> were drop\u00adping in a show\u00ader under the beat\u00ading of the hail<\/span>-stones. The rebound\u00ading<\/span>, danc\u00ading hail<\/span> hung in a cloud over the machine, and drove along the ground like smoke. In a moment I was wet to the skin<\/span>. \u2018Fine hos\u00adpi\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty,\u2019 said I, \u2018to a man who has trav\u00adelled years to see you.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cPresent\u00adly I thought what a fool I was to get wet. I stood up and looked round me. A colos\u00adsal fig\u00adure, carved appar\u00adent\u00adly in some white stone, loomed<\/span> indis\u00adtinct\u00adly<\/span> beyond the rhodo\u00adden\u00addrons<\/span> through the hazy<\/span> down\u00adpour<\/span>. But all else of the world was invisible.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sen\u00adsa\u00adtions would be hard to describe. As the columns of hail<\/span> grew thin\u00adner, I saw the white fig\u00adure more dis\u00adtinct\u00adly. It was very large, for a sil\u00adver birch-tree<\/span> touched its shoul\u00adder. It was of white mar\u00adble<\/span>, in shape some\u00adthing like a winged sphinx<\/span>, but the wings, instead of being car\u00adried ver\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly at the sides, were spread so that it seemed to hov\u00ader<\/span>. The pedestal<\/span>, it appeared to me, was of bronze, and was thick with verdi\u00adgris<\/span>. It chanced that<\/span> the face was towards me; the sight\u00adless eyes seemed to watch me; there was the faint shad\u00adow of a smile on the lips. It was great\u00adly weath\u00ader-worn<\/span>, and that impart\u00aded<\/span> an unpleas\u00adant sug\u00adges\u00adtion of dis\u00adease. I stood look\u00ading at it for a lit\u00adtle space \u2013 half a minute, per\u00adhaps, or half an hour. It seemed to advance and to recede<\/span> as the hail<\/span> drove before it denser<\/span> or thin\u00adner. At last<\/span> I tore my eyes from it for a moment and saw that the hail<\/span> cur\u00adtain had worn thread\u00adbare<\/span>, and that the sky was light\u00aden\u00ading<\/span> with the promise of the Sun.<\/p>\n

\u201cI looked up again at the crouch\u00ading<\/span> white shape, and the full temer\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> of my voy\u00adage<\/span> came sud\u00adden\u00adly upon me<\/span>. What might appear when that hazy<\/span> cur\u00adtain was alto\u00adgeth\u00ader with\u00addrawn? What might not have hap\u00adpened to men? What if cru\u00adel\u00adty had grown into a com\u00admon pas\u00adsion? What if in this inter\u00adval the race had lost its man\u00adli\u00adness<\/span> and had devel\u00adoped into some\u00adthing inhu\u00adman, unsym\u00adpa\u00adthet\u00adic<\/span>, and over\u00adwhelm\u00ading\u00adly<\/span> pow\u00ader\u00adful? I might seem some old-world sav\u00adage ani\u00admal, only the more dread\u00adful<\/span> and dis\u00adgust\u00ading<\/span> for our com\u00admon like\u00adness<\/span> \u2013 a foul crea\u00adture to be incon\u00adti\u00adnent\u00adly<\/span> slain<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlready I saw oth\u00ader vast shapes \u2013 huge build\u00adings with intri\u00adcate<\/span> para\u00adpets<\/span> and tall columns, with a wood\u00aded<\/span> hill-side dim\u00adly creep\u00ading in upon me through the less\u00aden\u00ading<\/span> storm. I was seized with a pan\u00adic fear. I turned fran\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly<\/span> to the Time Machine, and strove<\/span> hard to read\u00adjust it. As I did so the shafts<\/span> of the sun smote<\/span> through the thun\u00adder\u00adstorm<\/span>. The grey down\u00adpour<\/span> was swept aside<\/span> and van\u00adished like the trail\u00ading gar\u00adments<\/span> of a ghost. Above me, in the intense blue of the sum\u00admer sky, some faint brown shreds<\/span> of cloud whirled<\/span> into noth\u00ading\u00adness. The great build\u00adings about me stood out clear and dis\u00adtinct, shin\u00ading with the wet of the thun\u00adder\u00adstorm<\/span>, and picked out<\/span> in white by the unmelt\u00aded hail\u00adstones<\/span> piled along their cours\u00ades<\/span>. I felt naked in a strange world. I felt as per\u00adhaps a bird may feel in the clear air, know\u00ading the hawk<\/span> wings above and will swoop<\/span>. My fear grew to fren\u00adzy<\/span>. I took a breath\u00ading space<\/span>, set my teeth<\/span>, and again grap\u00adpled<\/span> fierce\u00adly, wrist and knee, with the machine. It gave under my des\u00adper\u00adate onset<\/span> and turned over. It struck my chin vio\u00adlent\u00adly. One hand on the sad\u00addle<\/span>, the oth\u00ader on the lever<\/span>, I stood pant\u00adi\u00adng heav\u00adi\u00adly in atti\u00adtude to mount again.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut with this recov\u00adery of a prompt<\/span> retreat<\/span> my courage recov\u00adered. I looked more curi\u00adous\u00adly and less fear\u00adful\u00adly at this world of the remote future. In a cir\u00adcu\u00adlar open\u00ading, high up in the wall of the near\u00ader house, I saw a group of fig\u00adures clad<\/span> in rich soft robes<\/span>. They had seen me, and their faces were direct\u00aded towards me.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I heard voic\u00ades approach\u00ading me. Com\u00ading through the bush\u00ades by the White Sphinx were the heads and shoul\u00adders of men run\u00adning. One of these emerged in a path\u00adway lead\u00ading straight to the lit\u00adtle lawn upon which I stood with my machine. He was a slight crea\u00adture \u2013 per\u00adhaps four feet high \u2013 clad<\/span> in a pur\u00adple tunic<\/span>, gir\u00addled<\/span> at the waist with a leather belt. San\u00addals<\/span> or buskins<\/span> \u2013 I could not clear\u00adly dis\u00adtin\u00adguish which \u2013 were on his feet; his legs were bare to the knees, and his head was bare. Notic\u00ading that, I noticed for the first time how warm the air was.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe struck me as being a very beau\u00adti\u00adful and grace\u00adful crea\u00adture, but inde\u00adscrib\u00adably<\/span> frail<\/span>. His flushed face remind\u00aded me of the more beau\u00adti\u00adful kind of con\u00adsump\u00adtive<\/span> \u2013 that hec\u00adtic<\/span> beau\u00adty of which we used to hear so much. At the sight of him<\/span> I sud\u00adden\u00adly regained con\u00adfi\u00addence. I took my hands from the machine.<\/p>\n

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brass<\/span> br\u0251\u02d0s<\/span> n <\/span>Yel\u00adlow\u00adish alloy of cop\u00adper and zinc, some\u00adtimes includ\u00ading small amounts of oth\u00ader metals.<\/p>\n

to give some\u00adthing the last<\/span> tap<\/span> \u21d2 To make a final check of something<\/p>\n

quartz<\/span> kw\u0254\u02d0ts<\/span> n <\/span>Hard, colour\u00adless, trans\u00adpar\u00adent min\u00ader\u00adal sub\u00adstance, used in mak\u00ading elec\u00adtron\u00adic equip\u00adment and accu\u00adrate watch\u00ades and clocks.<\/p>\n

rod<\/span> r\u0252d<\/span> n <\/span>Rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly long, straight piece of met\u00adal or oth\u00ader sol\u00adid mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal: bar, stick, shaft, slab<\/span><\/p>\n

sad\u00addle<\/span> \u02c8s\u00e6dl<\/span> n <\/span>The seat of a bicy\u00adcle, motor\u00adcy\u00adcle, or sim\u00adi\u00adlar vehicle.<\/p>\n

lever<\/span> \u02c8li\u02d0v\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Pro\u00adject\u00ading han\u00addle used to adjust or oper\u00adate a mechanism.<\/p>\n

seemed to<\/span> \u21d2 To appear to one\u2019s own mind, sens\u00ades, etc.<\/p>\n

reel<\/span> ri\u02d0l<\/span> v <\/span>To revolve quick\u00adly and repeat\u00aded\u00adly around one\u2019s own axis.<\/p>\n

or so<\/span> \u21d2 (of quan\u00adti\u00adties<\/span>) Impre\u00adcise but fair\u00adly close to.<\/p>\n

set one\u2019s teeth<\/span> \u21d2 To pre\u00adpare to meet firm\u00adly some\u00adthing dif\u00adfi\u00adcult or unpleasant.<\/p>\n

grip<\/span> gr\u026ap<\/span> v <\/span>To seize firmly.<\/p>\n

thud<\/span> \u03b8\u028cd<\/span> n <\/span>Dull sound, as that of a heavy object strik\u00ading a sol\u00adid surface.<\/p>\n

hazy<\/span> \u02c8he\u026azi<\/span> adj<\/span> Filled or abound\u00ading with fog or mist: bru\u00admous, fog\u00adgy, misty<\/span><\/p>\n

tra\u00adverse<\/span> \u02c8tr\u00e6v\u0259(\u02d0)s<\/span> v <\/span>To move over, along, through, or across.<\/p>\n

to shoot across some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To pass very quick\u00adly through.<\/p>\n

to turn out a lamp<\/span> \u21d2 To switch off a lamp.<\/p>\n

eddy<\/span> \u02c8\u025bdi<\/span> v <\/span>To move like a rapid rotary cur\u00adrent of liq\u00aduid: whirl, swirl<\/span><\/p>\n

mur\u00admur<\/span> \u02c8m\u025c\u02d0m\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To make a low, con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous sound.<\/p>\n

pecu\u00adliar<\/span> p\u026a\u02c8kju\u02d0li\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Not usu\u00adal or normal.<\/p>\n

exces\u00adsive<\/span> \u026ak\u02c8s\u025bs\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Exceed\u00ading a nor\u00admal or rea\u00adson\u00adable lim\u00adit: extreme, undue, extrav\u00ada\u00adgant, immod\u00ader\u00adate, overmuch<\/span><\/p>\n

switch\u00adback<\/span> \u02c8sw\u026a\u02a7b\u00e6k<\/span> n <\/span>Road, trail, or rail\u00adroad track that ascends a steep incline in a zigzag course; a roller coaster.<\/p>\n

head\u00adlong<\/span> \u02c8h\u025bdl\u0252\u014b<\/span> adv<\/span> With the head lead\u00ading: head\u00adfirst<\/span><\/p>\n

antic\u00adi\u00adpa\u00adtion<\/span> \u00e6n\u02cct\u026as\u026a\u02c8pe\u026a\u0283(\u0259)n<\/span> n <\/span>The state of being hap\u00adpy and excit\u00aded about some\u00adthing upcoming.<\/p>\n

immi\u00adnent<\/span> \u02c8\u026am\u026an\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Some\u00adthing that is like\u00adly to hap\u00adpen very soon.<\/p>\n

smash<\/span> sm\u00e6\u0283<\/span> n <\/span>Heavy blow, hit or collision.<\/p>\n

to put on pace<\/span> \u21d2 To has\u00adten, to hurry.<\/p>\n

flap<\/span> fl\u00e6p<\/span> v <\/span>To move (wings, arms, etc<\/span>): beat, wave, flop, flut\u00adter, waggle<\/span><\/p>\n

hop<\/span> h\u0252p<\/span> v <\/span>To move with light bound\u00ading leaps; to move quick\u00adly or busily.<\/p>\n

scaf\u00adfold\u00ading<\/span> \u02c8sk\u00e6f\u0259ld\u026a\u014b<\/span> n <\/span>Mate\u00adri\u00adals used for con\u00adstruct\u00ading plat\u00adforms or frameworks.<\/p>\n

snail<\/span> sne\u026al<\/span> n <\/span>Fresh\u00adwa\u00adter, marine or ter\u00adres\u00adtri\u00adal gas\u00adtro\u00adpod mol\u00adlusk usu\u00adal\u00adly hav\u00ading an exter\u00adnal enclos\u00ading spi\u00adral shell.<\/p>\n

twin\u00adkle<\/span> \u02c8tw\u026a\u014bkl<\/span> v <\/span>To shine with inter\u00admit\u00adtent gleams: flash, wink, blink, flick\u00ader, glimmer<\/span><\/p>\n

suc\u00adces\u00adsion<\/span> s\u0259k\u02c8s\u025b\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Way in which things fol\u00adlow each oth\u00ader: order, sequence, pro\u00adces\u00adsion, consecution<\/span><\/p>\n

inter\u00admit\u00adtent<\/span> \u02cc\u026ant\u0259(\u02d0)\u02c8m\u026at\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Stop\u00adping and start\u00ading at inter\u00advals: occa\u00adsion\u00adal, peri\u00adod\u00adic, spo\u00adradic, fitful<\/span><\/p>\n

to<\/span> have a glimpse<\/span> \u21d2 To catch a sight of, to spot.<\/p>\n

to gain veloc\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> \u21d2 To gather\/pick up speed.<\/p>\n

pal\u00adpi\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccp\u00e6lp\u026a\u02c8te\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Trem\u00adbling or shak\u00ading; irreg\u00adu\u00adlar, rapid beat\u00ading or pulsation.<\/p>\n

splen\u00addid<\/span> \u02c8spl\u025bnd\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> Bril\u00adliant or fine, espe\u00adcial\u00adly in appear\u00adance: excel\u00adlent, won\u00adder\u00adful, marvellous<\/span><\/p>\n

lumi\u00adnous<\/span> \u02c8lu\u02d0m\u026an\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Soft\u00adly bright or radiant.<\/p>\n

twi\u00adlight<\/span> \u02c8twa\u026ala\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>The time of day imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly fol\u00adlow\u00ading sun\u00adset in which the light from the sky is diffused.<\/p>\n

jerk<\/span> \u02a4\u025c\u02d0k<\/span> v <\/span>To move in sud\u00adden abrupt motions: jolt<\/span><\/p>\n

streak<\/span> stri\u02d0k<\/span> n <\/span>Line or band dif\u00adfer\u00aden\u00adti\u00adat\u00aded by col\u00ador or tex\u00adture from its sur\u00adround\u00adings: trace<\/span><\/p>\n

fluc\u00adtu\u00adate<\/span> \u02c8fl\u028ck\u00adtj\u028ae\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To vary irregularly.<\/p>\n

flick\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8fl\u026ak\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To move waveringly.<\/p>\n

misty<\/span> \u02c8m\u026asti<\/span> adj<\/span> Cov\u00adered by a thin coat\u00ading: dim, hazy, filmy, becloud\u00aded, blurred, fog\u00adgy, indistinct<\/span><\/p>\n

vague<\/span> ve\u026ag<\/span> adj<\/span> Not clear\u00adly per\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble: faint, dim, obscure, hazy, misty, bleary, cloudy, unclear<\/span><\/p>\n

puff<\/span> p\u028cf<\/span> n<\/span> Brief, sud\u00adden emis\u00adsion of air, vapour, or smoke.<\/p>\n

vapour<\/span> \u02c8ve\u026ap\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Cloudy dif\u00adfused mat\u00adter, such as mist, fumes, or smoke, sus\u00adpend\u00aded in the air.<\/p>\n

shiv\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8\u0283\u026av\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To shake slight\u00adly because of cold, fear, etc.<\/p>\n

hand<\/span> h\u00e6nd<\/span> n <\/span>Any of the rotat\u00ading point\u00aders used as index\u00ades on the face of a mechan\u00adi\u00adcal clock or dial.<\/p>\n

dial<\/span> \u02c8da\u026a\u0259l<\/span> n <\/span>Grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded sur\u00adface on which a mea\u00adsure\u00adment, such as speed, is indi\u00adcat\u00aded by a mov\u00ading nee\u00addle or point\u00ader; the face of a clock.<\/p>\n

sway<\/span> swe\u026a<\/span> v <\/span>To move back and forth or from side to side: weave, stag\u00adger, teeter, waver<\/span><\/p>\n

sol\u00adstice<\/span> \u02c8s\u0252l\u00adst\u026as<\/span> n <\/span>Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its great\u00adest dis\u00adtance from the celes\u00adtial equator.<\/p>\n

poignant<\/span> \u02c8p\u0254\u026an\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly painful; piercing.<\/p>\n

at last<\/span> \u21d2 After a long wait; finally.<\/p>\n

exhil\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion<\/span> \u026ag\u02ccz\u026al\u0259\u02c8re\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>The state of being stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded, refre\u00adshed, or elat\u00aded: ani\u00adma\u00adtion, ela\u00adtion, eupho\u00adria, exaltation<\/span><\/p>\n

clum\u00adsy<\/span> \u02c8kl\u028cmzi<\/span> adj<\/span> Lack\u00ading phys\u00adi\u00adcal coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtion, skill, or grace: awk\u00adward<\/span><\/p>\n

to attend to some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To pay atten\u00adtion to something<\/p>\n

futu\u00adri\u00adty<\/span> fju(\u02d0)\u02c8tj\u028a\u0259r\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>The future.<\/p>\n

I scarce thought of<\/span> \u21d2 I didn\u2019t think of, I hard\u00adly thought of; scarce<\/span> ske\u0259s<\/span> adv<\/span> Scarce\u00adly, only just.<\/p>\n

there\u00adwith<\/span> \u00f0e\u0259\u02c8w\u026a\u03b8<\/span> adv<\/span> In addi\u00adtion to; right after that.<\/p>\n

dread<\/span> dr\u025bd<\/span> n <\/span>Fear\u00adful expec\u00adta\u00adtion or anticipation.<\/p>\n

to take pos\u00adses\u00adsion of some\u00adone<\/span> \u21d2 To seize, to gain influ\u00adence or con\u00adtrol over.<\/p>\n

rudi\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry<\/span> \u02ccru\u02d0d\u026a\u02c8m\u025bn\u00adt\u0259ri<\/span> a<\/span>dj<\/span> Ele\u00admen\u00adtary; being in the ear\u00adli\u00adest stages of development.<\/p>\n

elu\u00adsive<\/span> \u026a\u02c8lu\u02d0s\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Tend\u00ading to elude cap\u00adture, per\u00adcep\u00adtion, etc.: eva\u00adsive, slippery<\/span><\/p>\n

fluc\u00adtu\u00adate<\/span> \u02c8fl\u028ck\u00adtj\u028ae\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To vary irregularly.<\/p>\n

glim\u00admer<\/span> \u02c8gl\u026am\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>A flash of light: gleam, gleam\u00ading<\/span><\/p>\n

mist<\/span> m\u026ast<\/span> n <\/span>Mass of fine droplets of water in the atmos\u00adphere near or in con\u00adtact with the earth: fog<\/span><\/p>\n

win\u00adtry<\/span> \u02c8w\u026an\u00adtri<\/span> adj<\/span> Very cold: icy, polar, frosty, freezing<\/span><\/p>\n

inter\u00admis\u00adsion<\/span> \u02cc\u026ant\u0259(\u02d0)\u02c8m\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>An inter\u00adval of time between peri\u00adods of activity.<\/p>\n

veil<\/span> ve\u026al<\/span> n <\/span>A piece of opaque, trans\u00adpar\u00adent, or mesh mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal worn over the face for con\u00adceal\u00adment or pro\u00adtec\u00adtion or to enhance the appear\u00adance: cov\u00ader, mask, cloak, veneer<\/span><\/p>\n

my mind came round to the busi\u00adness of<\/span> \u21d2 my mind returned to the idea of.<\/p>\n

veloc\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> v\u026a\u02c8l\u0252s\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>Rapid\u00adi\u00adty of motion or oper\u00ada\u00adtion: swift\u00adness; speed<\/span><\/p>\n

scarce\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8ske\u0259s\u00adli<\/span> adv<\/span> Bare\u00adly; hard\u00adly; not quite, almost not.<\/p>\n

so to speak<\/span> \u21d2 If I can express in that way.<\/p>\n

atten\u00adu\u00adate<\/span> \u0259\u02c8t\u025bn\u00adj\u028ae\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To lessen the ener\u00adgy or strength of: weak\u00aden, under\u00admine, sap, enfeeble<\/span><\/p>\n

inter\u00adstice<\/span> \u026an\u02c8t\u025c\u02d0st\u026as<\/span> n <\/span>Small or nar\u00adrow space between things.<\/p>\n

to come to a stop<\/span> \u21d2 To cease, to halt.<\/p>\n

jar<\/span> \u02a4\u0251\u02d0<\/span> v <\/span>To hit or shake forcefully.<\/p>\n

pro\u00adlonged<\/span> pr\u0259\u028a\u02c8l\u0252\u014bd<\/span> adj<\/span> Length\u00adened in duration.<\/p>\n

to upset one\u2019s nerves<\/span> \u21d2 dis\u00adturb one\u2019s composture.<\/p>\n

a gust of<\/span> \u21d2 A sud\u00adden rush of.<\/p>\n

petu\u00adlance<\/span> \u02c8p\u025btj\u028al\u0259ns<\/span> n <\/span>The con\u00addi\u00adtion or qual\u00adi\u00adty of being irri\u00adta\u00adble, peev\u00adish, or impa\u00adtient: bad tem\u00adper, irritability<\/span><\/p>\n

forth\u00adwith<\/span> \u02c8f\u0254\u02d0\u03b8\u02c8w\u026a\u03b8<\/span> adv<\/span> With\u00adout delay: now, direct\u00adly, imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly, at once<\/span><\/p>\n

to lug over<\/span> \u21d2 To pull with great effort.<\/p>\n

incon\u00adti\u00adnent\u00adly<\/span> \u026an\u02c8k\u0252n\u00adt\u026an\u0259ntli<\/span> adv<\/span> Imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly, instantaneously.<\/p>\n

reel<\/span> ri\u02d0l<\/span> v <\/span>Revolve quick\u00adly and repeat\u00aded\u00adly around one\u2019s own axis: spin, spin around, whirl<\/span><\/p>\n

clap<\/span> kl\u00e6p<\/span> n <\/span>Sud\u00adden, loud, explo\u00adsive sound.<\/p>\n

stun<\/span> st\u028cn<\/span> v <\/span>To ren\u00adder sense\u00adless: par\u00ada\u00adlyze, stu\u00adpe\u00adfy, benumb<\/span><\/p>\n

hail<\/span> he\u026al<\/span> n <\/span>Rain of round\u00aded pieces of ice and hard snow that usu\u00adal\u00adly falls dur\u00ading thunderstorms.<\/p>\n

hiss<\/span> h\u026as<\/span> v <\/span>To make a sharp sibi\u00adlant sound: siz\u00adzle, swish, whiz, fizzle<\/span><\/p>\n

turf<\/span> t\u025c\u02d0f<\/span> n <\/span>Sur\u00adface lay\u00ader of earth con\u00adtain\u00ading a dense growth of grass and its mat\u00adted roots: sod<\/span><\/p>\n

over\u00adset<\/span> \u02cc\u0259\u028av\u0259\u02c8s\u025bt<\/span> adj<\/span> Upset, over\u00adturned or overthrown.<\/p>\n

lawn<\/span> l\u0254\u02d0n<\/span> adj<\/span> Lot of grass, usu\u00adal\u00adly mowed, as one around a res\u00adi\u00addence or in a park.<\/p>\n

rhodo\u00adden\u00addron<\/span> \u02ccr\u0259\u028ad\u0259\u02c8d\u025bn\u00addr\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>An ever\u00adgreen orna\u00admen\u00adtal shrub with clus\u00adters of var\u00adi\u00adous\u00adly coloured, often bell-shaped flowers.<\/p>\n

mauve<\/span> m\u0259\u028av<\/span> adj<\/span> Mod\u00ader\u00adate gray\u00adish vio\u00adlet to mod\u00ader\u00adate red\u00addish pur\u00adple colour.<\/p>\n

blos\u00adsom<\/span> \u02c8bl\u0252s\u0259m<\/span> n <\/span>A flower or a group of flowers.<\/p>\n

rebound<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8ba\u028and<\/span> v <\/span>To bounce or spring back from the force of hit\u00adting some\u00adthing: bounce, take a hop, spring, recoil, ricochet<\/span><\/p>\n

wet to the skin<\/span> \u21d2 Wet through, soaked.<\/p>\n

loom<\/span> lu\u02d0m<\/span> v <\/span>To appear in an impres\u00adsive\u00adly large or great form.<\/p>\n

indis\u00adtinct\u00adly<\/span> \u02cc\u026and\u026as\u02c8t\u026a\u014bk\u00adtli<\/span> adj<\/span> In a dim and nnd not clear\u00adly per\u00adceived man\u00adner: faint, vague, dimly<\/span><\/p>\n

down\u00adpour<\/span> \u02c8da\u028an\u00adp\u0254\u02d0<\/span> n <\/span>Heavy fall of rain.<\/p>\n

birch<\/span> b\u025c\u02d0\u02a7<\/span> n <\/span>Decid\u00adu\u00adous tree with flow\u00aders in catkins, sim\u00adple, toothed leaves, and bark that often peels in thin papery layers.<\/p>\n

mar\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8m\u0251\u02d0bl<\/span> n <\/span>Rock formed by alter\u00adation of lime\u00adstone and used espe\u00adcial\u00adly in archi\u00adtec\u00adture and sculpture.<\/p>\n

sphinx<\/span> sf\u026a\u014bks<\/span> n <\/span>Greek Mythol\u00ado\u00adgy A winged crea\u00adture hav\u00ading the head of a woman and the body of a lion.<\/p>\n

hov\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8h\u0252v\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To float in the air with\u00adout mov\u00ading in any direction.<\/p>\n

pedestal<\/span> \u02c8p\u025bd\u026astl<\/span> n <\/span>An archi\u00adtec\u00adtur\u00adal base for a statue.<\/p>\n

thick with verdi\u00adgris<\/span> \u21d2 Cov\u00adered with a thick lay\u00ader of green pati\u00adna; verdi\u00adgris<\/span> \u02c8v\u025c\u02d0d\u026a\u00adgr\u026as<\/span> n <\/span>Green pati\u00adna formed on cop\u00adper, brass, and bronze exposed to air for long peri\u00adods of time.<\/p>\n

It chanced that<\/span> \u21d2 It so hap\u00adpened that.<\/p>\n

weath\u00ader-worn = weath\u00ader beat\u00aden<\/span> \u21d2 Show\u00ading signs of being in the sun, wind, rain etc.<\/p>\n

impart<\/span> \u026am\u02c8p\u0251\u02d0t<\/span> v <\/span>Pro\u00advide a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar qual\u00adi\u00adty or character.<\/p>\n

recede<\/span> ri(\u02d0)\u02c8si\u02d0d<\/span> v <\/span>To move away gradually.<\/p>\n

dense<\/span> d\u025bns<\/span> adj<\/span> Per\u00admit\u00adting lit\u00adtle light to pass through, because of com\u00adpact\u00adness of mat\u00adter: heavy, thick<\/span><\/p>\n

thread\u00adbare<\/span> \u02c8\u03b8r\u025bd\u00adbe\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Show\u00ading signs of wear and tear: dingy, shab\u00adby, run-down, shod\u00addy, fad\u00aded, seedy, tattered<\/span><\/p>\n

light\u00aden<\/span> \u02c8la\u026atn<\/span> n <\/span>To become bright, light, or clear.<\/p>\n

crouch<\/span> kra\u028a\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>To bend low: hud\u00addle, squat, hunch, hunker<\/span><\/p>\n

temer\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> t\u026a\u02c8m\u025br\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>Fool\u00adhardy dis\u00adre\u00adgard of dan\u00adger: reck\u00adless\u00adness, rashness<\/span><\/p>\n

voy\u00adage<\/span> \u02c8v\u0254\u026a\u026a\u02a4<\/span> n <\/span>A jour\u00adney, trav\u00adel, or pas\u00adsage, esp one to a dis\u00adtant land or by sea or air: jour\u00adney<\/span><\/p>\n

to come upon<\/span> \u21d2 To be overwhelmed\/seized by an emotion.<\/p>\n

man\u00adli\u00adness<\/span> \u02c8m\u00e6n\u00adl\u026an\u026as<\/span> n <\/span>The trait of being man\u00adly; hav\u00ading the char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics of an adult male: mas\u00adculin\u00adi\u00adty, manhood<\/span><\/p>\n

unsym\u00adpa\u00adthet\u00adic<\/span> \u02cc\u028cn\u02ccs\u026am\u00adp\u0259\u02c8\u03b8\u025bt\u026ak<\/span> adj<\/span> Not aware of the needs, feel\u00adings, prob\u00adlems, and views of others.<\/p>\n

over\u00adwhelm\u00ading<\/span> \u02cc\u0259\u028av\u0259\u02c8w\u025blm\u026a\u014b<\/span> adj<\/span> Over\u00adpow\u00ader\u00ading in effect or strength: stun\u00adning, staggering<\/span><\/p>\n

dread\u00adful<\/span> \u02c8dr\u025bd\u00adf\u028al<\/span> adj<\/span> Excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly bad or dis\u00adpleas\u00ading, caus\u00ading fear or ter\u00adror: ter\u00adri\u00adble, hor\u00adri\u00adble, appalling<\/span><\/p>\n

dis\u00adgust\u00ading<\/span> d\u026as\u02c8g\u028cst\u026a\u014b<\/span> adj<\/span> Some\u00adthing extreme\u00adly unpleas\u00adant and com\u00adplete\u00adly unac\u00adcept\u00adable: dis\u00adtaste\u00adful, foul, loath\u00adsome, repelling, wicked<\/span><\/p>\n

like\u00adness<\/span> \u02c8la\u026akn\u026as<\/span> m The qual\u00adi\u00adty of being sim\u00adi\u00adlar to some\u00adone or some\u00adthing else.<\/p>\n

slay<\/span> sle\u026a<\/span> (slew<\/span><\/span> slu\u02d0<\/span><\/span>, <\/span>slain<\/span><\/span> sle\u026an<\/span><\/span><\/span>) v <\/span>To take the life of (a per\u00adson or per\u00adsons<\/span>) unlaw\u00adful\u00adly: kill, fin\u00adish, destroy, murder<\/span><\/p>\n

intri\u00adcate<\/span> \u02c8\u026an\u00adtr\u026ak\u026at<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading many inter\u00adre\u00adlat\u00aded parts or facets: elab\u00ado\u00adrate<\/span><\/p>\n

para\u00adpet<\/span> \u02c8p\u00e6r\u0259p\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>A low wall or rail\u00ading to pro\u00adtect the edge of a plat\u00adform, roof, or bridge.<\/p>\n

wood\u00aded<\/span> \u02c8w\u028ad\u026ad<\/span> v <\/span>Cov\u00adered with grow\u00ading trees and bush\u00ades etc.<\/p>\n

lessen<\/span> \u02c8l\u025bsn<\/span> v <\/span>To become small\u00ader in amount, lev\u00adel, strenght, impor\u00adtance etc: decrease, dimin\u00adish, fall<\/span><\/p>\n

fran\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8fr\u00e6nt\u026ak(\u0259)li<\/span> adj<\/span> Char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by rapid and dis\u00ador\u00addered or ner\u00advous activ\u00adi\u00adty: mad\u00adly<\/span><\/p>\n

strive<\/span> stra\u026av<\/span> (strove<\/span><\/span> str\u0259\u028av<\/span><\/span>, <\/span>striv\u00aden<\/span><\/span> \u02c8str\u026avn<\/span><\/span><\/span>) v <\/span>To devote seri\u00adous effort or ener\u00adgy: endeav\u00ador<\/span><\/p>\n

shaft<\/span> \u0283\u0251\u02d0ft<\/span> n <\/span>Ray of light.<\/p>\n

smite<\/span> sma\u026at<\/span> (smote<\/span><\/span> sm\u0259\u028at<\/span><\/span>, <\/span>smit\u00adten<\/span><\/span> \u02c8sm\u026atn<\/span><\/span><\/span>) v <\/span>To hit it hard.<\/p>\n

thun\u00adder\u00adstorm<\/span> \u02c8\u03b8\u028cnd\u0259st\u0254\u02d0m<\/span> n <\/span>A tran\u00adsient, some\u00adtimes vio\u00adlent storm of thun\u00adder and light\u00adning, often accom\u00adpa\u00adnied by rain and some\u00adtimes hail.<\/p>\n

to sweep aside<\/span> \u21d2 To move aside.<\/p>\n

gar\u00adment<\/span> \u02c8g\u0251\u02d0m\u0259nt<\/span> n <\/span>Any arti\u00adcle of clothing.<\/p>\n

shred<\/span> \u0283r\u025bd<\/span> n <\/span>A piece cut or torn off, espe\u00adcial\u00adly in a nar\u00adrow strip.<\/p>\n

whirl<\/span> w\u025c\u02d0l<\/span> v <\/span>To rotate rapid\u00adly: spin, swirl, twirl<\/span><\/p>\n

to pick out<\/span> \u21d2 To dis\u00adtin\u00adguish an object from its sur\u00adround\u00adings, as in painting.<\/p>\n

hail\u00adstone<\/span> \u02c8he\u026al\u00adst\u0259\u028an<\/span> n <\/span>A pel\u00adlet of hail.<\/p>\n

course<\/span> k\u0254\u02d0s<\/span> n <\/span>A con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous lay\u00ader of build\u00ading mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal, such as brick or tile, on a wall or roof of a building.<\/p>\n

hawk<\/span> h\u0254\u02d0k<\/span> n <\/span>A bird of prey that has a short hooked beak and curved claws and is sim\u00adi\u00adlar to but usu\u00adal\u00adly small\u00ader than an eagle.<\/p>\n

swoop<\/span> swu\u02d0p<\/span> v <\/span>To move in a sud\u00adden sweep: dive, plunge, nose-dive<\/span><\/p>\n

fren\u00adzy<\/span> \u02c8fr\u025bnzi<\/span> n <\/span>State of vio\u00adlent men\u00adtal agi\u00adta\u00adtion or wild excitement.<\/p>\n

to take a breath\u00ading space<\/span> \u21d2 To take a breath of air.<\/p>\n

to set one\u2019s teeth<\/span> \u21d2 To clench one\u2019s teeth togeth\u00ader; become resolute.<\/p>\n

grap\u00adple<\/span> \u02c8gr\u00e6\u00adpl<\/span> v <\/span>To seize firmly.<\/p>\n

onset<\/span> \u02c8\u0252n\u00ads\u025bt<\/span> n <\/span>An assault or attack: attack, onslaught, onrush<\/span><\/p>\n

prompt<\/span> pr\u0252mpt<\/span> adj<\/span> Occur\u00adring or per\u00adformed exact\u00adly at the time appoint\u00aded: time\u00adly, punctual<\/span><\/p>\n

retreat<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8tri\u02d0t<\/span> n <\/span>The act of with\u00addraw\u00ading, espe\u00adcial\u00adly from some\u00adthing haz\u00adardous, for\u00admi\u00adda\u00adble, or unpleas\u00adant; a place afford\u00ading peace or secu\u00adri\u00adty: with\u00addraw\u00adal, evac\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion, escape, pull\u00adback, pull\u00adout, recession<\/span><\/p>\n

clothe<\/span> kl\u0259\u028a\u00f0<\/span> pt<\/span>, pp<\/span> clad<\/span> kl\u00e6d<\/span> v <\/span>To clothe; to cov\u00ader with a pro\u00adtec\u00adtive lay\u00ader of oth\u00ader material.<\/p>\n

robe<\/span> r\u0259\u028ab<\/span> n <\/span>Long, loose or flow\u00ading gar\u00adment worn as cer\u00ade\u00admo\u00adni\u00adal or offi\u00adcial dress.<\/p>\n

tunic<\/span> \u02c8tju\u02d0n\u026ak<\/span> n <\/span>Loose-fit\u00adting gar\u00adment, sleeved or sleeve\u00adless, extend\u00ading to the knees and worn by men and women.<\/p>\n

gir\u00addle<\/span> \u02c8g\u025c\u02d0dl<\/span> v <\/span>To encir\u00adcle with or as if with a belt: encir\u00adcle, enclose, encompass<\/span><\/p>\n

san\u00addal<\/span> \u02c8s\u00e6ndl<\/span> n <\/span>A shoe con\u00adsist\u00ading of a sole fas\u00adtened by straps to the foot.<\/p>\n

buskin<\/span> \u02c8b\u028csk\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>Foot and leg cov\u00ader\u00ading reach\u00ading halfway to the knee.<\/p>\n

inde\u00adscrib\u00adably<\/span> \u02cc\u026and\u026as\u02c8kra\u026ab\u0259bli<\/span> adv<\/span> To an inex\u00adpress\u00adible degree: inef\u00adfa\u00adbly, unut\u00adter\u00adably, unspeak\u00adably, inexpressibly<\/span><\/p>\n

frail<\/span> fre\u026al<\/span> adj<\/span> Phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly weak: del\u00adi\u00adcate<\/span><\/p>\n

con\u00adsump\u00adtive<\/span> k\u0259n\u02c8s\u028cm\u2117t\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Of, relat\u00ading to, or suf\u00adfer\u00ading from tuber\u00adcu\u00adlo\u00adsis of the lungs.<\/p>\n

hec\u00adtic<\/span> \u02c8h\u025bk\u00adt\u026ak<\/span> a<\/span>dj<\/span> Char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by intense emo\u00adtion and activ\u00adi\u00adty: fevered, fer\u00advid, heated<\/span><\/p>\n

at the sight of some\u00adone<\/span> \u21d2 see\u00ading someone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cIn<\/span> anoth\u00ader moment we were stand\u00ading face to face, I and this frag\u00adile<\/span> thing out of futu\u00adri\u00adty<\/span>. He came straight up to me and laughed into my eyes. The absence from his bear\u00ading of any sign of fear struck me at once. Then he turned to the two oth\u00aders who were fol\u00adlow\u00ading him and spoke to them in a strange and very sweet and liq\u00aduid tongue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were oth\u00aders com\u00ading, and present\u00adly a lit\u00adtle group of per\u00adhaps eight or ten of these exquis\u00adite<\/span> crea\u00adtures were about me. One of them addressed me. It came into my head, odd\u00adly enough, that my voice was too harsh and deep for them. So I shook my head, and, point\u00ading to my ears, shook it again. He came a step for\u00adward, hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded, and then touched my hand. Then I felt oth\u00ader soft lit\u00adtle ten\u00adta\u00adcles<\/span> upon my back and shoul\u00adders. They want\u00aded to make sure<\/span> I was real. There was noth\u00ading in this at all<\/span> alarm\u00ading. Indeed, there was some\u00adthing in these pret\u00adty lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple that inspired con\u00adfi\u00addence \u2013 a grace\u00adful gen\u00adtle\u00adness, a cer\u00adtain child\u00adlike ease. And besides, they looked so frail<\/span> that I could fan\u00adcy myself fling\u00ading<\/span> the whole dozen of them about like nine-pins<\/span>. But I made a sud\u00adden motion to warn them when I saw their lit\u00adtle pink hands feel\u00ading at the Time Machine<\/span>. Hap\u00adpi\u00adly then, when it was not too late, I thought of a dan\u00adger I had hith\u00ader\u00adto<\/span> for\u00adgot\u00adten, and reach\u00ading over the bars of the machine I unscrewed<\/span> the lit\u00adtle levers<\/span> that would set it in motion, and put these in my pock\u00adet. Then I turned again to see what I could do in the way of<\/span> communication.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then, look\u00ading more near\u00adly into their fea\u00adtures, I saw some fur\u00adther pecu\u00adliar\u00adi\u00adties<\/span> in their Dres\u00adden-chi\u00adna<\/span> type of pret\u00adti\u00adness<\/span>. Their hair, which was uni\u00adform\u00adly<\/span> curly<\/span>, came to a sharp end at the neck and cheek; there was not the faintest sug\u00adges\u00adtion of it on the face, and their ears were sin\u00adgu\u00adlar\u00adly<\/span> minute<\/span>. The mouths were small, with bright red, rather thin lips, and the lit\u00adtle chins ran to a point<\/span>. The eyes were large and mild; and \u2013 this may seem ego\u00adtism<\/span> on my part<\/span> \u2013 I fan\u00adcied even that there was a cer\u00adtain lack of the inter\u00adest I might have expect\u00aded in them.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs they made no effort to com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcate with me, but sim\u00adply stood round me smil\u00ading and speak\u00ading in soft coo\u00ading<\/span> notes to each oth\u00ader, I began the con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion. I point\u00aded to the Time Machine and to myself. Then hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00ading for a moment how to express time, I point\u00aded to the sun. At once<\/span> a quaint\u00adly<\/span> pret\u00adty lit\u00adtle fig\u00adure in che\u00adquered<\/span> pur\u00adple and white fol\u00adlowed my ges\u00adture, and then aston\u00adished me by imi\u00adtat\u00ading the sound of thunder.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a moment I was stag\u00adgered<\/span>, though the import<\/span> of his ges\u00adture was plain enough. The ques\u00adtion had come into my mind abrupt\u00adly<\/span>: were these crea\u00adtures fools? You may hard\u00adly under\u00adstand how it took me<\/span>. You see I had always antic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00aded that the peo\u00adple of the year Eight Hun\u00addred and Two Thou\u00adsand odd<\/span> would be incred\u00adi\u00adbly in front of us in knowl\u00adedge, art, every\u00adthing. Then one of them sud\u00adden\u00adly asked me a ques\u00adtion that showed him to be on the intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal lev\u00adel of one of our five-year-old chil\u00addren \u2013 asked me, in fact, if I had come from the sun in a thun\u00adder\u00adstorm<\/span>! It let loose<\/span> the judg\u00adment I had sus\u00adpend\u00aded upon their clothes, their frail<\/span> light limbs, and frag\u00adile fea\u00adtures. A flow of dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00adment rushed across my mind. For a moment I felt that I had built the Time Machine in vain<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI nod\u00added, point\u00aded to the sun, and gave them such a vivid<\/span> ren\u00adder\u00ading of a thun\u00adder\u00adclap<\/span> as star\u00adtled<\/span> them. They all with\u00addrew a pace or so<\/span> and bowed. Then came one laugh\u00ading towards me, car\u00adry\u00ading a chain of beau\u00adti\u00adful flow\u00aders alto\u00adgeth\u00ader new to me, and put it about my neck. The idea was received with melo\u00addi\u00adous applause; and present\u00adly they were all run\u00adning to and fro<\/span> for flow\u00aders, and laugh\u00ading\u00adly fling\u00ading them upon me until I was almost smoth\u00adered<\/span> with blos\u00adsom<\/span>. You who have nev\u00ader seen the like can scarce\u00adly<\/span> imag\u00adine what del\u00adi\u00adcate and won\u00adder\u00adful flow\u00aders count\u00adless years of cul\u00adture had cre\u00adat\u00aded. Then some\u00adone sug\u00adgest\u00aded that their play\u00adthing<\/span> should be exhib\u00adit\u00aded in the near\u00adest build\u00ading, and so I was led past the sphinx of white mar\u00adble, which had seemed to watch me all the while with a smile at my aston\u00adish\u00adment, towards a vast grey edi\u00adfice<\/span> of fret\u00adted<\/span> stone. As I went with them the mem\u00ado\u00adry of my con\u00adfi\u00addent antic\u00adi\u00adpa\u00adtions<\/span> of a pro\u00adfound\u00adly grave and intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal pos\u00adter\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> came, with irre\u00adsistible mer\u00adri\u00adment, to my mind<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe build\u00ading had a huge entry, and was alto\u00adgeth\u00ader of colos\u00adsal dimen\u00adsions. I was nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly most occu\u00adpied with the grow\u00ading crowd of lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple, and with the big open por\u00adtals that yawned<\/span> before me shad\u00adowy and mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous. My gen\u00ader\u00adal impres\u00adsion of the world I saw over their heads was a tan\u00adgled<\/span> waste of beau\u00adti\u00adful bush\u00ades and flow\u00aders, a long neglect\u00aded<\/span> and yet weed\u00adless gar\u00adden. I saw a num\u00adber of tall spikes<\/span> of strange white flow\u00aders, mea\u00adsur\u00ading a foot per\u00adhaps across the spread of the wax\u00aden<\/span> petals<\/span>. They grew scat\u00adtered<\/span>, as if wild, among the var\u00adie\u00adgat\u00aded<\/span> shrubs<\/span>, but, as I say, I did not exam\u00adine them close\u00adly at this time. The Time Machine was left desert\u00aded on the turf<\/span> among the rhodo\u00adden\u00addrons<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe arch of the door\u00adway was rich\u00adly carved, but nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly I did not observe the carv\u00ading very nar\u00adrow\u00adly, though I fan\u00adcied I saw sug\u00adges\u00adtions of old Phoeni\u00adcian<\/span> dec\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtions as I passed through, and it struck me that<\/span> they were very bad\u00adly bro\u00adken and weath\u00ader-worn. Sev\u00ader\u00adal more bright\u00adly clad<\/span> peo\u00adple met me in the door\u00adway, and so we entered, I, dressed in dingy<\/span> nine\u00adteenth-cen\u00adtu\u00adry gar\u00adments<\/span>, look\u00ading grotesque<\/span> enough, gar\u00adland\u00aded<\/span> with flow\u00aders, and sur\u00adround\u00aded by an eddy\u00ading<\/span> mass of bright, soft-col\u00adored robes<\/span> and shin\u00ading white limbs, in a melo\u00addi\u00adous whirl<\/span> of laugh\u00adter and laugh\u00ading speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe big door\u00adway opened into a pro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate\u00adly<\/span> great hall hung with brown. The roof was in shad\u00adow, and the win\u00addows, par\u00adtial\u00adly glazed<\/span> with coloured glass and par\u00adtial\u00adly unglazed<\/span>, admit\u00adted a tem\u00adpered<\/span> light. The floor was made up of huge blocks of some very hard white met\u00adal, not plates nor slabs<\/span> \u2013 blocks, and it was so much worn, as I judged by the going to and fro<\/span> of past gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions, as to be deeply chan\u00adnelled along the more fre\u00adquent\u00aded ways. Trans\u00adverse<\/span> to the length were tables made of slabs<\/span> of pol\u00adished stone, raised per\u00adhaps a foot from the floor, and upon these were heaps<\/span> of fruits. Some I rec\u00adog\u00adnized as a kind of hyper\u00adtro\u00adphied<\/span> rasp\u00adber\u00adry<\/span> and orange, but for the most part they were strange.<\/p>\n

\u201cBetween the tables was scat\u00adtered a great num\u00adber of cush\u00adions<\/span>. Upon these my con\u00adduc\u00adtors<\/span> seat\u00aded them\u00adselves, sign\u00ading for me to do like\u00adwise<\/span>. With a pret\u00adty absence of cer\u00ade\u00admo\u00adny they began to eat the fruit with their hands, fling\u00ading peel and stalks<\/span>, and so forth, into the round open\u00adings in the sides of the tables. I was not loath<\/span> to fol\u00adlow their exam\u00adple, for I felt thirsty and hun\u00adgry. As I did so I sur\u00adveyed the hall at my leisure<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd per\u00adhaps the thing that struck me most was its dilap\u00adi\u00addat\u00aded<\/span> look. The stained-glass win\u00addows, which dis\u00adplayed only a geo\u00admet\u00adri\u00adcal pat\u00adtern, were bro\u00adken in many places, and the cur\u00adtains that hung across the low\u00ader end were thick with dust. And it caught my eye that the cor\u00adner of the mar\u00adble table near me was frac\u00adtured<\/span>. Nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless, the gen\u00ader\u00adal effect was extreme\u00adly rich and pic\u00adturesque<\/span>. There were, per\u00adhaps, a cou\u00adple of hun\u00addred peo\u00adple din\u00ading in the hall, and most of them, seat\u00aded as near to me as they could come, were watch\u00ading me with inter\u00adest, their lit\u00adtle eyes shin\u00ading over the fruit they were eat\u00ading. All were clad<\/span> in the same soft and yet strong, silky material.<\/p>\n

\u201cFruit, by the by<\/span>, was all their diet. These peo\u00adple of the remote future were strict veg\u00ade\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adans, and while I was with them, in spite of<\/span> some car\u00adnal<\/span> crav\u00adings<\/span>, I had to be fru\u00adgiv\u00ado\u00adrous<\/span> also.<\/p>\n

Indeed, I found after\u00adwards that hors\u00ades, cat\u00adtle, sheep, dogs, had fol\u00adlowed the Ichthyosaurus<\/span> into extinc\u00adtion<\/span>. But the fruits were very delight\u00adful; one, in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar, that seemed to be in sea\u00adson all the time I was there \u2013 a floury thing in a three-sided husk<\/span> \u2013 was espe\u00adcial\u00adly good, and I made it my sta\u00adple<\/span>. At first I was puz\u00adzled by all these strange fruits, and by the strange flow\u00aders I saw, but lat\u00ader I began to per\u00adceive their import<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow\u00adev\u00ader, I am telling you of my fruit din\u00adner in the dis\u00adtant future now. So soon as<\/span> my appetite was a lit\u00adtle checked, I deter\u00admined to make a res\u00adolute attempt<\/span>to learn the speech of these new men of mine. Clear\u00adly that was the next thing to do. The fruits seemed a con\u00adve\u00adnient thing to begin upon, and hold\u00ading one of these up I began a series of inter\u00adrog\u00ada\u00adtive<\/span> sounds and ges\u00adtures. I had some con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adable dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty in con\u00advey\u00ading my mean\u00ading<\/span>. At first my efforts met with a stare of sur\u00adprise or inex\u00adtin\u00adguish\u00adable<\/span> laugh\u00adter, but present\u00adly a fair-haired<\/span> lit\u00adtle crea\u00adture seemed to grasp my inten\u00adtion<\/span> and repeat\u00aded a name. They had to chat\u00adter<\/span> and explain the busi\u00adness at great length<\/span> to each oth\u00ader, and my first attempts to make the exquis\u00adite<\/span> lit\u00adtle sounds of their lan\u00adguage caused an immense<\/span> amount of amuse\u00adment. How\u00adev\u00ader, I felt like a school\u00admas\u00adter amidst<\/span> chil\u00addren, and per\u00adsist\u00aded, and present\u00adly I had a score of<\/span> noun sub\u00adstan\u00adtives<\/span> at least at my com\u00admand; and then I got to demon\u00adstra\u00adtive pro\u00adnouns<\/span>, and even the verb \u201cto eat.\u201d But it was slow work, and the lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple soon tired and want\u00aded to get away from my inter\u00adro\u00adga\u00adtions<\/span>, so I deter\u00admined, rather of neces\u00adsi\u00adty, to let them give their lessons in lit\u00adtle dos\u00ades when they felt inclined<\/span>. And very lit\u00adtle dos\u00ades I found they were before long<\/span>, for I nev\u00ader met peo\u00adple more indo\u00adlent<\/span> or more eas\u00adi\u00adly fatigued<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\n

frag\u00adile<\/span> \u02c8fr\u00e6\u02a4a\u026al<\/span> adj<\/span> Eas\u00adi\u00adly bro\u00adken or dam\u00adaged: del\u00adi\u00adcate, brit\u00adtle, breakable<\/span><\/p>\n

futu\u00adri\u00adty<\/span> fju(\u02d0)\u02c8tj\u028a\u0259r\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>The future.<\/p>\n

exquis\u00adite<\/span> \u02c8\u025bk\u00adskw\u026az\u026at<\/span> adj<\/span> Of spe\u00adcial beau\u00adty or charm.<\/p>\n

ten\u00adta\u00adcle<\/span> \u02c8t\u025bn\u00adt\u0259kl<\/span> n <\/span>An elon\u00adgat\u00aded, flex\u00adi\u00adble exten\u00adsion, used for feel\u00ading, grasp\u00ading etc.<\/p>\n

to make sure (<\/span>that<\/span><\/span>)<\/span> \u21d2 To find out about some\u00adthing so as not to have doubts.<\/p>\n

at all<\/span> \u21d2 In any way; for any rea\u00adson; to any extent; whatever.<\/p>\n

frail<\/span> fre\u026al<\/span> adj<\/span> Phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly weak: del\u00adi\u00adcate<\/span><\/p>\n

fling<\/span> fl\u026a\u014b<\/span> v <\/span>To throw with vio\u00adlence; fig\u00adu\u00adra\u00adtive\u00adly to defeat.<\/p>\n

nine-pins<\/span> \u21d2 A bowl\u00ading game in which nine wood\u00aden pins are the target.<\/p>\n

to feel<\/span> at some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To touch lightly.<\/p>\n

hith\u00ader\u00adto<\/span> \u02c8h\u026a\u00f0\u0259\u02c8\u00adtu\u02d0<\/span> adv<\/span> Until this time.<\/p>\n

unscrew<\/span> \u028cn\u02c8skru\u02d0<\/span> v <\/span>To undo or unfas\u00adten the screws by turning.<\/p>\n

lever<\/span> \u02c8li\u02d0v\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Pro\u00adject\u00ading han\u00addle used to adjust or oper\u00adate a mechanism.<\/p>\n

in the way of<\/span> \u21d2 While, dur\u00ading the time of.<\/p>\n

pecu\u00adliar\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> p\u026a\u02cckju\u02d0l\u026a\u02c8\u00e6r\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing that is unusu\u00adal or pecu\u00adliar in a per\u00adson or thing.<\/p>\n

Dres\u00adden chi\u00adna<\/span> \u21d2 Hard-paste porce\u00adlain made in the vicin\u00adi\u00adty of the Ger\u00adman town Dres\u00adden and typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by dain\u00adti\u00adness of design and ornate dec\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion; chi\u00adna<\/span> \u02c8\u02a7a\u026an\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Dish\u00adware made of high qual\u00adi\u00adty porcelain.<\/p>\n

pret\u00adti\u00adness<\/span> \u02c8pr\u026at\u026an\u0259s<\/span> n <\/span>The qual\u00adi\u00adty of being appeal\u00ading in a del\u00adi\u00adcate or grace\u00adful way (of a girl or young woman<\/span>).<\/p>\n

uni\u00adform\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8ju\u02d0n\u026af\u0254\u02d0m\u00adli<\/span> n <\/span>Being the same as or con\u00adso\u00adnant with anoth\u00ader or others.<\/p>\n

curly<\/span> \u02c8k\u025c\u02d0li<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading curls or a curved shape.<\/p>\n

sin\u00adgu\u00adlar\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8s\u026a\u014bgj\u028al\u0259li<\/span> adv<\/span> In a way that is very notice\u00adable or unusual.<\/p>\n

minute<\/span> \u02c8ma\u026an\u00adju\u02d0t<\/span> adj<\/span> Infi\u00adnite\u00adly or immea\u00adsur\u00adably small.<\/p>\n

to run to a point<\/span> \u21d2 To extend to a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar point.<\/p>\n

ego\u00adtism<\/span> \u02c8\u025bg\u0259\u028at\u026azm<\/span> n <\/span>Exces\u00adsive self-regard; self-cen\u00adtered\u00adness or selfishness.<\/p>\n

on my part<\/span> \u21d2 As far as I am concerned.<\/p>\n

coo<\/span> ku\u02d0<\/span> v <\/span>To utter the mur\u00admur\u00ading sound of a dove; to talk fond\u00adly or amorous\u00adly in murmurs.<\/p>\n

che\u00adquered<\/span> \u02c8\u02a7\u025bk\u0259d<\/span> adj<\/span> Divid\u00aded into squares; marked by light and dark patch\u00ades; diver\u00adsi\u00adfied in colour.<\/p>\n

quaint\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8kwe\u026antli<\/span> adv<\/span> In a strange but not unpleas\u00adant manner.<\/p>\n

at once<\/span> \u21d2 Imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly, at the same time.<\/p>\n

stag\u00adger<\/span> \u02c8st\u00e6g\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To aston\u00adish or shock: amaze, shock, aston\u00adish, stun<\/span><\/p>\n

import<\/span> \u026am\u02c8p\u0254\u02d0t<\/span> n <\/span>Mean\u00ading; implication.<\/p>\n

abrupt\u00adly<\/span> \u0259\u02c8br\u028cptli<\/span> adv<\/span> Quick\u00adly and with\u00adout warn\u00ading: sud\u00adden\u00adly, hasti\u00adly, hurriedly<\/span><\/p>\n

to take<\/span> \u21d2 To sur\u00adprise, to overwhelm.<\/p>\n

Eight Hun\u00addred and Two Thou\u00adsand odd<\/span> \u21d2 (often used in com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion<\/span>) Being in excess of the indi\u00adcat\u00aded number.<\/p>\n

thun\u00adder\u00adstorm<\/span> \u02c8\u03b8\u028cnd\u0259st\u0254\u02d0m<\/span> n <\/span>A tran\u00adsient, some\u00adtimes vio\u00adlent storm of thun\u00adder and light\u00adning, often accom\u00adpa\u00adnied by rain and some\u00adtimes hail.<\/p>\n

to let loose<\/span> \u21d2 To set free.<\/p>\n

in vain<\/span> \u21d2 To no avail; with\u00adout success.<\/p>\n

vivid<\/span> \u02c8v\u026av\u026ad<\/span> adv<\/span> Very clear, pow\u00ader\u00adful, and detailed in your mind.<\/p>\n

thun\u00adder-clap<\/span> \u02c8\u03b8\u028cnd\u0259-kl\u00e6p<\/span> n <\/span>Sin\u00adgle sharp crash of thun\u00adder; fig a star\u00adtling or shock\u00ading piece of news.<\/p>\n

star\u00adtle<\/span> \u02c8st\u0251\u02d0tl<\/span> v <\/span>To sur\u00adprise or fright\u00aden some\u00adone sud\u00adden\u00adly but not seri\u00adous\u00adly: fright\u00aden, scare, ter\u00adri\u00adfy, alarm<\/span><\/p>\n

or so<\/span> \u21d2 (of quan\u00adti\u00adties<\/span>) Impre\u00adcise but fair\u00adly close to.<\/p>\n

to and fro<\/span> \u21d2 In one direc\u00adtion and then the oppo\u00adsite one.<\/p>\n

smoth\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8sm\u028c\u00f0\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To sti\u00adfle or kill by depriv\u00ading of air: suf\u00adfo\u00adcate<\/span><\/p>\n

blos\u00adsom<\/span> \u02c8bl\u0252s\u0259m<\/span> n <\/span>A flower or a group of flowers.<\/p>\n

scarce\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8ske\u0259s\u00adli<\/span> adv<\/span> Bare\u00adly; hard\u00adly; not quite, almost not.<\/p>\n

play\u00adthing<\/span> \u02c8ple\u026a\u03b8\u026a\u014b<\/span> n <\/span>An object used for plea\u00adsure or enjoy\u00adment, such as a child\u2019s toy.<\/p>\n

edi\u00adfice<\/span> \u025b\u02c8d\u026af\u026as<\/span> n <\/span>Per\u00adma\u00adnent con\u00adstruc\u00adtion, as a house, store, etc.: build\u00ading, structure<\/span><\/p>\n

fret\u00adted<\/span> \u02c8fr\u025bt\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> Orna\u00adment\u00aded with angu\u00adlar designs or such a pat\u00adtern made in relief and with numer\u00adous small openings.<\/p>\n

antic\u00adi\u00adpa\u00adtion<\/span> \u00e6n\u02cct\u026as\u026a\u02c8pe\u026a\u0283(\u0259)n<\/span> n <\/span>The state of being hap\u00adpy and excit\u00aded about some\u00adthing upcoming.<\/p>\n

pos\u00adter\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> p\u0252s\u02c8t\u025br\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>Future gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions; all of a person\u2019s descendants.<\/p>\n

It came to my mind<\/span> \u21d2 It occurred to me; mer\u00adri\u00adment<\/span> \u02c8m\u025br\u026am\u0259nt<\/span> n <\/span>State of joy\u00adful exu\u00adber\u00adance: gai\u00adety, glee, mirth, hilar\u00adi\u00adty, joviality<\/span><\/p>\n

yawn<\/span> j\u0254\u02d0n<\/span> v <\/span>To open wide; gape.<\/p>\n

tan\u00adgled<\/span> \u02c8t\u00e6\u014bgld<\/span> adj<\/span> In a con\u00adfused mass.<\/p>\n

neglect<\/span> n\u026a\u02c8gl\u025bkt<\/span> v <\/span>To pay no atten\u00adtion or too lit\u00adtle atten\u00adtion to.<\/p>\n

spike<\/span> spa\u026ak<\/span> n <\/span>A nar\u00adrow, thin shape with a sharp point at one end.<\/p>\n

wax\u00aden<\/span> \u02c8w\u00e6k\u00ads\u0259n<\/span> adj<\/span> Pale or smooth and glossy as wax.<\/p>\n

petal<\/span> \u02c8p\u025btl<\/span> n <\/span>One of the often col\u00adored seg\u00adments of the corol\u00adla of a flower.<\/p>\n

to grow (<\/span>scat\u00adtered<\/span><\/span>)<\/span> \u21d2 To become gradually.<\/p>\n

var\u00adie\u00adgate<\/span> \u02c8ve\u0259r\u026age\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To mark with a line of dif\u00adfer\u00adent colour or tex\u00adture: stripe, streak, striate<\/span><\/p>\n

shrub<\/span> \u0283r\u028cb<\/span> n <\/span>A woody peren\u00adni\u00adal plant, small\u00ader than a tree, with sev\u00ader\u00adal major branch\u00ades aris\u00ading from near the base of the main stem.<\/p>\n

turf<\/span> t\u025c\u02d0f<\/span> n <\/span>Sur\u00adface lay\u00ader of earth con\u00adtain\u00ading a dense growth of grass and its mat\u00adted roots: sod<\/span><\/p>\n

rhodo\u00adden\u00addron<\/span> \u02ccr\u0259\u028ad\u0259\u02c8d\u025bn\u00addr\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>An ever\u00adgreen orna\u00admen\u00adtal shrub with clus\u00adters of var\u00adi\u00adous\u00adly coloured, often bell-shaped flowers.<\/p>\n

Phoeni\u00adcian<\/span> f\u026a\u02c8n\u026a\u0283\u026a\u0259n<\/span> \u21d2 Relat\u00ading to ancient Phoeni\u00adcia culture.<\/p>\n

it struck me that<\/span> \u21d2 I was impressed to see that.<\/p>\n

clothe<\/span> kl\u0259\u028a\u00f0<\/span> pt<\/span>, pp<\/span> clad<\/span> kl\u00e6d<\/span> v <\/span>To clothe; to cov\u00ader with a pro\u00adtec\u00adtive lay\u00ader of oth\u00ader material.<\/p>\n

dingy<\/span> \u02c8d\u026an\u02a4i<\/span> adj<\/span> Dirty or dis\u00adcoloured; show\u00ading signs of wear and tear: shab\u00adby, thread\u00adbare, shod\u00addy, fad\u00aded, seedy, tattered<\/span><\/p>\n

gar\u00adment<\/span> \u02c8g\u0251\u02d0m\u0259nt<\/span> n <\/span>Any arti\u00adcle of clothing.<\/p>\n

grotesque<\/span> gr\u0259\u028a\u02c8t\u025bsk<\/span> adj<\/span> Bizarre in appear\u00adance: freaky, fan\u00adtas\u00adtic<\/span><\/p>\n

gar\u00adland<\/span> \u02c8g\u0251\u02d0l\u0259nd<\/span> v <\/span>To orna\u00adment with a wreath or festoon.<\/p>\n

eddy<\/span> \u02c8\u025bdi<\/span> v <\/span>To move or whirl in minia\u00adture cur\u00adrent at vari\u00adance with the main cur\u00adrent in a stream of water or air, usu\u00adal\u00adly hav\u00ading a rotary or whirling motion: twist; whirl<\/span><\/p>\n

robe<\/span> r\u0259\u028ab<\/span> n <\/span>A long, loose or flow\u00ading gar\u00adment worn as cer\u00ade\u00admo\u00adni\u00adal or offi\u00adcial dress.<\/p>\n

whirl<\/span> w\u025c\u02d0l<\/span> n <\/span>A rapid round of events: swirl, turn, spin, reel, rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion, rapid rota\u00adtion, twirl<\/span><\/p>\n

pro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate\u00adly<\/span> pr\u0259\u02c8p\u0254\u02d0\u0283n\u026atli<\/span> adj<\/span> To a pro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate degree; in pro\u00adpor\u00adtion: pro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly<\/span><\/p>\n

glazed<\/span> gle\u026azd<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading a sur\u00adface cov\u00adered with a glaze: lus\u00adtrous, smooth, glassy<\/span><\/p>\n

unglazed<\/span> \u02cc\u028cn\u02c8\u00adgle\u026azd<\/span> adj<\/span> Not fur\u00adnished with a sur\u00adface cov\u00adered with a glaze: mat\u00adted, rough<\/span><\/p>\n

tem\u00adpered<\/span> \u02c8t\u025bm\u00adp\u0259d<\/span> adj<\/span> Made less intense or vio\u00adlent, espe\u00adcial\u00adly by the influ\u00adence of some\u00adthing else.<\/p>\n

slab<\/span> sl\u00e6b<\/span> n <\/span>Broad, flat, thick piece.<\/p>\n

trans\u00adverse<\/span> \/\u02c8tr\u00e6nzv\u025c\u02d0s<\/span> adj<\/span> Sit\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded or lying across: cross\u00ading, thwart, traverse<\/span><\/p>\n

heap<\/span> hi\u02d0p<\/span> n <\/span>A large, dis\u00ador\u00addered pile of things: pile<\/span><\/p>\n

hyper\u00adtro\u00adphy<\/span> ha\u026a\u02c8p\u025c\u02d0tr\u0259\u028a\u00adfi<\/span> v <\/span>To affect with or under\u00adgo abnor\u00admal enlargement.<\/p>\n

rasp\u00adber\u00adry<\/span> \u02c8r\u0251\u02d0zb\u0259ri<\/span> n <\/span>A small soft, red fruit that grow on bushes.<\/p>\n

cush\u00adion<\/span> \u02c8k\u028a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>A pad with a soft fill\u00ading, used for rest\u00ading, reclin\u00ading, or kneel\u00ading: pil\u00adlow<\/span><\/p>\n

con\u00adduc\u00adtor<\/span> k\u0259n\u02c8d\u028ck\u00adt\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adone that shows the way: leader, direc\u00adtor, guide, mentor<\/span><\/p>\n

to do like\u00adwise<\/span> \u21d2 To do the same\/a sim\u00adi\u00adlar thing.<\/p>\n

stalk<\/span> st\u0254\u02d0k<\/span> n <\/span>Stem.<\/p>\n

to be loath to<\/span> \u21d2 To be unwill\u00ading to.<\/p>\n

at one\u2019s leisure<\/span> \u21d2 When one has free time; at one\u2019s convenience.<\/p>\n

dilap\u00adi\u00addate<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8l\u00e6p\u026ade\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To fall into a state of par\u00adtial ruin, decay etc.<\/p>\n

frac\u00adtured<\/span> \u02c8fr\u00e6k\u02a7\u0259d<\/span> adj<\/span> Bro\u00adken, or cracked.<\/p>\n

pic\u00adturesque<\/span> \u02ccp\u026ak\u02a7\u0259\u02c8r\u025bsk<\/span> adj<\/span> Visu\u00adal\u00adly attrac\u00adtive, espe\u00adcial\u00adly in a quaint or charm\u00ading way.<\/p>\n

by<\/span> the by<\/span> \u21d2 by the way.<\/p>\n

in spite of<\/span> \u21d2 with\u00adout wor\u00adry\u00ading about; although.<\/p>\n

car\u00adnal<\/span> \u02c8k\u0251\u02d0nl<\/span> adj<\/span> Relat\u00ading to the body or flesh.<\/p>\n

crav\u00ading<\/span> \u02c8kre\u026av\u026a\u014b<\/span> n <\/span>An intense desire or longing.<\/p>\n

fru\u00adgiv\u00ado\u00adrous<\/span> fru\u02d0\u02c8d\u0292\u026av\u0259r\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Eat\u00ading on fruit, fruit-eating.<\/p>\n

ichthyosaurus<\/span> n<\/span><\/span> \u026ak\u03b8\u026a\u0259\u02c8s\u0254\u02d0r\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Kind of a fish\u00adlike marine dinosaur.<\/p>\n

extinc\u00adtion<\/span> \u026aks\u02c8t\u026a\u014bk\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>The fact of dying; utter destruc\u00adtion: death, demise, decease; liq\u00adui\u00adda\u00adtion, anni\u00adhi\u00adla\u00adtion, extermination<\/span><\/p>\n

husk<\/span> h\u028csk<\/span> n <\/span>Shell or out\u00ader covering.<\/p>\n

feed\u00adsta\u00adple<\/span> \u02c8fi\u02d0d\u00adste\u026a\u00adpl<\/span> n <\/span>Main kind of food in a diet.<\/p>\n

so soon as<\/span> \u21d2 As ear\u00adly as.<\/p>\n

to make an attempt<\/span> \u21d2 To try, to endeavour.<\/p>\n

inter\u00adrog\u00ada\u00adtive<\/span> \u02cc\u026an\u00adt\u0259\u02c8r\u0252g\u0259t\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Being of the nature of a question.<\/p>\n

to con\u00advey one\u2019s mean\u00ading<\/span> \u21d2 To make one\u2019s mean\u00ading known.<\/p>\n

inex\u00adtin\u00adguish\u00adable<\/span> \u02cc\u026an\u026ak\u00ads\u02c8t\u026a\u014bg\u00adw\u026a\u0283\u0259bl<\/span> a<\/span>dj<\/span> Dif\u00adfi\u00adcult or impos\u00adsi\u00adble to bring an end to.<\/p>\n

fair-haired<\/span> \u21d2 blond.<\/p>\n

to grasp one\u2019s inten\u00adtion<\/span> \u21d2 To understand.<\/p>\n

chat\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8\u02a7\u00e6t\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To talk con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous\u00adly in a fast infor\u00admal way, usu\u00adal\u00adly about unim\u00adpor\u00adtant subjects.<\/p>\n

at great length<\/span> \u21d2 with great details.<\/p>\n

immense<\/span> \u026a\u02c8m\u025bns<\/span> adj<\/span> Extreme\u00adly large in size or degree:<\/p>\n

amidst<\/span> \u0259\u02c8m\u026adst<\/span> prep<\/span> Sur\u00adround\u00aded by; in the mid\u00addle of.<\/p>\n

a score of<\/span> \u21d2 A cou\u00adple of, several.<\/p>\n

sub\u00adstan\u00adtive<\/span> \u02c8s\u028cb\u00adst\u0259n\u00adt\u026av<\/span> n <\/span>Any word or group of words func\u00adtion\u00ading as a noun.<\/p>\n

pro\u00adnoun<\/span> \u02c8pr\u0259\u028a\u00adna\u028an<\/span> n <\/span>The part of speech that sub\u00adsti\u00adtutes for nouns or noun phras\u00ades and des\u00adig\u00adnates per\u00adsons or things asked for, pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly spec\u00adi\u00adfied, or under\u00adstood from the context.<\/p>\n

inter\u00adro\u00adga\u00adtions<\/span> \u026an\u02cct\u025br\u0259\u028a\u02c8ge\u026a\u0283\u0259nz<\/span> n <\/span>A process of ask\u00ading some\u00adone a lot of ques\u00adtions for a long time in order to get infor\u00adma\u00adtion, some\u00adtimes using threats or violence:<\/p>\n

to<\/span> feel inclined<\/span> \u21d2 To be dis\u00adposed to.<\/p>\n

before long<\/span> \u21d2 soon.<\/p>\n

indo\u00adlent<\/span> \u02c8\u026and\u0259l\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Resis\u00adtant to exer\u00adtion and activ\u00adi\u00adty: idle, lazy, shift\u00adless, slothful<\/span><\/p>\n

fatigue<\/span> f\u0259\u02c8ti\u02d0g<\/span> v <\/span>To dimin\u00adish the strength and ener\u00adgy of: wear, tire, drain, weary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cA queer<\/span> thing I soon dis\u00adcov\u00adered about my lit\u00adtle hosts, and that was their lack of inter\u00adest. They would come to me with eager cries of aston\u00adish\u00adment, like chil\u00addren, but like chil\u00addren they would soon stop exam\u00adin\u00ading me and wan\u00adder away after some oth\u00ader toy. The din\u00adner and my con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion\u00adal begin\u00adnings end\u00aded, I not\u00aded for the first time that almost all those who had sur\u00adround\u00aded me at first were gone. It is odd, too, how speed\u00adi\u00adly I came to<\/span> dis\u00adre\u00adgard<\/span> these lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple. I went out through the por\u00adtal into the sun\u00adlit world again as soon as my hunger was sat\u00adis\u00adfied. I was con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly meet\u00ading more of these men of the future, who would fol\u00adlow me a lit\u00adtle dis\u00adtance, chat\u00adter<\/span> and laugh about me, and, hav\u00ading smiled and ges\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded<\/span> in a friend\u00adly way, leave me again to my own devices<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe calm of evening was upon the world as I emerged from the great hall, and the scene was lit by the warm glow of the set\u00adting sun. At first things were very con\u00adfus\u00ading. Every\u00adthing was so entire\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent from the world I had known \u2013 even the flow\u00aders. The big build\u00ading I had left was sit\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded on the slope of a broad riv\u00ader val\u00adley, but the Thames had shift\u00aded per\u00adhaps a mile from its present posi\u00adtion. I resolved to mount to the sum\u00admit<\/span> of a crest<\/span> per\u00adhaps a mile and a half away, from which I could get a wider view of this our plan\u00adet in the year Eight Hun\u00addred and Two Thou\u00adsand Sev\u00aden Hun\u00addred and One A.D. For that, I should explain, was the date the lit\u00adtle dials of my machine recorded.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I walked I was watch\u00ading for every impres\u00adsion that could pos\u00adsi\u00adbly help to explain the con\u00addi\u00adtion of ruinous<\/span> splen\u00addour<\/span> in which I found the world \u2013 for ruinous it was. A lit\u00adtle way up the hill, for instance, was a great heap<\/span> of gran\u00adite<\/span>, bound togeth\u00ader by mass\u00ades of alu\u00admini\u00adum, a vast labyrinth<\/span> of pre\u00adcip\u00adi\u00adtous<\/span> walls and crum\u00adpled<\/span> heaps<\/span>, amidst which were thick heaps<\/span> of very beau\u00adti\u00adful pago\u00adda-like<\/span> plants \u2013 net\u00adtles<\/span> pos\u00adsi\u00adbly \u2013 but won\u00adder\u00adful\u00adly tint\u00aded<\/span> with brown about the leaves, and inca\u00adpable of sting\u00ading<\/span>. It was evi\u00addent\u00adly the derelict<\/span> remains of some vast struc\u00adture, to what end<\/span> built I could not deter\u00admine. It was here that I was des\u00adtined<\/span>, at a lat\u00ader date, to have a very strange expe\u00adri\u00adence \u2013 the first inti\u00adma\u00adtion<\/span> of a still stranger dis\u00adcov\u00adery \u2013 but of that I will speak in its prop\u00ader place.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook\u00ading round with a sud\u00adden thought, from a ter\u00adrace on which I rest\u00aded for a while, I real\u00adized that there were no small hous\u00ades to be seen. Appar\u00adent\u00adly the sin\u00adgle house, and pos\u00adsi\u00adbly even the house\u00adhold, had van\u00adished. Here and there among the green\u00adery were palace-like build\u00adings, but the house and the cot\u00adtage, which form such char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic fea\u00adtures of our own Eng\u00adlish land\u00adscape, had disappeared.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u201dCom\u00admu\u00adnism,\u201d said I to myself.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd on the heels of<\/span> that came anoth\u00ader thought. I looked at the half-dozen lit\u00adtle fig\u00adures that were fol\u00adlow\u00ading me. Then, in a flash, I per\u00adceived that all had the same form of cos\u00adtume, the same soft hair\u00adless vis\u00adage<\/span>, and the same girl\u00adish<\/span> rotun\u00addi\u00adty<\/span> of limb. It may seem strange, per\u00adhaps, that I had not noticed this before. But every\u00adthing was so strange. Now, I saw the fact plain\u00adly enough. In cos\u00adtume, and in all the dif\u00adfer\u00adences of tex\u00adture and bear\u00ading that now mark off the sex\u00ades from each oth\u00ader, these peo\u00adple of the future were alike<\/span>. And the chil\u00addren seemed to my eyes to be but<\/span> the minia\u00adtures of their par\u00adents. I judged, then, that the chil\u00addren of that time were extreme\u00adly pre\u00adco\u00adcious<\/span>, phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly at least, and I found after\u00adwards abun\u00addant ver\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion of my opinion.<\/p>\n

\u201cSee\u00ading the ease and secu\u00adri\u00adty in which these peo\u00adple were liv\u00ading, I felt that this close resem\u00adblance of the sex\u00ades was after all<\/span> what one would expect; for the strength of a man and the soft\u00adness of a woman, the insti\u00adtu\u00adtion of the fam\u00adi\u00adly, and the dif\u00adfer\u00aden\u00adti\u00ada\u00adtion<\/span> of occu\u00adpa\u00adtions are mere mil\u00adi\u00adtant<\/span> neces\u00adsi\u00adties of an age of phys\u00adi\u00adcal force; where pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion is bal\u00adanced and abun\u00addant, much child\u00adbear\u00ading<\/span> becomes an evil rather than a bless\u00ading to the State; where vio\u00adlence comes but rarely and off-spring<\/span> are secure, there is less neces\u00adsi\u00adty \u2013 indeed there is no neces\u00adsi\u00adty \u2013 for an effi\u00adcient fam\u00adi\u00adly, and the spe\u00adcial\u00adiza\u00adtion of the sex\u00ades with ref\u00ader\u00adence to their children\u2019s needs dis\u00adap\u00adpears. We see some begin\u00adnings of this even in our own time, and in this future age it was com\u00adplete. This, I must remind you, was my spec\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion at the time<\/span>. Lat\u00ader, I was to appre\u00adci\u00adate how far it fell short of<\/span> the reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I was mus\u00ading upon<\/span> these things, my atten\u00adtion was attract\u00aded by a pret\u00adty lit\u00adtle struc\u00adture, like a well under a cupo\u00adla<\/span>. I thought in a tran\u00adsi\u00adto\u00adry<\/span> way of the odd\u00adness of wells still exist\u00ading, and then resumed the thread of my spec\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions. There were no large build\u00adings towards the top of the hill, and as my walk\u00ading pow\u00aders were evi\u00addent\u00adly mirac\u00adu\u00adlous, I was present\u00adly left alone for the first time. With a strange sense of free\u00addom and adven\u00adture I pushed on<\/span> up to the crest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere I found a seat of some yel\u00adlow met\u00adal that I did not rec\u00adog\u00adnize, cor\u00adrod\u00aded<\/span> in places with a kind of pink\u00adish rust<\/span> and half smoth\u00adered<\/span> in soft moss, the arm-rests<\/span> cast and filed into the resem\u00adblance of griffins\u2019<\/span> heads. I sat down on it, and I sur\u00adveyed the broad view of our old world under the sun\u00adset of that long day. It was as sweet and fair a view as I have ever seen. The sun had already gone below the hori\u00adzon and the west was flam\u00ading gold, touched with<\/span> some hor\u00adi\u00adzon\u00adtal bars of pur\u00adple and crim\u00adson<\/span>. Below was the val\u00adley of the Thames, in which the riv\u00ader lay like a band of bur\u00adnished<\/span> steel. I have already spo\u00adken of the great palaces dot\u00adted about among the var\u00adie\u00adgat\u00aded<\/span> green\u00adery<\/span>, some in ruins and some still occu\u00adpied. Here and there rose a white or sil\u00advery fig\u00adure in the waste gar\u00adden of the earth, here and there came the sharp ver\u00adti\u00adcal line of some cupo\u00adla<\/span> or obelisk<\/span>. There were no hedges<\/span>, no signs of pro\u00adpri\u00adetary<\/span> rights, no evi\u00addences of agri\u00adcul\u00adture; the whole earth had become a garden.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo watch\u00ading, I began to put my inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adtion upon the things I had seen, and as it shaped itself to me that evening, my inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adtion was some\u00adthing in this way. (After\u00adwards I found I had got only a half-truth \u2013 or only a glimpse of one facet<\/span> of the truth.)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seemed to me that I had hap\u00adpened upon<\/span> human\u00adi\u00adty upon the wane<\/span>. The rud\u00addy<\/span> sun\u00adset set me think\u00ading<\/span> of the sun\u00adset of mankind. For the first time I began to real\u00adize an odd con\u00adse\u00adquence of the social effort in which we are at present engaged. And yet, come to think, it is a log\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adse\u00adquence enough. Strength is the out\u00adcome of need; secu\u00adri\u00adty sets a pre\u00admi\u00adum on fee\u00adble\u00adness<\/span>. The work of ame\u00adlio\u00adrat\u00ading<\/span> the con\u00addi\u00adtions of life \u2013 the true civ\u00adi\u00adliz\u00ading process that makes life more and more secure \u2013 had gone steadi\u00adly on to a cli\u00admax<\/span>. One tri\u00adumph of a unit\u00aded human\u00adi\u00adty over Nature had fol\u00adlowed anoth\u00ader. Things that are now mere dreams had become projects delib\u00ader\u00adate\u00adly put in hand and car\u00adried for\u00adward. And the har\u00advest<\/span> was what I saw!<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter all<\/span>, the san\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> and the agri\u00adcul\u00adture of today are still in the rudi\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry<\/span> stage. The sci\u00adence of our time has attacked but a lit\u00adtle depart\u00adment of the field of human dis\u00adease, but even so, it spreads its oper\u00ada\u00adtions very steadi\u00adly and per\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly. Our agri\u00adcul\u00adture and hor\u00adti\u00adcul\u00adture<\/span> destroy a weed just here and there<\/span> and cul\u00adti\u00advate per\u00adhaps a score<\/span> or so<\/span> of whole\u00adsome plants, leav\u00ading the greater num\u00adber to fight out a bal\u00adance as they can. We improve our favourite plants and ani\u00admals \u2013 and how few they are \u2013 grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly by selec\u00adtive breed\u00ading; now a new and bet\u00adter peach<\/span>, now a seed\u00adless grape, now a sweet\u00ader and larg\u00ader flower, now a more con\u00adve\u00adnient breed of cat\u00adtle. We improve them grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly, because our ideals are vague<\/span> and ten\u00adta\u00adtive<\/span>, and our knowl\u00adedge is very lim\u00adit\u00aded; because Nature, too, is shy and slow in our clum\u00adsy<\/span> hands. Some day all this will be bet\u00adter orga\u00adnized, and still bet\u00adter. That is the drift of the cur\u00adrent<\/span> in spite of the eddies<\/span>. The whole world will be intel\u00adli\u00adgent, edu\u00adcat\u00aded, and co-oper\u00adat\u00ading; things will move faster and faster towards the sub\u00adju\u00adga\u00adtion<\/span> of Nature. In the end<\/span>, wise\u00adly and care\u00adful\u00adly we shall read\u00adjust the bal\u00adance of ani\u00admal and veg\u00adetable to suit our human needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis adjust\u00adment, I say, must have been done, and done well; done indeed for all Time, in the space of Time across which my machine had leaped. The air was free from gnats<\/span>, the earth from weeds or fun\u00adgi<\/span>; every\u00adwhere were fruits and sweet and delight\u00adful flow\u00aders; bril\u00adliant but\u00adter\u00adflies flew hith\u00ader and thith\u00ader<\/span>. The ide\u00adal of pre\u00adven\u00adtive<\/span> med\u00adi\u00adcine was attained<\/span>. Dis\u00adeases had been stamped out<\/span>. I saw no evi\u00addence of any con\u00adta\u00adgious<\/span> dis\u00adeases dur\u00ading all my stay. And I shall have to tell you lat\u00ader that even the process\u00ades of putre\u00adfac\u00adtion<\/span> and decay<\/span> had been pro\u00adfound\u00adly affect\u00aded by these changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cSocial tri\u00adumphs, too, had been effect\u00aded. I saw mankind housed in splen\u00addid<\/span> shel\u00adters, glo\u00adri\u00adous\u00adly clothed, and as yet I had found them engaged in no toil<\/span>. There were no signs of strug\u00adgle, nei\u00adther social nor eco\u00adnom\u00adi\u00adcal strug\u00adgle. The shop, the adver\u00adtise\u00adment, traf\u00adfic, all that com\u00admerce which con\u00adsti\u00adtutes the body of our world, was gone. It was nat\u00adur\u00adal on that gold\u00aden evening that I should jump at the idea of a social par\u00adadise. The dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty of increas\u00ading pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion had been met, I guessed, and pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion had ceased to increase.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut with this change in con\u00addi\u00adtion comes inevitably adap\u00adta\u00adtions to the change. What, unless bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence is a mass of errors, is the cause of human intel\u00adli\u00adgence and vigour<\/span>? Hard\u00adship and free\u00addom: con\u00addi\u00adtions under which the active, strong, and sub\u00adtle sur\u00advive and the weak\u00ader go to the wall<\/span>; con\u00addi\u00adtions that put a pre\u00admi\u00adum<\/span> upon the loy\u00adal alliance of capa\u00adble men, upon self-restraint<\/span>, patience, and deci\u00adsion. And the insti\u00adtu\u00adtion of the fam\u00adi\u00adly, and the emo\u00adtions that arise there\u00adin<\/span>, the fierce jeal\u00adousy<\/span>, the ten\u00adder\u00adness for off\u00adspring<\/span>, parental self-devo\u00adtion<\/span>, all found their jus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion<\/span> and sup\u00adport in the immi\u00adnent<\/span> dan\u00adgers of the young. Now, where are these immi\u00adnent<\/span> dan\u00adgers? There is a sen\u00adti\u00adment aris\u00ading, and it will grow, against con\u00adnu\u00adbial<\/span> jeal\u00adousy<\/span>, against fierce mater\u00adni\u00adty, against pas\u00adsion of all sorts; unnec\u00ades\u00adsary things now, and things that make us uncom\u00adfort\u00adable, sav\u00adage sur\u00advivals, dis\u00adcords<\/span> in a refined and pleas\u00adant life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought of the phys\u00adi\u00adcal slight\u00adness<\/span> of the peo\u00adple, their lack of intel\u00adli\u00adgence, and those big abun\u00addant ruins, and it strength\u00adened my belief in a per\u00adfect con\u00adquest<\/span> of Nature. For after the bat\u00adtle comes Qui\u00adet. Human\u00adi\u00adty had been strong, ener\u00adgetic, and intel\u00adli\u00adgent, and had used all its abun\u00addant vital\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> to alter the con\u00addi\u00adtions under which it lived. And now came the reac\u00adtion of the altered conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder the new con\u00addi\u00adtions<\/span> of per\u00adfect com\u00adfort and secu\u00adri\u00adty, that rest\u00adless ener\u00adgy, that with us is strength, would become weak\u00adness. Even in our own time cer\u00adtain ten\u00adden\u00adcies and desires, once nec\u00ades\u00adsary to sur\u00advival, are a con\u00adstant source of fail\u00adure. Phys\u00adi\u00adcal courage and the love of bat\u00adtle, for instance, are no great help \u2013 may even be hin\u00addrances<\/span> \u2013 to a civ\u00adi\u00adlized man. And in a state of phys\u00adi\u00adcal bal\u00adance and secu\u00adri\u00adty, pow\u00ader, intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal as well as phys\u00adi\u00adcal, would be out of place<\/span>. For count\u00adless years I judged there had been no dan\u00adger of war or soli\u00adtary<\/span> vio\u00adlence, no dan\u00adger from wild beasts, no wast\u00ading dis\u00adease to require strength of con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion, no need of toil<\/span>. For such a life, what we should call the weak are as well equipped as the strong, are indeed no longer weak. Bet\u00adter equipped indeed they are, for the strong would be fret\u00adted<\/span> by an ener\u00adgy for which there was no out\u00adlet<\/span>. No doubt the exquis\u00adite<\/span> beau\u00adty of the build\u00adings I saw was the out\u00adcome of the last surg\u00adings<\/span> of the now pur\u00adpose\u00adless ener\u00adgy of mankind before it set\u00adtled down<\/span> into per\u00adfect har\u00admo\u00adny with the con\u00addi\u00adtions under which it lived \u2013 the flour\u00adish<\/span> of that tri\u00adumph which began the last great peace. This has ever been the fate of ener\u00adgy in secu\u00adri\u00adty; it takes to<\/span> art and to eroti\u00adcism<\/span>, and then come lan\u00adguor<\/span> and decay<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven this artis\u00adtic impe\u00adtus<\/span> would at last<\/span> die away \u2013 had almost died in the Time I saw. To adorn<\/span> them\u00adselves with flow\u00aders, to dance, to sing in the sun\u00adlight: so much was left of the artis\u00adtic spir\u00adit, and no more. Even that would fade in the end into a con\u00adtent\u00aded inac\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty. We are kept keen on the grind\u00adstone of pain and neces\u00adsi\u00adty<\/span>, and, it seemed to me, that here was that hate\u00adful grind\u00adstone<\/span> bro\u00adken at<\/span> last<\/span>!<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I stood there in the gath\u00ader\u00ading dark I thought that in this sim\u00adple expla\u00adna\u00adtion I had mas\u00adtered the prob\u00adlem of the world \u2013 mas\u00adtered the whole secret of these deli\u00adcious peo\u00adple. Pos\u00adsi\u00adbly the checks they had devised for the increase of pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion had suc\u00adceed\u00aded too well, and their num\u00adbers had rather dimin\u00adished than kept sta\u00adtion\u00adary<\/span>. That would account for<\/span> the aban\u00addoned ruins. Very sim\u00adple was my expla\u00adna\u00adtion, and plau\u00adsi\u00adble<\/span> enough \u2013 as most wrong the\u00ado\u00adries are!<\/p>\n

\n

queer<\/span> kw\u026a\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Devi\u00adat\u00ading from the cus\u00adtom\u00adary: strange, curi\u00adous, odd, pecu\u00adliar, sin\u00adgu\u00adlar, quaint, weird<\/span><\/p>\n

to come to<\/span> \u21d2 To begin to.<\/p>\n

dis\u00adre\u00adgard<\/span> \u02ccd\u026as\u00adr\u026a\u02c8g\u0251\u02d0d<\/span> v <\/span>To pay no atten\u00adtion to: ignore, snub, cut<\/span><\/p>\n

chat\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8\u02a7\u00e6t\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To talk con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous\u00adly in a fast infor\u00admal way, usu\u00adal\u00adly about unim\u00adpor\u00adtant subjects.<\/p>\n

ges\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlate<\/span> \u02a4\u025bs\u02c8t\u026akj\u028ale\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To make ges\u00adtures espe\u00adcial\u00adly while speak\u00ading, as for emphasis.<\/p>\n

to leave some\u00adone to <\/span>his own devices<\/span> \u21d2 To let some\u00adone do what\u00adev\u00ader one can\/wants.<\/p>\n

sum\u00admit<\/span> \u02c8s\u028cm\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>The high\u00adest point: peak, crown, cli\u00admax, pin\u00adna\u00adcle, acme<\/span><\/p>\n

crest<\/span> kr\u025bst<\/span> n <\/span>The top, as of a hill or wave; the high\u00adest point.<\/p>\n

ruinous<\/span> \u02c8r\u028a\u026an\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Caus\u00ading ruin or destruc\u00adtion: destruc\u00adtive, fatal, dis\u00adas\u00adtrous, catastrophic<\/span><\/p>\n

splen\u00addour<\/span> \u02c8spl\u025bnd\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>A refined qual\u00adi\u00adty of grace\u00adful\u00adness and good taste: ele\u00adgance, magnificence<\/span><\/p>\n

heap<\/span> hi\u02d0p<\/span> n <\/span>A large, dis\u00ador\u00addered pile of things: pile<\/span><\/p>\n

gran\u00adite<\/span> \u02c8gr\u00e6n\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>A usu\u00adal\u00adly light-col\u00adored, coarse-grained igneous rock com\u00adposed most\u00adly of quartz, feldspar, and mica, one of the most com\u00admon rocks in the crust of continents.<\/p>\n

labyrinth<\/span> \u02c8l\u00e6b\u0259r\u026an\u03b8<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing that is intri\u00adcate\u00adly and often bewil\u00adder\u00ading\u00adly com\u00adplex: knot, maze, web, snarl<\/span><\/p>\n

pre\u00adcip\u00adi\u00adtous<\/span> pr\u026a\u02c8s\u026ap\u026at\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Very sharply inclined: bold, abrupt, sheer, steep, ardu\u00adous, precipitate<\/span><\/p>\n

crum\u00adpled<\/span> \u02c8kr\u028cm\u00adpld<\/span> adj<\/span> Pressed or squeezed so that it is no longer flat or smooth: crushed, wrin\u00adkled, creased, ruffled<\/span><\/p>\n

pago\u00adda-like<\/span> \u21d2 Look\u00ading like a reli\u00adgious build\u00ading of the Far East erect\u00aded as a memo\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal or shrine.<\/p>\n

net\u00adtle<\/span> \u02c8n\u025btl<\/span> n <\/span>A tall plant with point\u00aded leaves and small hairs that sting if you touch them.<\/p>\n

tint<\/span> t\u026ant<\/span> v <\/span>Colour light\u00adly. <\/p>\n

sting<\/span> st\u026a\u014b<\/span> v <\/span>To pierce or wound painful\u00adly with a sharp-point\u00aded struc\u00adture or organ, as that of cer\u00adtain insects or plants.<\/p>\n

derelict<\/span> \u02c8d\u025br\u026al\u026akt<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading been giv\u00aden up and left alone: aban\u00addoned, desert\u00aded, run-down<\/span><\/p>\n

to what end<\/span> \u21d2 with what purpose.<\/p>\n

des\u00adtined<\/span> \u02c8d\u025bst\u026and<\/span> adj<\/span> Seem\u00ading cer\u00adtain to hap\u00adpen at some time in the future.<\/p>\n

inti\u00adma\u00adtion<\/span> \u02cc\u026an\u00adt\u026a\u02c8me\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>An indi\u00adrect sug\u00adges\u00adtion or sign that some\u00adthing is like\u00adly to hap\u00adpen or be true.<\/p>\n

on the heels of<\/span> \u21d2 Fol\u00adlow\u00ading close behind or soon after some\u00adone or something.<\/p>\n

vis\u00adage<\/span> \u02c8v\u026az\u026a\u02a4<\/span> n <\/span>A per\u00adson\u00ad\u2019s face, with ref\u00ader\u00adence to the form or pro\u00adpor\u00adtions of the features.<\/p>\n

girl\u00adish<\/span> \u02c8g\u025c\u02d0l\u026a\u0283<\/span> adj<\/span> Char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic of or befit\u00adting a girl.<\/p>\n

rotun\u00addi\u00adty<\/span> r\u0259\u028a\u02c8t\u028cnd\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>Round\u00adness, plumpness.<\/p>\n

to be alike<\/span> \u21d2 To be like one another.<\/p>\n

but<\/span> \u21d2 (archa\u00adic<\/span>) only.<\/p>\n

pre\u00adco\u00adcious<\/span> pr\u026a\u02c8k\u0259\u028a\u0283\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Devel\u00adop\u00ading before the expect\u00aded time: ear\u00adly, pre\u00adma\u00adture, untimely<\/span><\/p>\n

after all<\/span> \u21d2 in spite of all.<\/p>\n

dif\u00adfer\u00aden\u00adti\u00ada\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccd\u026af\u0259r\u025bn\u0283\u026a\u02c8e\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion between things as dif\u00adfer\u00adent and distinct.<\/p>\n

mil\u00adi\u00adtant<\/span> \u02c8m\u026al\u026at\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Inclined to act in a hos\u00adtile way: aggres\u00adsive, bel\u00adliger\u00adent, combative<\/span><\/p>\n

child\u00adbear\u00ading<\/span> \u02c8\u02a7a\u026ald\u02ccbe\u0259r\u026a\u014b<\/span> n <\/span>The process of giv\u00ading birth to babies.<\/p>\n

off\u00adspring<\/span> \u02c8\u0252f\u00adspr\u026a\u014b<\/span> n <\/span>Group con\u00adsist\u00ading of those descend\u00aded direct\u00adly from the same par\u00adents or ances\u00adtors: issue, pos\u00adter\u00adi\u00adty, descendants<\/span><\/p>\n

at the time<\/span> \u21d2 At a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar moment in the past; then.<\/p>\n

to fall short of some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To go far from; fail to reach or obtain.<\/p>\n

to muse on\/<\/span>upon\/over<\/span> \u21d2 To think\/pore over, to ponder.<\/p>\n

cupo\u00adla<\/span> \u02c8kju\u02d0p\u0259l\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Domed roof or ceiling.<\/p>\n

tran\u00adsi\u00adto\u00adry<\/span> \u02c8tr\u00e6n\u00ads\u026at\u0259ri<\/span> adj<\/span> Last\u00ading only for a short time: tempo\u00adrary, momen\u00adtary, ephemer\u00adal, short-lived, fleeting<\/span><\/p>\n

to push on<\/span> \u21d2 To go for\u00adward in a deter\u00admined way.<\/p>\n

cor\u00adrode<\/span> k\u0259\u02c8r\u0259\u028ad<\/span> v <\/span>To con\u00adsume grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly, as by chem\u00adi\u00adcal reac\u00adtion, fric\u00adtion, etc: wear, wear away, gnaw, erode, fret<\/span><\/p>\n

rust<\/span> r\u028cst<\/span> n <\/span>Pow\u00addery red\u00addish-brown coat\u00ading formed on iron in the pres\u00adence of water.<\/p>\n

smoth\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8sm\u028c\u00f0\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To sti\u00adfle or kill by depriv\u00ading of air: suf\u00adfo\u00adcate<\/span><\/p>\n

arm-rests<\/span> \u21d2 Objects for sup\u00adport of the arms (on chairs etc.<\/span>).<\/p>\n

grif\u00adfin<\/span> \u02c8gr\u026af\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>Fab\u00adu\u00adlous beast with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.<\/p>\n

to be touched with some colour<\/span> \u21d2 To have some colour tint.<\/p>\n

crim\u00adson<\/span> \u02c8kr\u026amzn<\/span> n <\/span>Deep to vivid pur\u00adplish red to vivid red colour.<\/p>\n

bur\u00adnish<\/span> \u02c8b\u025c\u02d0n\u026a\u0283<\/span> v <\/span>To make smooth or glossy by rub\u00adbing: pol\u00adish<\/span><\/p>\n

var\u00adie\u00adgat\u00aded<\/span> \u02c8ve\u0259r\u026age\u026at\u026ad<\/span> n <\/span>Var\u00adied in appear\u00adance, as by hav\u00ading dif\u00adfer\u00adent col\u00adors, forms, shapes, etc.<\/p>\n

green\u00adery<\/span> \u02c8gri\u02d0n\u0259ri<\/span> n <\/span>Green foliage; verdure.<\/p>\n

obelisk<\/span> \u02c8\u0252b\u026al\u026ask<\/span> n <\/span>Tall, four-sided shaft of stone that ris\u00ades to a point.<\/p>\n

hedge<\/span> h\u025b\u02a4<\/span> n <\/span>A row of shrubs or small trees that are plant\u00aded close to each oth\u00ader in order to form a boundary.<\/p>\n

pro\u00adpri\u00adetary<\/span> pr\u0259\u02c8pra\u026a\u0259t\u0259ri<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing owned, espe\u00adcial\u00adly real estate.<\/p>\n

facet<\/span> \u02c8f\u00e6s\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>The par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar angle from which some\u00adthing is con\u00adsid\u00adered: side, aspect<\/span><\/p>\n

to hap\u00adpen on<\/span> \u21d2 To come upon.<\/p>\n

on\/upon the wane<\/span> \u21d2 becom\u00ading less.<\/p>\n

rud\u00addy<\/span> \u02c8r\u028c\u00addi<\/span> adj<\/span> Of a red\u00addish colour: rosy, florid, bloom\u00ading, glowing<\/span><\/p>\n

to set some\u00adone think\u00ading<\/span> \u21d2 To pro\u00advoke some\u00adone to start think\u00ading about.<\/p>\n

fee\u00adble\u00adness<\/span> \u02c8fi\u02d0bln\u0259s<\/span> The state of being weak in health or body, espe\u00adcial\u00adly from old age: infir\u00admi\u00adty, frailty, debility<\/span><\/p>\n

ame\u00adlio\u00adrate<\/span> \u0259\u02c8mi\u02d0li\u0259re\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To advance to a more desir\u00adable state: improve, amend, bet\u00adter, upgrade<\/span><\/p>\n

to go to a cli\u00admax<\/span> \u21d2 To move towards the high\u00adest point of.<\/p>\n

har\u00advest<\/span> \u02c8h\u0251\u02d0v\u026ast<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing brought about by a cause: result, effect, con\u00adse\u00adquence, out\u00adcome, aftermath<\/span><\/p>\n

san\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccs\u00e6n\u026a\u02c8te\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Appli\u00adca\u00adtion of mea\u00adsures designed to pro\u00adtect pub\u00adlic health.<\/p>\n

rudi\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry<\/span> \u02ccru\u02d0d\u026a\u02c8m\u025bn\u00adt\u0259ri<\/span> adj<\/span> Being in the ear\u00adli\u00adest stages of devel\u00adop\u00adment: ele\u00admen\u00adtary<\/span><\/p>\n

hor\u00adti\u00adcul\u00adture<\/span> \u02c8h\u0254\u02d0t\u026ak\u028cl\u02a7\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Grow\u00ading flow\u00aders, fruit and vegetables.<\/p>\n

here and there<\/span> \u21d2 in var\u00adi\u00adous places.<\/p>\n

score<\/span> sk\u0254\u02d0<\/span> n <\/span>A group of 20 things.<\/p>\n

or so<\/span> \u21d2 (of quan\u00adti\u00adties<\/span>) Impre\u00adcise but fair\u00adly close to.<\/p>\n

peach<\/span> pi\u02d0\u02a7<\/span> n <\/span>A soft, juicy, edi\u00adble fruit that has downy yel\u00adlow or red\u00addish skin and a sin\u00adgle large rough stone.<\/p>\n

vague<\/span> ve\u026ag<\/span> adj<\/span> Not clear\u00adly per\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble: faint, dim, obscure, hazy, misty, bleary, cloudy, unclear<\/span><\/p>\n

ten\u00adta\u00adtive<\/span> \u02c8t\u025bn\u00adt\u0259t\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Hes\u00adi\u00adtant or unsure.<\/p>\n

clum\u00adsy<\/span> \u02c8kl\u028cmzi<\/span> adj<\/span> Lack\u00ading phys\u00adi\u00adcal coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtion, skill, or grace: awk\u00adward<\/span><\/p>\n

the drift of the cur\u00adrent<\/span> \u21d2 The slow part of the oth\u00ader\u00adwise fast-mov\u00ading water.<\/p>\n

eddy<\/span> \u02c8\u025bdi<\/span> n <\/span>Cir\u00adcu\u00adlar or spi\u00adral move\u00adment: whirl<\/span><\/p>\n

sub\u00adju\u00adga\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccs\u028cb\u02a4\u028a\u02c8ge\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Sub\u00adjec\u00adtion, enslavement.<\/p>\n

in<\/span> the end<\/span> \u21d2 finally.<\/p>\n

gnat<\/span> n\u00e6t<\/span> n <\/span>Mall, bit\u00ading, two-winged fly.<\/p>\n

fun\u00adgus<\/span> \u02c8f\u028c\u014bg\u0259s<\/span> pl<\/span> fun\u00adgi<\/span> \u02c8f\u028c\u014b\u00adga\u026a<\/span> n <\/span>Flower with\u00adout leaves etc. grow\u00ading on oth\u00ader plants or decay\u00ading matter.<\/p>\n

hith\u00ader and thith\u00ader<\/span> \u21d2 To many places; here and there.<\/p>\n

pre\u00adven\u00adtive<\/span> pr\u026a\u02c8v\u025bn\u00adt\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Used to stop some\u00adthing bad from happening.<\/p>\n

attain<\/span> \u0259\u02c8te\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To gain as an objec\u00adtive: achieve<\/span><\/p>\n

to stamp out<\/span> \u21d2 To destroy or end something.<\/p>\n

con\u00adta\u00adgious<\/span> k\u0259n\u02c8te\u026a\u02a4\u0259s<\/span> adv<\/span> Car\u00adry\u00ading or capa\u00adble of spread\u00ading a disease.<\/p>\n

putre\u00adfac\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccpju\u02d0tr\u026a\u02c8f\u00e6k\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>The con\u00addi\u00adtion of being decayed: decom\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, decay, spoilage, rot<\/span><\/p>\n

decay<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8ke\u026a<\/span> n <\/span>Grad\u00adual dete\u00adri\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion to an infe\u00adri\u00ador state; a falling into ruin.<\/p>\n

splen\u00addid<\/span> \u02c8spl\u025bnd\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> Bril\u00adliant or fine, esp in appear\u00adance: excel\u00adlent, won\u00adder\u00adful, marvellous<\/span><\/p>\n

toil<\/span> t\u0254\u026al<\/span> v <\/span>Work that is dif\u00adfi\u00adcult and unpleas\u00adant and that lasts for a long time: hard work, labor<\/span><\/p>\n

vigour<\/span> \u02c8v\u026ag\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>The qual\u00adi\u00adty of being phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly strong: pow\u00ader, strength, might, potency<\/span><\/p>\n

to go to the wall<\/span> \u21d2 To be defeated.<\/p>\n

to put a pre\u00admi\u00adum on<\/span> \u21d2 To encour\u00adage, to foster.<\/p>\n

restraint<\/span> r\u026as\u02c8tre\u026ant<\/span> n <\/span>A con\u00addi\u00adtion of being con\u00adfined or deprived of liberty.<\/p>\n

there\u00adin<\/span> \u00f0e\u0259r\u02c8\u026an<\/span> adv<\/span> In that place; in that circumstance.<\/p>\n

jeal\u00adousy<\/span> \u02c8\u02a4\u025bl\u0259si<\/span> n <\/span>A feel\u00ading of iri\u00adta\u00adtion and upset because you think some\u00adone who you love is in love to some\u00adone else.<\/p>\n

off\u00adspring<\/span> \u02c8\u0252f\u00adspr\u026a\u014b<\/span> n <\/span>Someone\u2019s child or children.<\/p>\n

devo\u00adtion<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8v\u0259\u028a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Great love, inter\u00adest, care and sup\u00adport for some\u00adbody or something<\/p>\n

jus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion<\/span> \u02cc\u02a4\u028cst\u026af\u026a\u02c8ke\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>A rea\u00adson for something.<\/p>\n

immi\u00adnent<\/span> \u02c8\u026am\u026an\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Some\u00adthing that is like\u00adly to hap\u00adpen very soon.<\/p>\n

con\u00adnu\u00adbial<\/span> k\u0259\u02c8n\u00adju\u02d0bi\u0259l<\/span> adj<\/span> Relat\u00ading to mar\u00adriage or the mar\u00adried state: con\u00adju\u00adgal<\/span><\/p>\n

dis\u00adcord<\/span> \u02c8d\u026ask\u0254\u02d0d<\/span> v <\/span>Lack of con\u00adcord or har\u00admo\u00adny between per\u00adsons or things:: dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty, con\u00adflict, fric\u00adtion, clash, strife<\/span><\/p>\n

slight\u00adness<\/span> \u02c8sla\u026at\u00adn\u0259s<\/span> n <\/span>Instance of treat\u00ading some\u00adone as unim\u00adpor\u00adtant: small\u00adness<\/span><\/p>\n

con\u00adquest<\/span> \u02c8k\u0252\u014bk\u00adw\u025bst<\/span> v <\/span>The act or process of gain\u00ading con\u00adtrol of or sub\u00addue by mil\u00adi\u00adtary force: win, sub\u00adju\u00adga\u00adtion, vic\u00adto\u00adry, suc\u00adcess, defeat<\/span><\/p>\n

vital\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> va\u026a\u02c8t\u00e6l\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>The abil\u00adi\u00adty to sur\u00advive and grow.<\/p>\n

under the new con\u00addi\u00adtions<\/span> \u21d2 in the new state or sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion of.<\/p>\n

hin\u00addrance<\/span> \u02c8h\u026an\u00addr\u0259ns<\/span> n <\/span>Any\u00adthing that impedes: bar\u00adri\u00ader, obsta\u00adcle, imped\u00adi\u00adment, obstruction<\/span><\/p>\n

out of place<\/span> \u21d2 unsuitable.<\/p>\n

soli\u00adtary<\/span> \u02c8s\u0252l\u026at\u0259ri<\/span> adj<\/span> Being the only one; sin\u00adgle and iso\u00adlat\u00aded from oth\u00aders: lone, lone\u00adsome, only, sole<\/span><\/p>\n

fret<\/span> fr\u025bt<\/span> v <\/span>To be anx\u00adious or wor\u00adried: fuss, nig\u00adgle<\/span><\/p>\n

out\u00adlet<\/span> \u02c8a\u028atl\u025bt<\/span> n <\/span>Means of release for ener\u00adgies, dri\u00adves, or desires.<\/p>\n

exquis\u00adite<\/span> \u02c8\u025bk\u00adskw\u026az\u026at<\/span> adj<\/span> Of spe\u00adcial beau\u00adty or charm.<\/p>\n

surge<\/span> s\u025c\u02d0\u02a4<\/span> v <\/span>To emit in abun\u00addance: pour, rush, flow, well, gush<\/span><\/p>\n

to set\u00adtle down<\/span> \u21d2 To become calm.<\/p>\n

flour\u00adish<\/span> \u02c8fl\u028cr\u026a\u0283<\/span> v <\/span>To grow or devel\u00adop well.<\/p>\n

it takes to<\/span> \u21d2 it leads to.<\/p>\n

eroti\u00adcism<\/span> \u026a\u02c8r\u0252t\u026as\u026azm<\/span> n <\/span>An erot\u00adic theme; sex\u00adu\u00adal excitement.<\/p>\n

lan\u00adguor<\/span> \u02c8l\u00e6\u014bg\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Defi\u00adcien\u00adcy in men\u00adtal and phys\u00adi\u00adcal activ\u00adi\u00adty: lethar\u00adgy, stu\u00adpor, tor\u00adpor, languidness<\/span><\/p>\n

impe\u00adtus<\/span> \u02c8\u026am\u00adp\u026at\u0259s<\/span> A force that sets a body in motion: incen\u00adtive, push, spur, motivation<\/span><\/p>\n

at last<\/span> \u21d2 After a long wait; finally.<\/p>\n

adorn<\/span> \u0259\u02c8d\u0254\u02d0n<\/span> v <\/span>To lend beau\u00adty to; to fur\u00adnish with dec\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtions: dec\u00ado\u00adrate, grace, dress, orna\u00adment, deck, embellish<\/span><\/p>\n

we are kept keen on the grind\u00adstone of pain and neces\u00adsi\u00adty<\/span> \u21d2 we are forced to live in pain and neces\u00adsi\u00adty; grind\u00adstone<\/span> \u02c8gra\u026and\u00adst\u0259\u028an<\/span> n <\/span>Revolv\u00ading stone disk used for grind\u00ading, pol\u00adish\u00ading, or sharp\u00aden\u00ading tools; a millstone.<\/p>\n

grind\u00adstone<\/span> \u02c8gra\u026and\u00adst\u0259\u028an<\/span> n <\/span>Revolv\u00ading stone disk used for grind\u00ading, pol\u00adish\u00ading, or sharp\u00aden\u00ading tools; a millstone.<\/p>\n

sta\u00adtion\u00adary<\/span> \u02c8ste\u026a\u0283n\u0259ri<\/span> adj<\/span> Firm\u00adly in posi\u00adtion: fixed, immo\u00adbile, stead\u00adfast, unmoving<\/span><\/p>\n

to account for<\/span> \u21d2 To give an expla\u00adna\u00adtion of.<\/p>\n

plau\u00adsi\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8pl\u0254\u02d0z\u0259bl<\/span> n <\/span>Appar\u00adent\u00adly rea\u00adson\u00adable and cred\u00adi\u00adble, and there\u00adfore con\u00advinc\u00ading: believ\u00adable<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cAs<\/span> I stood there mus\u00ading over<\/span> this too per\u00adfect tri\u00adumph of man, the full moon, yel\u00adlow and gib\u00adbous<\/span>, came up<\/span> out of an over\u00adflow of sil\u00adver light in the north-east. The bright lit\u00adtle fig\u00adures ceased to move about below, a noise\u00adless owl<\/span> flit\u00adted<\/span> by, and I shiv\u00adered<\/span> with the chill<\/span> of the night. I deter\u00admined to descend<\/span> and find where I could sleep.<\/p>\n

\u201cI looked for the build\u00ading I knew. Then my eye trav\u00adelled along<\/span> to the fig\u00adure of the White Sphinx upon the pedestal<\/span> of bronze, grow\u00ading dis\u00adtinct as the light of the ris\u00ading moon grew brighter. I could see the sil\u00adver birch<\/span> against it. There was the tan\u00adgle<\/span> of rhodo\u00adden\u00addron<\/span> bush\u00ades, black in the pale light, and there was the lit\u00adtle lawn. I looked at the lawn again. A queer<\/span> doubt chilled my com\u00adpla\u00adcen\u00adcy<\/span>. \u201cNo,\u201d said I stout\u00adly<\/span> to myself, \u201cthat was not the lawn.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it was the lawn. For the white lep\u00adrous<\/span> face of the sphinx was towards it. Can you imag\u00adine what I felt as this con\u00advic\u00adtion<\/span> came home to<\/span> me? But you can\u00adnot. The Time Machine was gone!<\/p>\n

\u201cAt once, like a lash<\/span> across the face, came the pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of los\u00ading my own age, of being left help\u00adless in this strange new world. The bare thought of it was an actu\u00adal phys\u00adi\u00adcal sen\u00adsa\u00adtion. I could feel it grip me at the throat and stop my breath\u00ading. In anoth\u00ader moment I was in a pas\u00adsion of fear and run\u00adning with great leap\u00ading strides<\/span> down the slope. Once I fell head\u00adlong<\/span> and cut my face; I lost no time in stanch\u00ading<\/span> the blood, but jumped up and ran on<\/span>, with a warm trick\u00adle<\/span> down my cheek and chin. All the time<\/span> I ran I was say\u00ading to myself: \u201cThey have moved it a lit\u00adtle, pushed it under the bush\u00ades out of the way<\/span>.\u201d Nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless, I ran with all my might<\/span>. All the time<\/span>, with the cer\u00adtain\u00adty that some\u00adtimes comes with exces\u00adsive dread<\/span>, I knew that such assur\u00adance was fol\u00adly<\/span>, knew instinc\u00adtive\u00adly that the machine was removed out of my reach<\/span>. My breath came with pain. I sup\u00adpose I cov\u00adered the whole dis\u00adtance from the hill crest to the lit\u00adtle lawn, two miles<\/span> per\u00adhaps, in ten min\u00adutes. And I am not a young man. I cursed<\/span> aloud, as I ran, at my con\u00adfi\u00addent fol\u00adly<\/span> in leav\u00ading the machine, wast\u00ading good breath there\u00adby<\/span>. I cried aloud, and none answered. Not a crea\u00adture seemed to be stir\u00adring in that moon\u00adlit world.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I reached the lawn my worst fears were real\u00adized. Not a trace of the thing was to be seen. I felt faint and cold when I faced the emp\u00adty space among the black tan\u00adgle<\/span> of bush\u00ades. I ran round it furi\u00adous\u00adly<\/span>, as if the thing might be hid\u00adden in a cor\u00adner, and then stopped abrupt\u00adly<\/span>, with my hands clutch\u00ading<\/span> my hair. Above me tow\u00adered the sphinx, upon the bronze pedestal<\/span>, white, shin\u00ading, lep\u00adrous<\/span>, in the light of the ris\u00ading moon. It seemed to smile in mock\u00adery<\/span> of my dis\u00admay<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI might have con\u00adsoled<\/span> myself by imag\u00adin\u00ading the lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple had put the mech\u00ada\u00adnism in some shel\u00adter for me, had I not felt assured of their phys\u00adi\u00adcal and intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal inad\u00ade\u00adqua\u00adcy<\/span>. That is what dis\u00admayed<\/span> me: the sense of some hith\u00ader\u00adto<\/span> unsus\u00adpect\u00aded pow\u00ader, through whose inter\u00adven\u00adtion my inven\u00adtion had van\u00adished. Yet, for one thing I felt assured: unless some oth\u00ader age had pro\u00adduced its exact dupli\u00adcate, the machine could not have moved in time. The attach\u00adment of the levers<\/span> \u2013 I will show you the method lat\u00ader \u2013 pre\u00advent\u00aded any one from tam\u00adper\u00ading with<\/span> it in that way when they were removed. It had moved, and was hid, only in space. But then, where could it be?<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I must have had a kind of fren\u00adzy<\/span>. I remem\u00adber run\u00adning vio\u00adlent\u00adly in and out among the moon\u00adlit bush\u00ades all round the sphinx, and star\u00adtling<\/span> some white ani\u00admal that, in the dim light, I took for a small deer. I remem\u00adber, too, late that night, beat\u00ading the bush\u00ades with my clenched<\/span> fist until my knuck\u00adles<\/span> were gashed<\/span> and bleed\u00ading from the bro\u00adken twigs<\/span>. Then, sob\u00adbing<\/span> and rav\u00ading<\/span> in my anguish<\/span> of mind, I went down to the great build\u00ading of stone. The big hall was dark, silent, and desert\u00aded. I slipped on the uneven<\/span> floor, and fell over one of the mala\u00adchite<\/span> tables, almost break\u00ading my shin<\/span>. I lit a match and went on past the dusty cur\u00adtains, of which I have told you.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere I found a sec\u00adond great hall cov\u00adered with cush\u00adions<\/span>, upon which, per\u00adhaps, a score<\/span> or so<\/span> of the lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple were sleep\u00ading. I have no doubt<\/span> they found my sec\u00adond appear\u00adance strange enough, com\u00ading sud\u00adden\u00adly out of the qui\u00adet dark\u00adness with inar\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlate<\/span> nois\u00ades and the splut\u00adter<\/span> and flare<\/span> of a match. For they had for\u00adgot\u00adten about match\u00ades. \u201cWhere is my Time Machine?\u201d I began, bawl\u00ading<\/span> like an angry child, lay\u00ading hands upon them and shak\u00ading them up togeth\u00ader. It must have been very queer<\/span> to them. Some laughed, most of them looked sore\u00adly<\/span> fright\u00adened. When I saw them stand\u00ading round me, it came into my head<\/span> that I was doing as fool\u00adish a thing as it was pos\u00adsi\u00adble for me to do under the cir\u00adcum\u00adstances, in try\u00ading to revive<\/span> the sen\u00adsa\u00adtion of fear. For, rea\u00adson\u00ading from their day\u00adlight behav\u00adiour, I thought that fear must be forgotten.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbrupt\u00adly<\/span>, I dashed down the match<\/span>, and, knock\u00ading one of the peo\u00adple over<\/span> in my course<\/span>, went blun\u00adder\u00ading<\/span> across the big din\u00ading-hall again, out under the moon\u00adlight. I heard cries of ter\u00adror and their lit\u00adtle feet run\u00adning and stum\u00adbling this way and that. I do not remem\u00adber all I did as the moon crept up the sky<\/span>. I sup\u00adpose it was the unex\u00adpect\u00aded nature of my loss that mad\u00addened me. I felt hope\u00adless\u00adly cut off<\/span> from my own kind \u2013 a strange ani\u00admal in an unknown world. I must have raved<\/span> to and fro<\/span>, scream\u00ading and cry\u00ading upon God and Fate<\/span>. I have a mem\u00ado\u00adry of hor\u00adri\u00adble fatigue, as the long night of despair wore away<\/span>; of look\u00ading in this impos\u00adsi\u00adble place and that; of grop\u00ading among<\/span> moon-lit ruins and touch\u00ading strange crea\u00adtures in the black shad\u00adows; at last<\/span>, of lying on the ground near the sphinx and weep\u00ading<\/span> with absolute wretched\u00adness<\/span>. I had noth\u00ading left but mis\u00adery. Then I slept, and when I woke again it was full day, and a cou\u00adple of spar\u00adrows<\/span> were hop\u00adping round me on the turf<\/span> with\u00adin reach of my arm<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sat up in the fresh\u00adness of the morn\u00ading, try\u00ading to remem\u00adber how I had got there, and why I had such a pro\u00adfound sense of deser\u00adtion<\/span> and despair. Then things came clear<\/span> in my mind. With the plain, rea\u00adson\u00adable day\u00adlight, I could look my cir\u00adcum\u00adstances fair\u00adly in the face. I saw the wild fol\u00adly<\/span> of my fren\u00adzy<\/span> overnight, and I could rea\u00adson with myself. \u201cSup\u00adpose the worst?\u201d I said. \u201cSup\u00adpose the machine alto\u00adgeth\u00ader lost \u2013 per\u00adhaps destroyed? It behooves me<\/span> to be calm and patient, to learn the way of the peo\u00adple, to get a clear idea of the method of my loss, and the means of get\u00adting<\/span> <\/span>mate\u00adri\u00adals and tools; so that in the end, per\u00adhaps, I may make anoth\u00ader.\u201d That would be my only hope, per\u00adhaps, but bet\u00adter than despair. And, after all<\/span>, it was a beau\u00adti\u00adful and curi\u00adous world.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut prob\u00ada\u00adbly, the machine had only been tak\u00aden away. Still, I must be calm and patient, find its hid\u00ading-place, and recov\u00ader it by force or cun\u00adning<\/span>. And with that I scram\u00adbled<\/span> to my feet and looked about me, won\u00adder\u00ading where I could bathe. I felt weary<\/span>, stiff, and trav\u00adel-soiled<\/span>. The fresh\u00adness of the morn\u00ading made me desire an equal fresh\u00adness. I had exhaust\u00aded my emo\u00adtion. Indeed, as I went about my busi\u00adness, I found myself won\u00adder\u00ading at my intense excite\u00adment overnight. I made a care\u00adful exam\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion of the ground about the lit\u00adtle lawn. I wast\u00aded some time in futile<\/span> ques\u00adtion\u00adings, con\u00adveyed, as well as I was able, to such of the lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple as came by<\/span>. They all failed to under\u00adstand<\/span> my ges\u00adtures; some were sim\u00adply stol\u00adid<\/span>, some thought it was a jest<\/span> and laughed at me. I had the hard\u00adest task in the world to keep my hands off their pret\u00adty laugh\u00ading faces. It was a fool\u00adish impulse, but the dev\u00adil begot\u00adten<\/span> of fear and blind anger was ill curbed<\/span> and still eager to take advan\u00adtage<\/span> of my per\u00adplex\u00adi\u00adty<\/span>. The turf<\/span> gave bet\u00adter coun\u00adsel. I found a groove<\/span> ripped in it, about mid\u00adway between the pedestal<\/span> of the sphinx and the marks of my feet where, on arrival, I had strug\u00adgled with the over\u00adturned machine. There were oth\u00ader signs of removal about, with queer<\/span> nar\u00adrow foot\u00adprints like those I could imag\u00adine made by a sloth<\/span>. This direct\u00aded my clos\u00ader atten\u00adtion to the pedestal<\/span>. It was, as I think I have said, of bronze. It was not a mere block, but high\u00adly dec\u00ado\u00adrat\u00aded with deep framed pan\u00adels on either side. I went and rapped<\/span> at these. The pedestal<\/span> was hol\u00adlow. Exam\u00adin\u00ading the pan\u00adels with care I found them dis\u00adcon\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous<\/span> with the frames. There were no han\u00addles or key\u00adholes, but pos\u00adsi\u00adbly the pan\u00adels, if they were doors, as I sup\u00adposed, opened from with\u00adin. One thing was clear enough to my mind. It took no very great men\u00adtal effort<\/span> to infer<\/span> that my Time Machine was inside that pedestal<\/span>. But how it got there was a dif\u00adfer\u00adent problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw the heads of two orange-clad<\/span> peo\u00adple com\u00ading through the bush\u00ades and under some blos\u00adsom<\/span>-cov\u00adered apple-trees towards me. I turned smil\u00ading to them and beck\u00adoned them to me<\/span>. They came, and then, point\u00ading to the bronze pedestal<\/span>, I tried to inti\u00admate<\/span> my wish to open it. But at my first ges\u00adture towards this they behaved very odd\u00adly. I don\u2019t know how to con\u00advey their expres\u00adsion to you. Sup\u00adpose you were to use a gross\u00adly<\/span> improp\u00ader<\/span> ges\u00adture to a del\u00adi\u00adcate-mind\u00aded woman \u2013 it is how she would look. They went off<\/span> as if they had received the last pos\u00adsi\u00adble insult<\/span>. I tried a sweet-look\u00ading lit\u00adtle chap<\/span> in white next, with exact\u00adly the same result. Some\u00adhow, his man\u00adner made me feel ashamed<\/span> of myself. But, as you know, I want\u00aded the Time Machine, and I tried him once more. As he turned off, like the oth\u00aders, my tem\u00adper<\/span> got the bet\u00adter of me. In three strides<\/span> I was after him, had him by the loose part of his robe<\/span> round the neck, and began drag\u00adging him towards the sphinx. Then I saw the hor\u00adror and repug\u00adnance<\/span> of his face, and all of a sud\u00adden<\/span> I let him go.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I was not beat\u00aden yet. I banged with my fist at the bronze pan\u00adels. I thought I heard some\u00adthing stir inside \u2013 to be explic\u00adit, I thought I heard a sound like a chuck\u00adle<\/span> \u2013 but I must have been mis\u00adtak\u00aden<\/span>. Then I got a big peb\u00adble<\/span> from the riv\u00ader, and came and ham\u00admered till I had flat\u00adtened a coil<\/span> in the dec\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtions, and the verdi\u00adgris<\/span> came off in pow\u00addery flakes<\/span>. The del\u00adi\u00adcate lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple must have heard me ham\u00admer\u00ading in gusty<\/span> out\u00adbreaks<\/span> a mile away on either hand, but noth\u00ading came of it. I saw a crowd of them upon the slopes, look\u00ading furtive\u00adly<\/span> at me. At last<\/span>, hot and tired, I sat down to watch the place. But I was too rest\u00adless to watch long; I am too Occi\u00adden\u00adtal<\/span> for a long vig\u00adil<\/span>. I could work at a prob\u00adlem for years, but to wait inac\u00adtive for twen\u00adty-four hours \u2013 that is anoth\u00ader matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got up after a time, and began walk\u00ading aim\u00adless\u00adly through the bush\u00ades towards the hill again. \u201cPatience,\u201d said I to myself. \u201cIf you want your machine again you must leave that sphinx alone. If they mean to take your machine away, it\u2019s lit\u00adtle good your wreck\u00ading<\/span> their bronze pan\u00adels, and if they don\u2019t, you will get it back as soon as you can ask for it. To sit among all those unknown things before a puz\u00adzle like that is hope\u00adless. That way lies mono\u00adma\u00adnia<\/span>. Face this world. Learn its ways, watch it, be care\u00adful of too hasty guess\u00ades at its mean\u00ading. In the end you will find clues<\/span> to it all.\u201d Then sud\u00adden\u00adly the humour of the sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion came into my mind: the thought of the years I had spent in study and toil<\/span> to get into the future age, and now my pas\u00adsion of anx\u00adi\u00adety to get out of it. I had made myself the most com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded and the most hope\u00adless trap that ever a man devised<\/span>. Although it was at my own expense<\/span>, I could not help myself. I laughed aloud.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing through the big palace, it seemed to me that the lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple avoid\u00aded me. It may have been my fan\u00adcy, or it may have had some\u00adthing to do with<\/span> my ham\u00admer\u00ading at the gates of bronze. Yet I felt tol\u00ader\u00ada\u00adbly sure<\/span> of the avoid\u00adance. I was care\u00adful, how\u00adev\u00ader, to show no con\u00adcern and to abstain<\/span> from any pur\u00adsuit of them, and in the course of a day or two things got back to the old foot\u00ading<\/span>. I made what progress I could in the lan\u00adguage, and in addi\u00adtion I pushed my explo\u00adrations here and there. Either I missed some sub\u00adtle point or their lan\u00adguage was exces\u00adsive\u00adly sim\u00adple \u2013 almost exclu\u00adsive\u00adly com\u00adposed of con\u00adcrete sub\u00adstan\u00adtives<\/span> and verbs. There seemed to be few, if any, abstract terms, or lit\u00adtle use of fig\u00adu\u00adra\u00adtive<\/span> lan\u00adguage. Their sen\u00adtences were usu\u00adal\u00adly sim\u00adple and of two words, and I failed to con\u00advey or under\u00adstand any but the sim\u00adplest propo\u00adsi\u00adtions<\/span>. I deter\u00admined to put the thought of my Time Machine and the mys\u00adtery of the bronze doors under the sphinx as much as pos\u00adsi\u00adble in a cor\u00adner of mem\u00ado\u00adry, until my grow\u00ading knowl\u00adedge would lead me back to them in a nat\u00adur\u00adal way. Yet a cer\u00adtain feel\u00ading, you may under\u00adstand, teth\u00adered<\/span> me in a cir\u00adcle of a few miles<\/span> round the point of my arrival.<\/p>\n

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to muse on\/upon\/over<\/span> \u21d2 To think\/pore over, to ponder.<\/p>\n

gib\u00adbous<\/span> \u02c8g\u026ab\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> More than half but less than ful\u00adly illu\u00admi\u00adnat\u00aded (used of the moon<\/span>).<\/p>\n

to come up<\/span> \u21d2 To appear.<\/p>\n

owl<\/span> a\u028al<\/span> n <\/span>Noc\u00adtur\u00adnal bird of prey, hav\u00ading a broad head with large, for\u00adward-direct\u00aded eyes that are usu\u00adal\u00adly sur\u00adround\u00aded by disks of mod\u00adi\u00adfied feathers.<\/p>\n

flit<\/span> fl\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To move quick\u00adly from one loca\u00adtion to anoth\u00ader: hov\u00ader, flut\u00adter, flicker<\/span><\/p>\n

shiv\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8\u0283\u026av\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To shake slight\u00adly because of cold, fear, etc: trem\u00adble, shud\u00adder, vibrate, shake, quake<\/span><\/p>\n

chill<\/span> \u02a7\u026al<\/span> n <\/span>Rel\u00ada\u00adtive lack of warmth: cold, cool\u00adness, cold\u00adness, chilliness<\/span><\/p>\n

descend<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8s\u025bnd<\/span> v <\/span>To move from a high\u00ader to a low\u00ader place; come down.<\/p>\n

my eye trav\u00adelled along<\/span> \u21d2 I direct\u00aded my eyes to.<\/p>\n

pedestal<\/span> \u02c8p\u025bd\u026astl<\/span> n <\/span>An archi\u00adtec\u00adtur\u00adal base for a statue.<\/p>\n

birch<\/span> b\u025c\u02d0\u02a7<\/span> n <\/span>Decid\u00adu\u00adous tree with flow\u00aders in catkins, sim\u00adple, toothed leaves, and bark that often peels in thin papery layers.<\/p>\n

tan\u00adgle<\/span> \u02c8t\u00e6\u014bgl<\/span> n <\/span>A twist\u00aded and tan\u00adgled mass that is high\u00adly interwoven.<\/p>\n

rhodo\u00adden\u00addron<\/span> \u02ccr\u0259\u028ad\u0259\u02c8d\u025bn\u00addr\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>An ever\u00adgreen orna\u00admen\u00adtal shrub with clus\u00adters of var\u00adi\u00adous\u00adly coloured, often bell-shaped flowers.<\/p>\n

queer<\/span> kw\u026a\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Devi\u00adat\u00ading from the cus\u00adtom\u00adary: strange, curi\u00adous, odd, pecu\u00adliar, sin\u00adgu\u00adlar, quaint, weird<\/span><\/p>\n

com\u00adpla\u00adcen\u00adcy<\/span> k\u0259m\u02c8\u00adple\u026as\u00adn\u028csi<\/span> n <\/span>Feel\u00ading of con\u00adtent\u00adment or self-sat\u00adis\u00adfac\u00adtion: sat\u00adis\u00adfac\u00adtion, con\u00adtent, peace, plea\u00adsure, hap\u00adpi\u00adness, com\u00adfort, peace of mind, well-being<\/span><\/p>\n

stout\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8sta\u028atli<\/span> adv<\/span> In capa\u00adble of with\u00adstand\u00ading con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adable stress or hard\u00adship: strong\u00adly<\/span><\/p>\n

lep\u00adrous<\/span> \u02c8l\u025bpr\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading a chron\u00adic, mild\u00adly con\u00adta\u00adgious dis\u00adease char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by ulcers of the skin and lead\u00ading to loss of sen\u00adsa\u00adtion, paral\u00ady\u00adsis, gan\u00adgrene, and deformation.<\/p>\n

con\u00advic\u00adtion<\/span> k\u0259n\u02c8v\u026ak\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>The feel\u00ading of being sure that what you believe or say is true: belief, faith, creed, view, opinion<\/span><\/p>\n

to come home tosome\u00adone or some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To be under\u00adstood or real\u00adized by someone.<\/p>\n

lash<\/span> l\u00e6\u0283<\/span> n <\/span>The flex\u00adi\u00adble part of a whip.<\/p>\n

stride<\/span> stra\u026ad<\/span> n <\/span>Sin\u00adgle long step.<\/p>\n

to fall head\u00adlong = head\u00adfirst, fore\u00admost<\/span> \u21d2 To fall with the head first.<\/p>\n

stanch<\/span> st\u0251\u02d0n\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>To stop blood from flowing.<\/p>\n

to run on<\/span> \u21d2 To keep on running.<\/p>\n

trick\u00adle<\/span> \u02c8tr\u026akl<\/span> n <\/span>A flow of liq\u00aduid in a small stream.<\/p>\n

all the time<\/span> \u21d2 Dur\u00ading the whole period.<\/p>\n

out of<\/span> the way<\/span> \u21d2 far away; secluded.<\/p>\n

with all my might<\/span> \u21d2 with all my pos\u00adsi\u00adble strength.<\/p>\n

dread<\/span> dr\u025bd<\/span> n <\/span>Fear\u00adful expec\u00adta\u00adtion or anticipation.<\/p>\n

fol\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8f\u0252li<\/span> n <\/span>Fool\u00adish behav\u00adiour: absur\u00addi\u00adty, insan\u00adi\u00adty, fool\u00adish\u00adness, crazi\u00adness, pre\u00adpos\u00adter\u00adous\u00adness, sense\u00adless\u00adness, silliness<\/span><\/p>\n

out of reach<\/span> \u21d2 Too far\/high to be reached.<\/p>\n

two miles<\/span> \u21d2 1 mile is 1.609 kilo\u00adme\u00adters. so 2 miles are about 3.2 km.<\/p>\n

curse<\/span> k\u025c\u02d0s<\/span> v <\/span>To use rude or offen\u00adsive lan\u00adguage, usu\u00adal\u00adly because you are angry about something.<\/p>\n

there\u00adby<\/span> \u02c8\u00f0e\u0259\u02c8ba\u026a<\/span> adv<\/span> In con\u00adnec\u00adtion with that.<\/p>\n

furi\u00adous\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8fj\u028a\u0259r\u026a\u0259s\u00adli<\/span> adv<\/span> In a man\u00adner marked by extreme or vio\u00adlent ener\u00adgy: fierce\u00adly, fran\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly, frenziedly<\/span><\/p>\n

abrupt\u00adly<\/span> \u0259\u02c8br\u028cptli<\/span> adv<\/span> Quick\u00adly and with\u00adout warn\u00ading: sud\u00adden\u00adly, hasti\u00adly, hurriedly<\/span><\/p>\n

clutch<\/span> kl\u028c\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>To grasp and hold tightly.<\/p>\n

to do some\u00adthing in mock\u00adery<\/span> \u21d2 To do some\u00adthing with the pur\u00adpose of mak\u00ading fun of something<\/p>\n

dis\u00admay<\/span> d\u026as\u02c8me\u026a<\/span> n <\/span>Com\u00adplete loss of courage in the face of trou\u00adble or dan\u00adger: con\u00adster\u00adna\u00adtion<\/span><\/p>\n

con\u00adsole<\/span> k\u0259n\u02c8s\u0259\u028al<\/span> v <\/span>To allay the sor\u00adrow or grief of: com\u00adfort, soothe, solace<\/span><\/p>\n

inad\u00ade\u00adqua\u00adcy<\/span> \u026an\u02c8\u00e6d\u026ak\u00adw\u0259si<\/span> n <\/span>The con\u00addi\u00adtion of being inca\u00adpable of accom\u00adplish\u00ading any\u00adthing: impo\u00adtence, inef\u00adfec\u00adtive\u00adness, inca\u00adpa\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, inefficacy<\/span><\/p>\n

hith\u00ader\u00adto<\/span> \u02c8h\u026a\u00f0\u0259\u02c8\u00adtu\u02d0<\/span> adv<\/span> Until this time.<\/p>\n

lever<\/span> \u02c8li\u02d0v\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Pro\u00adject\u00ading han\u00addle used to adjust or oper\u00adate a mechanism.<\/p>\n

to tam\u00adper with<\/span> \u21d2 To inter\u00adfere with something<\/p>\n

fren\u00adzy<\/span> \u02c8fr\u025bnzi<\/span> n <\/span>State of vio\u00adlent men\u00adtal agi\u00adta\u00adtion or wild excitement.<\/p>\n

star\u00adtle<\/span> \u02c8st\u0251\u02d0tl<\/span> v <\/span>To sur\u00adprise or fright\u00aden some\u00adone sud\u00adden\u00adly but not seri\u00adous\u00adly: fright\u00aden, scare, ter\u00adri\u00adfy, alarm<\/span><\/p>\n

clench<\/span> kl\u025bn\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>To hold some\u00adthing tightly.<\/p>\n

knuck\u00adle<\/span> \u02c8n\u028ckl<\/span> n <\/span>One of the joints con\u00adnect\u00ading the fin\u00adgers to the hand.<\/p>\n

gash<\/span> g\u00e6\u0283<\/span> v <\/span>To pen\u00ade\u00adtrate with a sharp edge: cut, slash, pierce, slit, incise<\/span><\/p>\n

twig<\/span> tw\u026ag<\/span> n <\/span>Small, leaf\u00adless branch of a woody plant.<\/p>\n

sob<\/span> s\u0252b<\/span> v <\/span>Cry nois\u00adi\u00adly, mak\u00ading loud, con\u00advul\u00adsive gasps: lament, wail, weep con\u00advul\u00adsive\u00adly, cry, whimper<\/span><\/p>\n

rave<\/span> re\u026av<\/span> v <\/span>To make a wild or furi\u00adous sound (of wind, water, storms, etc.<\/span>): rage<\/span><\/p>\n

anguish<\/span> \u02c8\u00e6\u014bg\u00adw\u026a\u0283<\/span> n <\/span>State of men\u00adtal suf\u00adfer\u00ading: pain, mis\u00adery, dis\u00adtress, agony, affliction<\/span><\/p>\n

uneven<\/span> \u028cn\u02c8i\u02d0v\u0259n<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading a coarse, irreg\u00adu\u00adlar sur\u00adface: rough, rugged, coarse, jagged, craggy<\/span><\/p>\n

mala\u00adchite<\/span> \u02c8m\u00e6l\u0259ka\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>Sight to dark green min\u00ader\u00adal used for orna\u00admen\u00adtal stoneware.<\/p>\n

shin<\/span> \u0283\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>The front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.<\/p>\n

cush\u00adion<\/span> \u02c8k\u028a\u0283\u0259n n <\/span>A pad with a soft fill\u00ading, used for rest\u00ading, reclin\u00ading, or kneel\u00ading: pil\u00adlow<\/span><\/p>\n

score<\/span> sk\u0254\u02d0<\/span> n <\/span>A group of 20 things.<\/p>\n

or so<\/span> \u21d2 (of quan\u00adti\u00adties<\/span>) Impre\u00adcise but fair\u00adly close to.<\/p>\n

I have no doubt<\/span> \u21d2 I do not doubt.<\/p>\n

inar\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlate<\/span> \u02cc\u026an\u0251\u02d0\u02c8t\u026akj\u028al\u026at<\/span> adj<\/span> Not able to express ideas clear\u00adly and effec\u00adtive\u00adly in speech or writ\u00ading : not artic\u00adu\u00adlate<\/span><\/p>\n

splut\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8spl\u028ct\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>A series of short, loud nois\u00ades like the nois\u00ades of some\u00adone who is strug\u00adgling to breathe.<\/p>\n

flare<\/span> fle\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Brief waver\u00ading blaze of light: flame, glow<\/span><\/p>\n

bawl<\/span> b\u0254\u02d0l<\/span> v <\/span>To shout in a loud angry way and with\u00adout restraint: bel\u00adlow<\/span><\/p>\n

sore\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8s\u0254\u02d0li<\/span> adv<\/span> Very much: bad\u00adly<\/span><\/p>\n

it came into my head<\/span> \u21d2 it occurred to me.<\/p>\n

revive<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8\u00adva\u026av<\/span> v <\/span>Give new life or ener\u00adgy to or restore from a depressed, inac\u00adtive, or unused state.<\/p>\n

to dash down a match<\/span> \u21d2 To strike a match.<\/p>\n

to knock over<\/span> \u21d2 To cause to fall, upset, overturn.<\/p>\n

in my course<\/span> \u21d2 on my way.<\/p>\n

blun\u00adder<\/span> \u02c8bl\u028cnd\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To move clum\u00adsi\u00adly in an unsteady way, as if you can\u00adnot see prop\u00ader\u00adly: stum\u00adble, lurch, wal\u00adlow, bumble<\/span><\/p>\n

the moon crept up the sky<\/span> \u21d2 The moon rose slow\u00adly in the sky.<\/p>\n

cut off<\/span> \u21d2 To sep\u00ada\u00adrate, isolate.<\/p>\n

to and fro<\/span> \u21d2 back and forth.<\/p>\n

to cry upon God and Fate<\/span> \u21d2 To invoke God and Fate to come to help.<\/p>\n

to wear away<\/span> \u21d2 pass, usu\u00adal\u00adly slow\u00adly (of time<\/span>).<\/p>\n

to grope among<\/span> \u21d2 To search blind\u00adly or uncer\u00adtain\u00adly among.<\/p>\n

at last<\/span> \u21d2 After a long wait; finally.<\/p>\n

weep<\/span> wi\u02d0p<\/span> v <\/span>To show strong emo\u00adtions, such as joy or grief, by shed\u00adding tears; cry.<\/p>\n

wretched\u00adness<\/span> \u02c8r\u025b\u02a7\u026ad\u00adn\u0259s<\/span> n <\/span>Unhap\u00adpi\u00adness.<\/p>\n

spar\u00adrow<\/span> \u02c8sp\u00e6r\u0259\u028a<\/span> n <\/span>Small bird with brown\u00adish or gray\u00adish plumage.<\/p>\n

turf<\/span> t\u025c\u02d0f<\/span> n <\/span>Sur\u00adface lay\u00ader of earth con\u00adtain\u00ading a dense growth of grass and its mat\u00adted roots: sod<\/span><\/p>\n

with\u00adin reach of some\u00adones arm<\/span> \u21d2 Close enough to be grasped.<\/p>\n

deser\u00adtion<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8z\u025c\u02d0\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>The act of giv\u00ading some\u00adthing up: aban\u00addon\u00adment, forsaking<\/span><\/p>\n

to come<\/span> \u21d2 clear to become easy to understand.<\/p>\n

It behooves me<\/span> \u21d2 I should behove, a\u043c. behoove b\u026a\u02c8hu\u02d0v<\/span> v <\/span>To be appro\u00adpri\u00adate or suit\u00adable to: become, suit, befit<\/span><\/p>\n

means of doing some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 A way\/mode of doing something<\/p>\n

after all<\/span> \u21d2 in spite of all.<\/p>\n

cun\u00adning<\/span> \u02c8k\u028cn\u026a\u014b<\/span> n <\/span>Skill in decep\u00adtion: guile<\/span><\/p>\n

scram\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8skr\u00e6m\u00adbl<\/span> n <\/span>To move or climb hur\u00adried\u00adly, espe\u00adcial\u00adly on the hands and knees.<\/p>\n

weary<\/span> \u02c8w\u026a\u0259ri<\/span> adj<\/span> Phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly or men\u00adtal\u00adly tired or exhausted.<\/p>\n

trav\u00adel-soiled<\/span> \u02c8tr\u00e6vl-s\u0254\u026ald<\/span> adj<\/span> Made dirty from a long travel.<\/p>\n

futile<\/span> \u02c8fju\u02d0\u00adta\u026al<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading no use\u00adful result: use\u00adless, vain, unsuc\u00adcess\u00adful, bar\u00adren, ineffective<\/span><\/p>\n

to come by<\/span> \u21d2 To come near.<\/p>\n

to fail to do some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To be unsuc\u00adcess\u00adful in doing something<\/p>\n

stol\u00adid<\/span> \u02c8st\u0252l\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> With\u00adout emo\u00adtion or inter\u00adest: indif\u00adfer\u00adent, unre\u00adspon\u00adsive, apa\u00adthet\u00adic, impas\u00adsive, listless<\/span><\/p>\n

jest<\/span> \u02a4\u025bst<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing said or done to cause laugh\u00adter: joke<\/span><\/p>\n

beget<\/span> b\u026a\u02c8g\u025bt<\/span> pt<\/span> begot<\/span><\/span> b\u026a\u02c8g\u0252t<\/span>, pp<\/span> begot\u00adten<\/span><\/span> b\u026a\u02c8g\u0252tn<\/span> v <\/span>To father: get, breed, sire, procreate<\/span><\/p>\n

curb<\/span> k\u025c\u02d0b<\/span> v <\/span>To con\u00adtrol or restrict: keep, check, hold back, restrain, inhib\u00adit, rein<\/span><\/p>\n

to take advan\u00adtage<\/span> \u21d2 To use some\u00adthing for one\u2019s own benefit.<\/p>\n

per\u00adplex\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> p\u0259\u02c8\u00adpl\u025bk\u00ads\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>The state of being con\u00adfused and puzzled.<\/p>\n

groove<\/span> gru\u02d0v<\/span> n <\/span>Long, nar\u00adrow fur\u00adrow or channel.<\/p>\n

sloth<\/span> sl\u0259\u028a\u03b8<\/span> n <\/span>A slow-mov\u00ading trop\u00adi\u00adcal tree-liv\u00ading mam\u00admal of South Amer\u00adi\u00adca and Cen\u00adtral Amer\u00adi\u00adca that hangs upside down from the branch\u00ades of trees using its long limbs and hooked claws and feeds on leaves and fruits.<\/p>\n

rap<\/span> r\u00e6p<\/span> v <\/span>To quick\u00adly hit or knock some\u00adthing sev\u00ader\u00adal or many times.<\/p>\n

dis\u00adcon\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous<\/span> \u02ccd\u026ask\u0259n\u02c8t\u026an\u00adj\u028a\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> That hap\u00adpens in stages with breaks between them: non\u00adcon\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous, broken<\/span><\/p>\n

some\u00adthing <\/span>takes effort to do some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 Some\u00adthing requires lots of ener\u00adgy and strength in order to be done.<\/p>\n

infer<\/span> \u026an\u02c8f\u025c\u02d0<\/span> v <\/span>To draw a con\u00adclu\u00adsion from evi\u00addence or rea\u00adson\u00ading: gath\u00ader, con\u00adclude, judge, deduce<\/span><\/p>\n

clad<\/span> kl\u00e6d<\/span> adj<\/span> Wear\u00ading or pro\u00advid\u00aded with cloth\u00ading: dressed, clothed<\/span><\/p>\n

blos\u00adsom<\/span> \u02c8bl\u0252s\u0259m<\/span> n <\/span>A flower or a group of flowers.<\/p>\n

to beck\u00adon to some\u00adone<\/span> \u21d2 To call by a move\u00adment of the hand.<\/p>\n

inti\u00admate<\/span> \u02c8\u026an\u00adt\u026am\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To indi\u00adcate or make known indi\u00adrect\u00adly: sug\u00adgest, imply, hint, insin\u00adu\u00adate, allude, indicate<\/span><\/p>\n

gross\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8gr\u0259\u028as\u00adli<\/span> adv<\/span> Very, or extremely.<\/p>\n

improp\u00ader<\/span> \u026am\u02c8pr\u0252p\u0259<\/span> a<\/span>dj<\/span> Not in keep\u00ading with con\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal mores: inde\u00adcent, indel\u00adi\u00adcate, unseem\u00adly, unto\u00adward, indeco\u00adrous, unbecoming<\/span><\/p>\n

to go off<\/span> \u21d2 To leave.<\/p>\n

insult<\/span> \u02c8\u026an\u00ads\u028clt<\/span> n <\/span>A delib\u00ader\u00adate\u00adly offen\u00adsive act or some\u00adthing pro\u00adduc\u00ading the effect of delib\u00ader\u00adate dis\u00adre\u00adspect: abuse, affront<\/span><\/p>\n

chap<\/span> \u02a7\u00e6p<\/span> n <\/span>A man or boy; a fellow.<\/p>\n

ashamed<\/span> \u0259\u02c8\u0283e\u026amd<\/span> adj<\/span> Feel\u00ading shame, guilt, embar\u00adrass\u00adment or remorse.<\/p>\n

tem\u00adper<\/span> \u02c8t\u025bm\u00adp\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>The ten\u00adden\u00adcy of some\u00adone to become angry.<\/p>\n

robe<\/span> r\u0259\u028ab<\/span> n <\/span>A long, loose or flow\u00ading gar\u00adment worn as cer\u00ade\u00admo\u00adni\u00adal or offi\u00adcial dress.<\/p>\n

repug\u00adnance<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8p\u028cgn\u0259ns<\/span> n <\/span>Extreme hos\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty and dis\u00adlike: hatred, hate, repul\u00adsion, detes\u00adta\u00adtion, loathing, abhor\u00adrence, abomination<\/span><\/p>\n

all of a sud\u00adden<\/span> \u21d2 suddenly.<\/p>\n

chuck\u00adle<\/span> \u02c8\u02a7\u028ckl<\/span> n <\/span>A soft part\u00adly sup\u00adpressed laugh.<\/p>\n

to be mis\u00adtak\u00aden<\/span> \u21d2 To be wrong.<\/p>\n

peb\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8p\u025bbl<\/span> n <\/span>Stone, espe\u00adcial\u00adly one worn smooth by erosion.<\/p>\n

coil<\/span> k\u0254\u026al<\/span> n <\/span>An indi\u00advid\u00adual spi\u00adral with\u00adin a series of con\u00adnect\u00aded spi\u00adrals formed by winding.<\/p>\n

verdi\u00adgris<\/span> \u02c8v\u025c\u02d0d\u026a\u00adgr\u026as<\/span> n <\/span>Green pati\u00adna formed on cop\u00adper, brass, and bronze exposed to air for long peri\u00adods of time.<\/p>\n

flake<\/span> fle\u026ak<\/span> n <\/span>A small, thin piece of something.<\/p>\n

gusty<\/span> \u02c8g\u028csti<\/span> adj<\/span> Blow\u00ading in puffs or com\u00ading in sud\u00adden strong wind blows.<\/p>\n

out\u00adbreak<\/span> \u02c8a\u028at\u00adbre\u026ak<\/span> n <\/span>The sud\u00adden start of some\u00adthing unpleas\u00adant, espe\u00adcial\u00adly vio\u00adlence or a disease.<\/p>\n

furtive\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8f\u025c\u02d0t\u026avli<\/span> adv<\/span> So silent and secret as to escape obser\u00adva\u00adtion: sneaky, sneak\u00ading, stealthy<\/span><\/p>\n

at last<\/span> \u21d2 After a long wait; finally.<\/p>\n

occi\u00adden\u00adtal<\/span>\u02cc\u0252k\u00ads\u026a\u02c8d\u025bntl<\/span> adj<\/span> Com\u00ading from or relat\u00ading to the west\u00adern part of the world<\/p>\n

vig\u00adil<\/span> \u02c8v\u026a\u02a4\u026al<\/span> n <\/span>The act of care\u00adful\u00adly watch\u00ading: watch, sur\u00adveil\u00adlance, vig\u00adi\u00adlance, lookout<\/span><\/p>\n

wreck<\/span> r\u025bk<\/span> v <\/span>To destroy some\u00adthing com\u00adplete\u00adly: destroy, bring to ruin, ruin , spoil , smash, break, batter<\/span><\/p>\n

mono\u00adma\u00adnia<\/span> \u02ccm\u0252n\u0259\u028a\u02c8me\u026ani\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Patho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal obses\u00adsion with one idea or subject.<\/p>\n

clue<\/span> klu\u02d0<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing that serves to guide or direct in the solu\u00adtion of a prob\u00adlem: key, proof, sign, sug\u00adges\u00adtion, trace, mark, idea<\/span><\/p>\n

toil<\/span> t\u0254\u026al<\/span> n <\/span>Work that is dif\u00adfi\u00adcult and unpleas\u00adant and that lasts for a long time: hard work, labor<\/span><\/p>\n

devise<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8\u00adva\u026az<\/span> v <\/span>To form or plan in the mind: make up, think up, invent, contrive<\/span><\/p>\n

at one\u2019s expense<\/span> \u21d2 To one\u2019s detri\u00adment or disadvantage.<\/p>\n

it has some\u00adthing to do with<\/span> \u21d2 It is asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with.<\/p>\n

to feel sure<\/span> \u21d2 To be sure.<\/p>\n

abstain<\/span> \u0259b\u02c8ste\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To hold one\u2019s back: keep, hold off, with\u00adhold, refrain, forbear<\/span><\/p>\n

things got back<\/span> to the old foot\u00ading<\/span> \u21d2 Things again were as of old.<\/p>\n

sub\u00adstan\u00adtive<\/span> \u02c8s\u028cb\u00adst\u0259n\u00adt\u026av<\/span> n <\/span>Any word or group of words func\u00adtion\u00ading as a noun.<\/p>\n

fig\u00adu\u00adra\u00adtive<\/span> \u02c8f\u026agj\u028ar\u0259t\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Used with a mean\u00ading that is dif\u00adfer\u00adent from the basic mean\u00ading and that express\u00ades an idea in an inter\u00adest\u00ading way by using lan\u00adguage that usu\u00adal\u00adly describes some\u00adthing else: not lit\u00ader\u00adal<\/span><\/p>\n

propo\u00adsi\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccpr\u0252p\u0259\u02c8z\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>A state\u00adment that affirms or denies some\u00adthing and is either true or false<\/p>\n

teth\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8t\u025b\u00f0\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To fas\u00adten or restrict with a rope or chain.<\/p>\n

fifty miles<\/span> \u21d2 1 mile is 1.609 kilometers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cSo<\/span> far as I could see, all the world dis\u00adplayed the same exu\u00adber\u00adant<\/span> rich\u00adness as the Thames val\u00adley. From every hill I climbed I saw the same abun\u00addance of splen\u00addid<\/span> build\u00adings, end\u00adless\u00adly var\u00adied in mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal and style, the same clus\u00adter\u00ading thick\u00adets<\/span> of ever\u00adgreens<\/span>, the same blos\u00adsom<\/span>-laden<\/span> trees and tree-ferns<\/span>. Here and there water shone like sil\u00adver, and beyond, the land rose into blue undu\u00adlat\u00ading<\/span> hills, and so fad\u00aded into the seren\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> of the sky. A pecu\u00adliar<\/span> fea\u00adture, which present\u00adly attract\u00aded my atten\u00adtion, was the pres\u00adence of cer\u00adtain cir\u00adcu\u00adlar wells, sev\u00ader\u00adal, as it seemed to me, of a very great depth. One lay by the path up the hill, which I had fol\u00adlowed dur\u00ading my first walk. Like the oth\u00aders, it was rimmed with bronze, curi\u00adous\u00adly wrought<\/span>, and pro\u00adtect\u00aded by a lit\u00adtle cupo\u00adla<\/span> from the rain. Sit\u00adting by the side of these wells, and peer\u00ading down into the shaft\u00aded dark\u00adness<\/span>, I could see no gleam<\/span> of water, nor could I start any reflec\u00adtion with a light\u00aded match. But in all of them I heard a cer\u00adtain sound: a thud<\/span> \u2013 thud<\/span> \u2013 thud<\/span>, like the beat\u00ading of some big engine; and I dis\u00adcov\u00adered, from the flar\u00ading<\/span> of my match\u00ades, that a steady cur\u00adrent of air set down<\/span> the shafts<\/span>. Fur\u00adther, I threw a scrap<\/span> of paper into the throat of one, and, instead of flut\u00adter\u00ading<\/span> slow\u00adly down, it was at once sucked<\/span> swift\u00adly out of sight.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a time, too, I came to con\u00adnect these wells with tall tow\u00aders stand\u00ading here and there upon the slopes; for above them there was often just such a flick\u00ader<\/span> in the air as one sees on a hot day above a sun-scorched<\/span> beach. Putting things togeth\u00ader<\/span>, I reached a strong sug\u00adges\u00adtion<\/span> of an exten\u00adsive sys\u00adtem of sub\u00adter\u00adranean<\/span> ven\u00adti\u00adla\u00adtion, whose true import<\/span> it was dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to imag\u00adine. I was at first inclined to<\/span> asso\u00adciate it with the san\u00adi\u00adtary<\/span> appa\u00adra\u00adtus of these peo\u00adple. It was an obvi\u00adous con\u00adclu\u00adsion, but it was absolute\u00adly wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd here I must admit that I learned very lit\u00adtle of drains and bells and modes of con\u00adveyance<\/span>, and the like con\u00adve\u00adniences<\/span>, dur\u00ading my time in this real future. In some of these visions of Utopias<\/span> and com\u00ading times which I have read, there is a vast amount of detail about build\u00ading, and social arrange\u00adments, and so forth. But while such details are easy enough to obtain when the whole world is con\u00adtained in one\u2019s imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, they are alto\u00adgeth\u00ader inac\u00adces\u00adsi\u00adble to a real trav\u00adeller amid such real\u00adi\u00adties as I found here. Con\u00adceive the tale of Lon\u00addon which a negro<\/span>, fresh from Cen\u00adtral Africa, would take back<\/span> to his tribe! What would he know of rail\u00adway com\u00adpa\u00adnies, of social move\u00adments, of tele\u00adphone and tele\u00adgraph wires, of the Parcels<\/span> Deliv\u00adery Com\u00adpa\u00adny, and postal orders and the like<\/span>? Yet we, at least<\/span>, should be will\u00ading enough to explain these things to him! And even of what he knew, how much could he make his untrav\u00adelled friend either appre\u00adhend<\/span> or believe? Then, think how nar\u00adrow the gap between a negro<\/span> and a white man of our own times, and how wide the inter\u00adval between myself and these of the Gold\u00aden Age! I was sen\u00adsi\u00adble of<\/span> much which was unseen, and which con\u00adtributed to my com\u00adfort; but save for a gen\u00ader\u00adal impres\u00adsion of auto\u00admat\u00adic orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion, I fear I can con\u00advey very lit\u00adtle of the dif\u00adfer\u00adence to your mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the mat\u00adter of sepul\u00adchre<\/span>, for instance, I could see no signs of cre\u00adma\u00adto\u00adria<\/span> nor any\u00adthing sug\u00adges\u00adtive<\/span> of tombs<\/span>. But it occurred to me<\/span> that, pos\u00adsi\u00adbly, there might be ceme\u00adter\u00adies (or cre\u00adma\u00adto\u00adria<\/span>) some\u00adwhere beyond the range of my explor\u00adings. This, again, was a ques\u00adtion I delib\u00ader\u00adate\u00adly put to<\/span> myself, and my curios\u00adi\u00adty was at first entire\u00adly defeat\u00aded upon the point. The thing puz\u00adzled me, and I was led to make a fur\u00adther remark, which puz\u00adzled me still more: that aged and infirm<\/span> among this peo\u00adple there were none.<\/p>\n

\u201cI must con\u00adfess that my sat\u00adis\u00adfac\u00adtion with my first the\u00ado\u00adries of an auto\u00admat\u00adic civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion and a deca\u00addent<\/span> human\u00adi\u00adty did not long endure. Yet I could think of no oth\u00ader. Let me put my dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adties. The sev\u00ader\u00adal big palaces I had explored were mere liv\u00ading places, great din\u00ading-halls and sleep\u00ading apart\u00adments. I could find no machin\u00adery, no appli\u00adances of any kind. Yet these peo\u00adple were clothed in pleas\u00adant fab\u00adrics that must at times need renew\u00adal, and their san\u00addals<\/span>, though undec\u00ado\u00adrat\u00aded, were fair\u00adly com\u00adplex spec\u00adi\u00admens<\/span> of met\u00adal\u00adwork<\/span>. Some\u00adhow such things must be made. And the lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple dis\u00adplayed no ves\u00adtige of<\/span> a cre\u00adative ten\u00adden\u00adcy. There were no shops, no work\u00adshops, no sign of impor\u00adta\u00adtions<\/span> among them. They spent all their time in play\u00ading gen\u00adtly, in bathing in the riv\u00ader, in mak\u00ading love in a half-play\u00adful fash\u00adion, in eat\u00ading fruit and sleep\u00ading. I could not see how things were kept going.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, again, about the Time Machine: some\u00adthing, I knew not what, had tak\u00aden it into the hol\u00adlow pedestal<\/span> of the White Sphinx.<\/p>\n

Why? For the life of me<\/span> I could not imag\u00adine. Those water\u00adless wells, too, those flick\u00ader\u00ading<\/span> pil\u00adlars<\/span>. I felt I lacked a clue. I felt \u2013 how shall I put it? Sup\u00adpose you found an inscrip\u00adtion<\/span>, with sen\u00adtences here and there in excel\u00adlent plain Eng\u00adlish, and inter\u00adpo\u00adlat\u00aded<\/span> there\u00adwith<\/span>, oth\u00aders made up of<\/span> words, of let\u00adters even, absolute\u00adly unknown to you? Well, on the third day of my vis\u00adit, that was how the world of Eight Hun\u00addred and Two Thou\u00adsand Sev\u00aden Hun\u00addred and One pre\u00adsent\u00aded itself to me!<\/p>\n

\u201cThat day, too, I made a friend<\/span> \u2013 of a sort. It hap\u00adpened that, as I was watch\u00ading some of the lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple bathing in a shal\u00adlow, one of them was seized with cramp<\/span> and began drift\u00ading down\u00adstream<\/span>. The main cur\u00adrent ran rather swift\u00adly, but not too strong\u00adly for even a mod\u00ader\u00adate swim\u00admer. It will give you an idea, there\u00adfore, of the strange defi\u00adcien\u00adcy<\/span> in these crea\u00adtures, when I tell you that none made the slight\u00adest attempt to res\u00adcue the weak\u00adly cry\u00ading lit\u00adtle thing which was drown\u00ading before their eyes. When I real\u00adized this, I hur\u00adried\u00adly slipped off<\/span> my clothes, and, wad\u00ading<\/span> in at a point low\u00ader down, I caught the poor mite<\/span> and drew her safe to land. A lit\u00adtle rub\u00adbing of the limbs soon brought her round<\/span>, and I had the sat\u00adis\u00adfac\u00adtion of see\u00ading she was all right before I left her. I had got to<\/span> such a low esti\u00admate of her kind that I did not expect any grat\u00adi\u00adtude<\/span> from her. In that, how\u00adev\u00ader, I was wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis hap\u00adpened in the morn\u00ading. In the after\u00adnoon I met my lit\u00adtle woman, as I believe it was, as I was return\u00ading towards my cen\u00adtre from an explo\u00adration, and she received me with cries of delight and pre\u00adsent\u00aded me with a big gar\u00adland<\/span> of flow\u00aders \u2013 evi\u00addent\u00adly made for me and me alone. The thing took my imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion. Very pos\u00adsi\u00adbly I had been feel\u00ading des\u00ado\u00adlate<\/span>. At any rate<\/span> I did my best<\/span> to dis\u00adplay my appre\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion of the gift. We were soon seat\u00aded togeth\u00ader in a lit\u00adtle stone arbour<\/span>, engaged in con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion, chiefly of smiles. The creature\u2019s friend\u00adli\u00adness affect\u00aded me exact\u00adly as a child\u2019s might have done. We passed each oth\u00ader flow\u00aders, and she kissed my hands. I did the same to hers. Then I tried talk, and found that her name was Weena, which, though I don\u2019t know what it meant, some\u00adhow seemed appro\u00adpri\u00adate enough. That was the begin\u00adning of a queer<\/span> friend\u00adship which last\u00aded a week, and end\u00aded \u2013 as I will tell you!<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was exact\u00adly like a child. She want\u00aded to be with me always. She tried to fol\u00adlow me every\u00adwhere, and on my next jour\u00adney out and about<\/span> it went to my heart to<\/span> tire her down, and leave her at last<\/span>, exhaust\u00aded<\/span> and call\u00ading after me rather plain\u00adtive\u00adly<\/span>. But the prob\u00adlems of the world had to be mas\u00adtered. I had not, I said to myself, come into the future to car\u00adry on<\/span> a minia\u00adture flir\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span>. Yet her dis\u00adtress<\/span> when I left her was very great, her expos\u00adtu\u00adla\u00adtions<\/span> at the part\u00ading were some\u00adtimes fran\u00adtic<\/span>, and I think, alto\u00adgeth\u00ader, I had as much trou\u00adble as com\u00adfort from her devo\u00adtion<\/span>. Nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless she was, some\u00adhow, a very great com\u00adfort. I thought it was mere child\u00adish affec\u00adtion that made her cling to me. Until it was too late, I did not clear\u00adly know what I had inflict\u00aded<\/span> upon her when I left her. Nor until it was too late did I clear\u00adly under\u00adstand what she was to me. For, by mere\u00adly seem\u00ading fond of me<\/span>, and show\u00ading in her weak, futile<\/span> way that she cared for me, the lit\u00adtle doll of a crea\u00adture present\u00adly gave my return to the neigh\u00adbour\u00adhood of the White Sphinx almost the feel\u00ading of com\u00ading home; and I would watch for her tiny fig\u00adure of white and gold so soon as I came over<\/span> the hill.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was from her, too, that I learned that fear had not yet left the world. She was fear\u00adless enough in the day\u00adlight, and she had the odd\u00adest con\u00adfi\u00addence in me; for once, in a fool\u00adish moment, I made threat\u00aden\u00ading gri\u00admaces at her, and she sim\u00adply laughed at them. But she dread\u00aded<\/span> the dark, dread\u00aded<\/span> shad\u00adows, dread\u00aded<\/span> black things. Dark\u00adness to her was the one thing dread\u00adful<\/span>. It was a sin\u00adgu\u00adlar\u00adly<\/span> pas\u00adsion\u00adate emo\u00adtion, and it set me think\u00ading<\/span> and observ\u00ading. I dis\u00adcov\u00adered then, among oth\u00ader things, that these lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple gath\u00adered into the great hous\u00ades after dark, and slept in droves<\/span>. To enter upon them with\u00adout a light was to put them into a tumult<\/span> of appre\u00adhen\u00adsion<\/span>. I nev\u00ader found one out of doors, or one sleep\u00ading alone with\u00adin doors, after dark. Yet I was still such a block\u00adhead<\/span> that I missed the les\u00adson of that fear, and in spite of Weena\u2019s dis\u00adtress<\/span> I insist\u00aded upon sleep\u00ading away from these slum\u00adber\u00ading<\/span> multitudes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt trou\u00adbled her great\u00adly, but in the end her odd affec\u00adtion for me tri\u00adumphed, and for five of the nights of our acquain\u00adtance, includ\u00ading the last night of all, she slept with her head pil\u00adlowed on my arm. But my sto\u00adry slips away<\/span> from me as I speak of her. It must have been the night before her res\u00adcue that I was awak\u00adened about dawn. I had been rest\u00adless, dream\u00ading most dis\u00adagree\u00adably that I was drowned, and that sea anemones<\/span> were feel\u00ading<\/span> over my face with their soft palps<\/span>. I woke with a start<\/span>, and with an odd fan\u00adcy that some grey\u00adish<\/span> ani\u00admal had just rushed out of the cham\u00adber. I tried to get to sleep again, but I felt rest\u00adless and uncom\u00adfort\u00adable. It was that dim grey hour when things are just creep\u00ading out of dark\u00adness, when every\u00adthing is colour\u00adless and clear cut, and yet unre\u00adal. I got up, and went down into the great hall, and so out upon the flag\u00adstones<\/span> in front of the palace. I thought I would make a virtue of neces\u00adsi\u00adty<\/span>, and see the sunrise.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe moon was set\u00adting, and the dying moon\u00adlight and the first pal\u00adlor<\/span> of dawn were min\u00adgled<\/span> in a ghast\u00adly<\/span> half-light. The bush\u00ades were inky black, the ground a som\u00adbre<\/span> grey, the sky colour\u00adless and cheer\u00adless. And up the hill I thought I could see ghosts. There sev\u00ader\u00adal times, as I scanned the slope, I saw white fig\u00adures. Twice I fan\u00adcied I saw a soli\u00adtary<\/span> white, ape<\/span>-like crea\u00adture run\u00adning rather quick\u00adly up the hill, and once near the ruins I saw a leash<\/span> of them car\u00adry\u00ading some dark body. They moved hasti\u00adly. I did not see what became of them<\/span>. It seemed that they van\u00adished among the bush\u00ades. The dawn was still indis\u00adtinct<\/span>, you must under\u00adstand. I was feel\u00ading that chill, uncer\u00adtain, ear\u00adly-morn\u00ading feel\u00ading you may have known. I doubt\u00aded my eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the east\u00adern sky grew brighter, and the light of the day came on and its vivid<\/span> colour\u00ading returned upon the world once more, I scanned the view keen\u00adly. But I saw no ves\u00adtige<\/span> of my white fig\u00adures. They were mere crea\u00adtures of the half light.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey must have been ghosts,\u201d I said; \u201cI won\u00adder whence<\/span> they dat\u00aded.\u201d For a queer<\/span> notion of Grant Allen<\/span>\u2019s came into my head, and amused me. If each gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion die and leave ghosts, he argued, the world at last<\/span> will get over\u00adcrowd\u00aded with them. On that the\u00ado\u00adry they would have grown some Eight Hun\u00addred Thou\u00adsand Years hence<\/span>, and it was no great won\u00adder to see four at once. But the jest<\/span> was unsat\u00adis\u00adfy\u00ading, and I was think\u00ading of these fig\u00adures all the morn\u00ading, until Weena\u2019s res\u00adcue drove them out of my head. I asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded them in some indef\u00adi\u00adnite way with the white ani\u00admal I had star\u00adtled<\/span> in my first pas\u00adsion\u00adate search for the Time Machine. But Weena was a pleas\u00adant sub\u00adsti\u00adtute. Yet all the same, they were soon des\u00adtined to<\/span> take far dead\u00adlier pos\u00adses\u00adsion<\/span> of my mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I have said how much hot\u00adter than our own was the weath\u00ader of this Gold\u00aden Age. I can\u00adnot account for<\/span> it. It may be that the sun was hot\u00adter, or the earth near\u00ader the sun. It is usu\u00adal to assume that the sun will go on cool\u00ading steadi\u00adly in the future. But peo\u00adple, unfa\u00admil\u00adiar with such spec\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions as those of the younger Dar\u00adwin<\/span>, for\u00adget that the plan\u00adets must ulti\u00admate\u00adly fall back one by one into the par\u00adent body. As these cat\u00ada\u00adstro\u00adphes occur, the sun will blaze<\/span> with renewed ener\u00adgy; and it may be that some inner plan\u00adet had suf\u00adfered this fate. What\u00adev\u00ader the rea\u00adson, the fact remains that the sun was very much hot\u00adter than we know it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, one very hot morn\u00ading \u2013 my fourth, I think \u2013 as I was seek\u00ading shel\u00adter from the heat and glare<\/span> in a colos\u00adsal ruin near the great house where I slept and fed, there hap\u00adpened this strange thing: Clam\u00adber\u00ading<\/span> among these heaps<\/span> of mason\u00adry<\/span>, I found a nar\u00adrow gallery, whose end and side win\u00addows were blocked by fall\u00aden mass\u00ades of stone. By con\u00adtrast with<\/span> the bril\u00adlian\u00adcy out\u00adside, it seemed at first impen\u00ade\u00adtra\u00adbly<\/span> dark to me. I entered it grop\u00ading<\/span>, for the change from light to black\u00adness made spots of colour swim before me. Sud\u00adden\u00adly I halt\u00aded<\/span> spell\u00adbound<\/span>. A pair of eyes, lumi\u00adnous<\/span> by reflec\u00adtion against the day\u00adlight with\u00adout, was watch\u00ading me out of the darkness.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe old instinc\u00adtive dread<\/span> of wild beasts came upon me. I clenched<\/span> my hands and stead\u00adfast\u00adly<\/span> looked into the glar\u00ading<\/span> eye\u00adballs<\/span>. I was afraid to turn. Then the thought of the absolute secu\u00adri\u00adty in which human\u00adi\u00adty appeared to be liv\u00ading came to my mind. And then I remem\u00adbered that strange ter\u00adror of the dark. Over\u00adcom\u00ading my fear to some extent, I advanced a step and spoke. I will admit that my voice was harsh and ill-con\u00adtrolled<\/span>. I put out my hand and touched some\u00adthing soft. At once<\/span> the eyes dart\u00aded<\/span> side\u00adways, and some\u00adthing white ran past me. I turned with my heart in my mouth<\/span>, and saw a queer<\/span> lit\u00adtle ape<\/span>-like fig\u00adure, its head held down in a pecu\u00adliar<\/span> man\u00adner, run\u00adning across the sun\u00adlit space behind me. It blun\u00addered<\/span> against a block of gran\u00adite<\/span>, stag\u00adgered<\/span> aside, and in a moment was hid\u00adden in a black shad\u00adow beneath anoth\u00ader pile of ruined mason\u00adry<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy impres\u00adsion of it is, of course, imper\u00adfect; but I know it was a dull<\/span> white, and had strange large grey\u00adish-red eyes; also that there was flax\u00aden<\/span> hair on its head and down its back. But, as I say, it went too fast for me to see dis\u00adtinct\u00adly. I can\u00adnot even say whether it ran on all-fours<\/span>, or only with its fore\u00adarms<\/span> held very low. After an instant\u2019s pause I fol\u00adlowed it into the sec\u00adond heap<\/span> of ruins. I could not find it at first; but, after a time in the pro\u00adfound obscu\u00adri\u00adty<\/span>, I came upon one of those round well-like<\/span> open\u00adings of which I have told you, half closed by a fall\u00aden pil\u00adlar<\/span>. A sud\u00adden thought came to me. Could this Thing have van\u00adished down the shaft<\/span>? I lit a match, and, look\u00ading down, I saw a small, white, mov\u00ading crea\u00adture, with large bright eyes which regard\u00aded me stead\u00adfast\u00adly<\/span> as it retreat\u00aded. It made me shud\u00adder<\/span>. It was so like a human spi\u00adder! It was clam\u00adber\u00ading<\/span> down the wall, and now I saw for the first time a num\u00adber of met\u00adal foot and hand rests form\u00ading a kind of lad\u00adder down the shaft<\/span>. Then the light burned my fin\u00adgers and fell out of my hand, going out as it dropped, and when I had lit anoth\u00ader the lit\u00adtle mon\u00adster had disappeared.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not know how long I sat peer\u00ading down that well. It was not for some time that I could suc\u00adceed in per\u00adsuad\u00ading myself that the thing I had seen was human. But, grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly, the truth dawned on me<\/span>: that Man had not remained one species, but had dif\u00adfer\u00aden\u00adti\u00adat\u00aded into two dis\u00adtinct ani\u00admals: that my grace\u00adful chil\u00addren of the Upper-world were not the sole descen\u00addants<\/span> of our gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion, but that this bleached<\/span>, obscene<\/span>, noc\u00adtur\u00adnal<\/span> Thing, which had flashed before me, was also heir<\/span> to all the ages.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought of the flick\u00ader\u00ading<\/span> pil\u00adlars<\/span> and of my the\u00ado\u00adry of an under\u00adground ven\u00adti\u00adla\u00adtion. I began to sus\u00adpect their true import<\/span>. And what, I won\u00addered, was this Lemur<\/span> doing in my scheme of a per\u00adfect\u00adly bal\u00adanced orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion? How was it relat\u00aded to the indo\u00adlent<\/span> seren\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> of the beau\u00adti\u00adful Upper-worlders? And what was hid\u00adden down there, at the foot of that shaft<\/span>? I sat upon the edge of the well telling myself that, at any rate, there was noth\u00ading to fear, and that there I must descend for the solu\u00adtion of my dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adties. And with\u00adal<\/span> I was absolute\u00adly afraid to go! As I hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded, two of the beau\u00adti\u00adful Upper-world peo\u00adple came run\u00adning in their amorous<\/span> sport across the day\u00adlight in the shad\u00adow. The male pur\u00adsued the female, fling\u00ading flow\u00aders at her as he ran.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey seemed dis\u00adtressed<\/span> to find me, my arm against the over\u00adturned pil\u00adlar<\/span>, peer\u00ading down the well. Appar\u00adent\u00adly it was con\u00adsid\u00adered bad form to remark these aper\u00adtures<\/span>; for when I point\u00aded to this one, and tried to frame a ques\u00adtion about it in their tongue, they were still more vis\u00adi\u00adbly dis\u00adtressed<\/span> and turned away. But they were inter\u00adest\u00aded by my match\u00ades, and I struck some to amuse them. I tried them again about the well, and again I failed. So present\u00adly I left them, mean\u00ading to go back to Weena, and see what I could get from her. But my mind was already in rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion; my guess\u00ades and impres\u00adsions were slip\u00adping and slid\u00ading to a new adjust\u00adment. I had now a clue to the import<\/span> of these wells, to the ven\u00adti\u00adlat\u00ading tow\u00aders, to the mys\u00adtery of the ghosts; to say noth\u00ading of a hint at the mean\u00ading of the bronze gates and the fate of the Time Machine! And very vague\u00adly<\/span> there came a sug\u00adges\u00adtion towards the solu\u00adtion of the eco\u00adnom\u00adic prob\u00adlem that had puz\u00adzled me.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere was the new view. Plain\u00adly, this sec\u00adond species of Man was sub\u00adter\u00adranean. There were three cir\u00adcum\u00adstances in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar which made me think that its rare emer\u00adgence<\/span> above ground was the out\u00adcome of a long-con\u00adtin\u00adued under\u00adground habit. In the first place, there was the bleached<\/span> look com\u00admon in most ani\u00admals that live large\u00adly in the dark \u2013 the white fish of the Ken\u00adtucky caves, for instance<\/span>. Then, those large eyes, with that capac\u00adi\u00adty for reflect\u00ading light, are com\u00admon fea\u00adtures of noc\u00adtur\u00adnal<\/span> things \u2013 wit\u00adness the owl<\/span> and the cat. And last of all<\/span>, that evi\u00addent con\u00adfu\u00adsion in the sun\u00adshine, that hasty yet fum\u00adbling<\/span> awk\u00adward<\/span> flight towards dark shad\u00adow, and that pecu\u00adliar<\/span> car\u00adriage<\/span> of the head while in the light \u2013 all rein\u00adforced the the\u00ado\u00adry of an extreme sen\u00adsi\u00adtive\u00adness of the reti\u00adna<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeneath my feet, then, the earth must be tun\u00adnelled enor\u00admous\u00adly, and these tun\u00adnellings were the habi\u00adtat<\/span> of the new race. The pres\u00adence of ven\u00adti\u00adlat\u00ading shafts<\/span> and wells along the hill slopes \u2013 every\u00adwhere, in fact<\/span> except along the riv\u00ader val\u00adley \u2013 showed how uni\u00adver\u00adsal were its ram\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions<\/span>. What so nat\u00adur\u00adal, then, as to assume that it was in this arti\u00adfi\u00adcial Under\u00adworld that such work as was nec\u00ades\u00adsary to the com\u00adfort of the day\u00adlight race was done? The notion was so plau\u00adsi\u00adble<\/span> that I at once accept\u00aded it, and went on to assume<\/span> the how<\/span> of this split\u00adting of the human species. I dare say you will antic\u00adi\u00adpate<\/span> the shape of my the\u00ado\u00adry; though, for myself, I very soon felt that it fell far short of the truth<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first, pro\u00adceed\u00ading from the prob\u00adlems of our own age, it seemed clear as day\u00adlight<\/span> to me that the grad\u00adual widen\u00ading of the present mere\u00adly tem\u00adpo\u00adrary and social dif\u00adfer\u00adence between the Cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adist and the Labour\u00ader, was the key to the whole posi\u00adtion. No doubt it will seem grotesque<\/span> enough to you \u2013 and wild\u00adly incred\u00adi\u00adble! \u2013 and yet even now there are exist\u00ading cir\u00adcum\u00adstances to point that way. There is a ten\u00adden\u00adcy to uti\u00adlize<\/span> under\u00adground space for the less orna\u00admen\u00adtal pur\u00adpos\u00ades of civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion; there is the Met\u00adro\u00adpol\u00adi\u00adtan Rail\u00adway in Lon\u00addon, for instance, there are new elec\u00adtric rail\u00adways, there are sub\u00adways, there are under\u00adground work\u00adrooms and restau\u00adrants, and they increase and mul\u00adti\u00adply. Evi\u00addent\u00adly, I thought, this ten\u00adden\u00adcy had increased till Indus\u00adtry had grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly lost its birthright<\/span> in the sky. I mean<\/span> that it had gone deep\u00ader and deep\u00ader into larg\u00ader and ever larg\u00ader under\u00adground fac\u00adto\u00adries, spend\u00ading a still-increas\u00ading amount of its time there\u00adin, till, in the end \u2013 ! Even now, does not an East-end work\u00ader live in such arti\u00adfi\u00adcial con\u00addi\u00adtions as prac\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly to be cut off from the nat\u00adur\u00adal sur\u00adface of the earth?<\/p>\n

\u201cAgain, the exclu\u00adsive ten\u00adden\u00adcy of rich\u00ader peo\u00adple \u2013 due, no doubt, to<\/span> the increas\u00ading refine\u00adment<\/span> of their edu\u00adca\u00adtion, and the widen\u00ading gulf between them and the rude<\/span> vio\u00adlence of the poor \u2013 is already lead\u00ading to the clos\u00ading, in their inter\u00adest, of con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adable por\u00adtions of the sur\u00adface of the land. About Lon\u00addon, for instance, per\u00adhaps half the pret\u00adti\u00ader coun\u00adtry is shut in<\/span> against intru\u00adsion<\/span>. And this same widen\u00ading gulf \u2013 which is due to<\/span> the length and expense of the high\u00ader edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal process and the increased facil\u00adi\u00adties for and temp\u00adta\u00adtions<\/span> towards refined habits on the part of<\/span> the rich \u2013 will make that exchange between class and class, that pro\u00admo\u00adtion by inter\u00admar\u00adriage<\/span> which at present<\/span> retards<\/span> the split\u00adting of our species along lines of social strat\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion<\/span>, less and less fre\u00adquent. So, in the end, above ground you must have the Haves, pur\u00adsu\u00ading plea\u00adsure and com\u00adfort and beau\u00adty, and below ground the Have-nots, the Work\u00aders get\u00adting con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly adapt\u00aded to the con\u00addi\u00adtions of their labour. Once they were there, they would no doubt have to pay rent, and not a lit\u00adtle of it, for the ven\u00adti\u00adla\u00adtion of their cav\u00aderns<\/span>; and if they refused, they would starve<\/span> or be suf\u00adfo\u00adcat\u00aded<\/span> for arrears<\/span>. Such of them as were so con\u00adsti\u00adtut\u00aded<\/span> as to be mis\u00ader\u00adable and rebel\u00adlious<\/span> would die; and, in the end, the bal\u00adance being per\u00adma\u00adnent, the sur\u00advivors would become as well adapt\u00aded to the con\u00addi\u00adtions of under\u00adground life, and as hap\u00adpy in their way<\/span>, as the Upper-world peo\u00adple were to theirs. As it seemed to me<\/span>, the refined beau\u00adty and the eti\u00ado\u00adlat\u00aded<\/span> pal\u00adlor<\/span> fol\u00adlowed nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe great tri\u00adumph of Human\u00adi\u00adty I had dreamed of took a dif\u00adfer\u00adent shape in my mind. It had been no such tri\u00adumph of moral edu\u00adca\u00adtion and gen\u00ader\u00adal co-oper\u00ada\u00adtion as I had imag\u00adined. Instead, I saw a real aris\u00adtoc\u00adra\u00adcy, armed with a per\u00adfect\u00aded sci\u00adence and work\u00ading to a log\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adclu\u00adsion the indus\u00adtri\u00adal sys\u00adtem of today. Its tri\u00adumph had not been sim\u00adply a tri\u00adumph over Nature, but a tri\u00adumph over Nature and the fel\u00adlow-man. This, I must warn you, was my the\u00ado\u00adry at the time<\/span>. I had no con\u00adve\u00adnient cicerone<\/span> in the pat\u00adtern of the Utopi\u00adan<\/span> books. My expla\u00adna\u00adtion may be absolute\u00adly wrong. I still think it is the most plau\u00adsi\u00adble<\/span> one. But even on this sup\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion<\/span> the bal\u00adanced civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion that was at last<\/span> attained<\/span> must have long since passed its zenith<\/span>, and was now far fall\u00aden into decay<\/span>. The too-per\u00adfect secu\u00adri\u00adty of the Upper-worlders had led them to a slow move\u00adment of degen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion<\/span>, to a gen\u00ader\u00adal dwin\u00addling<\/span> in size, strength, and intel\u00adli\u00adgence. That I could see clear\u00adly enough already. What had hap\u00adpened to the Under-grounders I did not yet sus\u00adpect; but from what I had seen of the Mor\u00adlocks \u2013 that, by the by<\/span>, was the name by which these crea\u00adtures were called \u2013 I could imag\u00adine that the mod\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion of the human type was even far more pro\u00adfound than among the \u201cEloi,\u201d the beau\u00adti\u00adful race that I already knew.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen came trou\u00adble\u00adsome doubts. Why had the Mor\u00adlocks tak\u00aden my Time Machine? For I felt sure it was they who had tak\u00aden it. Why, too, if the Eloi were mas\u00adters, could they not restore the machine to me? And why were they so ter\u00adri\u00adbly afraid of the dark? I pro\u00adceed\u00aded, as I have said, to ques\u00adtion Weena about this Under-world, but here again I was dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00aded. At first she would not under\u00adstand my ques\u00adtions, and present\u00adly she refused to answer them. She shiv\u00adered<\/span> as though the top\u00adic was unen\u00addurable<\/span>. And when I pressed her, per\u00adhaps a lit\u00adtle harsh\u00adly, she burst into tears<\/span>. They were the only tears, except my own, I ever saw in that Gold\u00aden Age. When I saw them I ceased abrupt\u00adly<\/span> to trou\u00adble about the Mor\u00adlocks, and was only con\u00adcerned in ban\u00adish\u00ading<\/span> these signs of the human inher\u00adi\u00adtance<\/span> from Weena\u2019s eyes. And very soon she was smil\u00ading and clap\u00adping<\/span> her hands, while I solemn\u00adly<\/span> burned a match.<\/p>\n

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exu\u00adber\u00adant<\/span> \u026ag\u02c8zju\u02d0b\u0259r\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Mar\u00adked by unre\u00adstrained abun\u00addance: extrav\u00ada\u00adgant, lush, lav\u00adish, pro\u00adfuse, opultent<\/span><\/p>\n

splen\u00addid<\/span> \u02c8spl\u025bnd\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> Bril\u00adliant or fine, esp in appear\u00adance: excel\u00adlent, won\u00adder\u00adful, marvellous<\/span><\/p>\n

thick\u00adet<\/span> \u02c8\u03b8\u026ak\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>A dense growth of bushes.<\/p>\n

ever\u00adgreen<\/span> \u02c8\u025bv\u0259\u00adgri\u02d0n<\/span> n <\/span>A plant with leaves that do not fall off in winter.<\/p>\n

blos\u00adsom<\/span> \u02c8bl\u0252s\u0259m<\/span> n <\/span>A flower or a group of flowers.<\/p>\n

laden<\/span> \u02c8le\u026adn<\/span> adj<\/span> Car\u00adry\u00ading some\u00adthing heavy, or sup\u00adport\u00ading the weight of some\u00adthing heavy.<\/p>\n

fern<\/span> f\u025c\u02d0n<\/span> n <\/span>A plant with leaves shaped like feath\u00aders and no flowers.<\/p>\n

undu\u00adlate<\/span> \u02c8\u028cnd\u00adj\u028ale\u026at<\/span> adj<\/span> To cause to move in waves.<\/p>\n

seren\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> s\u026a\u02c8r\u025bn\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>The state of being unclouded.<\/p>\n

pecu\u00adliar<\/span> p\u026a\u02c8kju\u02d0li\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Not usu\u00adal or normal.<\/p>\n

wrought<\/span> r\u0254\u02d0t<\/span> n <\/span>Care\u00adful\u00adly formed or worked into shape.<\/p>\n

cupo\u00adla<\/span> \u02c8kju\u02d0p\u0259l\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Domed roof or ceiling.<\/p>\n

shaft\u00aded dark\u00adness<\/span> \u21d2 Dark\u00adness in which shafts of light go through; <\/p>\n

gleam<\/span> gli\u02d0m<\/span> n <\/span>A small amount or sign of something.<\/p>\n

thud<\/span> \u03b8\u028cd<\/span> n <\/span>Dull sound, as that of a heavy object strik\u00ading a sol\u00adid surface.<\/p>\n

flare<\/span> fle\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To shine or burn sud\u00adden\u00adly and briefly: flame, glow<\/span><\/p>\n

to set down<\/span> \u21d2 To run\/flow down.<\/p>\n

shaft<\/span> \u0283\u0251\u02d0ft<\/span> n <\/span>An open\u00ading or pas\u00adsage in a mine.<\/p>\n

scrap<\/span> skr\u00e6p<\/span> n <\/span>A small piece or por\u00adtion: frag\u00adment<\/span><\/p>\n

flut\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8fl\u028ct\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To wave, flap, or toss about:<\/p>\n

suck<\/span> s\u028ck<\/span> v <\/span>To draw into the mouth by move\u00adments of the tongue and lips.<\/p>\n

flick\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8fl\u026ak\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To move waveringly.<\/p>\n

scorch<\/span> sk\u0254\u02d0\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>To make hot: burn, bake<\/span><\/p>\n

to put togeth\u00ader<\/span> \u21d2 To piece together.<\/p>\n

to reach a sug\u00adges\u00adtion<\/span> \u21d2 To sug\u00adgest, to put forth.<\/p>\n

sub\u00adter\u00adranean<\/span> \u02ccs\u028cbt\u0259\u02c8re\u026ani\u0259n<\/span> adj<\/span> Locat\u00aded or oper\u00adat\u00ading beneath the earth\u2019s sur\u00adface: under\u00adground<\/span><\/p>\n

import<\/span> \u026am\u02c8p\u0254\u02d0t<\/span> n <\/span>Mean\u00ading; implication.<\/p>\n

to incline to do some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To have a ten\u00adden\u00adcy to do something<\/p>\n

san\u00adi\u00adtary<\/span> \u02c8s\u00e6n\u026at\u0259ri<\/span> adj<\/span> Relat\u00ading to good health or pro\u00adtec\u00adtion from infec\u00adtion, dis\u00adease, etc.<\/p>\n

con\u00adveyance<\/span> k\u0259n\u02c8ve\u026a\u0259ns<\/span> n <\/span>The mov\u00ading of some\u00adthing from one place to anoth\u00ader: trans\u00adporta\u00adtion, trans\u00adport, carriage<\/span><\/p>\n

con\u00adve\u00adnience<\/span> k\u0259n\u02c8vi\u02d0ni\u0259ns<\/span> n <\/span>Any\u00adthing that increas\u00ades phys\u00adi\u00adcal com\u00adfort: facil\u00adi\u00adty, com\u00adfort, amenity<\/span><\/p>\n

utopia<\/span> ju\u02d0\u02c8t\u0259\u028apj\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>An ide\u00adal\u00adly per\u00adfect place, espe\u00adcial\u00adly in its social, polit\u00adi\u00adcal, and moral aspects.<\/p>\n

negro<\/span> \u02c8ni\u02d0\u00adgr\u0259\u028a<\/span> n <\/span>A per\u00adson who has dark skin and who belongs to a race of peo\u00adple who are orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly from Africa.<\/p>\n

to take back<\/span> \u21d2 To take some\u00adthing to the place it came from.<\/p>\n

par\u00adcel<\/span> \u02c8p\u0251\u02d0sl<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing wrapped in paper or in a large enve\u00adlope to be sent by post.<\/p>\n

and the like<\/span> \u21d2 And the oth\u00aders of that kind.<\/p>\n

at least<\/span> \u21d2 if noth\u00ading else.<\/p>\n

appre\u00adhend<\/span> \u02cc\u00e6pr\u026a\u02c8h\u025bnd<\/span> v <\/span>To grasp the mean\u00ading of; under\u00adstand, espe\u00adcial\u00adly intu\u00aditive\u00adly: per\u00adceive, under\u00adstand, grasp, com\u00adpre\u00adhend, fig\u00adure out, pick up<\/span><\/p>\n

sen\u00adsi\u00adble of<\/span> \u21d2 Aware of.<\/p>\n

sepul\u00adchre, <\/span>a\u043c. sep\u00adul\u00adcher<\/span> \u02c8s\u025bp\u0259lk\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Bur\u00adial place for human remains: tomb, vault, catacomb<\/span><\/p>\n

cre\u00adma\u00adto\u00adri\u00adum, cre\u00adma\u00adto\u00adry<\/span> \u02cckr\u025bm\u0259\u02c8t\u0254\u02d0r\u026a\u0259m, \u02c8kr\u025bm\u0259t\u0259ri<\/span> pl<\/span> cre\u00adma\u00adto\u00adria<\/span> \u02cckr\u025bm\u0259\u02c8t\u0254\u02d0r\u026a\u0259<\/span><\/span><\/span> n <\/span>A place or estab\u00adlish\u00adment for the incin\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of dead person\u2019s corpses in a furnace.<\/p>\n

sug\u00adges\u00adtive<\/span> s\u0259\u02c8\u02a4\u025bst\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Bring\u00ading thoughts, mem\u00ado\u00adries, or feel\u00adings into the mind.<\/p>\n

tomb<\/span> tu\u02d0m<\/span> n <\/span>Grave or oth\u00ader place of burial.<\/p>\n

it occurred to me<\/span> \u21d2 it came to\/entered my mind.<\/p>\n

to put a ques\u00adtion to some\u00adone<\/span> \u21d2 To ask some\u00adone a question.<\/p>\n

infirm<\/span> \u026an\u02c8f\u025c\u02d0m<\/span> adj<\/span> Weak because of old age or illness.<\/p>\n

deca\u00addent<\/span> \u02c8d\u025bk\u0259d\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading low morals and a great love of plea\u00adsure, mon\u00adey, fame, etc.<\/p>\n

san\u00addal<\/span> \u02c8s\u00e6ndl<\/span> n <\/span>A shoe con\u00adsist\u00ading of a sole fas\u00adtened by straps to the foot.<\/p>\n

spec\u00adi\u00admen<\/span> \u02c8sp\u025bs\u026am\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive of a group or class: case, exam\u00adple, instance, sample<\/span><\/p>\n

met\u00adal\u00adwork<\/span> \u02c8m\u025bt(\u0259)l\u02ccw\u025c\u02d0k<\/span> n <\/span>Met\u00adal objects, or the met\u00adal parts of something.<\/p>\n

no ves\u00adtige of<\/span> \u21d2 no trace of.<\/p>\n

impor\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> \u02cc\u026am\u00adp\u0254\u02d0\u02c8te\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>The act of import\u00ading products.<\/p>\n

pedestal<\/span> \u02c8p\u025bd\u026astl<\/span> n <\/span>An archi\u00adtec\u00adtur\u00adal base for a statue.<\/p>\n

for the life of some\u00adone<\/span> \u21d2 Despite one\u2019s best efforts; to any degree whatsoever.<\/p>\n

pil\u00adlar<\/span> \u02c8p\u026al\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>An upright struc\u00adture of stone, brick, met\u00adal, etc, that sup\u00adports a super\u00adstruc\u00adture or is used for ornamentation.<\/p>\n

inscrip\u00adtion<\/span> \u026an\u02c8skr\u026ap\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing inscribed, esp words carved or engraved on a coin, tomb, etc.<\/p>\n

inter\u00adpo\u00adlate<\/span> \u026an\u02c8t\u025c\u02d0p\u0259\u028ale\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>To put or set into, between, or among oth\u00ader things: intro\u00adduce, insert, inter\u00adpose, interject<\/span><\/p>\n

there\u00adwith<\/span> \u00f0e\u0259\u02c8w\u026a\u03b8<\/span> adv<\/span> In addi\u00adtion to; right after that.<\/p>\n

to make up of<\/span> \u21d2 To grasp, to comprehend.<\/p>\n

to make friends with<\/span> \u21d2 To become a friend of a person.<\/p>\n

cramp<\/span> kr\u00e6mp<\/span> n <\/span>Sud\u00adden, spas\u00admod\u00adic mus\u00adcu\u00adlar con\u00adtra\u00adction caus\u00ading severe pain.<\/p>\n

down\u00adstream<\/span> \u02ccda\u028an\u02c8stri\u02d0m<\/span> n <\/span>With or in the direc\u00adtion of the cur\u00adrent of a body of water flow\u00ading in a chan\u00adnel, riv\u00ader, or brook.<\/p>\n

defi\u00adcien\u00adcy \/d\u026a\u02c8f\u026a\u0283\u0259nsi n <\/span>The state or con\u00addi\u00adtion of lack\u00ading some\u00adthing: weak\u00adness, imperfection<\/span><\/p>\n

to slip off<\/span> \u21d2 To push off cloth\u00ading with a quick and easy movement.<\/p>\n

wade<\/span> we\u026ad<\/span> v <\/span>To walk in or through water.<\/p>\n

mite<\/span> ma\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>Very small object or creature.<\/p>\n

to bring some\u00adone round<\/span> \u21d2 To bring some\u00adone back to con\u00adscious\u00adness, as after a faint\u00ading spell or coma.<\/p>\n

to get to<\/span> \u21d2 To reach, to arrive at.<\/p>\n

grat\u00adi\u00adtude<\/span> \u02c8gr\u00e6t\u026atju\u02d0d<\/span> n <\/span>A feel\u00ading of appre\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion or thanks.<\/p>\n

gar\u00adland<\/span> \u02c8g\u0251\u02d0l\u0259nd<\/span> n <\/span>A wreath of flow\u00aders, leaves, or oth\u00ader mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal, worn for orna\u00adment or as an hon\u00ador or hung on some\u00adthing as a decoration.<\/p>\n

des\u00ado\u00adlate<\/span> \u02c8d\u025bs\u0259l\u026at<\/span> adj<\/span> Bereft of friends or hope: sad, for\u00adlorn, lone\u00adly, lone\u00adsome, deserted<\/span><\/p>\n

at any<\/span> rate<\/span> \u21d2 in any case.<\/p>\n

to do one\u2019s best<\/span> \u21d2 To make every pos\u00adsi\u00adble effort.<\/p>\n

arbour<\/span> \u02c8\u0251\u02d0b\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Shady rest\u00ading place, formed by tree branch\u00ades, shrubs, etc.<\/p>\n

queer<\/span> kw\u026a\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Devi\u00adat\u00ading from the cus\u00adtom\u00adary: strange, curi\u00adous, odd, pecu\u00adliar, sin\u00adgu\u00adlar, quaint, weird<\/span><\/p>\n

out and about<\/span> \u21d2 Out\u00adside the house; outdoor<\/p>\n

it goes to one\u2019s heart to do smoething<\/span> \u21d2 To make some\u00adone feel pity or bad to do something.<\/p>\n

at last<\/span> \u21d2 After a long wait; finally.<\/p>\n

exhaust\u00aded<\/span> \u026ag\u02c8z\u0254\u02d0st\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> Drained of strength or ener\u00adgy: tired<\/span><\/p>\n

plain\u00adtive<\/span> \u02c8ple\u026an\u00adt\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Full of sor\u00adrow: dole\u00adful, mourn\u00adful, woe\u00adful, rueful<\/span><\/p>\n

to car\u00adry on<\/span> \u21d2 To have.<\/p>\n

flir\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> fl\u025c\u02d0\u02c8te\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Super\u00adfi\u00adcial and usu\u00adal\u00adly tem\u00adpo\u00adrary romance: dal\u00adliance<\/span><\/p>\n

dis\u00adtress<\/span> d\u026as\u02c8tr\u025bs<\/span> n <\/span>Acute anx\u00adi\u00adety, pain, or sor\u00adrow or any\u00adthing that caus\u00ades it: both\u00ader, has\u00adsle, fuss<\/span><\/p>\n

expos\u00adtu\u00adla\u00adtion<\/span> \u026aks\u02ccp\u0252stj\u028a\u02c8le\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>An expres\u00adsion of oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion by argu\u00adment: objec\u00adtion, protest, remonstrance<\/span><\/p>\n

fran\u00adtic<\/span> \u02c8fr\u00e6n\u00adt\u026ak<\/span> adj<\/span> Wild or marked by uncon\u00adtrolled\u00adwith emo\u00adtion, excite\u00adment or emo\u00adtion: fren\u00adzied<\/span><\/p>\n

devo\u00adtion<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8v\u0259\u028a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Great love, inter\u00adest, care and sup\u00adport for some\u00adbody or some\u00adthing: ded\u00adi\u00adca\u00adtion, com\u00admit\u00adment, devot\u00aded\u00adness, adoration<\/span><\/p>\n

inflict<\/span> \u026an\u02c8fl\u026akt<\/span> v <\/span>To cause harm or dam\u00adage on some\u00adone or some\u00adthing in order to make them suf\u00adfer it: impose<\/span><\/p>\n

to be fond of some\u00adone<\/span> \u21d2 To have a strong lik\u00ading or affec\u00adtion for someone.<\/p>\n

futile<\/span> \u02c8fju\u02d0\u00adta\u026al<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading no use\u00adful result: use\u00adless, vain, unsuc\u00adcess\u00adful, bar\u00adren, ineffective<\/span><\/p>\n

came over<\/span> \u21d2 To arrive in sight; to be man\u00adi\u00adfest; to appear.<\/p>\n

dread<\/span> dr\u025bd<\/span> v <\/span>To fear some\u00adthing that will or might happen.<\/p>\n

dread\u00adful<\/span> \u02c8dr\u025bd\u00adf\u028al<\/span> adj<\/span> Excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly bad or dis\u00adpleas\u00ading, caus\u00ading fear or terror.<\/p>\n

sin\u00adgu\u00adlar\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8s\u026a\u014bgj\u028al\u0259li<\/span> adv<\/span> In a way that is very notice\u00adable or unusual.<\/p>\n

some\u00adthing sets me think\u00ading<\/span> \u21d2 some\u00adthing pro\u00advokes my thinking.<\/p>\n

drove<\/span> dr\u0259\u028av<\/span> n <\/span>Large mass of peo\u00adple act\u00ading as a body: flock<\/span><\/p>\n

tumult<\/span> \u02c8tju\u02d0m\u028clt<\/span> n <\/span>An inter\u00adrup\u00adtion of pub\u00adlic peace: dis\u00adtur\u00adbance, com\u00admo\u00adtion, tur\u00adbu\u00adlence, fuss, uproar, stir<\/span><\/p>\n

appre\u00adhen\u00adsion<\/span> \u02cc\u00e6pr\u026a\u02c8h\u025bn\u0283(\u0259)n<\/span> n <\/span>Fear that some\u00adthing bad or unpleas\u00adant is going to hap\u00adpen: fear, dread, anx\u00adi\u00adety, wor\u00adry, concern<\/span><\/p>\n

block\u00adhead<\/span> \u02c8bl\u0252kh\u025bd<\/span> n <\/span>A stu\u00adpid per\u00adson usu\u00adal\u00adly not very intel\u00adli\u00adgent: fool, imbe\u00adcile, idiot<\/span><\/p>\n

slum\u00adber<\/span> \u02c8sl\u028cm\u00adb\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To be asleep: sleep, nap, doze<\/span><\/p>\n

my sto\u00adry slips away from me<\/span> \u21d2 My words\/thoughts escape my mind.<\/p>\n

anemone<\/span> \u0259\u02c8n\u025bm\u0259ni<\/span> n <\/span>Kind of wood\u00adland flower, usu\u00adal\u00adly white, pale-blue or dark-red.<\/p>\n

feel<\/span> fi\u02d0l<\/span> v <\/span>To touch, to learn about some\u00adthing by touch\u00ading, hold\u00ading etc.<\/p>\n

palp<\/span> p\u00e6lp<\/span> n <\/span>An elon\u00adgat\u00aded appendage usu\u00adal\u00adly found near the mouth in insects, the func\u00adtions of which may include sen\u00adsa\u00adtion, loco\u00admo\u00adtion, and feeding.<\/p>\n

to wake with a start<\/span> \u21d2 To wake with a sud\u00adden move\u00adment of sur\u00adprise, fear etc.<\/p>\n

grey\u00adish<\/span> \u02c8gre\u026a\u026a\u0283<\/span> adj<\/span> Some\u00adwhat grey.<\/p>\n

flag\u00adstone<\/span> \u02c8fl\u00e6gst\u0259\u028an<\/span> n <\/span>A hard, flat piece of stone that is used for mak\u00ading paths.<\/p>\n

to make a virtue of neces\u00adsi\u00adty<\/span> \u21d2 To pre\u00adtend to do some\u00adthing with will\u00ading\u00adness although it is nec\u00ades\u00adsary and oblig\u00ada\u00adtory to do it anyway.<\/p>\n

pal\u00adlor<\/span> \u02c8p\u00e6l\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Extreme or unnat\u00adur\u00adal paleness.<\/p>\n

min\u00adgle<\/span> \u02c8m\u026a\u014bgl<\/span> v <\/span>To mix togeth\u00ader but still stay rec\u00adog\u00adniz\u00adable: mix, com\u00admix, uni\u00adfy, amalgamate<\/span><\/p>\n

ghast\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8g\u0251\u02d0stli<\/span> adj<\/span> Very shock\u00ading or horrible.<\/p>\n

som\u00adbre<\/span> \u02c8s\u0252m\u00adb\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Dark or dull in colour.<\/p>\n

soli\u00adtary<\/span> \u02c8s\u0252l\u026at\u0259ri<\/span> adj<\/span> Being the only one; sin\u00adgle and iso\u00adlat\u00aded from oth\u00aders: lone, lone\u00adsome, only, sole<\/span><\/p>\n

ape<\/span> e\u026ap<\/span> n <\/span>A large pri\u00admate that lacks a tail, includ\u00ading the goril\u00adla, chim\u00adpanzees, orang\u00adutan, and gibbons.<\/p>\n

leash<\/span> li\u02d0\u0283<\/span> n <\/span>Set of three.<\/p>\n

I did not see <\/span>what became of them<\/span> \u21d2 I did not see what hap\u00adpened with them.<\/p>\n

indis\u00adtinct<\/span> \u02cc\u026and\u026as\u02c8t\u026a\u014bkt<\/span> adj<\/span> Not clear\u00adly per\u00adceived: faint, vague, dim, obscure, hazy, shadowy<\/span><\/p>\n

vivid<\/span> \u02c8v\u026av\u026ad<\/span> adv<\/span> Very clear, pow\u00ader\u00adful, and detailed in your mind.<\/p>\n

ves\u00adtige<\/span> \u02c8v\u025bst\u026a\u02a4<\/span> n <\/span>Rem\u00adnant that indi\u00adcates the for\u00admer pres\u00adence of some\u00adthing: trace, remains<\/span><\/p>\n

whence<\/span> w\u025bns<\/span> adv<\/span> From what place or circumstance.<\/p>\n

Grant Allen<\/span> \u21d2 (1848 \u2013 1899<\/span>) Cana\u00addi\u00adan sci\u00adence writer and nov\u00adel\u00adist; a pub\u00adlic pro\u00admot\u00ader of of the evo\u00adlu\u00adtion doc\u00adtrine and an expounder of Darwinism.<\/p>\n

years hence<\/span> \u21d2 years lat\u00ader; hence<\/span> h\u025bns<\/span> adv<\/span> From this time.<\/p>\n

jest<\/span> \u02a4\u025bst<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing said or done to cause laugh\u00adter: joke<\/span><\/p>\n

star\u00adtle<\/span> \u02c8st\u0251\u02d0tl<\/span> v <\/span>To sur\u00adprise or fright\u00aden some\u00adone sud\u00adden\u00adly but not seri\u00adous\u00adly: fright\u00aden, scare, ter\u00adri\u00adfy, alarm<\/span><\/p>\n

to be des\u00adtined to do<\/span> some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To be fated\/ doomed to do something<\/p>\n

to take pos\u00adses\u00adsion of<\/span> \u21d2 To seize, to grip.<\/p>\n

to account for<\/span> \u21d2 To give an expla\u00adna\u00adtion of.<\/p>\n

Charles Robert Dar\u00adwin<\/span> \u21d2 (1809 \u2013 1882<\/span>) An Eng\u00adlish nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adist, geol\u00ado\u00adgist and biol\u00ado\u00adgist, best known for his con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions to the sci\u00adence of evolution.<\/p>\n

blaze<\/span> ble\u026az<\/span> n <\/span>A strong flame that burns bright\u00adly: blaz\u00ading<\/span><\/p>\n

glare<\/span> gle\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Unpleas\u00adant\u00adly bright light.<\/p>\n

clam\u00adber<\/span> \u02c8kl\u00e6m\u00adb\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To climb or crawl in an awk\u00adward way.<\/p>\n

heap<\/span> hi\u02d0p<\/span> n <\/span>A large, dis\u00ador\u00addered pile of things: pile<\/span><\/p>\n

mason\u00adry<\/span> \u02c8me\u026as\u00adnri<\/span> n <\/span>Stonework or brickwork.<\/p>\n

by con\u00adtrast with<\/span> \u21d2 in con\u00adtrast to, in com\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adson with.<\/p>\n

impen\u00ade\u00adtra\u00adbly<\/span> \u026am\u02c8p\u025bn\u026atr\u0259bli<\/span> adv<\/span> In an impos\u00adsi\u00adble to pass or see through way.<\/p>\n

grope<\/span> gr\u0259\u028ap<\/span> v <\/span>To search uncer\u00adtain\u00adly: feel, fum\u00adble<\/span><\/p>\n

halt<\/span> h\u0254\u02d0lt<\/span> v <\/span>To stop: stay, check, cease, arrest<\/span><\/p>\n

spell\u00adbound<\/span> \u02c8sp\u025bl\u00adba\u028and<\/span> adj<\/span> Entranced by a spell.<\/p>\n

lumi\u00adnous<\/span> \u02c8lu\u02d0m\u026an\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Soft\u00adly bright or radiant.<\/p>\n

dread<\/span> dr\u025bd<\/span> n <\/span>Fear\u00adful expec\u00adta\u00adtion or anticipation.<\/p>\n

clench<\/span> kl\u025bn\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>To hold some\u00adthing tightly.<\/p>\n

stead\u00adfast\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8st\u025bd\u00adf\u0259stli<\/span> adj<\/span> With res\u00adolute deter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion: firm\u00adly, unwaveringly<\/span><\/p>\n

glare<\/span> gle\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To stare fierce\u00adly and angrily.<\/p>\n

eye\u00adballs<\/span> \u02c8a\u026ab\u0254\u02d0lz<\/span> n <\/span>The whole round ball that forms an eye.{eyeball<\/p>\n

ill-con\u00adtrolled<\/span> \u02c8\u026alk\u0259n\u02c8tr\u0259\u028ald<\/span> adj<\/span> Reveal\u00ading one\u2019s emo\u00adtion\u00adal state.<\/p>\n

at once<\/span> \u21d2 with\u00adout delay; immediately.<\/p>\n

dart<\/span> d\u0251\u02d0t<\/span> v <\/span>To thrust or move sud\u00adden\u00adly or rapid\u00adly: dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot, whip<\/span><\/p>\n

to have one\u2019s heart in one\u2019s mouth<\/span> \u21d2 To be very frightened.<\/p>\n

blun\u00adder<\/span> \u02c8bl\u028cnd\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To move clum\u00adsi\u00adly in an unsteady way, as if you can\u00adnot see prop\u00ader\u00adly: stum\u00adble, lurch, wal\u00adlow, bumble<\/span><\/p>\n

gran\u00adite<\/span> \u02c8gr\u00e6n\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>A usu\u00adal\u00adly light-col\u00adored, coarse-grained igneous rock com\u00adposed most\u00adly of quartz, feldspar, and mica, one of the most com\u00admon rocks in the crust of continents.<\/p>\n

stag\u00adger<\/span> \u02c8st\u00e6g\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To walk or move unsteadi\u00adly, almost falling over.<\/p>\n

dull<\/span> d\u028cl<\/span> adj<\/span> Not shiny.<\/p>\n

flax\u00aden<\/span> \u02c8fl\u00e6k\u00ads\u0259n<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading the pale gray\u00adish-yel\u00adlow colour of flax fiber.<\/p>\n

all-fours<\/span> \u02c8\u0254\u02d0l\u02c8f\u0254\u02d0z<\/span> adj<\/span> All four limbs of a person.<\/p>\n

fore\u00adarm<\/span> \u02c8f\u0254\u02d0r\u0251\u02d0m<\/span> n <\/span>The part of a per\u00adson\u00ad\u2019s arm extend\u00ading from the elbow to the wrist or the fingertips.<\/p>\n

obscu\u00adri\u00adty<\/span> \u0259b\u02c8skj\u028a\u0259r\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>Dark\u00adness; dim\u00adness; indistinctness.<\/p>\n

well-like<\/span> \u21d2 Look\u00ading like a well (a place for obtain\u00ading water from an under\u00adground source<\/span>).<\/p>\n

shud\u00adder<\/span> \u02c8\u0283\u028cd\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To shiv\u00ader con\u00advul\u00adsive\u00adly: shake, trem\u00adble, quiver, quaver<\/span><\/p>\n

the truth dawned on me<\/span> \u21d2 The truth became clear to me.<\/p>\n

descen\u00addant<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8s\u025bnd\u0259nt<\/span> n <\/span>A per\u00adson con\u00adsid\u00adered as descend\u00aded from some ances\u00adtor or race: off\u00adspring, scion<\/span><\/p>\n

bleach<\/span> bli\u02d0\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>To lose nor\u00admal coloura\u00adtion: blanch, pale, etiolate<\/span><\/p>\n

obscene<\/span> \u0252b\u02c8si\u02d0n<\/span> adj<\/span> Beyond all rea\u00adson: ridicu\u00adlous, mon\u00adstrous, pre\u00adpos\u00adter\u00adous, shocking<\/span><\/p>\n

noc\u00adtur\u00adnal<\/span> n\u0252k\u02c8t\u025c\u02d0nl<\/span> adj<\/span> Relat\u00ading to or occur\u00adring in the night: night, night\u00adly<\/span><\/p>\n

heir<\/span> e\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adone who by law receives wealth, pro\u00adprty etc. when the own\u00ader dies.<\/p>\n

lemur<\/span> \u02c8li\u02d0m\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Small, liv\u00ading in trees, chiefly noc\u00adtur\u00adnal mam\u00admal of Mada\u00adgas\u00adcar and the Comoro Islands, usu\u00adal\u00adly hav\u00ading large eyes, a fox\u00adlike face, and wool\u00adly fur.<\/p>\n

indo\u00adlent<\/span> \u02c8\u026and\u0259l\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Resis\u00adtant to exer\u00adtion and activ\u00adi\u00adty: idle, lazy, shift\u00adless, slothful<\/span><\/p>\n

seren\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> s\u026a\u02c8r\u025bn\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>A feel\u00ading of being calm or peaceful.<\/p>\n

with\u00adal<\/span> w\u026a\u02c8\u00f0\u0254\u02d0l<\/span> adv<\/span> Besides.<\/p>\n

amorous<\/span> \u02c8\u00e6m\u0259r\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Indi\u00adcaitve of love: erot\u00adic, amatory<\/span><\/p>\n

dis\u00adtressed<\/span> d\u026as\u02c8tr\u025bst<\/span> v <\/span>Feel\u00ading or show\u00ading extreme unhap\u00adpi\u00adness, strain, anx\u00adi\u00adety, suf\u00adfer\u00ading or pain: both\u00ader, has\u00adsle, fuss<\/span><\/p>\n

aper\u00adture<\/span> \u02c8\u00e6p\u0259tj\u028a\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>An open\u00ading, such as a hole or slit: open\u00ading<\/span><\/p>\n

vague<\/span> ve\u026ag<\/span> adv<\/span> In not clear\u00adly per\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble man\u00adner: faint\u00adly, dim\u00adly, unclearly<\/span><\/p>\n

emer\u00adgence<\/span> \u026a\u02c8m\u025c\u02d0\u02a4\u0259ns<\/span> n <\/span>The becom\u00ading vis\u00adi\u00adble: egress, issue<\/span><\/p>\n

.for instance<\/span> \u21d2 for example.<\/p>\n

owl<\/span> a\u028al<\/span> n <\/span>Noc\u00adtur\u00adnal bird of prey, hav\u00ading a broad head with large, for\u00adward-direct\u00aded eyes that are usu\u00adal\u00adly sur\u00adround\u00aded by disks of mod\u00adi\u00adfied feathers.<\/p>\n

and last of all<\/span> \u21d2 finally.<\/p>\n

fum\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8f\u028cm\u00adbl<\/span> v <\/span>To pro\u00adceed in an unsteady, fal\u00adter\u00ading man\u00adner: stag\u00adger, shuffle<\/span><\/p>\n

awk\u00adward<\/span> \u02c8\u0254\u02d0k\u00adw\u0259d<\/span> n <\/span>Hard to han\u00addle; incon\u00adve\u00adnient to use, uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

car\u00adriage<\/span> \u02c8k\u00e6r\u026a\u02a4<\/span> n <\/span>Char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic way of bear\u00ading one\u2019s body: bear\u00ading, posture<\/span><\/p>\n

reti\u00adna<\/span> \u02c8r\u025bt\u026an\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>The inner\u00admost light-sen\u00adsi\u00adtive mem\u00adbrane cov\u00ader\u00ading the back wall of the eyeball.<\/p>\n

habi\u00adtat<\/span> \u02c8h\u00e6b\u026at\u00e6t<\/span> n <\/span>The nat\u00adur\u00adal envi\u00adron\u00adment of some\u00adthing: home, haunt<\/span><\/p>\n

in fact<\/span> \u21d2 in real\u00adi\u00adty or in truth; actually.<\/p>\n

ram\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccr\u00e6m\u026af\u026a\u02c8ke\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Sub\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnate part extend\u00ading from a main body.<\/p>\n

plau\u00adsi\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8pl\u0254\u02d0z\u0259bl<\/span> n <\/span>Appar\u00adent\u00adly rea\u00adson\u00adable and cred\u00adi\u00adble, and there\u00adfore con\u00advinc\u00ading: believ\u00adable<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I went on to assume<\/span> \u21d2 I con\u00adtin\u00adued assum\u00ading that.<\/p>\n

how<\/span> ha\u028a<\/span> n <\/span>A man\u00adner or method of doing something.<\/p>\n

antic\u00adi\u00adpate<\/span> \u00e6n\u02c8t\u026as\u026ape\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To know in advance: see, fore\u00adsee<\/span><\/p>\n

it fell far short of the truth<\/span> \u21d2 it was far from true.<\/p>\n

clear as day\u00adlight<\/span> \u21d2 Eas\u00adi\u00adly seen or under\u00adstood; obvi\u00adous, evident.<\/p>\n

grotesque<\/span> gr\u0259\u028a\u02c8t\u025bsk<\/span> adj<\/span> With no ref\u00ader\u00adence to real\u00adi\u00adty or com\u00admon sense: fan\u00adtas\u00adtic, bizarre, far-fetched<\/span><\/p>\n

uti\u00adlize<\/span> \u02c8ju\u02d0t\u026a\u02ccla\u026az<\/span> v <\/span>To put into use: use, employ, exploit<\/span><\/p>\n

birthright<\/span> \u02c8b\u025c\u02d0\u03b8ra\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>A right that you have because you were born into a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar posi\u00adtion, fam\u00adi\u00adly, place, etc., or because it is a right of all people.<\/p>\n

I mean that<\/span> \u21d2 I have in mind that.<\/p>\n

due to<\/span> \u21d2 because of, owing to.<\/p>\n

refine\u00adment<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8\u00adfa\u026an\u00adm\u0259nt<\/span> n <\/span>An improve\u00adment or elaboration.<\/p>\n

rude<\/span> ru\u02d0d<\/span> adj<\/span> Not show\u00ading con\u00adcern or respect for the rights and feel\u00adings of oth\u00ader peo\u00adple: unciv\u00adil<\/span><\/p>\n

to shut <\/span>in<\/span> \u21d2 To iso\u00adlate, not allow to go out.<\/p>\n

intru\u00adsion<\/span> \u026an\u02c8tru\u02d0\u0292\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Ille\u00adgal entry upon a property.<\/p>\n

temp\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> t\u025bm\u00adp\u02c8te\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing that seduces or has the qual\u00adi\u00adty to seduce: lure, attrac\u00adtion, fas\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtion, appeal, inducement<\/span><\/p>\n

on the part of<\/span> \u21d2 From the point of.<\/p>\n

inter\u00admar\u00adriage<\/span> \u02cc\u026an\u00adt\u0259\u02c8m\u00e6r\u026a\u02a4<\/span> n <\/span>Mar\u00adriage between peo\u00adple of dif\u00adfer\u00adent reli\u00adgions, tribes, castes, eth\u00adnic\u00adi\u00adties, or racial groups.<\/p>\n

at present<\/span> \u21d2 At this time, now.<\/p>\n

retards<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8t\u0251\u02d0dz<\/span> v <\/span>To make slow or delay the devel\u00adop\u00adment or progress of an action, process, etc.<\/p>\n

strat\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccstr\u00e6t\u026af\u026a\u02c8ke\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>For\u00adma\u00adtion of lay\u00aders in society.<\/p>\n

cav\u00adern<\/span> \u02c8k\u00e6v\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Large under\u00adground chamber.{<\/p>\n

starve<\/span> st\u0251\u02d0v<\/span> v <\/span>To die or per\u00adish from lack of food or nourishment.<\/p>\n

suf\u00adfo\u00adcate<\/span> \u02c8s\u028cf\u0259ke\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To kill by pre\u00advent\u00ading access of air.<\/p>\n

arrears<\/span> \u0259\u02c8r\u026a\u0259z<\/span> n pl<\/span>. An unpaid, over\u00addue debt.<\/p>\n

con\u00adsti\u00adtute<\/span> \u02c8k\u0252n\u00adst\u026atju\u02d0t<\/span> v <\/span>Cre\u00adate and charge with a task or func\u00adtion: appoint, name, nominate<\/span><\/p>\n

rebel\u00adlious<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8b\u025blj\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Fight\u00ading against a gov\u00adern\u00adment and refus\u00ading to obey rules or authority.<\/p>\n

in their way<\/span> \u21d2 in their own mode\/ manner.<\/p>\n

as it seemed to me<\/span> \u21d2 As it appeared to me.<\/p>\n

eti\u00ado\u00adlate<\/span> \u02c8i\u02d0t\u026a\u0259\u028ale\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To lose nor\u00admal col\u00adoration; turn pale: bleach, blanch, pale<\/span><\/p>\n

pal\u00adlor<\/span> \u02c8p\u00e6l\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Extreme or unnat\u00adur\u00adal paleness.<\/p>\n

at the time<\/span> \u21d2 At a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar moment in the past; then.<\/p>\n

cicerone<\/span> \u02cc\u02a7\u026a\u02a7\u0259\u02c8r\u0259\u028ani<\/span> n pl<\/span> ciceroni<\/span> \u02cc\u02a7\u026a\u02a7\u0259\u02c8r\u0259\u028ani\u02d0<\/span> Ital\u00adian A guide for sightseers.<\/p>\n

utopi\u00adan<\/span> ju\u02d0\u02c8t\u0259\u028apj\u0259n<\/span> adj<\/span> Not com\u00adpat\u00adi\u00adble with reality.<\/p>\n

sup\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccs\u028cp\u0259\u02c8z\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Belief used as the basis for some\u00adthing: the\u00ado\u00adry, hypothesis<\/span><\/p>\n

attain<\/span> \u0259\u02c8te\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To gain as an objec\u00adtive: achieve<\/span><\/p>\n

zenith<\/span> \u02c8z\u025bn\u026a\u03b8<\/span> n <\/span>The high\u00adest state: height, peak, cli\u00admax, cul\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion, apogee<\/span><\/p>\n

to fall into decay<\/span> \u21d2 To become the seri\u00adous state mentioned.<\/p>\n

degen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion<\/span> d\u026a\u02cc\u02a4\u025bn\u0259\u02c8re\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Descent to a low\u00ader lev\u00adel or con\u00addi\u00adtion: decline, dete\u00adri\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion, deca\u00addence, worsening<\/span><\/p>\n

dwin\u00addle<\/span> \u02c8dw\u026andl<\/span> n <\/span>To grow grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly less: reduce, dimin\u00adish, lessen, shrink, decrease<\/span><\/p>\n

by the by<\/span> \u21d2 by the way.<\/p>\n

shiv\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8\u0283\u026av\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To shake slight\u00adly because of cold, fear, etc: trem\u00adble, shud\u00adder, vibrate, shake, quake<\/span><\/p>\n

unen\u00addurable<\/span> \u02cc\u028cn\u026an\u02c8d\u00adj\u028a\u0259r\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Not capa\u00adble of being tol\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded: intol\u00ader\u00ada\u00adble, unbearable<\/span><\/p>\n

to burst into tears<\/span> \u21d2 To start cry\u00ading suddenly.<\/p>\n

abrupt\u00adly<\/span> \u0259\u02c8br\u028cptli<\/span> adv<\/span> Quick\u00adly and with\u00adout warn\u00ading: sud\u00adden\u00adly, hasti\u00adly, hurriedly<\/span><\/p>\n

ban\u00adish<\/span> \u02c8b\u00e6n\u026a\u0283<\/span> v <\/span>To dri\u00adve away.<\/p>\n

inher\u00adi\u00adtance<\/span> \u026an\u02c8h\u025br\u026at\u0259ns<\/span> n <\/span>The process of genet\u00adic trans\u00admis\u00adsion of char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics from par\u00adent or ances\u00adtor to offspring.<\/p>\n

clap<\/span> kl\u00e6p<\/span> n <\/span>To strike the palms of the hands against one anoth\u00ader to make a sound, usu\u00adal\u00adly repeat\u00aded\u00adly, espe\u00adcial\u00adly to express approval.<\/p>\n

solemn\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8s\u0252l\u0259m\u00adli<\/span> adj<\/span> Seri\u00adous\u00adly and with\u00adout any humour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cIt<\/span> may seem odd to you, but it was two days before I could fol\u00adlow up<\/span> the new-found clue in what was man\u00adi\u00adfest\u00adly<\/span> the prop\u00ader way. I felt a pecu\u00adliar<\/span> shrink\u00ading from those pal\u00adlid<\/span> bod\u00adies. They were just the half-bleached<\/span> colour of the worms and things one sees pre\u00adserved<\/span> in spir\u00adit in a zoo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal muse\u00adum. And they were filth\u00adily<\/span> cold to the touch<\/span>. Prob\u00ada\u00adbly my shrink\u00ading was large\u00adly due to<\/span> the sym\u00adpa\u00adthet\u00adic<\/span> influ\u00adence of the Eloi, whose dis\u00adgust<\/span> of the Mor\u00adlocks I now began to appreciate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next night I did not sleep well. Prob\u00ada\u00adbly my health was a lit\u00adtle dis\u00ador\u00addered. I was oppressed<\/span> with per\u00adplex\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> and doubt. Once or twice I had a feel\u00ading of intense fear for which I could per\u00adceive no def\u00adi\u00adnite rea\u00adson. I remem\u00adber creep\u00ading noise\u00adless\u00adly into the great hall where the lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple were sleep\u00ading in the moon\u00adlight \u2013 that night Weena was among them \u2013 and feel\u00ading reas\u00adsured by their pres\u00adence. It occurred to me even then, that in the course of a few days<\/span> the moon must pass through its last quar\u00adter, and the nights grow dark, when the appear\u00adances of these unpleas\u00adant crea\u00adtures from below, these whitened Lemurs<\/span>, this new ver\u00admin<\/span> that had replaced the old, might be more abun\u00addant. And on both these days I had the rest\u00adless feel\u00ading of one who shirks<\/span> an inevitable duty. I felt assured that the Time Machine was only to be recov\u00adered by bold\u00adly pen\u00ade\u00adtrat\u00ading these under\u00adground mys\u00adter\u00adies. Yet I could not face the mys\u00adtery. If only I had had a com\u00adpan\u00adion it would have been dif\u00adfer\u00adent. But I was so hor\u00adri\u00adbly alone, and even to clam\u00adber down<\/span> into the dark\u00adness of the well<\/span> appalled<\/span> me. I don\u2019t know if you will under\u00adstand my feel\u00ading, but I nev\u00ader felt quite safe at my back<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was this rest\u00adless\u00adness<\/span>, this inse\u00adcu\u00adri\u00adty, per\u00adhaps, that drove me fur\u00adther and fur\u00adther afield<\/span> in my explor\u00ading expe\u00addi\u00adtions. Going to the south-west\u00adward towards the ris\u00ading coun\u00adtry that is now called Combe Wood, I observed far off, in the direc\u00adtion of nine\u00adteenth-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Banstead<\/span>, a vast green struc\u00adture, dif\u00adfer\u00adent in char\u00adac\u00adter from any I had hith\u00ader\u00adto<\/span> seen. It was larg\u00ader than the largest of the palaces or ruins I knew, and the facade<\/span> had an Ori\u00aden\u00adtal look: the face of it hav\u00ading the lus\u00adtre<\/span>, as well as the pale-green tint<\/span>, a kind of bluish<\/span>-green, of a cer\u00adtain type of Chi\u00adnese porce\u00adlain<\/span>. This dif\u00adfer\u00adence in aspect sug\u00adgest\u00aded a dif\u00adfer\u00adence in use, and I was mind\u00aded<\/span> to push on<\/span> and explore. But the day was grow\u00ading late, and I had come upon the sight of the place after a long and tir\u00ading cir\u00adcuit<\/span>; so I resolved to hold over<\/span> the adven\u00adture for the fol\u00adlow\u00ading day, and I returned to the wel\u00adcome and the caress\u00ades<\/span> of lit\u00adtle Weena. But next morn\u00ading I per\u00adceived clear\u00adly enough that my curios\u00adi\u00adty regard\u00ading the Palace of Green Porce\u00adlain<\/span> was a piece of self-decep\u00adtion<\/span>, to enable me to shirk<\/span>, by anoth\u00ader day, an expe\u00adri\u00adence I dread\u00aded<\/span>. I resolved I would make the descent<\/span> with\u00adout fur\u00adther waste of time, and start\u00aded out in the ear\u00adly morn\u00ading towards a well<\/span> near the ruins of gran\u00adite<\/span> and aluminium.<\/p>\n

\u201cLit\u00adtle Weena ran with me. She danced beside me to the well, but when she saw me lean over<\/span> the mouth<\/span> and look down\u00adward, she seemed strange\u00adly dis\u00adcon\u00adcert\u00aded<\/span>. \u201cGood-bye, Lit\u00adtle Weena,\u201d I said, kiss\u00ading her; and then putting her down, I began to feel over the para\u00adpet<\/span> for the climb\u00ading hooks. Rather hasti\u00adly, I may as well con\u00adfess, for I feared my courage might leak<\/span> away! At first she watched me in amaze\u00adment. Then she gave a most piteous cry<\/span>, and run\u00adning to me, she began to pull at<\/span> me with her lit\u00adtle hands. I think her oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion nerved me rather to pro\u00adceed. I shook her off<\/span>, per\u00adhaps a lit\u00adtle rough\u00adly, and in anoth\u00ader moment I was in the throat of the well. I saw her ago\u00adnized face over the para\u00adpet<\/span>, and smiled to reas\u00adsure her. Then I had to look down at the unsta\u00adble hooks to which I clung.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to clam\u00adber down<\/span> a shaft<\/span> of per\u00adhaps two hun\u00addred yards.<\/p>\n

The descent<\/span> was effect\u00aded by means of<\/span> metal\u00adlic bars pro\u00adject\u00ading from the sides of the well, and these being adapt\u00aded to the needs of a crea\u00adture much small\u00ader and lighter than myself, I was speed\u00adi\u00adly cramped<\/span> and fatigued by the descent<\/span>. And not sim\u00adply fatigued! One of the bars bent sud\u00adden\u00adly under my weight, and almost swung me off into the black\u00adness beneath. For a moment I hung by one hand, and after that expe\u00adri\u00adence I did not dare to rest again. Though my arms and back were present\u00adly acute\u00adly<\/span> painful, I went on clam\u00adber\u00ading down<\/span> the sheer descent<\/span> with as quick a motion as pos\u00adsi\u00adble. Glanc\u00ading upward<\/span>, I saw the aper\u00adture<\/span>, a small blue disk, in which a star was vis\u00adi\u00adble, while lit\u00adtle Weena\u2019s head showed as a round black pro\u00adjec\u00adtion. The thud\u00adding<\/span> sound of a machine below grew loud\u00ader and more oppres\u00adsive<\/span>. Every\u00adthing save<\/span> that lit\u00adtle disk above was pro\u00adfound\u00adly dark, and when I looked up again Weena had disappeared.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in an agony of dis\u00adcom\u00adfort. I had some thought of try\u00ading to go up the shaft<\/span> again, and leave the Under-world alone. But even while I turned this over in my mind<\/span> I con\u00adtin\u00adued to descend. At last<\/span>, with intense relief, I saw dim\u00adly com\u00ading up, a foot to the right of me, a slen\u00adder<\/span> loop\u00adhole<\/span> in the wall. Swing\u00ading myself in, I found it was the aper\u00adture<\/span> of a nar\u00adrow hor\u00adi\u00adzon\u00adtal tun\u00adnel in which I could lie down<\/span> and rest. It was not too soon. My arms ached, my back was cramped<\/span>, and I was trem\u00adbling<\/span> with the pro\u00adlonged ter\u00adror of a fall. Besides this, the unbro\u00adken dark\u00adness had had a dis\u00adtress\u00ading<\/span> effect upon my eyes. The air was full of the throb<\/span> and hum<\/span> of machin\u00adery pump\u00ading air down the shaft<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not know how long I lay. I was roused<\/span> by a soft hand touch\u00ading my face. Start\u00ading up in the dark\u00adness I snatched<\/span> at my match\u00ades and, hasti\u00adly strik\u00ading one, I saw three stoop\u00ading<\/span> white crea\u00adtures sim\u00adi\u00adlar to the one I had seen above ground in the ruin, hasti\u00adly retreat\u00ading before the light. Liv\u00ading, as they did, in what appeared to me impen\u00ade\u00adtra\u00adble<\/span> dark\u00adness, their eyes were abnor\u00admal\u00adly large and sen\u00adsi\u00adtive, just as are the pupils of the abysmal<\/span> fish\u00ades, and they reflect\u00aded the light in the same way. I have no doubt they could see me in that ray\u00adless obscu\u00adri\u00adty<\/span>, and they did not seem to have any fear of me apart from<\/span> the light. But, so soon as I struck a match<\/span> in order to see them, they fled incon\u00adti\u00adnent\u00adly<\/span>, van\u00adish\u00ading into dark gut\u00adters<\/span> and tun\u00adnels, from which their eyes glared<\/span> at me in the strangest fashion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to call to them, but the lan\u00adguage they had was appar\u00adent\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent from that of the Over-world peo\u00adple; so that I was needs left to my own unaid\u00aded<\/span> efforts, and the thought of flight before explo\u00adration was even then in my mind. But I said to myself, \u201cYou are in for it<\/span> now,\u201d and, feel\u00ading my way along the tun\u00adnel, I found the noise of machin\u00adery grow loud\u00ader. Present\u00adly the walls fell away<\/span> from me, and I came to a large open space, and strik\u00ading anoth\u00ader match, saw that I had entered a vast arched cav\u00adern<\/span>, which stretched into utter<\/span> dark\u00adness beyond the range of my light. The view I had of it was as much as one could see in the burn\u00ading of a match.<\/p>\n

\u201cNec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly my mem\u00ado\u00adry is vague<\/span>. Great shapes like big machines rose out of the dim\u00adness, and cast grotesque black shad\u00adows, in which dim spec\u00adtral Mor\u00adlocks shel\u00adtered from the glare<\/span>. The place, by the by<\/span>, was very stuffy and oppres\u00adsive<\/span>, and the faint hal\u00adi\u00adtus<\/span> of fresh\u00adly shed blood was in the air. Some way down the cen\u00adtral vista<\/span> was a lit\u00adtle table of white met\u00adal, laid with what seemed a meal. The Mor\u00adlocks at any rate were car\u00adniv\u00ado\u00adrous<\/span>! Even at the time<\/span>, I remem\u00adber won\u00adder\u00ading what large ani\u00admal could have sur\u00advived to fur\u00adnish the red joint<\/span> I saw. It was all very indis\u00adtinct<\/span>: the heavy smell, the big unmean\u00ading shapes, the obscene<\/span> fig\u00adures lurk\u00ading<\/span> in the shad\u00adows, and only wait\u00ading for the dark\u00adness to come at<\/span> me again! Then the match burned<\/span> down, and stung<\/span> my fin\u00adgers, and fell, a wrig\u00adgling<\/span> red spot in the blackness.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have thought since how par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly ill-equipped I was for such an expe\u00adri\u00adence. When I had start\u00aded with the Time Machine, I had start\u00aded with the absurd assump\u00adtion<\/span> that the men of the Future would cer\u00adtain\u00adly be infi\u00adnite\u00adly<\/span> ahead of our\u00adselves<\/span> in all their appli\u00adances. I had come with\u00adout arms, with\u00adout med\u00adi\u00adcine, with\u00adout any\u00adthing to smoke \u2013 at times I missed tobac\u00adco fright\u00adful\u00adly<\/span> \u2013 even with\u00adout enough match\u00ades. If only I had thought of a Kodak<\/span>! I could have flashed that glimpse of the Under\u00adworld in a sec\u00adond, and exam\u00adined it at leisure. But, as it was, I stood there with only the weapons and the pow\u00aders that Nature had endowed<\/span> me with \u2013 hands, feet, and teeth; these, and four safe\u00adty-match\u00ades that still remained to me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was afraid to push my way in among all this machin\u00adery<\/span> in the dark, and it was only with my last glimpse of light I dis\u00adcov\u00adered that my store of match\u00ades had run low<\/span>. It had nev\u00ader occurred to me until that moment that there was any need to econ\u00ado\u00admize them, and I had wast\u00aded almost half the box in aston\u00adish\u00ading the Upper-worlders, to whom fire was a nov\u00adel\u00adty<\/span>. Now, as I say, I had four left, and while I stood in the dark, a hand touched mine, lank<\/span> fin\u00adgers came feel\u00ading over my face, and I was sen\u00adsi\u00adble of a pecu\u00adliar<\/span> unpleas\u00adant odour<\/span>. I fan\u00adcied I heard the breath\u00ading of a crowd of those dread\u00adful<\/span> lit\u00adtle beings about me. I felt the box of match\u00ades in my hand being gen\u00adtly dis\u00aden\u00adgaged, and oth\u00ader hands behind me pluck\u00ading<\/span> at my cloth\u00ading. The sense of these unseen crea\u00adtures exam\u00adin\u00ading me was inde\u00adscrib\u00adably<\/span> unpleas\u00adant. The sud\u00adden real\u00adiza\u00adtion of my igno\u00adrance of their ways of think\u00ading and doing came home to me<\/span> very vivid\u00adly<\/span> in the dark\u00adness. I shout\u00aded at them as loud\u00adly as I could. They start\u00aded away, and then I could feel them approach\u00ading me again. They clutched<\/span> at me more bold\u00adly, whis\u00adper\u00ading odd sounds to each oth\u00ader. I shiv\u00adered<\/span> vio\u00adlent\u00adly, and shout\u00aded again \u2013 rather dis\u00adcor\u00addant\u00adly<\/span>. This time they were not so seri\u00adous\u00adly alarmed, and they made a queer<\/span> laugh\u00ading noise as they came back at me. I will con\u00adfess I was hor\u00adri\u00adbly fright\u00adened. I deter\u00admined to strike anoth\u00ader match and escape under the pro\u00adtec\u00adtion of its glare<\/span>. I did so, and eking out the flick\u00ader with a scrap of paper<\/span> from my pock\u00adet, I made good my retreat<\/span> to the nar\u00adrow tun\u00adnel. But I had scarce entered<\/span> this when my light was blown out<\/span> and in the black\u00adness I could hear the Mor\u00adlocks rustling<\/span> like wind among leaves, and pat\u00adter\u00ading<\/span> like the rain, as they hur\u00adried after me.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a moment I was clutched<\/span> by sev\u00ader\u00adal hands, and there was no mis\u00adtak\u00ading that they were try\u00ading to haul me back<\/span>. I struck anoth\u00ader light, and waved it in their daz\u00adzled<\/span> faces. You can scarce<\/span> imag\u00adine how nau\u00adse\u00adat\u00ading\u00adly<\/span> inhu\u00adman they looked \u2013 those pale, chin\u00adless<\/span> faces and great, lid\u00adless<\/span>, pink\u00adish-grey eyes! \u2013 as they stared in their blind\u00adness and bewil\u00adder\u00adment<\/span>. But I did not stay to look, I promise you: I retreat\u00aded again, and when my sec\u00adond match had end\u00aded, I struck my third. It had almost burned through<\/span> when I reached the open\u00ading into the shaft<\/span>. I lay down on the edge, for the throb<\/span> of the great pump below made me gid\u00addy<\/span>. Then I felt side\u00adways<\/span> for the pro\u00adject\u00ading hooks, and, as I did so, my feet were grasped from behind, and I was vio\u00adlent\u00adly tugged<\/span> back\u00adward. I lit my last match\u2026 and it incon\u00adti\u00adnent\u00adly<\/span> went out. But I had my hand on the climb\u00ading bars now, and, kick\u00ading vio\u00adlent\u00adly, I dis\u00aden\u00adgaged myself from the clutch\u00ades<\/span> of the Mor\u00adlocks and was speed\u00adi\u00adly clam\u00adber\u00ading<\/span> up the shaft<\/span>, while they stayed peer\u00ading and blink\u00ading up at me: all but one lit\u00adtle wretch<\/span> who fol\u00adlowed me for some way, and well\u00adnigh<\/span> secured my boot as a tro\u00adphy<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat climb seemed inter\u00adminable<\/span> to me. With the last twen\u00adty or thir\u00adty feet of it a dead\u00adly nau\u00adsea<\/span> came upon me. I had the great\u00adest dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty in keep\u00ading my hold<\/span>. The last few yards was a fright\u00adful strug\u00adgle against this faint\u00adness. Sev\u00ader\u00adal times my head swam, and I felt all the sen\u00adsa\u00adtions of falling. At last<\/span>, how\u00adev\u00ader, I got over the well-mouth some\u00adhow, and stag\u00adgered<\/span> out of the ruin into the blind\u00ading sun\u00adlight. I fell upon my face. Even the soil smelt sweet and clean. Then I remem\u00adber Weena kiss\u00ading my hands and ears, and the voic\u00ades of oth\u00aders among the Eloi. Then, for a time, I was insensible.<\/p>\n

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to fol\u00adlow up<\/span> \u21d2 To pur\u00adsue or inves\u00adti\u00adgate (a per\u00adson, evi\u00addence, etc<\/span>) close\u00adly<\/p>\n

man\u00adi\u00adfest\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8m\u00e6n\u026af\u025bstli<\/span> adv<\/span> Unmis\u00adtak\u00adably; vis\u00adi\u00adbly clear; in an evi\u00addent manner.<\/p>\n

pecu\u00adliar<\/span> p\u026a\u02c8kju\u02d0li\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Not usu\u00adal or normal.<\/p>\n

pal\u00adlid<\/span> \u02c8p\u00e6l\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> Being weak in sub\u00adstance: pale, blood\u00adless, anemic<\/span><\/p>\n

bleach<\/span> bli\u02d0\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>To lose nor\u00admal coloura\u00adtion: blanch, pale, etiolate<\/span><\/p>\n

pre\u00adserve<\/span> pr\u026a\u02c8z\u025c\u02d0v<\/span> v <\/span>To pro\u00adtect from loss or destruc\u00adtion: save, con\u00adserve<\/span><\/p>\n

filthy<\/span> \u02c8f\u026al\u03b8i<\/span> adj<\/span> Very objec\u00adtion\u00adable: nasty, obnox\u00adious, dis\u00adgust\u00ading, loath\u00adsome, odi\u00adous, repugnant<\/span><\/p>\n

cold to the touch<\/span> \u21d2 Giv\u00ading a cold feel\u00ading when touched.<\/p>\n

due to<\/span> \u21d2 because of, owing to.<\/p>\n

unsym\u00adpa\u00adthet\u00adic<\/span> \u02cc\u028cn\u02ccs\u026am\u00adp\u0259\u02c8\u03b8\u025bt\u026ak<\/span> adj<\/span> Not aware of the needs, feel\u00adings, prob\u00adlems, and views of others.<\/p>\n

dis\u00adgust<\/span> d\u026as\u02c8g\u028cst<\/span> n <\/span>A feel\u00ading of very strong dis\u00adlike or disapproval.<\/p>\n

oppressed<\/span> \u0259\u02c8pr\u025bst<\/span> adj<\/span> Sub\u00adju\u00adgat\u00aded by cru\u00adel\u00adty, force, etc.<\/p>\n

per\u00adplex\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> p\u0259\u02c8\u00adpl\u025bk\u00ads\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>The state of being con\u00adfused and puzzled.<\/p>\n

in the course of a few days<\/span> \u21d2 Dur\u00ading; for a few days.<\/p>\n

lemur<\/span> \u02c8li\u02d0m\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Small, liv\u00ading in trees, chiefly noc\u00adtur\u00adnal mam\u00admal of Mada\u00adgas\u00adcar and the Comoro Islands, usu\u00adal\u00adly hav\u00ading large eyes, a fox\u00adlike face, and wool\u00adly fur. <\/p>\n

ver\u00admin<\/span> \u02c8v\u025c\u02d0m\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>An ani\u00admals that prey on game.<\/p>\n

shirk<\/span> \u0283\u025c\u02d0k<\/span> v <\/span>To avoid the ful\u00adfill\u00adment of: neglect, dis\u00adre\u00adgard<\/span><\/p>\n

to clam\u00adber down<\/span> \u21d2 To climb down.<\/p>\n

well<\/span> w\u025bl<\/span> n <\/span>A deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil.<\/p>\n

appal<\/span> \u0259\u02c8p\u0254\u02d0l<\/span> v <\/span>To deprive of courage to act as a result of fear, anx\u00adi\u00adety, etc.: shock, hor\u00adri\u00adfy, daunt, consternate<\/span><\/p>\n

safe at one\u2019s back<\/span> \u21d2 Com\u00adplete\u00adly protected.<\/p>\n

rest\u00adless\u00adness<\/span> \u02c8r\u025bstl\u026as\u00adn\u026as<\/span> n <\/span>A lack of patience; irri\u00adta\u00adtion with any\u00adthing that caus\u00ades delay: impa\u00adtience, vexation<\/span><\/p>\n

to dri\u00adve some\u00adone far afield<\/span> \u21d2 To dri\u00adve some\u00adone at a distance\/ far away from.<\/p>\n

Banstead<\/span> \u21d2 A town bor\u00adder\u00ading Greater Lon\u00addon in the bor\u00adough of Reigate and Banstead in Sur\u00adrey, Eng\u00adland. It is 21 km south of Cen\u00adtral London.<\/p>\n

hith\u00ader\u00adto<\/span> \u02c8h\u026a\u00f0\u0259\u02c8\u00adtu\u02d0<\/span> adv<\/span> Until this time.<\/p>\n

facade<\/span> f\u0259\u02c8s\u0251\u02d0d<\/span> n <\/span>The face of a build\u00ading, espe\u00adcial\u00adly the prin\u00adci\u00adpal face: front, fontage, fore\u00adfront, front elevation<\/span><\/p>\n

lus\u00adtre<\/span> \u02c8l\u028cst\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Radi\u00adant glow, usu\u00adal\u00adly due to light reflect\u00aded from a smooth sur\u00adface: glaze, pol\u00adish, shine, glint, sheen, gloss<\/span><\/p>\n

tint<\/span> t\u026ant<\/span> n <\/span>Shade of a colour: tone, hue, tinge<\/span><\/p>\n

bluish<\/span> \u02c8blu\u02d0\u026a\u0283<\/span> adj<\/span> Some\u00adwhat blue.<\/p>\n

porce\u00adlain<\/span> \u02c8p\u0254\u02d0s\u0259l\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>A hard shiny white sub\u00adstance that is used for mak\u00ading expen\u00adsive plates, cups etc: chi\u00adna<\/span><\/p>\n

to be mind\u00aded to do some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To be dis\u00adposed to do some\u00adthing, to intend to do something<\/p>\n

to push on = push ahead<\/span> \u21d2 To con\u00adtin\u00adue on one\u2019s way; to go ahead.<\/p>\n

cir\u00adcuit<\/span> \u02c8s\u025c\u02d0k\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>Jour\u00adney that ends where it began: cir\u00adcle, tour, round, cycle<\/span><\/p>\n

to hold over<\/span> \u21d2 To delay, to postpone.<\/p>\n

caress<\/span> k\u0259\u02c8r\u025bs<\/span> n <\/span>A gen\u00adtle or lov\u00ading touch.<\/p>\n

self-decep\u00adtion<\/span> \u02c8s\u025blfd\u026a\u02c8s\u025bp\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>The state of believ\u00ading some\u00adthing that is not true or mis\u00adlead\u00ading oneself.<\/p>\n

shirk<\/span> \u0283\u025c\u02d0k<\/span> v <\/span>To avoid the ful\u00adfill\u00adment of: neglect, dis\u00adre\u00adgard<\/span><\/p>\n

dread<\/span> dr\u025bd<\/span> v <\/span>To fear some\u00adthing that will or might happen.<\/p>\n

descent<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8s\u025bnt<\/span> n <\/span>The act, process, or fact of mov\u00ading from a high\u00ader to a low\u00ader position.<\/p>\n

well<\/span> w\u025bl<\/span> n <\/span>To a great degree or extent.<\/p>\n

gran\u00adite<\/span> \u02c8gr\u00e6n\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>A usu\u00adal\u00adly light-col\u00adored, coarse-grained igneous rock com\u00adposed most\u00adly of quartz, feldspar, and mica, one of the most com\u00admon rocks in the crust of continents.<\/p>\n

to lean over<\/span> \u21d2 To bend over.<\/p>\n

mouth<\/span> ma\u028a\u03b8<\/span> n <\/span>An open\u00ading.<\/p>\n

dis\u00adcon\u00adcert<\/span> \u02ccd\u026ask\u0259n\u02c8s\u025c\u02d0t<\/span> v <\/span>To upset the self-pos\u00adses\u00adsion of: con\u00adfuse, embar\u00adrass, con\u00adfound, abash, discomfort<\/span><\/p>\n

para\u00adpet<\/span> \u02c8p\u00e6r\u0259p\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>A low wall or rail\u00ading to pro\u00adtect the edge of a plat\u00adform, roof, or bridge.<\/p>\n

leak<\/span> li\u02d0k<\/span> v <\/span>To pass in or out as through an unin\u00adtend\u00aded hole or crack.<\/p>\n

to give a cry<\/span> \u21d2 To cry out; piteous<\/span> \u02c8p\u026at\u026a\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Arous\u00ading pity: poor, piti\u00adful, rueful<\/span><\/p>\n

to pull at some\u00adone<\/span> \u21d2 To draw, to tug.<\/p>\n

to shake s.b. off<\/span> \u21d2 To get rid of, to dri\u00adve away.<\/p>\n

to clam\u00adber down<\/span> \u21d2 To climb down.<\/p>\n

shaft<\/span> \u0283\u0251\u02d0ft<\/span> n <\/span>An open\u00ading or pas\u00adsage in a mine.<\/p>\n

by means of<\/span> \u21d2 By the agency or instru\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty of a thing.<\/p>\n

cramp<\/span> kr\u00e6mp<\/span> v <\/span>To affect with or as if with a sud\u00adden strong pain caused by a mus\u00adcle sud\u00adden\u00adly contracting.<\/p>\n

acute<\/span> \u0259\u02c8kju\u02d0t<\/span> adj<\/span> Marked by sever\u00adi\u00adty: sharp, knife\u00adlike, piercing<\/span><\/p>\n

upward<\/span> \u02c8\u028cp\u00adw\u0259d<\/span> adv<\/span> Spa\u00adtial\u00adly or metaphor\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly from a low\u00ader to a high\u00ader position.<\/p>\n

aper\u00adture<\/span> \u02c8\u00e6p\u0259tj\u028a\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>An open\u00ading, such as a hole or slit.<\/p>\n

thud<\/span> \u03b8\u028cd<\/span> n <\/span>Dull sound, as that of a heavy object strik\u00ading a sol\u00adid surface.<\/p>\n

oppres\u00adsive<\/span> \u0259\u02c8pr\u025bs\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Weigh\u00ading heav\u00adi\u00adly on the spir\u00adit and makes you feel depressed and uncom\u00adfort\u00adable.: hard, heavy, tough, try\u00ading, burdensome<\/span><\/p>\n

save<\/span> se\u026av<\/span> prep<\/span>, cj<\/span> With the excep\u00adtion of.<\/p>\n

to turn some\u00adthing over in one\u2019s mind<\/span> \u21d2 To think over, to rea\u00adson out.<\/p>\n

at last<\/span> \u21d2 After a long wait; finally.<\/p>\n

slen\u00adder<\/span> \u02c8sl\u025bnd\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Long and thin.<\/p>\n

loop\u00adhole<\/span> \u02c8lu\u02d0ph\u0259\u028al<\/span> n <\/span>Small hole or slit in a wall.<\/p>\n

to lie down<\/span> \u21d2 To put one\u00adself in a hor\u00adi\u00adzon\u00adtal position.<\/p>\n

trem\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8tr\u025bm\u00adbl<\/span> v <\/span>To shake slight\u00adly because you are afraid, ner\u00advous, excit\u00aded, etc.<\/p>\n

dis\u00adtress<\/span> d\u026as\u02c8tr\u025bs<\/span> v <\/span>To cause strain, anx\u00adi\u00adety, or suf\u00adfer\u00ading to: both\u00ader, has\u00adsle, fuss<\/span><\/p>\n

throb<\/span> \u03b8r\u0252b<\/span> n <\/span>Peri\u00adod\u00adic sound of some\u00adthing cours\u00ading: beat, pul\u00adsa\u00adtion<\/span><\/p>\n

hum<\/span> h\u028cm<\/span> n <\/span>A low con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous sound.<\/p>\n

rouse<\/span> ra\u028az<\/span> v <\/span>Cause to become awake or conscious<\/p>\n

snatch<\/span> sn\u00e6\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>To grasp or seize hasti\u00adly, eager\u00adly, or sud\u00adden\u00adly: snap<\/span><\/p>\n

stoop<\/span> stu\u02d0p<\/span> v <\/span>To walk with the head and upper back bent forward.<\/p>\n

impen\u00ade\u00adtra\u00adble<\/span> \u026am\u02c8p\u025bn\u026atr\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Inca\u00adpable of being pierced through or passed into.<\/p>\n

abysmal<\/span> \u0259\u02c8b\u026azm\u0259l<\/span> adj<\/span> (here<\/span>) Liv\u00ading far down\u00adward from a surface.<\/p>\n

obscu\u00adri\u00adty<\/span> \u0259b\u02c8skj\u028a\u0259r\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>Dark\u00adness; dim\u00adness; indistinctness.<\/p>\n

apart from<\/span> \u21d2 except\u00ading, not considering.<\/p>\n

to strike a match<\/span> \u21d2 To pro\u00adduce flame or a spark by friction.<\/p>\n

incon\u00adti\u00adnent\u00adly<\/span> \u026an\u02c8k\u0252n\u00adt\u026an\u0259ntli<\/span> adv<\/span> Imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly, instantaneously.<\/p>\n

gut\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8g\u028ct\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Chan\u00adnel for car\u00adry\u00ading off water.<\/p>\n

glare<\/span> gle\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To stare fierce\u00adly and angrily.<\/p>\n

unaid\u00aded<\/span> \u028cn\u02c8e\u026ad\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> Func\u00adtion\u00ading with\u00adout assistance.<\/p>\n

to be in for it<\/span> \u21d2 To be unable to escape from a dan\u00adger, penal\u00adty, etc.<\/p>\n

to fall away<\/span> \u21d2 To slope away from a point.<\/p>\n

cav\u00adern<\/span> \u02c8k\u00e6v\u0259n<\/span> large under\u00adground chamber.<\/p>\n

utter<\/span> \u02c8\u028ct\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Com\u00adplete and absolute<\/p>\n

vague<\/span> ve\u026ag<\/span> adj<\/span> Not clear\u00adly per\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble: faint, dim, obscure, hazy, misty, bleary, cloudy, unclear<\/span><\/p>\n

glare<\/span> gle\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Unpleas\u00adant\u00adly bright light.<\/p>\n

by the by<\/span> \u21d2 by the way.<\/p>\n

oppres\u00adsive<\/span> \u0259\u02c8pr\u025bs\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Weigh\u00ading heav\u00adi\u00adly on the spir\u00adit and makes you feel depressed and uncom\u00adfort\u00adable.: hard, heavy, tough, try\u00ading, burdensome<\/span><\/p>\n

hal\u00adi\u00adtus<\/span> \u02c8h\u00e6l\u026at\u0259s<\/span> also<\/span> hal\u00adi\u00adto\u00adsis<\/span> \u02cch\u00e6l\u026a\u02c8t\u0259\u028as\u026as<\/span> n<\/span> (here<\/span>) Stench; Exhaled breath: exha\u00adla\u00adtion<\/span><\/p>\n

vista<\/span> \u02c8v\u026ast\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>A long, nar\u00adrow avenue or pas\u00adsage, as between rows of trees or houses.<\/p>\n

car\u00adniv\u00ado\u00adrous<\/span> k\u0251\u02d0\u02c8n\u026av\u0259r\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Flesh-eat\u00ading or predatory.<\/p>\n

at the time<\/span> \u21d2 At a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar moment in the past; then.<\/p>\n

joint<\/span> \u02a4\u0254\u026ant<\/span> n <\/span>Large cut of meat for roasting.<\/p>\n

indis\u00adtinct<\/span> \u02cc\u026and\u026as\u02c8t\u026a\u014bkt<\/span> adj<\/span> Not clear\u00adly per\u00adceived: faint, vague, dim, obscure, hazy, shadowy<\/span><\/p>\n

obscene<\/span> \u0252b\u02c8si\u02d0n<\/span> adj<\/span> Beyond all rea\u00adson: ridicu\u00adlous, mon\u00adstrous, pre\u00adpos\u00adter\u00adous, shocking<\/span><\/p>\n

lurk<\/span> l\u025c\u02d0k<\/span> v<\/span> To lie in wait; to move silent\u00adly and furtive\u00adly: slip, creep, sneak, prowl<\/span><\/p>\n

to come at<\/span> \u21d2 To reach; to attack someone<\/p>\n

the match burned down<\/span> \u21d2 The match burned completely.<\/p>\n

sting<\/span> st\u026a\u014b<\/span> v <\/span>To pierce or wound painful\u00adly with a sharp-point\u00aded struc\u00adture or organ, as that of cer\u00adtain insects or plants.<\/p>\n

wrig\u00adgling<\/span> \u02c8r\u026agl\u026a\u014b<\/span> adj<\/span> Mov\u00ading in a twist\u00ading, snake-like or worm\u00adlike fashion.<\/p>\n

assump\u00adtion<\/span> \u0259\u02c8s\u028cmp\u0283(\u0259)n<\/span> n<\/span> Some\u00adthing tak\u00aden to be true with\u00adout proof: the\u00ado\u00adry, premise, sup\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, postulation<\/span><\/p>\n

infi\u00adnite<\/span> \u02c8\u026an\u00adf\u026an\u026at<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading no ends or lim\u00adits: unlim\u00adit\u00aded, immea\u00adsur\u00adable, measureless<\/span><\/p>\n

to be ahead of some\u00adone<\/span> \u21d2 To be more advanced than.<\/p>\n

fright\u00adful\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8fra\u026at\u00adf\u028ali<\/span> adv<\/span> (here<\/span>) extreme\u00adly.<\/p>\n

Kodak<\/span> \u02c8k\u0259\u028ad\u00e6k<\/span> \u21d2 An Amer\u00adi\u00adcan tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy com\u00adpa\u00adny that pro\u00adduces cam\u00adera-relat\u00aded prod\u00aducts with its his\u00adtoric basis on photography.<\/p>\n

endow<\/span> \u026an\u02c8\u00adda\u028a<\/span> v <\/span>To pro\u00advide with prop\u00ader\u00adty, income, gift or a source of income.<\/p>\n

to push one\u2019s way in among some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To force\/ make one\u2019s way through.<\/p>\n

to run low<\/span> \u21d2 To become less, to decrease in amount or number.<\/p>\n

nov\u00adel\u00adty<\/span> \u02c8n\u0252v\u0259lti<\/span> n <\/span>New, unusu\u00adal thing: inno\u00adva\u00adtion<\/span><\/p>\n

lank<\/span> l\u00e6\u014bk<\/span> adj<\/span> Long and lean.<\/p>\n

odour<\/span> \u02c8\u0259\u028ad\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>The qual\u00adi\u00adty of some\u00adthing that may be per\u00adceived by the sense of smell: stench, stink mell, scent, aroma<\/span><\/p>\n

dread\u00adful<\/span> \u02c8dr\u025bd\u00adf\u028al<\/span> adj<\/span> Excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly bad or dis\u00adpleas\u00ading, caus\u00ading fear or terror.<\/p>\n

pluck\u00ading<\/span> \u02c8pl\u028ck\u026a\u014b<\/span> v <\/span>Pull or pull out sharply.<\/p>\n

inde\u00adscrib\u00adably<\/span> \u02cc\u026and\u026as\u02c8kra\u026ab\u0259bli<\/span> adv<\/span> To an inex\u00adpress\u00adible degree: inef\u00adfa\u00adbly, unut\u00adter\u00adably, unspeak\u00adably, inexpressibly<\/span><\/p>\n

to come home to some\u00adone<\/span> \u21d2 (Fig\u00adu\u00adra\u00adtive\u00adly for a fact<\/span>) To be rec\u00adog\u00adnized sud\u00adden\u00adly by someone.<\/p>\n

vivid\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8v\u026av\u026adli<\/span> adv<\/span> In a way that is very clear, pow\u00ader\u00adful, and detailed in your mind.<\/p>\n

clutch<\/span> kl\u028c\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>Hold firm\u00adly, usu\u00adal\u00adly with one\u2019s hands: grab<\/span><\/p>\n

shiv\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8\u0283\u026av\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To shake slight\u00adly because of cold, fear, etc.<\/p>\n

dis\u00adcor\u00addant<\/span> d\u026as\u02c8k\u0254\u02d0d\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by unpleas\u00adant\u00adness of sound: rude, harsh, dishar\u00admo\u00adnious, dissonant<\/span><\/p>\n

queer<\/span> kw\u026a\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Devi\u00adat\u00ading from the cus\u00adtom\u00adary: strange, curi\u00adous, odd, pecu\u00adliar, sin\u00adgu\u00adlar, quaint, weird<\/span><\/p>\n

to eke out the flick\u00ader with a scrap of paper<\/span> \u21d2 To make a flame brighter by adding a piece of paper.<\/p>\n

to make good one<\/span>\u2019s retreat<\/span> \u21d2 To suc\u00adceed in retreating.<\/p>\n

I had scarce entered<\/span> \u21d2 I had just entered; scarce<\/span> ske\u0259s<\/span> adv<\/span> Scarce\u00adly, only just.<\/p>\n

to blow out<\/span> \u21d2 To extin\u00adguish by blowing.<\/p>\n

rus\u00adtle<\/span> \u02c8r\u028csl<\/span> v <\/span>To move with soft flut\u00adter\u00ading or crack\u00adling sounds.<\/p>\n

pat\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8p\u00e6t\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To speak or chat\u00adter glibly and rapidly.<\/p>\n

to haul back<\/span> \u21d2 To draw back.<\/p>\n

daz\u00adzle<\/span> \u02c8d\u00e6\u00adzl<\/span> v <\/span>To con\u00adfuse with bright light: blind, daze, bedazzle<\/span><\/p>\n

scarce<\/span> ske\u0259s<\/span> adv<\/span> Scarce\u00adly, only just.<\/p>\n

nau\u00adse\u00adat\u00ading<\/span> \u02c8n\u0254\u02d0s\u026ae\u026at\u026a\u014b<\/span> v <\/span>Caus\u00ading dis\u00adgust, loathing, or revul\u00adsion: repel\u00ading, dis\u00adgust\u00ading, sick\u00aden\u00ading, repul\u00adsive, revolting<\/span><\/p>\n

chin\u00adless<\/span> \u02c8\u02a7\u026an\u00adl\u0259s<\/span> adv<\/span> Hav\u00ading a reced\u00ading chin.<\/p>\n

lid\u00adless<\/span> \u02c8l\u026adl\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading no eye\u00adlids which are either of two folds of skin and mus\u00adcle that can be closed over the exposed por\u00adtion of the eyeball.<\/p>\n

bewil\u00adder\u00adment<\/span> \u02c8b\u026a\u02c8w\u026ald\u0259m\u0259nt<\/span> n <\/span>The con\u00addi\u00adtion of being con\u00adfused or disoriented.<\/p>\n

to burn through<\/span> \u21d2 To burn entirely.<\/p>\n

throb<\/span> \u03b8r\u0252b<\/span> n <\/span>A vio\u00adlent beat or pul\u00adsa\u00adtion, as of the heart.<\/p>\n

gid\u00addy<\/span> \u02c8g\u026a\u00addi<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading a sen\u00adsa\u00adtion of whirling or falling: dizzy, light\u00adhead\u00aded, reeling<\/span><\/p>\n

side\u00adways<\/span> \u02c8sa\u026ad\u00adwe\u026az<\/span> adv<\/span> Toward one side.<\/p>\n

tug<\/span> t\u028cg<\/span> v <\/span>A sud\u00adden pull: lurch, twitch, jerk, snap, wrench<\/span><\/p>\n

clutch<\/span> kl\u028c\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>Hold firm\u00adly, usu\u00adal\u00adly with one\u2019s hands: grab<\/span><\/p>\n

clam\u00adber<\/span> \u02c8kl\u00e6m\u00adb\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To climb or crawl in an awk\u00adward way.<\/p>\n

wretch<\/span> r\u025b\u02a7<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adone that you feel sor\u00adry for or annoyed with.<\/p>\n

well-nigh<\/span> \u21d2 Almost.<\/p>\n

tro\u00adphy<\/span> \u02c8tr\u0259\u028a\u00adfi<\/span> n <\/span>Part pre\u00adserved as a token of a suc\u00adcess\u00adful hunt.<\/p>\n

inter\u00adminable<\/span> \u026an\u02c8t\u025c\u02d0m\u026an\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Occur\u00adring with\u00adout inter\u00adrup\u00adtion or end: con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous, end\u00adless, ever\u00adlast\u00ading, inces\u00adsant, con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adal, ceaseless<\/span><\/p>\n

nau\u00adsea<\/span> \u02c8n\u0254\u02d0z\u00adi\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Feel\u00ading of sick\u00adness in the stom\u00adach char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by an urge to vomit.<\/p>\n

to keep one\u2019s hold<\/span> \u21d2 (here<\/span>) To restrain one\u00adself from.<\/p>\n

stag\u00adger<\/span> \u02c8st\u00e6g\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To walk or move unsteadi\u00adly, almost falling over.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cNow<\/span>, indeed, I seemed in a worse case<\/span> than before. Hith\u00ader\u00adto<\/span>, except dur\u00ading my night\u2019s anguish<\/span> at the loss of the Time Machine, I had felt a sus\u00adtain\u00ading<\/span> hope of ulti\u00admate escape, but that hope was stag\u00adgered<\/span> by these new dis\u00adcov\u00ader\u00adies. Hith\u00ader\u00adto<\/span> I had mere\u00adly thought myself imped\u00aded<\/span> by the child\u00adish sim\u00adplic\u00adi\u00adty of the lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple, and by some unknown forces which I had only to under\u00adstand to over\u00adcome; but there was an alto\u00adgeth\u00ader new ele\u00adment in the sick\u00aden\u00ading<\/span> qual\u00adi\u00adty of the Mor\u00adlocks \u2013 a some\u00adthing inhu\u00adman and malign<\/span>. Instinc\u00adtive\u00adly I loathed<\/span> them. Before, I had felt as a man might feel who had fall\u00aden into a pit: my con\u00adcern was with the pit and how to get out of it. Now I felt like a beast in a trap, whose ene\u00admy would come upon him soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ene\u00admy I dread\u00aded<\/span> may sur\u00adprise you. It was the dark\u00adness of the new moon. Weena had put this into my head<\/span> by some at first incom\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adble<\/span> remarks about the Dark Nights. It was not now such a very dif\u00adfi\u00adcult prob\u00adlem to guess what the com\u00ading Dark Nights might mean. The moon was on the wane<\/span>: each night there was a longer inter\u00adval of dark\u00adness. And I now under\u00adstood to some slight degree at least the rea\u00adson of the fear of the lit\u00adtle Upper-world peo\u00adple for the dark. I won\u00addered vague\u00adly<\/span> what foul vil\u00adlainy<\/span> it might be that the Mor\u00adlocks did under the new moon. I felt pret\u00adty sure now that my sec\u00adond hypoth\u00ade\u00adsis was all wrong. The Upper-world peo\u00adple might once have been the favoured aris\u00adtoc\u00adra\u00adcy, and the Mor\u00adlocks their mechan\u00adi\u00adcal ser\u00advants: but that had long since passed away. The two species that had result\u00aded from the evo\u00adlu\u00adtion of man were slid\u00ading down towards, or had already arrived at, an alto\u00adgeth\u00ader new rela\u00adtion\u00adship. The Eloi, like the Car\u00adolin\u00adgian kings<\/span>, had decayed<\/span> to a mere beau\u00adti\u00adful futil\u00adi\u00adty<\/span>. They still pos\u00adsessed the earth on suf\u00adfer\u00adance: since the Mor\u00adlocks, sub\u00adter\u00adranean for gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions, had come at last<\/span> to find the daylit sur\u00adface. And the Mor\u00adlocks made their gar\u00adments<\/span>, I inferred<\/span>, and main\u00adtained them in their habit\u00adu\u00adal<\/span> needs, per\u00adhaps through the sur\u00advival of an old habit of ser\u00advice. They did it as a stand\u00ading horse paws<\/span> with his foot, or as a man enjoys killing ani\u00admals in sport<\/span>: because ancient and depart\u00aded neces\u00adsi\u00adties had impressed it on the organ\u00adism. But, clear\u00adly, the old order was already in part reversed. The Neme\u00adsis<\/span> of the del\u00adi\u00adcate ones was creep\u00ading on apace<\/span>. Ages ago, thou\u00adsands of gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions ago, man had thrust his broth\u00ader man out<\/span> of the ease and the sun\u00adshine. And now that broth\u00ader was com\u00ading back changed! Already the Eloi had begun to learn one old les\u00adson anew<\/span>. They were becom\u00ading reac\u00adquaint\u00aded<\/span> with Fear. And sud\u00adden\u00adly there came into my head the mem\u00ado\u00adry of the meat I had seen in the Under-world. It seemed odd<\/span> how it float\u00aded into my mind: not stirred up<\/span> as it were by the cur\u00adrent of my med\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtions, but com\u00ading in<\/span> almost like a ques\u00adtion from out\u00adside. I tried to recall the form of it. I had a vague<\/span> sense of some\u00adthing famil\u00adiar, but I could not tell what it was at the time<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cStill, how\u00adev\u00ader help\u00adless the lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple in the pres\u00adence of their mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous Fear, I was dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly con\u00adsti\u00adtut\u00aded. I came out of this age of ours, this ripe prime of the human race, when Fear does not paral\u00adyse<\/span> and mys\u00adtery has lost its ter\u00adrors. I at least would defend myself. With\u00adout fur\u00adther delay I deter\u00admined to make myself arms and a fast\u00adness<\/span> where I might sleep. With that refuge as a base, I could face this strange world with some of that con\u00adfi\u00addence I had lost in real\u00adiz\u00ading to what crea\u00adtures night by night I lay exposed. I felt I could nev\u00ader sleep again until my bed was secure from them. I shud\u00addered<\/span> with hor\u00adror to think how they must already have exam\u00adined me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wan\u00addered dur\u00ading the after\u00adnoon along the val\u00adley of the Thames, but found noth\u00ading that com\u00admend\u00aded<\/span> itself to my mind as inac\u00adces\u00adsi\u00adble. All the build\u00adings and trees seemed eas\u00adi\u00adly prac\u00adti\u00adca\u00adble<\/span> to such dex\u00adter\u00adous<\/span> climbers<\/span> as the Mor\u00adlocks, to judge by their wells, must be. Then the tall pin\u00adna\u00adcles<\/span> of the Palace of Green Porce\u00adlain<\/span> and the pol\u00adished gleam<\/span> of its walls came back to my mem\u00ado\u00adry; and in the evening, tak\u00ading Weena like a child upon my shoul\u00adder, I went up the hills towards the south-west. The dis\u00adtance, I had reck\u00adoned<\/span>, was sev\u00aden or eight miles<\/span>, but it must have been near\u00ader eigh\u00adteen. I had first seen the place on a moist<\/span> after\u00adnoon when dis\u00adtances are decep\u00adtive\u00adly<\/span> dimin\u00adished. In addi\u00adtion<\/span>, the heel of one of my shoes was loose, and a nail was work\u00ading through<\/span> the sole \u2013 they were com\u00adfort\u00adable old shoes I wore about indoors<\/span> \u2013 so that I was lame<\/span>. And it was already long past sun\u00adset when I came in sight of the palace, sil\u00adhou\u00adet\u00adted<\/span> black against the pale yel\u00adlow of the sky.<\/p>\n

\u201cWeena had been huge\u00adly<\/span> delight\u00aded when I began to car\u00adry her, but after a while she desired me to let her down, and ran along<\/span> by the side of me, occa\u00adsion\u00adal\u00adly dart\u00ading off<\/span> on either hand to pick flow\u00aders to stick in<\/span> my pock\u00adets. My pock\u00adets had always puz\u00adzled Weena, but at the last she had con\u00adclud\u00aded that they were an eccen\u00adtric<\/span> kind of vase<\/span> for flo\u00adral dec\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion. At least she uti\u00adlized them for that pur\u00adpose. And that reminds me! In chang\u00ading my jack\u00adet I found\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

The Time Trav\u00adeller paused, put his hand into his pock\u00adet, and silent\u00adly placed two with\u00adered<\/span> flow\u00aders, not unlike very large white mal\u00adlows<\/span>, upon the lit\u00adtle table. Then he resumed his narrative.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the hush<\/span> of evening crept over the world and we pro\u00adceed\u00aded over the hill crest towards Wim\u00adble\u00addon<\/span>, Weena grew tired and want\u00aded to return to the house of grey stone. But I point\u00aded out the dis\u00adtant pin\u00adna\u00adcles<\/span> of the Palace of Green Porce\u00adlain<\/span> to her, and con\u00adtrived<\/span> to make her under\u00adstand that we were seek\u00ading a refuge there from her Fear. You know that great pause that comes upon things before the dusk<\/span>? Even the breeze stops in the trees. To me there is always an air of expec\u00adta\u00adtion about that evening still\u00adness. The sky was clear, remote, and emp\u00adty save for a few hor\u00adi\u00adzon\u00adtal bars far down in the sun\u00adset. Well, that night the expec\u00adta\u00adtion took the colour of my fears. In that dark\u00adling<\/span> calm my sens\u00ades seemed preter\u00adnat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly<\/span> sharp\u00adened. I fan\u00adcied I could even feel the hol\u00adlow\u00adness of the ground beneath my feet: could, indeed, almost see through it the Mor\u00adlocks on their ant-hill going hith\u00ader and thith\u00ader<\/span> and wait\u00ading for the dark. In my excite\u00adment I fan\u00adcied that they would receive my inva\u00adsion of their bur\u00adrows<\/span> as a dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion of war. And why had they tak\u00aden my Time Machine?<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we went on in the qui\u00adet, and the twi\u00adlight<\/span> deep\u00adened into night. The clear blue of the dis\u00adtance fad\u00aded, and one star after anoth\u00ader came out. The ground grew dim and the trees black. Weena\u2019s fears and her fatigue grew upon her. I took her in my arms and talked to her and caressed<\/span> her. Then, as the dark\u00adness grew deep\u00ader, she put her arms round my neck, and, clos\u00ading her eyes, tight\u00adly pressed her face against my shoul\u00adder. So we went down a long slope into a val\u00adley, and there in the dim\u00adness I almost walked into a lit\u00adtle riv\u00ader. This I wad\u00aded<\/span>, and went up the oppo\u00adsite side of the val\u00adley, past a num\u00adber of sleep\u00ading hous\u00ades, and by a stat\u00adue \u2013 a Faun<\/span>, or some such fig\u00adure, minus the head. Here too were aca\u00adcias<\/span>. So far I had seen noth\u00ading of the Mor\u00adlocks, but it was yet ear\u00adly in the night, and the dark\u00ader hours before the old moon rose were still to come.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the brow<\/span> of the next hill I saw a thick wood spread\u00ading wide and black before me. I hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded at this. I could see no end to it, either to the right or the left. Feel\u00ading tired \u2013 my feet, in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar, were very sore<\/span> \u2013 I care\u00adful\u00adly low\u00adered Weena from my shoul\u00adder as I halt\u00aded<\/span>, and sat down upon the turf<\/span>. I could no longer see the Palace of Green Porce\u00adlain<\/span>, and I was in doubt<\/span> of my direc\u00adtion. I looked into the thick\u00adness of the wood and thought of what it might hide. Under that dense tan\u00adgle<\/span> of branch\u00ades one would be out of sight of the stars<\/span>. Even were there no oth\u00ader lurk\u00ading<\/span> dan\u00adger \u2013 a dan\u00adger I did not care to let my imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion loose upon<\/span> \u2013 there would still be all the roots to stum\u00adble over and the tree-boles<\/span> to strike against.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very tired, too, after the excite\u00adments of the day; so I decid\u00aded that I would not face it, but would pass the night upon the open hill.<\/p>\n

\u201cWeena, I was glad to find, was fast asleep<\/span>. I care\u00adful\u00adly wrapped her in my jack\u00adet, and sat down beside her to wait for the moon\u00adrise. The hill-side was qui\u00adet and desert\u00aded, but from the black of the wood there came now and then a stir of liv\u00ading things. Above me shone the stars, for the night was very clear. I felt a cer\u00adtain sense of friend\u00adly com\u00adfort in their twin\u00adkling<\/span>. All the old con\u00adstel\u00adla\u00adtions<\/span> had gone from the sky, how\u00adev\u00ader: that slow move\u00adment which is imper\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble<\/span> in a hun\u00addred human life\u00adtimes, had long since rearranged them in unfa\u00admil\u00adiar group\u00adings<\/span>. But the Milky Way<\/span>, it seemed to me, was still the same tat\u00adtered<\/span> stream\u00ader<\/span> of star-dust as of yore<\/span>. South\u00adward (as I judged it) was a very bright red star that was new to me; it was even more splen\u00addid<\/span> than our own green Sir\u00adius<\/span>. And amid all these scin\u00adtil\u00adlat\u00ading<\/span> points of light one bright plan\u00adet shone kind\u00adly and steadi\u00adly like the face of an old friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook\u00ading at these stars sud\u00adden\u00adly dwarfed<\/span> my own trou\u00adbles and all the grav\u00adi\u00adties<\/span> of ter\u00adres\u00adtri\u00adal life<\/span>. I thought of their unfath\u00adomable<\/span> dis\u00adtance, and the slow inevitable drift of their move\u00adments out of the unknown past into the unknown future. I thought of the great pre\u00adces\u00adsion\u00adal<\/span> cycle that the pole of the earth describes. Only forty times had that silent rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion occurred dur\u00ading all the years that I had tra\u00adversed<\/span>. And dur\u00ading these few rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtions all the activ\u00adi\u00adty, all the tra\u00addi\u00adtions, the com\u00adplex orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions, the nations, lan\u00adguages, lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtures, aspi\u00adra\u00adtions<\/span>, even the mere mem\u00ado\u00adry of Man as I knew him, had been swept out of exis\u00adtence<\/span>. Instead were these frail<\/span> crea\u00adtures who had for\u00adgot\u00adten their high ances\u00adtry<\/span>, and the white Things of which I went in ter\u00adror. Then I thought of the Great Fear that was between the two species, and for the first time, with a sud\u00adden shiv\u00ader<\/span>, came the clear knowl\u00adedge of what the meat I had seen might be. Yet it was too hor\u00adri\u00adble! I looked at lit\u00adtle Weena sleep\u00ading beside me, her face white and star\u00adlike under the stars, and forth\u00adwith<\/span> dis\u00admissed the thought.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough that long night I held my mind off<\/span> the Mor\u00adlocks as well as I could<\/span>, and whiled away the time<\/span> by try\u00ading to fan\u00adcy I could find signs of the old con\u00adstel\u00adla\u00adtions<\/span> in the new con\u00adfu\u00adsion. The sky kept very clear<\/span>, except for a hazy<\/span> cloud or so<\/span>. No doubt I dozed<\/span> at times. Then, as my vig\u00adil<\/span> wore on<\/span>, came a faint\u00adness in the east\u00adward sky, like the reflec\u00adtion of some colour\u00adless fire, and the old moon rose, thin and peaked and white. And close behind, and over\u00adtak\u00ading<\/span> it, and over\u00adflow\u00ading it, the dawn came, pale at first, and then grow\u00ading pink and warm. No Mor\u00adlocks had approached us. Indeed, I had seen none upon the hill that night. And in the con\u00adfi\u00addence of renewed day it almost seemed to me that my fear had been unrea\u00adson\u00adable. I stood up and found my foot with the loose heel swollen<\/span> at the ankle and painful under the heel; so I sat down again, took off my shoes, and flung them away<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI awak\u00adened Weena, and we went down into the wood, now green and pleas\u00adant instead of black and for\u00adbid\u00adding. We found some fruit where\u00adwith to<\/span> break our fast<\/span>. We soon met oth\u00aders of the dain\u00adty<\/span> ones, laugh\u00ading and danc\u00ading in the sun\u00adlight as though there was no such thing in nature as the night. And then I thought once more of the meat that I had seen. I felt assured now of what it was, and from the bot\u00adtom of my heart I pitied this last fee\u00adble rill<\/span> from the great flood of human\u00adi\u00adty. Clear\u00adly, at some time in the Long-Ago of human decay<\/span> the Mor\u00adlocks\u2019 food had run short<\/span>. Pos\u00adsi\u00adbly they had lived on<\/span> rats and such-like ver\u00admin<\/span>. Even now man is far less dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adnat\u00ading and exclu\u00adsive in his food than he was \u2013 far less than any mon\u00adkey. His prej\u00adu\u00addice<\/span> against human flesh is no deep-seat\u00aded instinct. And so these inhu\u00adman sons of men \u2013 \u2013! I tried to look at the thing in a sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic spir\u00adit. After all<\/span>, they were less human and more remote than our can\u00adni\u00adbal<\/span> ances\u00adtors of three or four thou\u00adsand years ago. And the intel\u00adli\u00adgence that would have made this state of things a tor\u00adment<\/span> had gone. Why should I trou\u00adble myself? These Eloi were mere fat\u00adted cat\u00adtle, which the ant-like Mor\u00adlocks pre\u00adserved and preyed<\/span> upon \u2013 prob\u00ada\u00adbly saw to<\/span> the breed\u00ading of. And there was Weena danc\u00ading at my side!<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I tried to pre\u00adserve myself from the hor\u00adror that was com\u00ading upon me, by regard\u00ading it as a rig\u00ador\u00adous<\/span> pun\u00adish\u00adment of human self\u00adish\u00adness. Man had been con\u00adtent to live in ease and delight upon the labours of his fel\u00adlow-man<\/span>, had tak\u00aden Neces\u00adsi\u00adty as his watch\u00adword<\/span> and excuse, and in the full\u00adness of time Neces\u00adsi\u00adty had come home to him. I even tried a Car\u00adlyle-like<\/span> scorn<\/span> of this wretched<\/span> aris\u00adtoc\u00adra\u00adcy in decay<\/span>. But this atti\u00adtude of mind was impos\u00adsi\u00adble. How\u00adev\u00ader great their intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal degra\u00adda\u00adtion<\/span>, the Eloi had kept too much of the human form not to claim my sym\u00adpa\u00adthy, and to make me per\u00adforce<\/span> a shar\u00ader<\/span> in their degra\u00adda\u00adtion<\/span> and their Fear.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had at that time very vague<\/span> ideas as to<\/span> the course I should pur\u00adsue. My first was to secure some safe place of refuge, and to make myself such arms of met\u00adal or stone as I could con\u00adtrive<\/span>. That neces\u00adsi\u00adty was imme\u00addi\u00adate. In the next place, I hoped to pro\u00adcure<\/span> some means of fire<\/span>, so that I should have the weapon of a torch<\/span> at hand, for<\/span> noth\u00ading, I knew, would be more effi\u00adcient against these Mor\u00adlocks. Then I want\u00aded to arrange some con\u00adtrivance<\/span> to break open the doors of bronze under the White Sphinx. I had in mind a bat\u00adter\u00ading<\/span>-ram<\/span>. I had a per\u00adsua\u00adsion that<\/span> if I could enter those doors and car\u00adry a blaze<\/span> of light before me I should dis\u00adcov\u00ader the Time Machine and escape. I could not imag\u00adine the Mor\u00adlocks were strong enough to move it far away. Weena I had resolved to bring with me to our own time. And turn\u00ading such schemes over in my mind I pur\u00adsued our way towards the build\u00ading which my fan\u00adcy had cho\u00adsen as our dwelling<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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I seemed in a worse case than before<\/span> \u21d2 The sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion in which I was appeared to be worse.<\/p>\n

hith\u00ader\u00adto<\/span> \u02c8h\u026a\u00f0\u0259\u02c8\u00adtu\u02d0<\/span> adv<\/span> Until this time.<\/p>\n

anguish<\/span> \u02c8\u00e6\u014bg\u00adw\u026a\u0283<\/span> n <\/span>State of men\u00adtal suf\u00adfer\u00ading: pain, mis\u00adery, dis\u00adtress, agony, affliction<\/span><\/p>\n

sus\u00adtain\u00ading<\/span> s\u0259s\u02c8te\u026an\u026a\u014b<\/span> v <\/span>To sup\u00adport the spir\u00adits or res\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion of: encour\u00adage, sup\u00adport, uphold<\/span><\/p>\n

stag\u00adger<\/span> \u02c8st\u00e6g\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To walk or move unsteadi\u00adly, almost falling over.<\/p>\n

impede<\/span> \u026am\u02c8pi\u02d0d<\/span> v <\/span>Be a hin\u00addrance or obsta\u00adcle to: hin\u00adder, tram\u00admel, fet\u00adter, entrammel<\/span><\/p>\n

sick\u00aden\u00ading<\/span> \u02c8s\u026akn\u026a\u014b<\/span> adj<\/span> Caus\u00ading sick\u00adness, espe\u00adcial\u00adly nau\u00adsea, dis\u00adgust, or loathing.<\/p>\n

malign<\/span> m\u0259\u02c8la\u026an<\/span> adj<\/span> Char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by intense ill will; strong\u00adly sug\u00adges\u00adtive of great harm: evil, mean, vicious, nasty, malev\u00ado\u00adlent, mali\u00adcious; sin\u00adis\u00adter, baleful<\/span><\/p>\n

loathe<\/span> l\u0259\u028a\u00f0<\/span> v <\/span>To dis\u00adlike great\u00adly and usu\u00adal\u00adly with dis\u00adgust or intol\u00ader\u00adance: detest<\/span><\/p>\n

dread<\/span> dr\u025bd<\/span> v <\/span>To fear some\u00adthing that will or might happen.<\/p>\n

to put some\u00adthing into one\u2019s head<\/span> \u21d2 To start think\u00ading about.<\/p>\n

incom\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adble<\/span> \u026ank\u0252m\u00adpr\u026a\u02c8h\u025bn\u00ads\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Impos\u00adsi\u00adble or extreme\u00adly dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to understand.<\/p>\n

the moon is on the wane<\/span> \u21d2 The moon is becom\u00ading smaller.<\/p>\n

vague<\/span> ve\u026ag<\/span> adv<\/span> In not clear\u00adly per\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble man\u00adner: faint\u00adly, dim\u00adly, unclearly<\/span><\/p>\n

vil\u00adlainy<\/span> \u02c8v\u026al\u0259ni<\/span> Treach\u00ader\u00adous or vicious act.<\/p>\n

Car\u00adolin\u00adgian kings<\/span> \u21d2 The kings of the Car\u00adolin\u00adgian dynasty, very pow\u00ader\u00adful rulers of the Holy Roman Empire at the begin\u00adng grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly were dis\u00adplaced in most of the king\u00addoms of the Empire.<\/p>\n

decay<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8ke\u026a<\/span> v <\/span>To be slow\u00adly destroyed or bro\u00adken down by nat\u00adur\u00adal process\u00ades: rot\u00adten<\/span><\/p>\n

futil\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> fju(\u02d0)\u02c8t\u026al\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>Use\u00adless\u00adness as a con\u00adse\u00adquence of hav\u00ading no prac\u00adti\u00adcal result: inutil\u00adi\u00adty, unuse\u00adful\u00adness, uselessness<\/span><\/p>\n

at last<\/span> \u21d2 After a long wait; finally.<\/p>\n

gar\u00adment<\/span> \u02c8g\u0251\u02d0m\u0259nt<\/span> n <\/span>An arti\u00adcle of clothing.<\/p>\n

infer<\/span> \u026an\u02c8f\u025c\u02d0<\/span> v <\/span>To draw a con\u00adclu\u00adsion from rea\u00adson\u00ading: con\u00adclude, judge, deduce, draw, gather<\/span><\/p>\n

habit\u00adu\u00adal<\/span> h\u0259\u02c8b\u026atj\u028a\u0259l<\/span> adj<\/span> Done or expe\u00adri\u00adenced reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly and repeatedly:.<\/p>\n

paw<\/span> p\u0254\u02d0<\/span> v <\/span>To strike or scrape with a beat\u00ading motion.<\/p>\n

in sport<\/span> \u21d2 As a joke; for pleasure.<\/p>\n

Neme\u00adsis<\/span> \u02c8n\u025bm\u026as\u026as<\/span> n <\/span>Greek mythol\u00ado\u00adgy The god\u00addess of divine ret\u00adri\u00adbu\u00adtion and vengeance. Some\u00adone\u2019s neme\u00adsis is a per\u00adson or thing that is very dif\u00adfi\u00adcult for them to defeat.<\/p>\n

apace<\/span> \u0259\u02c8pe\u026as<\/span> adv<\/span> In a rapid way: quick\u00adly, fast<\/span><\/p>\n

to thrust out<\/span> \u21d2 To push away.<\/p>\n

anew<\/span> \u0259\u02c8n\u00adju\u02d0<\/span> adv<\/span> Again, once again.<\/p>\n

reac\u00adquaint<\/span> \u02ccri\u02d0\u0259\u02c8k\u00adwe\u026ant<\/span> v <\/span>Become famil\u00adiar with some\u00adthing or some\u00adone again.<\/p>\n

it seems odd<\/span> \u21d2 it seems strange.<\/p>\n

to stir up<\/span> \u21d2 To rouse, excite.<\/p>\n

to come in<\/span> \u21d2 To appear.<\/p>\n

vague<\/span> ve\u026ag<\/span> adj<\/span> Not clear\u00adly per\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble: faint, dim, obscure, hazy, misty, bleary, cloudy, unclear<\/span><\/p>\n

at the time<\/span> \u21d2 At a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar moment in the past; then.<\/p>\n

paral\u00adyse<\/span> \u02c8p\u00e6r\u0259la\u026az<\/span> v <\/span>To cause a per\u00adson, ani\u00admal, or part of the body to lose the abil\u00adi\u00adty to move or feel.<\/p>\n

fast\u00adness<\/span> \u02c8f\u0251\u02d0st\u00adn\u026as<\/span> A strong\u00adly for\u00adti\u00adfied and secured defen\u00adsive struc\u00adture: strong\u00adhold, fortress<\/span><\/p>\n

shud\u00adder<\/span> \u02c8\u0283\u028cd\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To shiv\u00ader con\u00advul\u00adsive\u00adly: shake, trem\u00adble, quiver, quaver<\/span><\/p>\n

com\u00admend<\/span> k\u0259\u02c8m\u025bnd<\/span> v <\/span>To entrust; deliv\u00ader with con\u00adfi\u00addence: con\u00adsign<\/span><\/p>\n

prac\u00adti\u00adca\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8pr\u00e6k\u00adt\u026ak\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Avail\u00adable for use or capa\u00adble of being effect\u00aded, done, or put into prac\u00adtice: acces\u00adsi\u00adble, accom\u00adplish\u00adable, achiev\u00adable, feasible<\/span><\/p>\n

dex\u00adter\u00adous<\/span> \u02c8d\u025bk\u00adst\u0259r\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Show\u00ading skill in doing: skill\u00adful, deft, mas\u00adter\u00adful, adroit<\/span><\/p>\n

climber<\/span> \u02c8kla\u026am\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adone who climbs moun\u00adtains for sport.<\/p>\n

pin\u00adna\u00adcle<\/span> \u02c8p\u026an\u0259kl<\/span> n <\/span>Small spire on a roof; the high\u00adest point: peak, crown<\/span><\/p>\n

porce\u00adlain<\/span> \u02c8p\u0254\u02d0s\u0259l\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>A hard shiny white sub\u00adstance that is used for mak\u00ading expen\u00adsive plates, cups etc: chi\u00adna<\/span><\/p>\n

gleam<\/span> gli\u02d0m<\/span> n <\/span>An appear\u00adance of reflect\u00aded light.<\/p>\n

reck\u00adon<\/span> \u02c8r\u025bk\u0259n<\/span> v <\/span>To esteem or con\u00adsid\u00ader: regard as<\/span><\/p>\n

sev\u00aden or eight miles<\/span> \u21d2 1 mile is 1.609 kilo\u00adme\u00adters. so sev\u00aden or eight miles are about 11\u201313 km.<\/p>\n

moist<\/span> m\u0254\u026ast<\/span> adj<\/span> Slight\u00adly wet: damp<\/span><\/p>\n

decep\u00adtive<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8s\u025bp\u00adt\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Tend\u00ading to lead into error: mis\u00adlead\u00ading, fal\u00adla\u00adcious, delusive<\/span><\/p>\n

in addi\u00adtion<\/span> \u21d2 as well.<\/p>\n

to work through<\/span> \u21d2 To work one\u2019s way.<\/p>\n

indoors<\/span> \u02cc\u026an\u02c8d\u0254\u02d0z<\/span> adv<\/span> With\u00adin a house or build\u00ading: inside<\/span><\/p>\n

lame<\/span> le\u026am<\/span> adj<\/span> Dis\u00adabled or crip\u00adpled in the legs or feet.<\/p>\n

sil\u00adhou\u00adette<\/span> \u02ccs\u026alu(\u02d0)\u02c8\u025bt<\/span> v <\/span>To cause to be seen as an out\u00adline that appears dark against a light background. <\/p>\n

huge\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8hju\u02d0\u02a4li<\/span> adv<\/span> Extreme\u00adly, enormously.<\/p>\n

to run along by the side of some\u00adone<\/span> \u21d2 To run along\u00adside someone<\/p>\n

to dart off<\/span> \u21d2 To go away hurriedly.<\/p>\n

to stick in<\/span> \u21d2 To insert.<\/p>\n

eccen\u00adtric<\/span> \u026ak\u02c8s\u025bn\u00adtr\u026ak<\/span> adj<\/span> Devi\u00adat\u00ading from the cus\u00adtom\u00adary: strange, unusu\u00adal, odd, pecu\u00adliar, quaint, bizarre, queer<\/span><\/p>\n

vase<\/span> v\u0251\u02d0z<\/span> n <\/span>A con\u00adtain\u00ader used to put flow\u00aders in or for decoration.<\/p>\n

with\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8m\u00e6l\u0259\u028a<\/span> v <\/span>To lose fresh\u00adness: dry up, shrivel<\/span><\/p>\n

mal\u00adlow<\/span> \u02c8m\u00e6l\u0259\u028a<\/span> n <\/span>Plant with hairy stems and leaves and pink or pur\u00adple flowers.<\/p>\n

hush<\/span> h\u028c\u0283<\/span> n <\/span>A silence or calm espe\u00adcial\u00adly fol\u00adlow\u00ading noise: qui\u00adet<\/span><\/p>\n

Wim\u00adble\u00addon<\/span> \u02c8w\u026amb(\u0259)ld\u0259n<\/span> \u21d2 A dis\u00adtrict and town of south\u00adwest Lon\u00addon, Eng\u00adland, 7.1 miles (11.4 km<\/span>) south\u00adwest of the cen\u00adtre of London.<\/p>\n

con\u00adtrive<\/span> k\u0259n\u02c8\u00adtra\u026av<\/span> v <\/span>Come up with (an idea, plan, expla\u00adna\u00adtion, the\u00ado\u00adry, or prin\u00adci\u00adple<\/span>) after a men\u00adtal effort: devise, invent<\/span><\/p>\n

dusk<\/span> d\u028csk<\/span> n <\/span>The time of day imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly fol\u00adlow\u00ading sunset.<\/p>\n

dark\u00adling<\/span> \u02c8d\u0251\u02d0k\u00adl\u026a\u014b<\/span> adj<\/span> Uncan\u00adni\u00adly or threat\u00aden\u00ading\u00adly dark or obscure.<\/p>\n

preter\u00adnat\u00adur\u00adal<\/span> \u02ccpri\u02d0t\u0259\u02c8n\u00e6\u02a7r\u0259l<\/span> adj<\/span> Great\u00adly exceed\u00ading the nor\u00admal course of nature: super\u00adnat\u00adur\u00adal, unnat\u00adur\u00adal; abnormal<\/span><\/p>\n

to go hith\u00ader and thith\u00ader<\/span> \u21d2 To go in or to many places; to go here and there.<\/p>\n

bur\u00adrow<\/span> \u02c8b\u025c\u02d0r\u0259\u028a<\/span> n <\/span>Hole or tun\u00adnel dug in the ground for habi\u00adta\u00adtion: hole, den, lair<\/span><\/p>\n

twi\u00adlight<\/span> \u02c8twa\u026ala\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>The time of day imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly fol\u00adlow\u00ading sun\u00adset in which the light from the sky is diffused.<\/p>\n

caress<\/span> k\u0259\u02c8r\u025bs<\/span> v <\/span>Touch or stroke light\u00adly in a lov\u00ading or endear\u00ading manner.<\/p>\n

wade<\/span> we\u026ad<\/span> v <\/span>To walk in or through water.<\/p>\n

Faun<\/span> f\u0254\u02d0n<\/span> n <\/span>An imag\u00adi\u00adnary crea\u00adture, half man and half goat.<\/p>\n

aca\u00adcia<\/span> \u0259\u02c8ke\u026a\u0283\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Tree or shrub with yel\u00adlow or white flowers.<\/p>\n

brow<\/span> bra\u028a<\/span> n <\/span>The top of a hill.<\/p>\n

sore<\/span> s\u0254\u02d0<\/span> adj<\/span> Feel\u00ading or affect\u00aded by pain: painful,pained<\/span><\/p>\n

halt<\/span> h\u0254\u02d0lt<\/span> v <\/span>To stop: stay, check, cease, arrest<\/span><\/p>\n

turf<\/span> t\u025c\u02d0f<\/span> n <\/span>Sur\u00adface lay\u00ader of earth con\u00adtain\u00ading a dense growth of grass and its mat\u00adted roots: sod<\/span><\/p>\n

be in doubt of some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To be uncer\u00adtain about.<\/p>\n

tan\u00adgle<\/span> \u02c8t\u00e6\u014bgl<\/span> n <\/span>A twist\u00aded and tan\u00adgled mass that is high\u00adly interwoven.<\/p>\n

to be out of sight of some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To go too far away to be seen.<\/p>\n

lurk<\/span> l\u025c\u02d0k<\/span> v<\/span> To lie in wait; to move silent\u00adly and furtive\u00adly: slip, creep, sneak, prowl<\/span><\/p>\n

to<\/span> let loose<\/span> \u21d2 To give rein to.<\/p>\n

bole<\/span> b\u0259\u028al<\/span> n <\/span>The trunk of a tree.<\/p>\n

to be fast asleep<\/span> \u21d2 To be in a deep sleep.<\/p>\n

twin\u00adkle<\/span> \u02c8tw\u026a\u014bkl<\/span> v <\/span>To shine with slight inter\u00admit\u00adtent gleams: flash, glis\u00adten, glint, glit\u00adter, sparkle<\/span><\/p>\n

con\u00adstel\u00adla\u00adtion<\/span> \u02cck\u0252n\u00adst\u0259\u02c8le\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Astron\u00ado\u00admy An arbi\u00adtrary for\u00adma\u00adtion of stars per\u00adceived as a fig\u00adure or design.<\/p>\n

imper\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble<\/span> \u02cc\u026am\u00adp\u0259\u02c8s\u025bp\u00adt\u0259bl<\/span> v <\/span>Almost impos\u00adsi\u00adble to see or notice<\/p>\n

group\u00ading<\/span> \u02c8gru\u02d0p\u026a\u014b<\/span> n <\/span>Col\u00adlec\u00adtion of things unit\u00aded into a group: order, arrange\u00adment, formation<\/span><\/p>\n

Milky Way<\/span> \u21d2 The galaxy con\u00adtain\u00ading the Solar sys\u00adtem, vis\u00adi\u00adble as a broad band of faint light in the night sky.<\/p>\n

tat\u00adtered<\/span> \u02c8t\u00e6t\u0259d<\/span> adj<\/span> Worn or with hang\u00ading pieces of cloth.<\/p>\n

stream\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8stri\u02d0m\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>A long nar\u00adrow wavy strip resem\u00adbling a ban\u00adner float\u00ading in the wind.<\/p>\n

of yore<\/span> \u21d2 long since, long ago.<\/p>\n

splen\u00addid<\/span> \u02c8spl\u025bnd\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> Bril\u00adliant or fine, esp in appear\u00adance: excel\u00adlent, won\u00adder\u00adful, marvellous<\/span><\/p>\n

Sir\u00adius<\/span> \u02c8s\u026ar\u026a\u0259s<\/span> \u21d2 The bright\u00adest star in the night sky, locat\u00aded in the con\u00adstel\u00adla\u00adtion Can\u00adis Major<\/p>\n

scin\u00adtil\u00adlate<\/span> \u02c8s\u026an\u00adt\u026ale\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To emit light sud\u00adden\u00adly in sparks: flash, glis\u00adten, gleam, glit\u00adter, sparkle, twinkle<\/span><\/p>\n

dwarf<\/span> dw\u0254\u02d0f<\/span> v <\/span>To cause to appear small by comparison.<\/p>\n

grav\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> \u02c8gr\u00e6v\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>High seri\u00adous\u00adness: solem\u00adni\u00adty, somberness<\/span><\/p>\n

ter\u00adres\u00adtri\u00adal life<\/span> \u21d2 Life on Earth; ter\u00adres\u00adtri\u00adal<\/span> t\u026a\u02c8r\u025bstr\u026a\u0259l<\/span> adj<\/span> Relat\u00ading to the earth.<\/p>\n

unfath\u00adomable<\/span> \u028cn\u02c8f\u00e6\u00f0\u0259m\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Dif\u00adfi\u00adcult or impos\u00adsi\u00adble to mea\u00adsure: bound\u00adless, bottomless<\/span><\/p>\n

pre\u00adces\u00adsion\u00adal<\/span> pr\u026a\u02c8s\u025b\u0283\u0259nl<\/span> adj<\/span> (Astron\u00ado\u00admy<\/span>) Relat\u00aded to the slow gyra\u00adtion of the earth\u2019s rota\u00adtion\u00adal axis around the pole of the eclip\u00adtic, caused by the grav\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion\u00adal pull of the sun, moon, and oth\u00ader plan\u00adets on the earth\u2019s equa\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal bulge.<\/p>\n

tra\u00adverse<\/span> \u02c8tr\u00e6v\u0259(\u02d0)s<\/span> v <\/span>To trav\u00adel through.<\/p>\n

aspi\u00adra\u00adtion<\/span> \u02cc\u00e6sp\u0259\u02c8re\u026a\u0283(\u0259)n<\/span> n <\/span>A will to suc\u00adceed: ambi\u00adtion, goal, inten\u00adtion, aim, aim in life<\/span><\/p>\n

to sweep out of exis\u00adtence<\/span> \u21d2 To destroy, to exterminate.<\/p>\n

frail<\/span> fre\u026al<\/span> adj<\/span> Phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly weak: del\u00adi\u00adcate<\/span><\/p>\n

ances\u00adtry<\/span> \u02c8\u00e6n\u00ads\u026astri<\/span> n <\/span>One\u2019s for\u00adrun\u00adners: birth, ori\u00adgin, descent, lin\u00adeage, parentage<\/span><\/p>\n

shiv\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8\u0283\u026av\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To shake slight\u00adly because of cold, fear, etc.<\/p>\n

forth\u00adwith<\/span> \u02c8f\u0254\u02d0\u03b8\u02c8w\u026a\u03b8<\/span> adv<\/span> With\u00adout delay: now, direct\u00adly, imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly, at once<\/span><\/p>\n

to hold one\u2019s mind off some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To not think about some\u00adthing deliberately.<\/p>\n

as well as I can<\/span> \u21d2 As far as I can.<\/p>\n

to while away time<\/span> \u21d2 To pass time in a lazy way.<\/p>\n

the sky keeps very clear<\/span> \u21d2 The sky remains unclouded.<\/p>\n

hazy<\/span> \u02c8he\u026azi<\/span> adj<\/span> Filled or abound\u00ading with fog or mist: bru\u00admous, fog\u00adgy, misty<\/span><\/p>\n

a cloud or so<\/span> \u21d2 A cloud or some\u00adthing sim\u00adi\u00adlar to that.<\/p>\n

dose<\/span> d\u0259\u028as<\/span> v <\/span>To sleep light\u00adly and inter\u00admit\u00adtent\u00adly: nap<\/span><\/p>\n

vig\u00adil<\/span> \u02c8v\u026a\u02a4\u026al<\/span> n <\/span>Watch kept dur\u00ading nor\u00admal sleep\u00ading hours: watch, vig\u00adi\u00adlance, lookout<\/span><\/p>\n

to wear on<\/span> \u21d2 To pass slow\u00adly or tedious\u00adly (of time<\/span>).<\/p>\n

over\u00adtake<\/span> \u02cc\u0259\u028av\u0259\u02c8te\u026ak<\/span> v <\/span>To catch up with in trav\u00adel\u00ading or pur\u00adsuit; draw even with.<\/p>\n

swollen<\/span> \u02c8sw\u0259\u028al\u0259n<\/span> adj<\/span> Expand\u00aded by or as if by inter\u00adnal pres\u00adsure: dis\u00adtend\u00aded<\/span><\/p>\n

to fling some\u00adthing away<\/span> \u21d2 To hurl, to throw away.<\/p>\n

where\u00adwith to<\/span> \u21d2 with which to.<\/p>\n

to break fast<\/span> \u21d2 To inter\u00adrupt a peri\u00adod of not eat\u00ading food.<\/p>\n

dain\u00adty<\/span> \u02c8de\u026an\u00adti<\/span> adj<\/span> Small, pret\u00adty, and delicate.<\/p>\n

rill<\/span> r\u026al<\/span> n <\/span>Small stram or brook: rivulet<\/span><\/p>\n

decay<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8ke\u026a<\/span> n <\/span>Grad\u00adual dete\u00adri\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion to an infe\u00adri\u00ador state; a falling into ruin.<\/p>\n

to run short<\/span> \u21d2 To become insufficient.<\/p>\n

to live on some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To sub\u00adsist on.<\/p>\n

ver\u00admin<\/span> \u02c8v\u025c\u02d0m\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>An ani\u00admals that prey on game.<\/p>\n

prej\u00adu\u00addice<\/span> \u02c8pr\u025b\u02a4\u028ad\u026as<\/span> n<\/span> An incli\u00adna\u00adtion against some\u00adthing that inhibits impar\u00adtial judg\u00adment: bias, par\u00adtial\u00adi\u00adty, prepossession<\/span><\/p>\n

after all<\/span> \u21d2 in spite of all.<\/p>\n

can\u00adni\u00adbal<\/span> \u02c8k\u00e6n\u026ab\u0259l<\/span> n <\/span>A per\u00adson who eats human flesh.<\/p>\n

tor\u00adment<\/span> \u02c8t\u0254\u02d0m\u0259nt<\/span> n <\/span>Unbear\u00adable phys\u00adi\u00adcal pain: tor\u00adture<\/span><\/p>\n

prey<\/span> pre\u026a<\/span> v <\/span>To eat an ani\u00admal caught for food.<\/p>\n

to see to<\/span> \u21d2 To be atten\u00adtive; to take care; to give heed.<\/p>\n

rig\u00ador\u00adous<\/span> \u02c8r\u026ag\u0259r\u0259s<\/span> n <\/span>Impos\u00ading a severe test of bod\u00adi\u00adly or spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal strength: hard, rough, severe, tough, try\u00ading, heavy<\/span><\/p>\n

to live upon the labours of some\u00adone<\/span> \u21d2 To live at some\u00adone else\u2019s expense.<\/p>\n

watch\u00adword<\/span> \u02c8w\u0252\u02a7w\u025c\u02d0d<\/span> n <\/span>A secret word or phrase known only to a restrict\u00aded group: pass\u00adword, word, parole<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas Car\u00adlyle<\/span> \u21d2 (1795 to 1881<\/span>) A Scot\u00adtish essay\u00adist, satirist, crit\u00adic, and his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan whose works were huge\u00adly influ\u00aden\u00adtial dur\u00ading the Vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan era.<\/p>\n

scorn<\/span> sk\u0254\u02d0n<\/span> n <\/span>Lack of respect accom\u00adpa\u00adnied by a feel\u00ading of intense dis\u00adlike: con\u00adtempt, dis\u00addain, despite<\/span><\/p>\n

wretched<\/span> \u02c8r\u025b\u02a7\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> Char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by phys\u00adi\u00adcal mis\u00adery: mis\u00ader\u00adable<\/span><\/p>\n

aris\u00adtoc\u00adra\u00adcy in decay<\/span> \u21d2 Aris\u00adtoc\u00adra\u00adcy becom\u00ading low\u00ader in qual\u00adi\u00adty and strength.<\/p>\n

degra\u00adda\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccd\u025b\u00adgr\u0259\u02c8de\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Chang\u00ading to a low\u00ader less respect\u00aded state.<\/p>\n

per\u00adforce<\/span> p\u0259\u02c8f\u0254\u02d0s<\/span> adv<\/span> With\u00adout one\u2019s will\u00ading\u00adness to do some\u00adthing; by force of circumstance.<\/p>\n

shar\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8\u0283e\u0259r\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adone who has or gives or receives a part or a share: par\u00adtak\u00ader<\/span><\/p>\n

as to<\/span> \u21d2 As refers to.<\/p>\n

con\u00adtrive<\/span> k\u0259n\u02c8\u00adtra\u026av<\/span> v <\/span>Come up with (an idea, plan, expla\u00adna\u00adtion, the\u00ado\u00adry, or prin\u00adci\u00adple<\/span>) after a men\u00adtal effort: devise, invent<\/span><\/p>\n

pro\u00adcure<\/span> pr\u0259\u02c8kj\u028a\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To come into pos\u00adses\u00adsion of: get, obtain, acquire, secure<\/span><\/p>\n

means of fire<\/span> \u21d2 Mate\u00adri\u00adals nec\u00ades\u00adsary to make a fire.<\/p>\n

torch<\/span> t\u0254\u02d0\u02a7<\/span> n <\/span>Portable light pro\u00adduced by the flame of a flam\u00adma\u00adble mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal wound about the end of a stick of wood.<\/p>\n

for<\/span> f\u0254\u02d0<\/span> conj Because; since.<\/p>\n

con\u00adtrivance<\/span> k\u0259n\u02c8\u00adtra\u026av\u0259ns<\/span> n <\/span>A device or con\u00adtrol that is very use\u00adful for a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar job: gad\u00adget, appli\u00adance, widget<\/span><\/p>\n

\tbat\u00adter\u00ading-ram<\/span> \u2329\u02c8b\u00e6t\u0259r\u026a\u014br\u00e6m<\/span>\u232a n <\/span>Device used to bat\u00adter by force\u00adful impact; bat\u00adter<\/span> \u2329\u02c8b\u00e6t\u0259<\/span>\u232a v <\/span>To hit heav\u00adi\u00adly and repeat\u00aded\u00adly with vio\u00adlent blows: beat, hit, pound, strike, thrash<\/span><\/p>\n

I had <\/span>a per\u00adsua\u00adsion that<\/span> \u21d2 I was absolute\u00adly sure that.<\/p>\n

blaze<\/span> ble\u026az<\/span> n <\/span>A strong flame that burns bright\u00adly: blaz\u00ading<\/span><\/p>\n

dwelling<\/span> \u02c8dw\u025bl\u026a\u014b<\/span> n <\/span>Hous\u00ading that some\u00adone is liv\u00ading in: home, domi\u00adcile, abode, habi\u00adta\u00adtion, dwelling house<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cI found<\/span> the Palace of Green Porce\u00adlain<\/span>, when we approached it about noon, desert\u00aded and falling into ruin<\/span>. Only ragged<\/span> ves\u00adtiges<\/span> of glass remained in its win\u00addows, and great sheets of the green fac\u00ading<\/span> had fall\u00aden away from the cor\u00adrod\u00aded<\/span> metal\u00adlic frame\u00adwork. It lay very high upon a turfy<\/span> down<\/span>, and look\u00ading north-east\u00adward before I entered it, I was sur\u00adprised to see a large estu\u00adary<\/span>, or even creek<\/span>, where I judged Wandsworth<\/span> and Bat\u00adtersea<\/span> must once have been. I thought then \u2013 though I nev\u00ader fol\u00adlowed up the thought \u2013 of what might have hap\u00adpened, or might be hap\u00adpen\u00ading, to the liv\u00ading things in the sea.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal of the Palace proved on exam\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion to be indeed porce\u00adlain<\/span>, and along the face of it I saw an inscrip\u00adtion<\/span> in some unknown char\u00adac\u00adter<\/span>. I thought, rather fool\u00adish\u00adly, that Weena might help me to inter\u00adpret this, but I only learned that the bare idea of writ\u00ading had nev\u00ader entered her head<\/span>. She always seemed to me, I fan\u00adcy, more human than she was, per\u00adhaps because her affec\u00adtion was so human.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith\u00adin the big valves<\/span> of the door \u2013 which were open and bro\u00adken \u2013 we found, instead of the cus\u00adtom\u00adary<\/span> hall, a long gallery lit by many side win\u00addows. At the first glance<\/span> I was remind\u00aded of a muse\u00adum. The tiled floor was thick with dust<\/span>, and a remark\u00adable array<\/span> of mis\u00adcel\u00adla\u00adneous<\/span> objects was shroud\u00aded<\/span> in the same grey cov\u00ader\u00ading. Then I per\u00adceived, stand\u00ading strange and gaunt<\/span> in the cen\u00adtre of the hall, what was clear\u00adly the low\u00ader part of a huge skele\u00adton<\/span>. I rec\u00adog\u00adnized by the oblique<\/span> feet that it was some extinct<\/span> crea\u00adture after the fash\u00adion of the Megath\u00aderi\u00adum<\/span>. The skull and the upper bones lay beside it in the thick dust, and in one place, where rain-water had dropped through a leak<\/span> in the roof, the thing itself had been worn away<\/span>. Fur\u00adther in the gallery was the huge skele\u00adton<\/span> bar\u00adrel<\/span> of a Bron\u00adtosaurus<\/span>. My muse\u00adum hypoth\u00ade\u00adsis was con\u00adfirmed. Going towards the side I found what appeared to be slop\u00ading shelves, and clear\u00ading away the thick dust, I found the old famil\u00adiar glass cas\u00ades of our own time. But they must have been air-tight to judge from the fair preser\u00adva\u00adtion of some of their contents.<\/p>\n

\u201cClear\u00adly we stood among the ruins of some lat\u00adter-day South Kens\u00ading\u00adton<\/span>! Here, appar\u00adent\u00adly, was the Palaeon\u00adto\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal<\/span> Sec\u00adtion, and a very splen\u00addid<\/span> array<\/span> of fos\u00adsils<\/span> it must have been, though the inevitable process of decay<\/span> that had been staved off<\/span> for a time, and had, through the extinc\u00adtion<\/span> of bac\u00adte\u00adria and fun\u00adgi<\/span>, lost nine\u00adty-nine hun\u00addredths of its force, was nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless, with extreme sure\u00adness if with extreme slow\u00adness at work again upon all its trea\u00adsures. Here and there I found traces of the lit\u00adtle peo\u00adple in the shape of rare fos\u00adsils bro\u00adken to pieces or thread\u00aded in strings upon reeds<\/span>. And the cas\u00ades had in some instances been bod\u00adi\u00adly<\/span> removed \u2013 by the Mor\u00adlocks as I judged. The place was very silent. The thick dust dead\u00adened<\/span> our foot\u00adsteps. Weena, who had been rolling a sea urchin<\/span> down the slop\u00ading glass of a case, present\u00adly came, as I stared about<\/span> me, and very qui\u00adet\u00adly took my hand and stood beside me.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd at first I was so much sur\u00adprised by this ancient mon\u00adu\u00adment of an intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal age, that I gave no thought<\/span> to the pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties it pre\u00adsent\u00aded. Even my pre\u00adoc\u00adcu\u00adpa\u00adtion<\/span> about the Time Machine reced\u00aded a lit\u00adtle from my mind<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo judge from the size of the place, this Palace of Green Porce\u00adlain<\/span> had a great deal more in it than a Gallery of Palaeon\u00adtol\u00adogy<\/span>; pos\u00adsi\u00adbly his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal gal\u00adleries; it might be, even a library! To me, at least in my present cir\u00adcum\u00adstances, these would be vast\u00adly more inter\u00adest\u00ading than this spec\u00adta\u00adcle<\/span> of old\u00adtime geol\u00ado\u00adgy in decay<\/span>. Explor\u00ading, I found anoth\u00ader short gallery run\u00adning trans\u00adverse\u00adly<\/span> to the first. This appeared to be devot\u00aded to min\u00ader\u00adals, and the sight of a block of sul\u00adphur<\/span> set my mind run\u00adning<\/span> on gun\u00adpow\u00adder<\/span>. But I could find no salt\u00adpeter<\/span>; indeed, no nitrates<\/span> of any kind. Doubt\u00adless they had del\u00adi\u00adquesced<\/span> ages ago. Yet the sul\u00adphur<\/span> hung in my mind<\/span>, and set up a train of think\u00ading<\/span>. As for the rest of the con\u00adtents of that gallery, though on the whole they were the best pre\u00adserved of all I saw, I had lit\u00adtle inter\u00adest. I am no spe\u00adcial\u00adist in min\u00ader\u00adal\u00ado\u00adgy, and I went on down a very ruinous aisle<\/span> run\u00adning par\u00adal\u00adlel to the first hall I had entered. Appar\u00adent\u00adly this sec\u00adtion had been devot\u00aded to nat\u00adur\u00adal his\u00adto\u00adry, but every\u00adthing had long since passed out of recog\u00adni\u00adtion. A few shriv\u00adelled<\/span> and black\u00adened ves\u00adtiges<\/span> of what had once been stuffed ani\u00admals, des\u00adic\u00adcat\u00aded<\/span> mum\u00admies<\/span> in jars that had once held spir\u00adit, a brown dust of depart\u00aded plants: that was all! I was sor\u00adry for that, because I should have been glad to trace the patent read\u00adjust\u00adments<\/span> by which the con\u00adquest<\/span> of ani\u00admat\u00aded nature had been attained<\/span>. Then we came to a gallery of sim\u00adply colos\u00adsal pro\u00adpor\u00adtions, but sin\u00adgu\u00adlar\u00adly<\/span> ill-lit, the floor of it run\u00adning down\u00adward at a slight angle from the end at which I entered. At inter\u00advals white globes hung from the ceil\u00ading \u2013 many of them cracked and smashed<\/span> \u2013 which sug\u00adgest\u00aded that orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly the place had been arti\u00adfi\u00adcial\u00adly lit. Here I was more in my ele\u00adment<\/span>, for ris\u00ading on either side of me were the huge bulks of big machines, all great\u00adly cor\u00adrod\u00aded<\/span> and many bro\u00adken down, but some still fair\u00adly com\u00adplete. You know I have a cer\u00adtain weak\u00adness for mech\u00ada\u00adnism, and I was inclined to<\/span> linger<\/span> among these; the more so<\/span> as for the most part they had the inter\u00adest of puz\u00adzles, and I could make only the vaguest<\/span> guess\u00ades at what they were for. I fan\u00adcied that if I could solve their puz\u00adzles I should find myself in pos\u00adses\u00adsion of pow\u00aders that might be of use against the Morlocks.<\/p>\n

\u201cSud\u00adden\u00adly Weena came very close to my side. So sud\u00adden\u00adly that she star\u00adtled<\/span> me. Had it not been for her<\/span> I do not think I should have noticed that the floor of the gallery sloped at all<\/span>. The end I had come in at was quite above ground, and was lit by rare slit<\/span>-like win\u00addows. As you went down the length, the ground came up against these win\u00addows, until at last<\/span>* there was a pit<\/span> like the \u201carea\u201d of a Lon\u00addon house before each, and only a nar\u00adrow line of day\u00adlight at the top. I went slow\u00adly along<\/span>, puz\u00adzling about the machines, and had been too intent upon them<\/span> to notice the grad\u00adual diminu\u00adtion<\/span> of the light, until Weena\u2019s increas\u00ading appre\u00adhen\u00adsions<\/span> drew my atten\u00adtion. Then I saw that the gallery ran down at last<\/span> into a thick dark\u00adness. I hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded, and then, as I looked round me, I saw that the dust was less abun\u00addant and its sur\u00adface less even. Fur\u00adther away towards the dim\u00adness, it appeared to be bro\u00adken by a num\u00adber of small nar\u00adrow foot\u00adprints. My sense of the imme\u00addi\u00adate pres\u00adence of the Mor\u00adlocks revived<\/span> at that. I felt that I was wast\u00ading my time in the aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic exam\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion of machin\u00adery. I called to mind<\/span> that it was already far advanced in the after\u00adnoon, and that I had still no weapon, no refuge, and no means of mak\u00ading a fire. And then down in the remote black\u00adness of the gallery I heard a pecu\u00adliar<\/span> pat\u00adter\u00ading<\/span>, and the same odd nois\u00ades I had heard down the well.<\/p>\n

*It may be, of course, that the floor did not slope, but that the muse\u00adum was built into the side of a hill. \u2013 ed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took Weena\u2019s hand. Then, struck with a sud\u00adden idea<\/span>, I left her and turned to a machine from which pro\u00adject\u00aded a lever<\/span> not unlike those in a sig\u00adnal-box<\/span>. Clam\u00adber\u00ading<\/span> upon the stand, and grasp\u00ading this lever<\/span> in my hands, I put all my weight upon it side\u00adways<\/span>. Sud\u00adden\u00adly Weena, desert\u00aded in the cen\u00adtral aisle<\/span>, began to whim\u00adper<\/span>. I had judged the strength of the lever<\/span> pret\u00adty cor\u00adrect\u00adly, for it snapped<\/span> after a minute\u2019s strain, and I rejoined<\/span> her with a mace<\/span> in my hand more than suf\u00adfi\u00adcient, I judged, for any Mor\u00adlock skull I might encounter. And I longed very much to kill a Mor\u00adlock or so<\/span>. Very inhu\u00adman, you may think, to want to go killing one\u2019s own descen\u00addants<\/span>! But it was impos\u00adsi\u00adble, some\u00adhow, to feel any human\u00adi\u00adty in the things. Only my dis\u00adin\u00adcli\u00adna\u00adtion<\/span> to leave Weena, and a per\u00adsua\u00adsion<\/span> that if I began to slake<\/span> my thirst for mur\u00adder my Time Machine might suf\u00adfer, restrained<\/span> me from going straight down the gallery and killing the brutes<\/span> I heard.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, mace<\/span> in one hand and Weena in the oth\u00ader, I went out of that gallery and into anoth\u00ader and still larg\u00ader one, which at the first glance remind\u00aded me of a mil\u00adi\u00adtary chapel<\/span> hung with tat\u00adtered<\/span> flags. The brown and charred<\/span> rags<\/span> that hung from the sides of it, I present\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnized as the decay\u00ading<\/span> ves\u00adtiges<\/span> of books.<\/p>\n

They had long since dropped to pieces, and every sem\u00adblance<\/span> of print had left them. But here and there were warped<\/span> boards and cracked metal\u00adlic clasps<\/span> that told the tale well enough. Had I been a lit\u00ader\u00adary man I might, per\u00adhaps, have mor\u00adal\u00adized<\/span> upon the futil\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> of all ambi\u00adtion. But as it was, the thing that struck me with keen\u00adest force was the enor\u00admous waste of labour to which this som\u00adbre<\/span> wilder\u00adness of rot\u00adting<\/span> paper tes\u00adti\u00adfied. At the time<\/span> I will con\u00adfess that I thought chiefly of the Philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal Trans\u00adac\u00adtions<\/span> and my own sev\u00aden\u00adteen papers upon phys\u00adi\u00adcal optics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, going up<\/span> a broad stair\u00adcase, we came to what may once have been a gallery of tech\u00adni\u00adcal chem\u00adistry. And here I had not a lit\u00adtle hope of use\u00adful dis\u00adcov\u00ader\u00adies. Except at one end where the roof had col\u00adlapsed, this gallery was well pre\u00adserved. I went eager\u00adly to every unbro\u00adken case. And at last<\/span>, in one of the real\u00adly air-tight cas\u00ades, I found a box of match\u00ades. Very eager\u00adly I tried them. They were per\u00adfect\u00adly good. They were not even damp<\/span>. I turned to Weena. \u201cDance,\u201d I cried to her in her own tongue.<\/p>\n

For now I had a weapon indeed against the hor\u00adri\u00adble crea\u00adtures we feared. And so, in that derelict<\/span> muse\u00adum, upon the thick soft car\u00adpet\u00ading of dust, to Weena\u2019s huge delight, I solemn\u00adly<\/span> per\u00adformed a kind of com\u00adpos\u00adite<\/span> dance, whistling<\/span> The Land of the Leal<\/span> as cheer\u00adful\u00adly as I could. In part it was a mod\u00adest can\u00adcan<\/span>, in part a step dance, in part<\/span> a skirt-dance (so far as my tail-coat<\/span> per\u00admit\u00adted), and in part orig\u00adi\u00adnal. For I am nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly inven\u00adtive<\/span>, as you know.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, I still think that for this box of match\u00ades to have escaped the wear of time<\/span> for immemo\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal<\/span> years was a most strange, as for me it was a most for\u00adtu\u00adnate thing. Yet, odd\u00adly enough, I found a far unlike\u00adli\u00ader sub\u00adstance, and that was cam\u00adphor<\/span>. I found it in a sealed jar, that by chance<\/span>, I sup\u00adpose, had been real\u00adly her\u00admet\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly<\/span> sealed. I fan\u00adcied at first that it was paraf\u00adfin<\/span> wax, and smashed<\/span> the glass accord\u00ading\u00adly<\/span>. But the odour of cam\u00adphor<\/span> was unmis\u00adtak\u00adable. In the uni\u00adver\u00adsal decay<\/span> this volatile<\/span> sub\u00adstance had chanced to sur\u00advive, per\u00adhaps through many thou\u00adsands of cen\u00adturies. It remind\u00aded me of a sepia<\/span> paint\u00ading I had once seen done from the ink of a fos\u00adsil Belem\u00adnite<\/span> that must have per\u00adished<\/span> and become fos\u00adsilized<\/span> mil\u00adlions of years ago. I was about to throw<\/span> it away, but I remem\u00adbered that it was inflam\u00adma\u00adble<\/span> and burned with a good bright flame \u2013 was, in fact, an excel\u00adlent can\u00addle \u2013 and I put it in my pock\u00adet. I found no explo\u00adsives, how\u00adev\u00ader, nor any means of break\u00ading down<\/span> the bronze doors. As yet my iron crow\u00adbar<\/span> was the most help\u00adful thing I had chanced upon. Nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless I left that gallery great\u00adly elat\u00aded<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u00adnot tell you all the sto\u00adry of that long after\u00adnoon. It would require a great effort of mem\u00ado\u00adry to recall my explo\u00adrations in at all<\/span> the prop\u00ader order. I remem\u00adber a long gallery of rust\u00ading<\/span> stands of arms, and how I hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded between my crow\u00adbar<\/span> and a hatch\u00adet<\/span> or a sword. I could not car\u00adry both, how\u00adev\u00ader, and my bar of iron promised best against the bronze gates. There were num\u00adbers of guns, pis\u00adtols, and rifles<\/span>. The most were mass\u00ades of rust<\/span>, but many were of some new met\u00adal, and still fair\u00adly sound. But any car\u00adtridges<\/span> or pow\u00adder there may once have been had rot\u00adted into dust<\/span>. One cor\u00adner I saw was charred<\/span> and shat\u00adtered<\/span>; per\u00adhaps, I thought, by an explo\u00adsion among the spec\u00adi\u00admens<\/span>. In anoth\u00ader place was a vast array<\/span> of idols \u2013 Poly\u00adne\u00adsian<\/span>, Mex\u00adi\u00adcan<\/span>, Gre\u00adcian<\/span>, Phoeni\u00adcian<\/span>, every coun\u00adtry on earth I should think. And here, yield\u00ading to an irre\u00adsistible impulse, I wrote my name upon the nose of a steatite<\/span> mon\u00adster from South Amer\u00adi\u00adca that par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly took my fan\u00adcy<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the evening drew on<\/span>, my inter\u00adest waned<\/span>. I went through gallery after gallery, dusty, silent, often ruinous<\/span>, the exhibits some\u00adtimes mere heaps<\/span> of rust<\/span> and lig\u00adnite<\/span>, some\u00adtimes fresh\u00ader. In one place I sud\u00adden\u00adly found myself near the mod\u00adel of a tin-mine, and then by the mer\u00adest acci\u00addent I dis\u00adcov\u00adered, in an air-tight case, two dyna\u00admite<\/span> car\u00adtridges! I shout\u00aded \u201cEure\u00adka<\/span>!\u201d and smashed<\/span> the case with joy. Then came a doubt. I hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded. Then, select\u00ading a lit\u00adtle side gallery, I made my essay<\/span>. I nev\u00ader felt such a dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00adment as I did in wait\u00ading five, ten, fif\u00adteen min\u00adutes for an explo\u00adsion that nev\u00ader came. Of course the things were dum\u00admies<\/span>, as I might have guessed from their pres\u00adence. I real\u00adly believe that had they not been so, I should have rushed off<\/span> incon\u00adti\u00adnent\u00adly<\/span> and blown Sphinx, bronze doors, and (as it proved) my chances of find\u00ading the Time Machine, all togeth\u00ader into nonexistence.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was after that, I think, that we came to a lit\u00adtle open court with\u00adin the palace. It was turfed<\/span>, and had three fruit-trees. So we rest\u00aded and refreshed our\u00adselves. Towards sun\u00adset I began to con\u00adsid\u00ader our posi\u00adtion. Night was creep\u00ading upon us, and my inac\u00adces\u00adsi\u00adble hid\u00ading-place had still to be found. But that trou\u00adbled me very lit\u00adtle now. I had in my pos\u00adses\u00adsion a thing that was, per\u00adhaps, the best of all defences against the Mor\u00adlocks \u2013 I had match\u00ades! I had the cam\u00adphor<\/span> in my pock\u00adet, too, if a blaze<\/span> were need\u00aded. It seemed to me that the best thing we could do would be to pass the night in the open, pro\u00adtect\u00aded by a fire. In the morn\u00ading there was the get\u00adting of the Time Machine. Towards that, as yet, I had only my iron mace<\/span>. But now, with my grow\u00ading knowl\u00adedge, I felt very dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly towards those bronze doors. Up to this, I had refrained from<\/span> forc\u00ading them, large\u00adly because of the mys\u00adtery on the oth\u00ader side. They had nev\u00ader impressed me as being very strong, and I hoped to find my bar of iron not alto\u00adgeth\u00ader inad\u00ade\u00adquate for the work.<\/p>\n

\n

porce\u00adlain<\/span> \u02c8p\u0254\u02d0s\u0259l\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>A hard shiny white sub\u00adstance that is used for mak\u00ading expen\u00adsive plates, cups etc: chi\u00adna<\/span><\/p>\n

to fall into ruin<\/span> \u21d2 To go rack and ruin.<\/p>\n

ragged<\/span> \u02c8r\u00e6g\u026ad<\/span> adv<\/span> Torn or worn to tatters.<\/p>\n

ves\u00adtige<\/span> \u02c8v\u025bst\u026a\u02a4<\/span> n <\/span>Rem\u00adnant that indi\u00adcates the for\u00admer pres\u00adence of some\u00adthing: trace, remains<\/span><\/p>\n

fac\u00ading<\/span> \u02c8fe\u026as\u026a\u014b<\/span> n <\/span>An out\u00ader coat\u00ading applied to a sur\u00adface for pro\u00adtec\u00adtion or decoration.<\/p>\n

cor\u00adrode<\/span> k\u0259\u02c8r\u0259\u028ad<\/span> v <\/span>To con\u00adsume grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly, as by chem\u00adi\u00adcal reac\u00adtion, fric\u00adtion, etc: wear, wear away, gnaw, erode, fret<\/span><\/p>\n

turfy<\/span> \u02c8t\u025c\u02d0\u00adfi<\/span> adj<\/span> Of, cov\u00adered with, or resem\u00adbling a sur\u00adface that con\u00adsists of soil with grass on top: sod\u00addy<\/span><\/p>\n

down<\/span> \u21d2 An expanse of rolling, tree\u00adless upland, grassy and with lit\u00adtle soil.<\/p>\n

estu\u00adary<\/span> \u02c8\u025bstj\u028a\u0259ri<\/span> n <\/span>The part of the wide low\u00ader course of a riv\u00ader where its cur\u00adrent is met by the tides.<\/p>\n

creek<\/span> kri\u02d0k<\/span> n <\/span>(British Eng\u00adlish<\/span>) A long nar\u00adrow area of water that flows from the sea into the land.<\/p>\n

Wandsworth<\/span> \u21d2 A Lon\u00addon bor\u00adough in south\u00adwest Lon\u00addon, part of Inner London.<\/p>\n

Bat\u00adtersea<\/span> \u21d2 A dis\u00adtrict of South West Lon\u00addon, Eng\u00adland, with\u00adin the Lon\u00addon Bor\u00adough of Wandsworth. It is locat\u00aded on the south bank of the Riv\u00ader Thames, 2.9 miles (4.7 km<\/span>) south west of Char\u00ading Cross.<\/p>\n

inscrip\u00adtion<\/span> \u026an\u02c8skr\u026ap\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing inscribed, espe\u00adcial\u00adly words carved or engraved on a coin, tomb, etc. <\/p>\n

char\u00adac\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8k\u00e6r\u026ak\u00adt\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>One of a set of sym\u00adbols, such as let\u00adters or num\u00adbers, that are arranged to express information.<\/p>\n

some\u00adthing has nev\u00ader entered my head<\/span> \u21d2 some\u00adthing has nev\u00ader occurred to me.<\/p>\n

valve<\/span> v\u00e6lv<\/span> n <\/span>Archa\u00adic Either half of a dou\u00adble door.<\/p>\n

cus\u00adtom\u00adary<\/span> \u02c8k\u028cst\u0259m\u0259ri<\/span> adj<\/span> Com\u00admon\u00adly used or prac\u00adtised: usu\u00adal<\/span><\/p>\n

at first glance<\/span> \u21d2 At first sight.<\/p>\n

thick with dust<\/span> \u21d2 Cov\u00adered with a thick lay\u00ader of dust.<\/p>\n

array<\/span> \u0259\u02c8re\u026a<\/span> n <\/span>Things, peo\u00adple etc. arranged in some order.<\/p>\n

mis\u00adcel\u00adla\u00adneous<\/span> \u02ccm\u026as\u0259\u02c8le\u026ani\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Con\u00adsist\u00ading of a num\u00adber of dif\u00adfer\u00adent kinds: var\u00adi\u00adous, sundry, mot\u00adley, mixed, varied<\/span><\/p>\n

shroud<\/span> \u0283ra\u028ad<\/span> v <\/span>To cut off from sight: close, hide, obstruct, screen, shut out<\/span><\/p>\n

gaunt<\/span> g\u0254\u02d0nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading lit\u00adtle flesh on the body: thin, lean, skin\u00adny, bony, lanky<\/span><\/p>\n

skele\u00adton<\/span> \u02c8sk\u025bl\u026atn<\/span> n <\/span>The inter\u00adnal struc\u00adture com\u00adposed of bone and car\u00adti\u00adlage that pro\u00adtects and sup\u00adports the soft organs, tis\u00adsues, etc.<\/p>\n

oblique<\/span> \u0259\u02c8bli\u02d0k<\/span> adj<\/span> Angled at a slant: diag\u00ado\u00adnal, biased, slanted<\/span><\/p>\n

extinct<\/span> \u026aks\u02c8t\u026a\u014bkt<\/span> adj<\/span> No longer exist\u00ading; lost or espe\u00adcial\u00adly hav\u00ading died out.<\/p>\n

Megath\u00aderi\u00adum<\/span> \u21d2 A genus of ele\u00adphant-sized ground sloths endem\u00adic to South Amer\u00adi\u00adca, that lived from the Ear\u00adly Pliocene through the end of the Pleistocene.<\/p>\n

leak<\/span> li\u02d0k<\/span> n <\/span>An unin\u00adtend\u00aded hole, crack, or the like, through which liq\u00aduid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes.<\/p>\n

to wear away<\/span> \u21d2 To become bro\u00adken, thin etc. as the result of use.<\/p>\n

bar\u00adrel<\/span> \u02c8b\u00e6r\u0259l<\/span> (Zool\u00ado\u00adgy)<\/span> The trunk of a four-legged animal.<\/p>\n

Bron\u00adtosaurus<\/span> \u21d2 A very large plant-eat\u00ading dinosaur com\u00admon in North Amer\u00adi\u00adca in the late Jurassic.<\/p>\n

South Kens\u00ading\u00adton<\/span> \u21d2 A dis\u00adtrict of West Lon\u00addon in the Roy\u00adal Bor\u00adough of Kens\u00ading\u00adton and Chelsea. With some of its east\u00ader\u00adly areas shared with the City of West\u00admin\u00adster, the dis\u00adtrict is known as a pop\u00adu\u00adlar tourist des\u00adti\u00adna\u00adtion due to its den\u00adsi\u00adty of muse\u00adums and cul\u00adtur\u00adal landmarks.<\/p>\n

palaeon\u00adto\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal<\/span> \u02c8p\u00e6l\u026a\u02cc\u0252n\u00adt\u0259\u02c8l\u0252\u02a4\u026ak\u0259l<\/span> adj<\/span> Relat\u00aded to the sci\u00adence deal\u00ading with the life of past geo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal peri\u00adods as known from fos\u00adsil remains.<\/p>\n

splen\u00addid<\/span> \u02c8spl\u025bnd\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> Bril\u00adliant or fine, esp in appear\u00adance: excel\u00adlent, won\u00adder\u00adful, marvellous<\/span><\/p>\n

fos\u00adsil<\/span> \u02c8f\u0252sl<\/span> n <\/span>Rem\u00adnant of an organ\u00adism of a past geo\u00adlog\u00adic age pre\u00adserved in the earth\u2019s crust.<\/p>\n

decay<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8ke\u026a<\/span> n <\/span>Grad\u00adual dete\u00adri\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion to an infe\u00adri\u00ador state; a falling into ruin.<\/p>\n

to stave off<\/span> \u21d2 To keep off, pre\u00adserve; delay.<\/p>\n

extinc\u00adtion<\/span> \u026aks\u02c8t\u026a\u014bk\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>The fact of dying; utter destruc\u00adtion: death, demise, decease; liq\u00adui\u00adda\u00adtion, anni\u00adhi\u00adla\u00adtion, extermination<\/span><\/p>\n

fun\u00adgus<\/span> \u02c8f\u028c\u014bg\u0259s<\/span> pl<\/span> fun\u00adgi<\/span> \u02c8f\u028c\u014b\u00adga\u026a<\/span> n <\/span>Flower with\u00adout leaves etc. grow\u00ading on oth\u00ader plants or decay\u00ading matter. <\/p>\n

reed<\/span> ri\u02d0d<\/span> n <\/span>The straight stalk of tall grass\u00ades, grow\u00ading in marshy places.<\/p>\n

bod\u00adi\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8b\u0252d\u026ali<\/span> adv<\/span> As a whole: alto\u00adgeth\u00ader<\/span><\/p>\n

dead\u00aden<\/span> \u02c8d\u025bdn<\/span> v <\/span>To make less sen\u00adsi\u00adtive, active, ener\u00adgetic, or forcible\u00adto make less sen\u00adsi\u00adtive, active, ener\u00adgetic, or forcible: weak\u00aden<\/span><\/p>\n

sea urchin<\/span> \u02c8si\u02d0\u02c8\u025c\u02d0\u02a7\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>Any of var\u00adi\u00adous organ\u00adism with a soft body enclosed in a round shell cov\u00adered with long spines.<\/p>\n

to stare about<\/span> \u21d2 To look care\u00adful\u00adly about.<\/p>\n

to give no thought to some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 Not to think about something<\/p>\n

pre\u00adoc\u00adcu\u00adpa\u00adtion<\/span> pri(\u02d0)\u02cc\u0252kj\u028a\u02c8pe\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>An idea or sub\u00adject that some\u00adone thinks about most of the time: pre\u00adoc\u00adcu\u00adpan\u00adcy, absorp\u00adtion, engrossment<\/span><\/p>\n

to recede <\/span>from one\u2019s mind<\/span> \u21d2 To become fainter; recede<\/span> ri(\u02d0)\u02c8si\u02d0d<\/span> v <\/span>To move away gradually.<\/p>\n

palaeon\u00adtol\u00adogy<\/span> \u02ccp\u00e6l\u026a\u0252n\u02c8t\u0252l\u0259\u02a4i<\/span> n <\/span>The study of fos\u00adsils to deter\u00admine the struc\u00adture and evo\u00adlu\u00adtion of extinct ani\u00admals and plants and the age and con\u00addi\u00adtions of depo\u00adsi\u00adtion of the rock stra\u00adta in which they are found.<\/p>\n

spec\u00adta\u00adcle<\/span> \u02c8sp\u025bk\u00adt\u0259kl<\/span> n <\/span>A very impres\u00adsive show or scene.<\/p>\n

trans\u00adverse<\/span> \u02c8tr\u00e6nzv\u025c\u02d0s<\/span> adj<\/span> Sit\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded or lying across: cross\u00adwise<\/span><\/p>\n

sul\u00adphur<\/span> \u02c8s\u028clf\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Pale yel\u00adlow non\u00admetal\u00adlic ele\u00adment occur\u00adring wide\u00adly in nature, used in pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of gunpowder.<\/p>\n

to set one\u2019s. mind run\u00adning on some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To start think\u00ading about some\u00adthing intensively.<\/p>\n

gun\u00adpow\u00adder<\/span> \u02c8g\u028cn\u02cc\u00adpa\u028ad\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Any of var\u00adi\u00adous explo\u00adsive pow\u00adders used to pro\u00adpel pro\u00adjec\u00adtiles from guns, espe\u00adcial\u00adly a black mix\u00adture of potas\u00adsi\u00adum nitrate, char\u00adcoal, and sulphur.<\/p>\n

salt\u00adpeter<\/span> \u02c8s\u0254\u02d0lt\u02ccpi\u02d0t\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Potas\u00adsi\u00adum nitrate, trans\u00adpar\u00adent white crys\u00adtalline com\u00adpound used in the man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adture of explo\u00adsives, match\u00ades, fer\u00adtil\u00adiz\u00aders etc.<\/p>\n

nitrate<\/span> \u02c8na\u026atre\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>A chem\u00adi\u00adcal that includes nitro\u00adgen and oxy\u00adgen, often used as a a sub\u00adstance that helps plants grow.<\/p>\n

del\u00adi\u00adquesce<\/span> \u02ccd\u025bl\u026a\u02c8k\u00adw\u025bs<\/span> v <\/span>To melt away.<\/p>\n

a thought hangs in my mind<\/span> \u21d2 A thought doesn\u2019t leave my mind.<\/p>\n

to set up a train of think\u00ading<\/span> \u21d2 To pro\u00advoke a lot of think\u00ading about.<\/p>\n

aisle<\/span> a\u026al<\/span> n <\/span>Pas\u00adsage\u00adway between rows of seats.<\/p>\n

shriv\u00adel<\/span> \u02c8\u0283r\u026avl<\/span> v <\/span>Decrease in size, as with a loss of mois\u00adture: shriv\u00adel up, shrink, wither<\/span><\/p>\n

ves\u00adtige<\/span> \u02c8v\u025bst\u026a\u02a4<\/span> n <\/span>Rem\u00adnant that indi\u00adcates the for\u00admer pres\u00adence of some\u00adthing: trace, remains<\/span><\/p>\n

des\u00adic\u00adcat\u00aded<\/span> \u02c8d\u025bs\u026ake\u026at\u026ad<\/span> v <\/span>Com\u00adplete\u00adly dried out.<\/p>\n

mum\u00admy<\/span> \u02c8m\u028c\u00admi<\/span> n <\/span>A body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial.<\/p>\n

read\u00adjust\u00adment<\/span> \u02ccri\u02d0\u0259\u02c8\u02a4\u028cst\u00adm\u0259nt<\/span> n <\/span>A change that you make to it so that it is more effec\u00adtive or appropriate.<\/p>\n

con\u00adquest<\/span> \u02c8k\u0252\u014bk\u00adw\u025bst<\/span> v <\/span>Suc\u00adcess in mas\u00adter\u00ading some\u00adthing dif\u00adfi\u00adcult: suc\u00adcess, con\u00adquer\u00ading, triumph<\/span><\/p>\n

attain<\/span> \u0259\u02c8te\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To gain as an objec\u00adtive: achieve<\/span><\/p>\n

sin\u00adgu\u00adlar\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8s\u026a\u014bgj\u028al\u0259li<\/span> adv<\/span> In a way that is very notice\u00adable or unusual.<\/p>\n

smash<\/span> sm\u00e6\u0283<\/span> v <\/span>To break some\u00adthing into pieces sud\u00adden\u00adly, nois\u00adi\u00adly, and violently.<\/p>\n

to be in one\u2019s ele\u00adment<\/span> \u21d2 To be in suit\u00adable, pre\u00adferred etc. surroundings.<\/p>\n

cor\u00adrode<\/span> k\u0259\u02c8r\u0259\u028ad<\/span> v <\/span>To con\u00adsume grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly, as by chem\u00adi\u00adcal reac\u00adtion, fric\u00adtion, etc: wear, wear away, gnaw, erode, fret<\/span><\/p>\n

to incline to do some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To have a ten\u00adden\u00adcy to do something<\/p>\n

linger<\/span> \u02c8l\u026a\u014bg\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To stay in a place or be slow in leav\u00ading it, often out of reluc\u00adtance: stay, remain<\/span><\/p>\n

the more so<\/span> \u21d2 Used to say why some\u00adthing (such as an attribute or qual\u00adi\u00adty<\/span>) applies to a greater degree or extent.<\/p>\n

vague<\/span> ve\u026ag<\/span> adj<\/span> Not clear\u00adly per\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble: faint, dim, obscure, hazy, misty, bleary, cloudy, unclear<\/span><\/p>\n

star\u00adtle<\/span> \u02c8st\u0251\u02d0tl<\/span> v <\/span>To sur\u00adprise or fright\u00aden some\u00adone sud\u00adden\u00adly but not seri\u00adous\u00adly: fright\u00aden, scare, ter\u00adri\u00adfy, alarm<\/span><\/p>\n

Had it not been for her<\/span> \u21d2 If it hadn\u2019t been for her.<\/p>\n

at all<\/span> \u21d2 in any way; for any rea\u00adson; to any extent; whatever.<\/p>\n

slit<\/span> sl\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>A long straight cut or opening.<\/p>\n

at last<\/span> \u21d2 After a long wait; finally.<\/p>\n

pit<\/span> p\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>Nat\u00adur\u00adal or arti\u00adfi\u00adcial hole in the ground; a con\u00adcealed hole in the ground used as a trap; the ground floor of a the\u00adater behind the stalls.<\/p>\n

to go along<\/span> \u21d2 To proceed.<\/p>\n

to be intent on doing some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To show seri\u00adous and con\u00adstant desire or attention.<\/p>\n

diminu\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccd\u026am\u026a\u02c8n\u00adju\u02d0\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n<\/span> The process of decreas\u00ading: reduc\u00adtion, decre\u00adment, diminishment<\/span><\/p>\n

appre\u00adhen\u00adsion<\/span> \u02cc\u00e6pr\u026a\u02c8h\u025bn\u0283(\u0259)n<\/span> n <\/span>Fear that some\u00adthing bad or unpleas\u00adant is going to happen.<\/p>\n

revive<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8\u00adva\u026av<\/span> v <\/span>Give new life or ener\u00adgy to or restore from a depressed, inac\u00adtive, or unused state.<\/p>\n

to call to mind<\/span> \u21d2 To remind.<\/p>\n

pecu\u00adliar<\/span> p\u026a\u02c8kju\u02d0li\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Not usu\u00adal or normal.<\/p>\n

pat\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8p\u00e6t\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To speak or chat\u00adter glibly and rapidly.<\/p>\n

struck with a sud\u00adden idea<\/span> \u21d2 An idea dawned upon me suddenly.<\/p>\n

lever<\/span> \u02c8li\u02d0v\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Pro\u00adject\u00ading han\u00addle used to adjust or oper\u00adate a mechanism.<\/p>\n

sig\u00adnal-box<\/span> \u02c8s\u026agn\u00adl\u02c8b\u0252ks<\/span> n <\/span>Cab\u00adin from which sig\u00adnals are giv\u00aden out to con\u00adtrol the move\u00adments of rail\u00adway trains.<\/p>\n

clam\u00adber<\/span> \u02c8kl\u00e6m\u00adb\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To climb or crawl in an awk\u00adward way.<\/p>\n

side\u00adways<\/span> \u02c8sa\u026ad\u00adwe\u026az<\/span> adv<\/span> Toward one side: side\u00adway, sidewise<\/span><\/p>\n

whim\u00adper<\/span> \u02c8w\u026am\u00adp\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To cry with soft, inter\u00admit\u00adtent sounds: whine, pule<\/span><\/p>\n

snap<\/span> sn\u00e6p<\/span> v <\/span>Break sud\u00adden\u00adly and abrupt\u00adly, as under ten\u00adsion: crack<\/span><\/p>\n

rejoin<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8\u02a4\u0254\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To go back to a group of peo\u00adple, orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion etc that you were with before.<\/p>\n

mace<\/span> me\u026as<\/span> n <\/span>Met\u00adal war club, often with spikes.<\/p>\n

or so<\/span> \u21d2 (of quan\u00adti\u00adties<\/span>) Impre\u00adcise but fair\u00adly close to.<\/p>\n

descen\u00addant<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8s\u025bnd\u0259nt<\/span> n <\/span>A per\u00adson con\u00adsid\u00adered as descend\u00aded from some ances\u00adtor or race: off\u00adspring, scion<\/span><\/p>\n

dis\u00adin\u00adcli\u00adna\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccd\u026as\u026an\u00adkl\u026a\u02c8ne\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>A feel\u00ading that you do not want to do some\u00adthing: reluc\u00adtance, indisposition<\/span><\/p>\n

per\u00adsua\u00adsion<\/span> p\u0259\u02c8swe\u026a\u0292\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>He act of con\u00advinc\u00ading some\u00adone to do something.<\/p>\n

slake<\/span> sle\u026ak<\/span> v <\/span>To sat\u00adis\u00adfy; quench.<\/p>\n

restrain<\/span> r\u026as\u02c8tre\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To stop some\u00adone from doing some\u00adthing, often by using phys\u00adi\u00adcal force.<\/p>\n

brute<\/span> bru\u02d0t<\/span> n <\/span>Sav\u00adage ani\u00admal: beast<\/span><\/p>\n

chapel<\/span> \u02c8\u0283\u00e6p\u0259l<\/span> n <\/span>Place of wor\u00adship in an insti\u00adtu\u00adtion, such as a prison, etc.<\/p>\n

tat\u00adtered<\/span> \u02c8t\u00e6t\u0259d<\/span> adj<\/span> Worn or with hang\u00ading pieces of cloth.<\/p>\n

char<\/span> \u02a7\u0251\u02d0<\/span> v <\/span>To burn the sur\u00adface of: scorch<\/span><\/p>\n

rag<\/span> r\u00e6g<\/span> A small piece of cloth: shred, tat\u00adter<\/span><\/p>\n

decay<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8ke\u026a<\/span> v <\/span>To be slow\u00adly destroyed or bro\u00adken down by nat\u00adur\u00adal process\u00ades: rot\u00adten<\/span><\/p>\n

ves\u00adtige<\/span> \u02c8v\u025bst\u026a\u02a4<\/span> n <\/span>A small part or amount of some\u00adthing that remains when most of it no longer exists: trace, tinc\u00adture, shadow<\/span><\/p>\n

sem\u00adblance<\/span> \u02c8s\u025bm\u00adbl\u0259ns<\/span> n <\/span>Like\u00adness, image, or copy: touch, sug\u00adges\u00adtion, trace, hint, tinge<\/span><\/p>\n

warped<\/span> w\u0254\u02d0pt<\/span> v <\/span>Bent out of shape usu\u00adal\u00adly by moisture.<\/p>\n

clasp<\/span> kl\u0251\u02d0sp<\/span> n <\/span>Device for fas\u00adten\u00ading: catch, hook, fastener<\/span><\/p>\n

mor\u00adal\u00adize<\/span> \u02c8m\u0252r\u0259la\u026az<\/span> v <\/span>To tell oth\u00ader peo\u00adple your ideas about right and wrong behav\u00adiour, espe\u00adcial\u00adly when they have not asked for your opinion.<\/p>\n

futil\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> fju(\u02d0)\u02c8t\u026al\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>Lack of effec\u00adtive\u00adness or suc\u00adcess: use\u00adless\u00adness, inef\u00adfec\u00adtive\u00adness, pointlessnes<\/span><\/p>\n

som\u00adbre<\/span> \u02c8s\u0252m\u00adb\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Dark or dull in colour.<\/p>\n

rot<\/span> r\u0252t<\/span>v To decay by a grad\u00adual nat\u00adur\u00adal process, or to make some\u00adthing do this: decay, degen\u00ader\u00adate, decompose<\/span><\/p>\n

at the time<\/span> \u21d2 At a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar moment in the past; then.<\/p>\n

Philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal Trans\u00adac\u00adtions<\/span> \u21d2 A well-known sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic jour\u00adnal backed by Unit\u00aded Kingdom.<\/p>\n

to go up<\/span> \u21d2 To climb up.<\/p>\n

damp<\/span> d\u00e6mp<\/span> adj<\/span> Slight\u00adly wet, as from dew, steam, etc.<\/p>\n

derelict<\/span> \u02c8d\u025br\u026al\u026akt<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading been left alone: aban\u00addoned, desert\u00aded, forsaken<\/span><\/p>\n

solemn\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8s\u0252l\u0259m\u00adli<\/span> adj<\/span> Seri\u00adous\u00adly and with\u00adout any humour.<\/p>\n

com\u00adpos\u00adite<\/span> \u02c8k\u0252m\u00adp\u0259z\u026at<\/span> adj<\/span> Con\u00adsist\u00ading of sep\u00ada\u00adrate inter\u00adcon\u00adnect\u00aded parts.<\/p>\n

whis\u00adtle<\/span> \u02c8w\u026asl<\/span> v <\/span>To make a high or musi\u00adcal sound by blow\u00ading air out through your lips.<\/p>\n

Land o\u2019 the Leal<\/span> \u21d2 A sco\u00adtish song from a poem. An hypo\u00adthet\u00adi\u00adcal land of hap\u00adpi\u00adness, loy\u00adal\u00adty, and virtue. Car\u00ado\u00adline Oliphant, Baroness Nairne, meant heav\u00aden in her exquis\u00adite song so called, and this is now its accept\u00aded mean\u00ading; leal<\/span> li\u02d0l<\/span> adj<\/span> Faith\u00adful, h Hon\u00adest, loyal.<\/p>\n

can\u00adcan<\/span> \u02c8k\u00e6nk\u00e6n<\/span> A high-kick\u00ading dance of French ori\u00adgin per\u00adformed by a female cho\u00adrus line.<\/p>\n

in part<\/span> \u21d2 To some extent or degree.<\/p>\n

tail-coat<\/span> \u02c8te\u026al\u02c8k\u0259\u028at<\/span> n <\/span>For\u00admal\u00adwear con\u00adsist\u00ading of full evening dress for men,<\/p>\n

inven\u00adtive<\/span> \u026an\u02c8v\u025bn\u00adt\u026av<\/span> adj<\/span> Apt at invent\u00ading, devis\u00ading, or con\u00adtriv\u00ading and cre\u00adat\u00ading with the imagination.<\/p>\n

to escape the wear of time<\/span> \u21d2 To avoid the effect of time.<\/p>\n

immemo\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal<\/span> \u02cc\u026am\u026a\u02c8m\u0254\u02d0r\u026a\u0259l<\/span> adj<\/span> Start\u00ading longer ago than peo\u00adple can remem\u00adber, or than writ\u00adten his\u00adto\u00adry shows.<\/p>\n

cam\u00adphor<\/span> \u02c8k\u00e6m\u00adf\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Strong\u00adly scent\u00aded Whitish sub\u00adstance with a strong, aro\u00admat\u00adic odor used in var\u00adi\u00adous med\u00adical and indus\u00adtri\u00adal pur\u00adpos\u00ades. It is found in wood of the Cam\u00adphor lau\u00adrel, a large ever\u00adgreen tree found in Asia.<\/p>\n

by chance<\/span> \u21d2 Unex\u00adpect\u00aded\u00adly and not planned.<\/p>\n

her\u00admet\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly<\/span> h\u025c\u02d0\u02c8m\u025bt\u026ak\u0259li<\/span> adv<\/span> In an air\u00adtight manner.<\/p>\n

paraf\u00adfin<\/span> \u02c8p\u00e6r\u0259f\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>A soft white sub\u00adstance used for mak\u00ading can\u00addles, made from petro\u00adle\u00adum or coal.<\/p>\n

smash<\/span> sm\u00e6\u0283<\/span> v <\/span>To break some\u00adthing into pieces sud\u00adden\u00adly, nois\u00adi\u00adly, and violently.<\/p>\n

accord\u00ading\u00adly<\/span> \u0259\u02c8k\u0254\u02d0d\u026a\u014bli<\/span> adv<\/span> So; consequently.<\/p>\n

volatile<\/span> \u02c8v\u0252l\u0259\u00adta\u026al<\/span> adj<\/span> Chem\u00adistry evap\u00ado\u00adrat\u00ading read\u00adi\u00adly at nor\u00admal tem\u00adper\u00ada\u00adtures and pressures.<\/p>\n

sepia<\/span> \u02c8si\u02d0pi\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Of the dark brown colour.<\/p>\n

belem\u00adnite<\/span> \u02c8b\u025bl\u0259m\u02cc\u00adna\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>Extinct cephalopods espe\u00adcial\u00adly abun\u00addant in the Meso\u00adzoic era that had inter\u00adnal shells and that super\u00adfi\u00adcial\u00adly resem\u00adbled and are regard\u00aded as ances\u00adtors of the squids.<\/p>\n

per\u00adish<\/span> \u02c8p\u025br\u026a\u0283<\/span> v <\/span>To cease liv\u00ading: die, pass away, expire<\/span><\/p>\n

fos\u00adsilize<\/span> \u02c8f\u0252s\u026ala\u026az<\/span> v <\/span>To turn into a fos\u00adsil (the hard\u00adened rem\u00adnants of an ani\u00admal or plant found in a rock<\/span>).<\/p>\n

to be about to do some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To be ready to; to be going to do something<\/p>\n

inflam\u00adma\u00adble<\/span> \u026an\u02c8fl\u00e6m\u0259bl<\/span> v <\/span>Eas\u00adi\u00adly ignit\u00aded and capa\u00adble of burn\u00ading rapidly.<\/p>\n

to break some\u00adthing down<\/span> \u21d2 To knock, hit some\u00adthing to the ground.<\/p>\n

crow\u00adbar<\/span> \u02c8kr\u0259\u028ab\u0251\u02d0<\/span> n <\/span>Straight bar of iron with the work\u00ading end shaped like a chisel.<\/p>\n

elate<\/span> \u026a\u02c8le\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To raise the spir\u00adits of: lift, inspire, ele\u00advate, ani\u00admate, cheer, exhilarate<\/span><\/p>\n

rust<\/span> r\u028cst<\/span> v <\/span>To become corroded.<\/p>\n

hatch\u00adet<\/span> \u02c8h\u00e6\u02a7\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>A small, short-han\u00addled axe for use in one hand: axe, machete, tom\u00ada\u00adhawk, cleaver<\/span><\/p>\n

rifle<\/span> \u02c8ra\u026afl<\/span> n <\/span>A long gun which you hold up to your shoul\u00adder to shoot.<\/p>\n

rust<\/span> r\u028cst<\/span> n <\/span>A red or brown oxide coat\u00ading on iron or steel caused by the action of oxy\u00adgen and moisture.<\/p>\n

car\u00adtridge<\/span> \u02c8k\u0251\u02d0tr\u026a\u02a4<\/span> n <\/span>Case con\u00adtain\u00ading the explo\u00adsive charge for a gun.<\/p>\n

to rot into dust<\/span> \u21d2 To decay and turn into dust.<\/p>\n

char<\/span> \u02a7\u0251\u02d0<\/span> v <\/span>Burn to charcoal.<\/p>\n

shat\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8\u0283\u00e6t\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To break sud\u00adden\u00adly into very small pieces, or to make some\u00adthing break in this way.<\/p>\n

spec\u00adi\u00admen<\/span> \u02c8sp\u025bs\u026am\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive of a group or class: case, exam\u00adple, instance, sample<\/span><\/p>\n

Poly\u00adne\u00adsian<\/span> \u02ccp\u0252l\u026a\u02c8ni\u02d0\u0292\u0259n<\/span> adj<\/span> Relat\u00ading to or char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic of Poly\u00adne\u00adsia (is a sub\u00adre\u00adgion of Ocea\u00adnia, made up of more than 1,000 islands scat\u00adtered over the cen\u00adtral and south\u00adern Pacif\u00adic Ocean<\/span>) or its inhabitants.<\/p>\n

Mex\u00adi\u00adcan<\/span> \u02c8m\u025bk\u00ads\u026ak\u0259n<\/span> adj<\/span> Relat\u00ading to or char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic of Mex\u00adi\u00adco or its inhabitants.<\/p>\n

Gre\u00adcian<\/span> \u02c8gri\u02d0\u0283\u0259n<\/span> adj<\/span> Relat\u00ading to or char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic of Greece or its inhabitants.<\/p>\n

Phoeni\u00adcian<\/span> f\u026a\u02c8n\u026a\u0283\u026a\u0259n<\/span> adj<\/span> Relat\u00ading to or char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic of Phoeni\u00adcia (a tha\u00adlas\u00adso\u00adcrat\u00adic, ancient Semit\u00adic-speak\u00ading Mediter\u00adranean civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion that orig\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded in the Lev\u00adant, specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly Lebanon, but also includ\u00ading coastal Syr\u00adia and north Pales\u00adtine, in the west of the Fer\u00adtile Cres\u00adcent<\/span>) or its inhabitants.<\/p>\n

steatite<\/span> \u02c8st\u026a\u0259\u00adta\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>Soap\u00adstone or oth\u00ader impure form of talc. a soft heavy com\u00adpact vari\u00adety of talc hav\u00ading a soapy feel; used to make hearths and table\u00adtops and ornaments. <\/p>\n

to take one\u2019s fan\u00adcy<\/span> \u21d2 To impress, to appeal to someone<\/p>\n

to draw on<\/span> \u21d2 To come near.<\/p>\n

wane<\/span> we\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To lose strength: decline, fade, weak\u00aden, dete\u00adri\u00ado\u00adrate, flag<\/span><\/p>\n

ruinous<\/span> \u02c8r\u028a\u026an\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Falling to ruin; dilapidated.<\/p>\n

heap<\/span> hi\u02d0p<\/span> n <\/span>A large, dis\u00ador\u00addered pile of things: pile<\/span><\/p>\n

lig\u00adnite<\/span> \u02c8l\u026ag\u00adna\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>A soft, brown\u00adish-black coal in which the alter\u00adation of veg\u00adetable mat\u00adter has pro\u00adceed\u00aded fur\u00adther than in peat but not as far as in bitu\u00admi\u00adnous coal.<\/p>\n

dyna\u00admite<\/span> \u02c8da\u026an\u0259\u00adma\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>A pow\u00ader\u00adful explo\u00adsive used in blast\u00ading and min\u00ading usu\u00adal\u00adly con\u00adsist\u00ading of nitro\u00adglyc\u00aderin and a nitrate, com\u00adbined with an absorbent mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal that makes it safer to handle.<\/p>\n

eure\u00adka<\/span> j\u028a\u0259\u02c8ri\u02d0k\u0259<\/span> int<\/span> Excla\u00adma\u00adtion of sat\u00adis\u00adfac\u00adtion on dis\u00adcov\u00ader\u00ading some\u00adthing, solv\u00ading a prob\u00adlem, find\u00ading a solu\u00adtion, etc: aha, bin\u00adgo<\/span><\/p>\n

to make an essay<\/span> \u21d2 To attempt; essay<\/span> \u02c8\u025bse\u026a\/<\/span> n <\/span>An ini\u00adtial attempt or endeavour.<\/p>\n

dum\u00admy<\/span> \u02c8d\u028c\u00admi<\/span> n <\/span>An imi\u00adta\u00adtion of a real object.<\/p>\n

to rush off<\/span> \u21d2 To depart hastily.<\/p>\n

incon\u00adti\u00adnent\u00adly<\/span> \u026an\u02c8k\u0252n\u00adt\u026an\u0259ntli<\/span> adv<\/span> Very quick\u00adly. incon\u00adti\u00adnent \u026an\u02c8k\u0252n\u00adt\u026an\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Not restrained: wild, uncon\u00adtrolled, wanton<\/span><\/p>\n

turf<\/span> t\u025c\u02d0f<\/span> v <\/span>To spread with a sur\u00adface lay\u00ader of earth con\u00adtain\u00ading a dense growth of grass and its mat\u00adted roots.<\/p>\n

blaze<\/span> ble\u026az<\/span> n <\/span>A strong flame that burns bright\u00adly: blaz\u00ading<\/span><\/p>\n

refrain form<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8fre\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To hold one\u00adself back, forbear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cWe<\/span> emerged from the palace while the sun was still in part above the hori\u00adzon. I was deter\u00admined to reach the White Sphinx ear\u00adly the next morn\u00ading, and ere<\/span> the dusk<\/span> I pur\u00adposed push\u00ading through the woods that had stopped me on the pre\u00advi\u00adous jour\u00adney. My plan was to go as far as pos\u00adsi\u00adble that night, and then, build\u00ading a fire, to sleep in the pro\u00adtec\u00adtion of its glare<\/span>. Accord\u00ading\u00adly, as we went along I gath\u00adered any sticks or dried grass I saw, and present\u00adly had my arms full of such lit\u00adter<\/span>. Thus loaded, our progress was slow\u00ader than I had antic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00aded<\/span>, and besides Weena was tired. And I began to suf\u00adfer from sleepi\u00adness<\/span> too; so that it was full night before we reached the wood. Upon the shrub\u00adby<\/span> hill of its edge Weena would have stopped, fear\u00ading the dark\u00adness before us; but a sin\u00adgu\u00adlar<\/span> sense of impend\u00ading<\/span> calami\u00adty<\/span>, that should indeed have served me as a warn\u00ading, drove me onward<\/span>. I had been with\u00adout sleep for a night and two days, and I was fever\u00adish<\/span> and irri\u00adta\u00adble<\/span>. I felt sleep com\u00ading upon me, and the Mor\u00adlocks with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded, among the black bush\u00ades behind us, and dim against their black\u00adness, I saw three crouch\u00ading<\/span> fig\u00adures. There was scrub<\/span> and long grass all about us, and I did not feel safe from their insid\u00adi\u00adous<\/span> approach. The for\u00adest, I cal\u00adcu\u00adlat\u00aded, was rather less than a mile across. If we could get through<\/span> it to the bare hill-side, there, as it seemed to me, was an alto\u00adgeth\u00ader safer rest\u00ading-place; I thought that with my match\u00ades and my cam\u00adphor<\/span> I could con\u00adtrive<\/span> to keep my path illu\u00admi\u00adnat\u00aded<\/span> through the woods. Yet it was evi\u00addent that if I was to flour\u00adish<\/span> match\u00ades with my hands I should have to aban\u00addon my fire\u00adwood; so, rather reluc\u00adtant\u00adly, I put it down. And then it came into my head that I would amaze our friends behind by light\u00ading it. I was to dis\u00adcov\u00ader the atro\u00adcious<\/span> fol\u00adly<\/span> of this pro\u00adceed\u00ading, but it came to my mind as an inge\u00adnious<\/span> move for cov\u00ader\u00ading our retreat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if you have ever thought what a rare thing flame must be in the absence of man and in a tem\u00adper\u00adate<\/span> cli\u00admate. The sun\u2019s heat is rarely strong enough to burn, even when it is focused by dew\u00addrops<\/span>, as is some\u00adtimes the case in more trop\u00adi\u00adcal dis\u00adtricts. Light\u00adning may blast<\/span> and black\u00aden, but it rarely gives rise to wide\u00adspread fire. Decay\u00ading<\/span> veg\u00ade\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> may occa\u00adsion\u00adal\u00adly smoul\u00adder<\/span> with the heat of its fer\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span>, but this rarely results in flame. In this deca\u00addence<\/span>, too, the art of fire-mak\u00ading had been for\u00adgot\u00adten on the earth. The red tongues that went lick\u00ading up my heap<\/span> of wood were an alto\u00adgeth\u00ader new and strange thing to Weena.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe want\u00aded to run to it and play with it. I believe she would have cast her\u00adself<\/span> into it had I not restrained<\/span> her. But I caught her up<\/span>, and in spite of her strug\u00adgles, plunged bold\u00adly before me into the wood. For a lit\u00adtle way the glare<\/span> of my fire lit the path. Look\u00ading back present\u00adly, I could see, through the crowd\u00aded stems<\/span>, that from my heap<\/span> of sticks the blaze<\/span> had spread to some bush\u00ades adja\u00adcent<\/span>, and a curved line of fire was creep\u00ading up the grass of the hill. I laughed at that, and turned again to the dark trees before me. It was very black, and Weena clung to me con\u00advul\u00adsive\u00adly<\/span>, but there was still, as my eyes grew accus\u00adtomed to the dark\u00adness, suf\u00adfi\u00adcient light for me to avoid the stems. Over\u00adhead<\/span> it was sim\u00adply black, except where a gap of remote blue sky shone down upon us here and there. I struck none of my match\u00ades because I had no hand free. Upon my left arm I car\u00adried my lit\u00adtle one, in my right hand I had my iron bar.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor some way I heard noth\u00ading but the crack\u00adling<\/span> twigs<\/span> under my feet, the faint rus\u00adtle<\/span> of the breeze above, and my own breath\u00ading and the throb<\/span> of the blood-ves\u00adsels<\/span> in my ears. Then I seemed to know of<\/span> a pat\u00adter\u00ading<\/span> about me. I pushed on grim\u00adly<\/span>. The pat\u00adter\u00ading<\/span> grew more dis\u00adtinct, and then I caught the same queer<\/span> sound and voic\u00ades I had heard in the Under-world. There were evi\u00addent\u00adly sev\u00ader\u00adal of the Mor\u00adlocks, and they were clos\u00ading in upon me<\/span>. Indeed, in anoth\u00ader minute I felt a tug<\/span> at my coat, then some\u00adthing at my arm. And Weena shiv\u00adered<\/span> vio\u00adlent\u00adly, and became quite still.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was time for a match. But to get one I must put her down.<\/p>\n

I did so, and, as I fum\u00adbled<\/span> with my pock\u00adet, a strug\u00adgle began in the dark\u00adness about my knees, per\u00adfect\u00adly silent on her part and with the same pecu\u00adliar<\/span> coo\u00ading<\/span> sounds from the Mor\u00adlocks. Soft lit\u00adtle hands, too, were creep\u00ading over my coat and back, touch\u00ading even my neck. Then the match scratched and fizzed<\/span>. I held it flar\u00ading<\/span>, and saw the white backs of the Mor\u00adlocks in flight<\/span> amid the trees. I hasti\u00adly took a lump<\/span> of cam\u00adphor<\/span> from my pock\u00adet, and pre\u00adpared to light is as soon as the match should wane<\/span>. Then I looked at Weena. She was lying clutch\u00ading<\/span> my feet and quite motion\u00adless, with her face to the ground. With a sud\u00adden fright I stooped<\/span> to her. She seemed scarce\u00adly to breathe<\/span>. I lit the block of cam\u00adphor<\/span> and flung it to the ground, and as it split and flared<\/span> up and drove back the Mor\u00adlocks and the shad\u00adows, I knelt<\/span> down and lift\u00aded her. The wood behind seemed full of the stir and mur\u00admur<\/span> of a great company!<\/p>\n

\u201cShe seemed to have faint\u00aded. I put her care\u00adful\u00adly upon my shoul\u00adder and rose to push on, and then there came a hor\u00adri\u00adble real\u00adiza\u00adtion. In manoeu\u00advring<\/span> with my match\u00ades and Weena, I had turned myself about<\/span> <\/span>sev\u00ader\u00adal times, and now I had not the faintest idea<\/span> in what direc\u00adtion lay my path. For all I knew, I might be fac\u00ading back towards the Palace of Green Porce\u00adlain<\/span>. I found myself in a cold sweat. I had to think rapid\u00adly what to do. I deter\u00admined to build a fire and encamp<\/span> where we were. I put Weena, still motion\u00adless, down upon a turfy<\/span> bole<\/span>, and very hasti\u00adly, as my first lump<\/span> of cam\u00adphor<\/span> waned<\/span>, I began col\u00adlect\u00ading sticks and leaves. Here and there out of the dark\u00adness round me the Mor\u00adlocks\u2019 eyes shone like car\u00adbun\u00adcles<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cam\u00adphor<\/span> flick\u00adered<\/span> and went out<\/span>. I lit a match, and as I did so, two white forms that had been approach\u00ading Weena dashed hasti\u00adly away. One was so blind\u00aded by the light that he came straight for me, and I felt his bones grind<\/span> under the blow of my fist. He gave a whoop<\/span> of dis\u00admay<\/span>, stag\u00adgered<\/span> a lit\u00adtle way, and fell down. I lit anoth\u00ader piece of cam\u00adphor<\/span>, and went on gath\u00ader\u00ading my bon\u00adfire<\/span>. Present\u00adly I noticed how dry was some of the foliage<\/span> above me, for since my arrival on the Time Machine, a mat\u00adter of<\/span> a week, no rain had fall\u00aden. So, instead of cast\u00ading about<\/span> among the trees for fall\u00aden twigs<\/span>, I began leap\u00ading up<\/span> and drag\u00adging down branch\u00ades. Very soon I had a chok\u00ading<\/span> smoky fire of green wood and dry sticks, and could econ\u00ado\u00admize my cam\u00adphor<\/span>. Then I turned to where Weena lay beside my iron mace<\/span>. I tried what I could to revive<\/span> her, but she lay like one dead. I could not even sat\u00adis\u00adfy<\/span> myself whether or not she breathed.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, the smoke of the fire beat over towards me, and it must have made me heavy<\/span> of a sud\u00adden. More\u00adover, the vapour<\/span> of cam\u00adphor<\/span> was in the air. My fire would not need replen\u00adish\u00ading<\/span> for an hour or so<\/span>. I felt very weary<\/span> after my exer\u00adtion<\/span>, and sat down. The wood, too, was full of a slum\u00adbrous<\/span> mur\u00admur<\/span> that I did not under\u00adstand. I seemed just to nod<\/span> and open my eyes. But all was dark, and the Mor\u00adlocks had their hands upon me<\/span>. Fling\u00ading off<\/span> their cling\u00ading fin\u00adgers I hasti\u00adly felt in my pock\u00adet for the match-box, and \u2013 it had gone! Then they gripped and closed with me again. In a moment I knew what had hap\u00adpened. I had slept, and my fire had gone out, and the bit\u00adter\u00adness of death came over my soul. The for\u00adest seemed full of the smell of burn\u00ading wood. I was caught by the neck, by the hair, by the arms, and pulled down<\/span>. It was inde\u00adscrib\u00adably<\/span> hor\u00adri\u00adble in the dark\u00adness to feel all these soft crea\u00adtures heaped upon me<\/span>. I felt as if I was in a mon\u00adstrous spider\u2019s web<\/span>. I was over\u00adpow\u00adered<\/span>, and went down<\/span>. I felt lit\u00adtle teeth nip\u00adping<\/span> at my neck. I rolled over, and as I did so my hand came against my iron lever<\/span>. It gave me strength. I strug\u00adgled up, shak\u00ading the human rats from me, and, hold\u00ading the bar short, I thrust where I judged their faces might be. I could feel the suc\u00adcu\u00adlent<\/span> giv\u00ading of flesh and bone under my blows, and for a moment I was free.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe strange exul\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> that so often seems to accom\u00adpa\u00adny hard fight\u00ading came upon me. I knew that both I and Weena were lost, but I deter\u00admined to make the Mor\u00adlocks pay for their meat. I stood with my back to a tree, swing\u00ading the iron bar before me. The whole wood was full of the stir and cries of them. A minute passed. Their voic\u00ades seemed to rise to a high\u00ader pitch<\/span> of excite\u00adment, and their move\u00adments grew faster. Yet none came with\u00adin reach<\/span>. I stood glar\u00ading<\/span> at the black\u00adness. Then sud\u00adden\u00adly came hope. What if the Mor\u00adlocks were afraid? And close on the heels of<\/span> that came a strange thing. The dark\u00adness seemed to grow lumi\u00adnous<\/span>. Very dim\u00adly I began to see the Mor\u00adlocks about me \u2013 three bat\u00adtered<\/span> at my feet \u2013 and then I rec\u00adog\u00adnized, with incred\u00adu\u00adlous<\/span> sur\u00adprise, that the oth\u00aders were run\u00adning, in an inces\u00adsant<\/span> stream, as it seemed, from behind me, and away through the wood in front. And their backs seemed no longer white, but red\u00addish. As I stood agape<\/span>, I saw a lit\u00adtle red spark go drift\u00ading across a gap of starlight between the branch\u00ades, and van\u00adish. And at that I under\u00adstood the smell of burn\u00ading wood, the slum\u00adbrous<\/span> mur\u00admur<\/span> that was grow\u00ading now into a gusty<\/span> roar<\/span>, the red glow, and the Mor\u00adlocks\u201d flight.<\/p>\n

\u201cStep\u00adping out from behind my tree and look\u00ading back, I saw, through the black pil\u00adlars<\/span> of the near\u00ader trees, the flames of the burn\u00ading for\u00adest. It was my first fire com\u00ading after me. With that I looked for Weena, but she was gone. The hiss\u00ading<\/span> and crack\u00adling<\/span> behind me, the explo\u00adsive thud<\/span> as each fresh tree burst into flame, left lit\u00adtle time for reflec\u00adtion. My iron bar still gripped, I fol\u00adlowed in the Mor\u00adlocks\u2019 path. It was a close race<\/span>. Once the flames crept for\u00adward so swift\u00adly on my right<\/span> as I ran that I was out\u00adflanked<\/span> and had to strike off to the left<\/span>. But at last<\/span> I emerged upon<\/span> a small open space, and as I did so, a Mor\u00adlock came blun\u00adder\u00ading<\/span> towards me, and past me, and went on straight into the fire!<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd now I was to see the most weird and hor\u00adri\u00adble thing, I think, of all that I beheld<\/span> in that future age. This whole space was as bright as day with the reflec\u00adtion of the fire. In the cen\u00adtre was a hillock<\/span> or tumu\u00adlus<\/span>, sur\u00admount\u00aded<\/span> by a scorched<\/span> hawthorn<\/span>. Beyond this was anoth\u00ader arm of the burn\u00ading for\u00adest, with yel\u00adlow tongues already writhing<\/span> from it, com\u00adplete\u00adly encir\u00adcling the space with a fence of fire. Upon the hill-side were some thir\u00adty or forty Mor\u00adlocks, daz\u00adzled<\/span> by the light and heat, and blun\u00adder\u00ading<\/span> hith\u00ader and thith\u00ader<\/span> against each oth\u00ader in their bewil\u00adder\u00adment<\/span>. At first I did not real\u00adize their blind\u00adness, and struck furi\u00adous\u00adly<\/span> at them with my bar, in a fren\u00adzy of fear<\/span>, as they approached me, killing one and crip\u00adpling<\/span> sev\u00ader\u00adal more. But when I had watched the ges\u00adtures of one of them grop\u00ading<\/span> under the hawthorn<\/span> against the red sky, and heard their moans<\/span>, I was assured of their absolute help\u00adless\u00adness and mis\u00adery in the glare<\/span>, and I struck no more of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cYet every now and then one would come straight towards me, set\u00adting loose a quiv\u00ader\u00ading<\/span> hor\u00adror that made me quick to elude<\/span> him. At one time the flames died down<\/span> some\u00adwhat, and I feared the foul crea\u00adtures would present\u00adly be able to see me. I was think\u00ading of begin\u00adning the fight by killing some of them before this should hap\u00adpen; but the fire burst out again bright\u00adly, and I stayed my hand<\/span>. I walked about<\/span> the hill among them and avoid\u00aded them, look\u00ading for some trace of Weena. But Weena was gone.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt last<\/span> I sat down on the sum\u00admit of the hillock<\/span>, and watched this strange incred\u00adi\u00adble com\u00adpa\u00adny of blind things grop\u00ading<\/span> to and fro<\/span>, and mak\u00ading uncan\u00adny<\/span> nois\u00ades to each oth\u00ader, as the glare<\/span> of the fire beat on them. The coil\u00ading<\/span> uprush<\/span> of smoke streamed across the sky, and through the rare tat\u00adters<\/span> of that red canopy<\/span>, remote as though they belonged to anoth\u00ader uni\u00adverse, shone the lit\u00adtle stars. Two or three Mor\u00adlocks came blun\u00adder\u00ading<\/span> into me, and I drove them off<\/span> with blows of my fists, trem\u00adbling<\/span> as I did so.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the most part of that night<\/span> I was per\u00adsuad\u00aded it was a night\u00admare. I bit myself and screamed in a pas\u00adsion\u00adate desire to awake. I beat the ground with my hands, and got up<\/span> and sat down again, and wan\u00addered here and there, and again sat down. Then I would fall to rub\u00adbing my eyes and call\u00ading upon God to let me awake. Thrice<\/span> I saw Mor\u00adlocks put their heads down in a kind of agony and rush into the flames. But, at last<\/span>, above the sub\u00adsid\u00ading<\/span> red of the fire, above the stream\u00ading mass\u00ades of black smoke and the whiten\u00ading and black\u00aden\u00ading tree stumps<\/span>, and the dimin\u00adish\u00ading num\u00adbers of these dim crea\u00adtures, came the white light of the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI searched again for traces of Weena, but there were none.<\/p>\n

It was plain that they had left her poor lit\u00adtle body in the for\u00adest. I can\u00adnot describe how it relieved me to think that it had escaped the awful fate to which it seemed des\u00adtined<\/span>. As I thought of that, I was almost moved to begin a mas\u00adsacre<\/span> of the help\u00adless abom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtions<\/span> about me, but I con\u00adtained myself<\/span>. The hillock<\/span>, as I have said, was a kind of island in the for\u00adest. From its sum\u00admit I could now make out<\/span> through a haze<\/span> of smoke the Palace of Green Porce\u00adlain<\/span>, and from that I could get my bear\u00adings<\/span> for the White Sphinx. And so, leav\u00ading the rem\u00adnant<\/span> of these damned souls still going hith\u00ader and thith\u00ader<\/span> and moan\u00ading<\/span>, as the day grew clear\u00ader, I tied some grass about my feet and limped<\/span> on across smok\u00ading ash\u00ades and among black stems, that still pul\u00adsat\u00aded inter\u00adnal\u00adly with fire, towards the hid\u00ading-place of the Time Machine. I walked slow\u00adly, for I was almost exhaust\u00aded, as well as lame<\/span>, and I felt the intens\u00adest wretched\u00adness<\/span> for the hor\u00adri\u00adble death of lit\u00adtle Weena. It seemed an over\u00adwhelm\u00ading<\/span> calami\u00adty<\/span>. Now, in this old famil\u00adiar room, it is more like the sor\u00adrow of a dream than an actu\u00adal loss. But that morn\u00ading it left me absolute\u00adly lone\u00adly again \u2013 ter\u00adri\u00adbly alone. I began to think of this house of mine, of this fire\u00adside<\/span>, of some of you, and with such thoughts came a long\u00ading that was pain.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut as I walked over the smok\u00ading ash\u00ades under the bright morn\u00ading sky, I made a dis\u00adcov\u00adery. In my trouser pock\u00adet were still some loose match\u00ades. The box must have leaked<\/span> before it was lost.<\/p>\n

\n

ere<\/span> e\u0259<\/span> prep<\/span> Before.<\/p>\n

dusk<\/span> d\u028csk<\/span> n <\/span>The time of day imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly fol\u00adlow\u00ading sunset.<\/p>\n

glare<\/span> gle\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Unpleas\u00adant\u00adly bright light.<\/p>\n

lit\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8l\u026at\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Dis\u00ador\u00adder\u00adly accu\u00admu\u00adla\u00adtion of objects: pile<\/span><\/p>\n

antic\u00adi\u00adpate<\/span> \u00e6n\u02c8t\u026as\u026ape\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To know in advance: see, fore\u00adsee<\/span><\/p>\n

sleepi\u00adness<\/span> \u02c8sli\u02d0p\u026an\u0259s<\/span> n <\/span>A very sleepy state: drowsi\u00adness, lethar\u00adgy, tor\u00adpor, heav\u00adi\u00adness, som\u00adno\u00adlence, doziness<\/span><\/p>\n

shrub\u00adby<\/span> \u02c8\u0283r\u028cbi<\/span> adj<\/span> Cov\u00adered with woody plants of rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly low height: bushy<\/span><\/p>\n

sin\u00adgu\u00adlar<\/span> \u02c8s\u026a\u014bgj\u028al\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Beyond or devi\u00adat\u00ading from the usu\u00adal or expected.<\/p>\n

impend<\/span> \u026am\u02c8p\u025bnd<\/span> v <\/span>To be immi\u00adnent: hang, threat\u00aden, loom, menace<\/span><\/p>\n

calami\u00adty<\/span> k\u0259\u02c8l\u00e6m\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>An occur\u00adrence inflict\u00ading wide\u00adspread destruc\u00adtion and dis\u00adtress: tragedy, dis\u00adas\u00adter, catastrophe<\/span><\/p>\n

onward<\/span> \u02c8\u0252n\u00adw\u0259d<\/span> adv<\/span> In the usu\u00adal direc\u00adtion of trav\u00adel, straight on: ahead, onwards, for\u00adward, forwards<\/span><\/p>\n

fever\u00adish<\/span> \u02c8fi\u02d0v\u0259r\u026a\u0283<\/span> adj<\/span> Very excit\u00aded or wor\u00adried about something.<\/p>\n

irri\u00adta\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8\u026ar\u026at\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Eas\u00adi\u00adly irri\u00adtat\u00aded or annoyed: cranky, frac\u00adtious, net\u00adtle\u00adsome, peev\u00adish, peck\u00adish, pettish<\/span><\/p>\n

crouch<\/span> kra\u028a\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>To bend low: hud\u00addle, squat, hunch, hunker<\/span><\/p>\n

scrub<\/span> skr\u028cb<\/span> n <\/span>Dense veg\u00ade\u00adta\u00adtion con\u00adsist\u00ading of stunt\u00aded trees or bush\u00ades: bush, chap\u00adar\u00adral<\/span><\/p>\n

insid\u00adi\u00adous<\/span> \u026an\u02c8s\u026ad\u026a\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Work\u00ading harm\u00adful\u00adly in a sub\u00adtle or stealthy man\u00adner: treach\u00ader\u00adous<\/span><\/p>\n

get through<\/span> \u21d2 To reach a destination.<\/p>\n

cam\u00adphor<\/span> \u02c8k\u00e6m\u00adf\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Strong\u00adly scent\u00aded whitish sub\u00adstance used in var\u00adi\u00adous med\u00adical and indus\u00adtri\u00adal purposes.<\/p>\n

con\u00adtrive<\/span> k\u0259n\u02c8\u00adtra\u026av<\/span> v <\/span>To use inge\u00adnu\u00adity in achiev\u00ading: think up, devise, for\u00admu\u00adlate, fabricate<\/span><\/p>\n

illu\u00admi\u00adnate<\/span> \u026a\u02c8lju\u02d0m\u026ane\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To make lighter or brighter; to sup\u00adply or bright\u00aden with light; light up.<\/p>\n

flour\u00adish<\/span> \u02c8fl\u028cr\u026a\u0283<\/span> v <\/span>To make bold, sweep\u00ading movements.<\/p>\n

atro\u00adcious<\/span> \u0259\u02c8tr\u0259\u028a\u0283\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Extreme\u00adly evil or cru\u00adel; excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly bad: mon\u00adstrous, out\u00adra\u00adgeous; abominable<\/span><\/p>\n

fol\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8f\u0252li<\/span> n <\/span>Fool\u00adish behav\u00adiour: absur\u00addi\u00adty, insan\u00adi\u00adty, fool\u00adish\u00adness, crazi\u00adness, pre\u00adpos\u00adter\u00adous\u00adness, sense\u00adless\u00adness, silliness<\/span><\/p>\n

inge\u00adnious<\/span> \u026an\u02c8\u02a4i\u02d0ni\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Very smart or clever.<\/p>\n

tem\u00adper\u00adate<\/span> \u02c8t\u025bm\u00adp\u0259r\u026at<\/span> adj<\/span> Free from extremes: mild<\/span><\/p>\n

dew-drop<\/span> \u02c8dju\u02d0\u00addr\u0252p<\/span> n <\/span>Drop of water con\u00addensed from the air, usu\u00adal\u00adly at night, onto cool surfaces.<\/p>\n

blast<\/span> bl\u0251\u02d0st<\/span> v <\/span>To make an explo\u00adsive noise; to release ener\u00adgy sud\u00adden\u00adly with a loud voice: roar, bang, thun\u00adder; fire, blow, burst, explode<\/span><\/p>\n

decay<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8ke\u026a<\/span> v <\/span>To be slow\u00adly destroyed or bro\u00adken down by nat\u00adur\u00adal process\u00ades: rot\u00adten<\/span><\/p>\n

veg\u00ade\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccv\u025b\u02a4\u026a\u02c8te\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Plants that cov\u00ader a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar area: plants, flo\u00adra, green\u00adery, foliage, verdure<\/span><\/p>\n

smoul\u00adder<\/span> \u02c8sm\u0259\u028ald\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To burn with lit\u00adtle smoke and no flame.<\/p>\n

fer\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccf\u025c\u02d0m\u025bn\u02c8te\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Chem\u00adi\u00adcal reac\u00adtion induced by liv\u00ading or non\u00adliv\u00ading fer\u00adments that split com\u00adplex organ\u00adic com\u00adpounds into rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly sim\u00adple substances.<\/p>\n

deca\u00addence<\/span> \u02c8d\u025bk\u0259d\u0259ns<\/span> n <\/span>Behav\u00adiour that shows that some\u00adone has low moral stan\u00addards and is more con\u00adcerned with plea\u00adsure than seri\u00adous matters.<\/p>\n

heap<\/span> hi\u02d0p<\/span> n <\/span>A large, dis\u00ador\u00addered pile of things: pile<\/span><\/p>\n

to cast one\u00adself into some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To throw o.s into.<\/p>\n

restrain<\/span> r\u026as\u02c8tre\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To stop some\u00adone from doing some\u00adthing, often by using phys\u00adi\u00adcal force.<\/p>\n

to catch s.b. up<\/span> \u21d2 To snatch, pick up suddenly.<\/p>\n

stem<\/span> st\u025bm<\/span> n <\/span>Stalk or trunk.<\/p>\n

heap<\/span> hi\u02d0p<\/span> n <\/span>A large, dis\u00ador\u00addered pile of things: pile<\/span><\/p>\n

blaze<\/span> ble\u026az<\/span> n <\/span>A strong flame that burns bright\u00adly: blaz\u00ading<\/span><\/p>\n

adja\u00adcent<\/span> \u0259\u02c8\u02a4e\u026as\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Lying near.<\/p>\n

con\u00advul\u00adsive\u00adly<\/span> k\u0259n\u02c8v\u028cl\u00ads\u026avli<\/span> adv<\/span> Spasmodically.<\/p>\n

over\u00adhead<\/span> \u02c8\u0259\u028av\u025bh\u025bd<\/span> adv<\/span> Direct\u00adly above; in the sky above.<\/p>\n

crack\u00adle<\/span> \u02c8kr\u00e6kl<\/span> v <\/span>To make repeat\u00aded short sounds like some\u00adthing burn\u00ading in a fire.<\/p>\n

twig<\/span> tw\u026ag<\/span> n <\/span>A small, leaf\u00adless branch of a woody plant.<\/p>\n

rus\u00adtle<\/span> \u02c8r\u028csl<\/span> n <\/span>A soft crack\u00adling sound, as of dry sur\u00adfaces rub\u00adbing against each other.<\/p>\n

throb<\/span> \u03b8r\u0252b<\/span> n <\/span>A vio\u00adlent beat or pul\u00adsa\u00adtion, as of the heart.<\/p>\n

blood-ves\u00adsel<\/span> \u02c8bl\u028cd\u02ccv\u025bsl<\/span> n <\/span>An elas\u00adtic tubu\u00adlar chan\u00adnel, such as an artery, a vein, or a cap\u00adil\u00adlary, through which the blood circulates.<\/p>\n

then I seemed to know of<\/span> \u21d2 Then I became con\u00adscious of.<\/p>\n

pat\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8p\u00e6t\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To speak or chat\u00adter glibly and rapidly.<\/p>\n

grim\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8gr\u026am\u00adli<\/span> adv<\/span> In very seri\u00adous appear\u00adance or man\u00adner: implaca\u00adbly<\/span><\/p>\n

queer<\/span> kw\u026a\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Devi\u00adat\u00ading from the cus\u00adtom\u00adary: strange, curi\u00adous, odd, pecu\u00adliar, sin\u00adgu\u00adlar, quaint, weird<\/span><\/p>\n

to close <\/span>in upon<\/span> \u21d2 To come near\u00ader and sur\u00adround for an attack.<\/p>\n

tug<\/span> t\u028cg<\/span> n <\/span>A sud\u00adden pull: lurch, twitch, jerk, snap, wrench<\/span><\/p>\n

shiv\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8\u0283\u026av\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To shake slight\u00adly because of cold, fear, etc.<\/p>\n

fum\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8f\u028cm\u00adbl<\/span> v <\/span>To touch ner\u00advous\u00adly or idly.<\/p>\n

pecu\u00adliar<\/span> p\u026a\u02c8kju\u02d0li\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Not usu\u00adal or normal.<\/p>\n

coo<\/span> ku\u02d0<\/span> v <\/span>To utter the mur\u00admur\u00ading sound of a dove; to talk fond\u00adly or amorous\u00adly in murmurs.<\/p>\n

fizz<\/span> f\u026az<\/span> v <\/span>To make a hiss\u00ading or bub\u00adbling sound: siz\u00adzle, hiss<\/span><\/span>. swish<\/span><\/p>\n

flare<\/span> fle\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To shine or burn sud\u00adden\u00adly and briefly: flame, glow<\/span><\/p>\n

in flight<\/span> \u21d2 (of birds<\/span>) gath\u00adered in a group.<\/p>\n

lump<\/span> l\u028cmp<\/span> n <\/span>A com\u00adpact mass of some\u00adthing with\u00adout def\u00adi\u00adnite shape: chunk<\/span><\/p>\n

wane<\/span> we\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To lose strength: decline, fade, weak\u00aden, dete\u00adri\u00ado\u00adrate, flag<\/span><\/p>\n

clutch<\/span> kl\u028c\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>Hold firm\u00adly, usu\u00adal\u00adly with one\u2019s hands: grab<\/span><\/p>\n

stoop<\/span> stu\u02d0p<\/span> v <\/span>To bend the body for\u00adward and downward.<\/p>\n

she seemed scarce\u00adly to breathe<\/span> \u21d2 she gave almost no signs of breathing.<\/p>\n

kneel<\/span> ni\u02d0l<\/span> pp<\/span> knelt<\/span> n\u025blt<\/span> v <\/span>Rest one\u2019s weight on one\u2019s knees.<\/p>\n

mur\u00admur<\/span> \u02c8m\u025c\u02d0m\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To make a low, con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous sound.<\/p>\n

manoeu\u00advre<\/span> m\u0259\u02c8nu\u02d0v\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To go from one place to anoth\u00ader: move, shift<\/span><\/p>\n

to turn about<\/span> \u21d2 To turn round.<\/p>\n

I<\/span> had not the faintest idea<\/span> \u21d2 I hadn\u2019t any idea.<\/p>\n

porce\u00adlain<\/span> \u02c8p\u0254\u02d0s\u0259l\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>A hard shiny white sub\u00adstance that is used for mak\u00ading expen\u00adsive plates, cups etc: chi\u00adna<\/span><\/p>\n

encamp<\/span> \u026an\u02c8k\u00e6mp<\/span> v <\/span>To set up camp.<\/p>\n

turfy<\/span> \u02c8t\u025c\u02d0\u00adfi<\/span> adj<\/span> Of, cov\u00adered with, or resem\u00adbling a sur\u00adface that con\u00adsists of soil with grass on top: sod\u00addy<\/span><\/p>\n

bole<\/span> b\u0259\u028al<\/span> n <\/span>The trunk of a tree.<\/p>\n

wane<\/span> we\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To lose strength: decline, fade, weak\u00aden, dete\u00adri\u00ado\u00adrate, flag<\/span><\/p>\n

car\u00adbun\u00adcle<\/span> \u02c8k\u0251\u02d0b\u028c\u014bkl<\/span> n <\/span>Red pre\u00adcious stone.<\/p>\n

flick\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8fl\u026ak\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>Shine unsteadi\u00adly.<\/p>\n

to go out<\/span> \u21d2 To extinguish.<\/p>\n

grind<\/span> gra\u026and<\/span> v <\/span>To crush to small par\u00adti\u00adcles by pound\u00ading or abrading.<\/p>\n

whoop<\/span> hu\u02d0p<\/span> n <\/span>A loud hoot\u00ading cry of exul\u00adta\u00adtion or excitement.<\/p>\n

dis\u00admay<\/span> d\u026as\u02c8me\u026a<\/span> v <\/span>The feel\u00ading of despair in the face of obsta\u00adcles: dis\u00adcour\u00adage\u00adment, disheartenment<\/span><\/p>\n

stag\u00adger<\/span> \u02c8st\u00e6g\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To walk or move unsteadi\u00adly, almost falling over.<\/p>\n

to gath\u00ader a fire<\/span> \u21d2 To col\u00adlect wood and make a fire; bon\u00adfire<\/span> \u02c8b\u0252n\u02cc\u00adfa\u026a\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>A large fire built in the open air.<\/p>\n

foliage<\/span> \u02c8f\u0259\u028al\u026a\u026a\u02a4<\/span> n <\/span>All the leaves of a tree.<\/p>\n

a mat\u00adter of<\/span> \u21d2 About an amount mentioned.<\/p>\n

to cast about<\/span> \u21d2 To be on the watch, to look for.<\/p>\n

to leap up<\/span> \u21d2 To jump.<\/p>\n

choke<\/span> \u02a7\u0259\u028ak<\/span> v <\/span>Breathe with great dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty, as when inhal\u00ading smoke.<\/p>\n

mace<\/span> me\u026as<\/span> n <\/span>Met\u00adal war club, often with spikes.<\/p>\n

revive<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8\u00adva\u026av<\/span> v <\/span>Give new life or ener\u00adgy to or restore from a depressed, inac\u00adtive, or unused state.<\/p>\n

sat\u00adis\u00adfy<\/span> \u02c8s\u00e6t\u026as\u00adfa\u026a<\/span> v <\/span>To cause some\u00adone to believe that some\u00adthing is true.<\/p>\n

heavy<\/span> \u02c8h\u025bvi<\/span> adj<\/span> Clum\u00adsy slow and sleepy: slug\u00adgish, slow, inac\u00adtive, inert, apa\u00adthet\u00adic, drowsy, list\u00adless, indo\u00adlent, torpid<\/span><\/p>\n

vapour<\/span> \u02c8ve\u026ap\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Cloudy dif\u00adfused mat\u00adter, such as mist, fumes, or smoke, sus\u00adpend\u00aded in the air.<\/p>\n

replen\u00adish<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8\u00adpl\u025bn\u026a\u0283<\/span> v <\/span>To add new stock to.<\/p>\n

or so<\/span> \u21d2 (of quan\u00adti\u00adties<\/span>) Impre\u00adcise but fair\u00adly close to.<\/p>\n

weary<\/span> \u02c8w\u026a\u0259ri<\/span> adj<\/span> Phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly or men\u00adtal\u00adly tired or exhausted.<\/p>\n

exer\u00adtion<\/span> \u026ag\u02c8z\u025c\u02d0\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Ener\u00adgetic phys\u00adi\u00adcal action: activ\u00adi\u00adty, exercise<\/span><\/p>\n

slumb(<\/span>e<\/span><\/span>)rous<\/span> \u02c8sl\u028cm\u00adbr\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Induc\u00ading sleep: sleepy, som\u00adno\u00adlent<\/span><\/p>\n

mur\u00admur<\/span> \u02c8m\u025c\u02d0m\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To make a low, con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous sound.<\/p>\n

nod<\/span> n\u0252d<\/span> v <\/span>Let the head fall for\u00adward through drowsiness.<\/p>\n

to have one\u2019s hands on\/upon some\u00adone<\/span> \u21d2 To catch.<\/p>\n

to fling off<\/span> \u21d2 To rush with great speed.<\/p>\n

to pull down<\/span> \u21d2 To apply force so as to cause motion, to jerk.<\/p>\n

inde\u00adscrib\u00adably<\/span> \u02cc\u026and\u026as\u02c8kra\u026ab\u0259bli<\/span> adv<\/span> To an inex\u00adpress\u00adible degree: inef\u00adfa\u00adbly, unut\u00adter\u00adably, unspeak\u00adably, inexpressibly<\/span><\/p>\n

to heap upon<\/span> \u21d2 To put things in a heap, amass.<\/p>\n

web<\/span> w\u025bb<\/span> n <\/span>Struc\u00adture of del\u00adi\u00adcate, thread\u00adlike fil\u00ada\u00adments char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly spun by spiders.<\/p>\n

over\u00adpow\u00ader<\/span> \u02cc\u0259\u028av\u0259\u02c8\u00adpa\u028a\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To over\u00adcome or van\u00adquish by supe\u00adri\u00ador force: sub\u00addue<\/span><\/p>\n

to go down<\/span> \u21d2 To fall.<\/p>\n

nip<\/span> n\u026ap<\/span> v <\/span>To seize and bite.<\/p>\n

lever<\/span> \u02c8li\u02d0v\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Pro\u00adject\u00ading han\u00addle used to adjust or oper\u00adate a mechanism.<\/p>\n

suc\u00adcu\u00adlent<\/span> \u02c8s\u028ckj\u028al\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading fleshy and juicy tissues.<\/p>\n

exul\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> \u02cc\u025bgz\u028cl\u02c8te\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>A feel\u00ading of extreme joy over a suc\u00adcess or vic\u00adto\u00adry: exul\u00adtance, exul\u00adtan\u00adcy, jubi\u00adlance, jubi\u00adla\u00adtion, triumph<\/span><\/p>\n

to rise to a high\u00ader pitch<\/span> \u21d2 To become loud\u00ader (of<\/span> a voice<\/span>).<\/p>\n

to come with\u00adin reach<\/span> \u21d2 To come near\u00ader, get with\u00adin the range of.<\/p>\n

glare<\/span> gle\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To stare fierce\u00adly and angrily.<\/p>\n

on the heels of<\/span> \u21d2 Fol\u00adlow\u00ading close behind or soon after some\u00adone or something.<\/p>\n

lumi\u00adnous<\/span> \u02c8lu\u02d0m\u026an\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Soft\u00adly bright or radiant.<\/p>\n

bat\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8b\u00e6t\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To hit heav\u00adi\u00adly and repeat\u00aded\u00adly with vio\u00adlent blows: beat, hit, pound, strike, thrash<\/span><\/p>\n

incred\u00adu\u00adlous<\/span> \u026an\u02c8kr\u025bd\u00adj\u028al\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Refus\u00ading to believe: skep\u00adti\u00adcal, unbelieving<\/span><\/p>\n

inces\u00adsant<\/span> \u026an\u02c8s\u025bs\u00adnt<\/span> adj<\/span> Con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ading with\u00adout inter\u00adrup\u00adtion: con\u00adstant, con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous, eter\u00adnal, end\u00adless, ever\u00adlast\u00ading, per\u00adpet\u00adu\u00adal, inter\u00adminable, ceaseless<\/span><\/p>\n

to stand agape<\/span> \u21d2 To stand in a state of won\u00adder or amazement.<\/p>\n

gusty<\/span> \u02c8g\u028csti<\/span> adj<\/span> Blow\u00ading or com\u00ading in sud\u00adden strong wind blows.<\/p>\n

roar<\/span> r\u0254\u02d0<\/span> n <\/span>A deep, loud noise made by an ani\u00admal or by human voice.<\/p>\n

pil\u00adlar<\/span> \u02c8p\u026al\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>An upright struc\u00adture of stone, brick, met\u00adal, etc, that sup\u00adports a super\u00adstruc\u00adture or is used for ornamentation.<\/p>\n

hiss<\/span> h\u026as<\/span> v <\/span>To make a sharp sibi\u00adlant sound: siz\u00adzle, swish, whiz, fizzle<\/span><\/p>\n

thud<\/span> \u03b8\u028cd<\/span> n <\/span>Dull sound, as that of a heavy object strik\u00ading a sol\u00adid surface.<\/p>\n

a close race<\/span> \u21d2 An almost even and very strained race.<\/p>\n

on my right<\/span> \u21d2 On the right side of me.<\/p>\n

out\u00adflank<\/span> a\u028at\u02c8fl\u00e6\u014bk<\/span> v <\/span>To gain a tac\u00adti\u00adcal advan\u00adtage over.<\/p>\n

to strike off to the left<\/span> \u21d2 To turn sud\u00adden\u00adly to the left.<\/p>\n

at last<\/span> \u21d2 After a long wait; finally.<\/p>\n

to emerge upon<\/span> \u21d2 To become evident.<\/p>\n

blun\u00adder<\/span> \u02c8bl\u028cnd\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To move clum\u00adsi\u00adly in an unsteady way, as if you can\u00adnot see prop\u00ader\u00adly: stum\u00adble, lurch, wal\u00adlow, bumble<\/span><\/p>\n

behold<\/span> b\u026a\u02c8h\u0259\u028ald<\/span> pp<\/span>, pt<\/span> beheld<\/span> b\u026a\u02c8h\u025bld<\/span> v <\/span>To appre\u00adhend (images<\/span>) by use of the eyes: see, per\u00adceive<\/span><\/p>\n

hillock<\/span> \u02c8h\u026al\u0259k<\/span> n <\/span>Small hill.<\/p>\n

tumu\u00adlus<\/span> \u02c8tju\u02d0mj\u028al\u0259s<\/span> pl<\/span> tumuli<\/span> \u02c8tju\u02d0mj\u028ala\u026a<\/span> n <\/span>A heap of earth placed over an ancient grave.<\/p>\n

sur\u00admount<\/span> s\u025c\u02d0\u02c8\u00adma\u028ant<\/span> v <\/span>To be above or on top of something.<\/p>\n

scorch<\/span> sk\u0254\u02d0\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>To make hot: burn, bake<\/span><\/p>\n

hawthorn<\/span> \u02c8h\u0254\u02d0\u03b8\u0254\u02d0n<\/span> n <\/span>Thorny shrub with clus\u00adters of pink\u00adish flowers.<\/p>\n

writhe<\/span> ra\u026a\u00f0<\/span> v <\/span>To twist your body from side to side vio\u00adlent\u00adly, espe\u00adcial\u00adly of pain.<\/p>\n

daz\u00adzle<\/span> \u02c8d\u00e6\u00adzl<\/span> v <\/span>To dim the vision of, espe\u00adcial\u00adly to blind with intense light: daze, bedaz\u00adzle<\/span><\/p>\n

hith\u00ader and thith\u00ader<\/span> \u21d2 To many places; here and there.<\/p>\n

bewil\u00adder\u00adment<\/span> \u02c8b\u026a\u02c8w\u026ald\u0259m\u0259nt<\/span> n <\/span>The con\u00addi\u00adtion of being con\u00adfused or disoriented.<\/p>\n

furi\u00adous\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8fj\u028a\u0259r\u026a\u0259s\u00adli<\/span> adv<\/span> In a man\u00adner marked by extreme or vio\u00adlent ener\u00adgy: fierce\u00adly, fran\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly, fren\u00adzied\u00adly, hard, strenuously<\/span><\/p>\n

in a fren\u00adzy of fear<\/span> \u21d2 Extreme\u00adly fright\u00adened, almost mad with fear.<\/p>\n

crip\u00adple<\/span> \u02c8kr\u026a\u00adpl<\/span> v <\/span>To hurt some\u00adone bad\u00adly so that they can\u00adnot walk prop\u00ader\u00adly. disable.<\/p>\n

grope<\/span> gr\u0259\u028ap<\/span> v <\/span>To search uncer\u00adtain\u00adly: feel, fum\u00adble<\/span><\/p>\n

moan<\/span> m\u0259\u028an<\/span> v <\/span>To make a long low sound because of pain, sad\u00adness, or pleasure.<\/p>\n

quiver<\/span> \u02c8kw\u026av\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To shake slight\u00adly because you are cold, or because you feel very afraid, angry, excit\u00aded etc: trem\u00adble<\/span><\/p>\n

elude<\/span> \u026a\u02c8lu\u02d0d<\/span> v <\/span>To escape from some\u00adone or some\u00adthing, espe\u00adcial\u00adly by trick\u00ading them<\/p>\n

to die down<\/span> \u21d2 To dimin\u00adish grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly (of fire, flames etc.<\/span>).<\/p>\n

to stay one\u2019s hand<\/span> \u21d2 To stop, to restrain from doing something.<\/p>\n

to walk about<\/span> \u21d2 To walk here and there.<\/p>\n

to and fro<\/span> \u21d2 In one direc\u00adtion and then the oppo\u00adsite one.<\/p>\n

uncan\u00adny<\/span> \u028cn\u02c8k\u00e6ni<\/span> n <\/span>Very strange and dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to explain.<\/p>\n

coil<\/span> k\u0254\u026al<\/span> v <\/span>A con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous series of cir\u00adcu\u00adlar rings into which some\u00adthing such as wire or rope has been wound or twisted.<\/p>\n

uprush<\/span> \u02c8\u028cp\u02ccr\u028c\u0283 n <\/span>Sud\u00adden for\u00adward motion.<\/p>\n

tat\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8t\u00e6t\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Worn or hang\u00ading piece of cloth.<\/p>\n

canopy<\/span> \u02c8k\u00e6n\u0259pi<\/span> n <\/span>Pro\u00adtec\u00adtive rooflike cov\u00ader\u00ading, often made of canvas.<\/p>\n

to dri\u00adve off = dri\u00adve away<\/span> \u21d2 To com\u00adpel to move away.<\/p>\n

trem\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8tr\u025bm\u00adbl<\/span> v <\/span>To shake slight\u00adly because you are afraid, ner\u00advous, excit\u00aded, etc.<\/p>\n

for the most part of the night<\/span> \u21d2 For the great\u00adest part of the night.<\/p>\n

to get <\/span>up<\/span> \u21d2 To rise.<\/p>\n

thrice<\/span> \u03b8ra\u026as<\/span> adv<\/span> Three times.<\/p>\n

sub\u00adside<\/span> s\u0259b\u02c8sa\u026ad<\/span> v <\/span>To become less strong or loud.<\/p>\n

stump<\/span> st\u028cmp<\/span> n <\/span>The bot\u00adtom part of a tree that is left in the ground after the rest of it has been cut down.<\/p>\n

des\u00adtined<\/span> \u02c8d\u025bst\u026and<\/span> adj<\/span> Seem\u00ading cer\u00adtain to hap\u00adpen at some time in the future.<\/p>\n

mas\u00adsacre<\/span> \u02c8m\u00e6s\u0259k\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>The sav\u00adage killing of many vic\u00adtims: slaugh\u00adter, blood\u00adshed, carnage<\/span><\/p>\n

abom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion<\/span> \u0259\u02ccb\u0252m\u026a\u02c8ne\u026a\u0283(\u0259)n<\/span> n <\/span>An action that is vicious or vile; an action that arous\u00ades dis\u00adgust or abhorrence.<\/p>\n

to con\u00adtain one\u00adself<\/span> \u21d2 To restrain oneself.<\/p>\n

to make <\/span>out<\/span> \u21d2 To see or dis\u00adtin\u00adguish some\u00adthing clear\u00adly enough to be sure of it.<\/p>\n

haze<\/span> he\u026az<\/span> n <\/span>Smoke, dust, or mist in the air which is dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to see through.<\/p>\n

to get one\u2019s bear\u00adings<\/span> \u21d2 To become aware of one\u2019s sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion rel\u00ada\u00adtive to one\u2019s sur\u00adround\u00adings; to find one\u2019s posi\u00adtion with ref\u00ader\u00adence to.<\/p>\n

rem\u00adnant<\/span> \u02c8r\u025bm\u00adn\u0259nt<\/span> n <\/span>The remains of some\u00adthing destroyed: remain\u00adder, rel\u00adic, vestige<\/span><\/p>\n

limp<\/span> l\u026amp<\/span> v <\/span>To walk in a slow and awk\u00adward way because of an injury to a leg or foot.<\/p>\n

lame<\/span> le\u026am<\/span> adj<\/span> Dis\u00adabled or crip\u00adpled in the legs or feet.<\/p>\n

wretched\u00adness<\/span> \u02c8r\u025b\u02a7\u026ad\u00adn\u0259s<\/span> n <\/span>Unhap\u00adpi\u00adness.<\/p>\n

over\u00adwhelm<\/span> \u02cc\u0259\u028av\u0259\u02c8w\u025blm<\/span> v <\/span>To impair sev\u00ader\u00adly: break, destroy, ruin, crush<\/span><\/p>\n

fire\u00adside<\/span> \u02c8fa\u026a\u0259sa\u026ad<\/span> n <\/span>The area imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly sur\u00adround\u00ading a fire\u00adplace or hearth.<\/p>\n

leak<\/span> li\u02d0k<\/span> v <\/span>To pass in or out as through an unin\u00adtend\u00aded hole or crack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cAbout<\/span> eight or nine in the morn\u00ading I came to the same seat of yel\u00adlow met\u00adal from which I had viewed the world upon the evening of my arrival. I thought of my hasty con\u00adclu\u00adsions upon that evening and could not refrain from<\/span> laugh\u00ading bit\u00adter\u00adly at my con\u00adfi\u00addence. Here was the same beau\u00adti\u00adful scene, the same abun\u00addant foliage<\/span>, the same splen\u00addid<\/span> palaces and mag\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcent ruins, the same sil\u00adver riv\u00ader run\u00adning between its fer\u00adtile<\/span> banks. The gay robes<\/span> of the beau\u00adti\u00adful peo\u00adple moved hith\u00ader and thith\u00ader<\/span> among the trees. Some were bathing in exact\u00adly the place where I had saved Weena, and that sud\u00adden\u00adly gave me a keen stab of pain<\/span>. And like blots<\/span> upon the land\u00adscape rose the cupo\u00adlas<\/span> above the ways to the Under-world. I under\u00adstood now what all the beau\u00adty of the Over-world peo\u00adple cov\u00adered. Very pleas\u00adant was their day, as pleas\u00adant as the day of the cat\u00adtle in the field. Like the cat\u00adtle, they knew of no ene\u00admies and pro\u00advid\u00aded against no needs. And their end<\/span> was the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cI griev\u00aded to think how brief the dream of the human intel\u00adlect had been. It had com\u00admit\u00adted sui\u00adcide<\/span>. It had set itself stead\u00adfast\u00adly<\/span> towards com\u00adfort and ease, a bal\u00adanced soci\u00adety with secu\u00adri\u00adty and per\u00adma\u00adnen\u00adcy<\/span> as its watch\u00adword<\/span>, it had attained<\/span> its hopes \u2013 to come to this at last<\/span>. Once, life and prop\u00ader\u00adty must have reached almost absolute safe\u00adty. The rich had been assured of his wealth and com\u00adfort, the toil\u00ader<\/span> assured of his life and work. No doubt in that per\u00adfect world there had been no unem\u00adployed prob\u00adlem, no social ques\u00adtion left unsolved. And a great qui\u00adet had followed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a law of nature we over\u00adlook, that intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal ver\u00adsa\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> is the com\u00adpen\u00adsa\u00adtion for change, dan\u00adger, and trou\u00adble. An ani\u00admal per\u00adfect\u00adly in har\u00admo\u00adny with its envi\u00adron\u00adment is a per\u00adfect mech\u00ada\u00adnism. Nature nev\u00ader appeals to intel\u00adli\u00adgence until habit and instinct are use\u00adless. There is no intel\u00adli\u00adgence where there is no change and no need of change. Only those ani\u00admals par\u00adtake<\/span> of intel\u00adli\u00adgence that have to meet a huge vari\u00adety of needs and dangers.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, as I see it, the Upper-world man had drift\u00aded towards his fee\u00adble<\/span> pret\u00adti\u00adness<\/span>, and the Under-world to mere mechan\u00adi\u00adcal indus\u00adtry. But that per\u00adfect state had lacked one thing even for mechan\u00adi\u00adcal per\u00adfec\u00adtion \u2013 absolute per\u00adma\u00adnen\u00adcy. Appar\u00adent\u00adly as time went on<\/span>, the feed\u00ading of the Under-world, how\u00adev\u00ader it was effect\u00aded, had become dis\u00adjoint\u00aded<\/span>. Moth\u00ader Neces\u00adsi\u00adty, who had been staved off<\/span> for a few thou\u00adsand years, came back again, and she began below.<\/p>\n

The Under-world being in con\u00adtact with machin\u00adery, which, how\u00adev\u00ader per\u00adfect, still needs some lit\u00adtle thought out\u00adside habit, had prob\u00ada\u00adbly retained per\u00adforce<\/span> rather more ini\u00adtia\u00adtive, if less of every oth\u00ader human char\u00adac\u00adter, than the Upper. And when oth\u00ader meat failed them, they turned to what old habit had hith\u00ader\u00adto for\u00adbid\u00adden. So I say I saw it in my last view of the world of Eight Hun\u00addred and Two Thou\u00adsand Sev\u00aden Hun\u00addred and One. It may be as wrong an expla\u00adna\u00adtion as mor\u00adtal<\/span> wit<\/span> could invent. It is how the thing shaped itself to me, and as that I give it to you.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the fatigues, excite\u00adments, and ter\u00adrors of the past days, and in spite of my grief, this seat and the tran\u00adquil<\/span> view and the warm sun\u00adlight were very pleas\u00adant. I was very tired and sleepy, and soon my the\u00ado\u00adriz\u00ading passed into doz\u00ading<\/span>. Catch\u00ading myself at that<\/span>, I took my own hint<\/span>, and spread\u00ading myself out<\/span> upon the turf<\/span> I had a long and refresh\u00ading sleep.<\/p>\n

\u201cI awoke a lit\u00adtle before sun\u00adset\u00adting. I now felt safe against<\/span> being caught nap\u00adping<\/span> by the Mor\u00adlocks, and, stretch\u00ading myself, I came on down the hill towards the White Sphinx. I had my crow\u00adbar<\/span> in one hand, and the oth\u00ader hand played with the match\u00ades in my pocket.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd now came a most unex\u00adpect\u00aded thing. As I approached the pedestal<\/span> of the sphinx I found the bronze valves<\/span> were open. They had slid down into grooves<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt that I stopped short before them, hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00ading to enter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith\u00adin was a small apart\u00adment, and on a raised place in the cor\u00adner of this was the Time Machine. I had the small levers<\/span> in my pock\u00adet. So here, after all<\/span> my elab\u00ado\u00adrate prepa\u00adra\u00adtions for the siege<\/span> of the White Sphinx, was a meek<\/span> sur\u00adren\u00adder<\/span>. I threw my iron bar away, almost sor\u00adry not to use it.<\/p>\n

\u201cA sud\u00adden thought came into my head as I stooped<\/span> towards the por\u00adtal. For once<\/span>, at least, I grasped the men\u00adtal oper\u00ada\u00adtions of the Mor\u00adlocks. Sup\u00adpress\u00ading a strong incli\u00adna\u00adtion<\/span> to laugh, I stepped through the bronze frame and up to the Time Machine. I was sur\u00adprised to find it had been care\u00adful\u00adly oiled and cleaned. I have sus\u00adpect\u00aded since that the Mor\u00adlocks had even par\u00adtial\u00adly tak\u00aden it to pieces while try\u00ading in their dim way to grasp its purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow as I stood and exam\u00adined it, find\u00ading a plea\u00adsure in the mere touch of the con\u00adtrivance<\/span>, the thing I had expect\u00aded hap\u00adpened. The bronze pan\u00adels sud\u00adden\u00adly slid up and struck the frame with a clang<\/span>. I was in the dark \u2013 trapped. So the Mor\u00adlocks thought. At that I chuck\u00adled<\/span> glee\u00adful\u00adly<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could already hear their mur\u00admur\u00ading<\/span> laugh\u00adter as they came towards me. Very calm\u00adly I tried to strike the match. I had only to fix on the levers<\/span> and depart then like a ghost. But I had over\u00adlooked<\/span> one lit\u00adtle thing. The match\u00ades were of that abom\u00adinable<\/span> kind that light only on the box.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou may imag\u00adine how all my calm van\u00adished. The lit\u00adtle brutes<\/span> were close upon me<\/span>. One touched me. I made a sweep\u00ading blow in the dark at them with the levers<\/span>, and began to scram\u00adble<\/span> into the sad\u00addle<\/span> of the machine. Then came one hand upon me and then anoth\u00ader. Then I had sim\u00adply to fight against their per\u00adsis\u00adtent fin\u00adgers for my levers<\/span>, and at the same time feel for<\/span> the studs<\/span> over which these fit\u00adted. One, indeed, they almost got away from me. As it slipped from my hand, I had to butt<\/span> in the dark with my head \u2013 I could hear the Morlock\u2019s skull ring \u2013 to recov\u00ader it. It was a near\u00ader thing than the fight in the for\u00adest, I think, this last scram\u00adble<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut at last<\/span> the lever<\/span> was fit\u00adted and pulled over. The cling\u00ading hands slipped from me. The dark\u00adness present\u00adly fell from my eyes. I found myself in the same grey light and tumult<\/span> I have already described.<\/p>\n

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refrain form<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8fre\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To hold one\u00adself back, forbear.<\/p>\n

foliage<\/span> \u02c8f\u0259\u028al\u026a\u026a\u02a4<\/span> n <\/span>All the leaves of a tree.<\/p>\n

splen\u00addid<\/span> \u02c8spl\u025bnd\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> Bril\u00adliant or fine, esp in appear\u00adance: excel\u00adlent, won\u00adder\u00adful, marvellous<\/span><\/p>\n

fer\u00adtile<\/span> \u02c8f\u025c\u02d0\u00adta\u026al<\/span> n <\/span>Capa\u00adble of pro\u00adduc\u00ading offspring<\/p>\n

robe<\/span> r\u0259\u028ab<\/span> n <\/span>A long, loose or flow\u00ading gar\u00adment worn as cer\u00ade\u00admo\u00adni\u00adal or offi\u00adcial dress.<\/p>\n

hith\u00ader and thith\u00ader<\/span> \u21d2 To many places; here and there.<\/p>\n

to give a stab of pain<\/span> \u21d2 To cause a sud\u00adden pierc\u00ading pain.<\/p>\n

blot<\/span> bl\u0252t<\/span> n <\/span>A spot or a stain caused by a dis\u00adcol\u00ador\u00ading sub\u00adstance or dirt: smirch, smudge, daub, slur, smear, spot<\/span><\/p>\n

cupo\u00adla<\/span> \u02c8kju\u02d0p\u0259l\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Domed roof or ceiling.<\/p>\n

end<\/span> \u21d2 (here<\/span>) goal.<\/p>\n

to com\u00admit a<\/span> sui\u00adcide<\/span> \u21d2 To kill oneself<\/p>\n

stead\u00adfast\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8st\u025bd\u00adf\u0259stli<\/span> adj<\/span> With res\u00adolute deter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion: firm\u00adly, unwaveringly<\/span><\/p>\n

per\u00adma\u00adnen\u00adcy<\/span> \u02c8p\u025c\u02d0m\u0259n\u0259n\u00adsi<\/span> n <\/span>The qual\u00adi\u00adty of remain\u00ading with\u00adout essen\u00adtial change.<\/p>\n

watch\u00adword<\/span> \u02c8w\u0252\u02a7w\u025c\u02d0d<\/span> n <\/span>A secret word or phrase known only to a restrict\u00aded group: pass\u00adword, word, parole<\/span><\/p>\n

attain<\/span> \u0259\u02c8te\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To gain as an objec\u00adtive: achieve<\/span><\/p>\n

at last<\/span> \u21d2 After a long wait; finally.<\/p>\n

toil\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8t\u0254\u026al\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>One who works hard and strenuously.<\/p>\n

ver\u00adsa\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> \u02ccv\u025c\u02d0s\u0259\u02c8t\u026al\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>The qual\u00adi\u00adty of hav\u00ading many abil\u00adi\u00adties or serv\u00ading many functions.<\/p>\n

par\u00adtake<\/span> p\u0251\u02d0\u02c8te\u026ak<\/span> v <\/span>To have part of the qual\u00adi\u00adty or nature of something<\/p>\n

fee\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8fi\u02d0bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Very weak; not good enough.<\/p>\n

pret\u00adti\u00adness<\/span> \u02c8pr\u026at\u026an\u0259s<\/span> n <\/span>The qual\u00adi\u00adty of being appeal\u00ading in a del\u00adi\u00adcate or grace\u00adful way (of a girl or young woman<\/span>).<\/p>\n

as time went on<\/span> \u21d2 As time passed by.<\/p>\n

dis\u00adjoint<\/span> d\u026as\u02c8\u02a4\u0254\u026ant<\/span> v <\/span>To break: shat\u00adter, fracture<\/span><\/p>\n

to stave off<\/span> \u21d2 To hold or keep off.<\/p>\n

per\u00adforce<\/span> p\u0259\u02c8f\u0254\u02d0s<\/span> adv<\/span> By force of cir\u00adcum\u00adstance: willy-nil\u00adly, helplessly<\/span><\/p>\n

mor\u00adtal<\/span> \u02c8m\u0254\u02d0tl<\/span> adj<\/span> Sub\u00adject to death; hav\u00ading a tran\u00adsi\u00adto\u00adry life: fatal<\/span><\/p>\n

wit<\/span> w\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>The nat\u00adur\u00adal abil\u00adi\u00adty to per\u00adceive and under\u00adstand: intel\u00adli\u00adgence<\/span><\/p>\n

tran\u00adquil<\/span> \u02c8tr\u00e6\u014bk\u00adw\u026al<\/span> adj<\/span> Calm, peace\u00adful or quiet<\/p>\n

dose<\/span> d\u0259\u028as<\/span> v <\/span>To sleep light\u00adly and inter\u00admit\u00adtent\u00adly: nap<\/span><\/p>\n

to catch some\u00adone at some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To find out that one is doing something.<\/p>\n

to take a hint<\/span> \u21d2 To real\u00adize what is suggested.<\/p>\n

to spread one\u00adself out of some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 To stretch out, extend one\u2019s hands, arms, legs.<\/p>\n

turf<\/span> t\u025c\u02d0f<\/span> n <\/span>Sur\u00adface lay\u00ader of earth con\u00adtain\u00ading a dense growth of grass and its mat\u00adted roots: sod<\/span><\/p>\n

to feel<\/span> safe against some\u00adthing<\/span> \u21d2 Not to feel threat\u00adened of something<\/p>\n

nap<\/span> n\u00e6p<\/span> v <\/span>To sleep for a brief peri\u00adod, often dur\u00ading the day: doze<\/span><\/p>\n

crow\u00adbar<\/span> \u02c8kr\u0259\u028ab\u0251\u02d0<\/span> n <\/span>Straight bar of iron with the work\u00ading end shaped like a chisel.<\/p>\n

pedestal<\/span> \u02c8p\u025bd\u026astl<\/span> n <\/span>An archi\u00adtec\u00adtur\u00adal base for a statue.<\/p>\n

valve<\/span> v\u00e6lv<\/span> n <\/span>Device that allows gas\u00ades and liq\u00aduids to pass through open\u00adings in one direc\u00adtion only.<\/p>\n

groove<\/span> gru\u02d0v<\/span> n <\/span>Long, nar\u00adrow fur\u00adrow or channel.<\/p>\n

lever<\/span> \u02c8li\u02d0v\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Pro\u00adject\u00ading han\u00addle used to adjust or oper\u00adate a mechanism.<\/p>\n

after all<\/span> \u21d2 in spite of all.<\/p>\n

siege<\/span> si\u02d0\u02a4<\/span> n <\/span>A pro\u00adlonged sur\u00adround\u00ading of an objec\u00adtive by hos\u00adtile troops: besiege\u00adment, blockade<\/span><\/p>\n

meek<\/span> mi\u02d0k<\/span> adj<\/span> Hum\u00adble in spir\u00adit or man\u00adner; sug\u00adgest\u00ading retir\u00ading mild\u00adness or even cowed sub\u00admis\u00adsive\u00adness: mild, mod\u00adest<\/span><\/p>\n

sur\u00adren\u00adder<\/span> s\u0259\u02c8r\u025bnd\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To relin\u00adquish pos\u00adses\u00adsion or con\u00adtrol of (some\u00adthing<\/span>) to anoth\u00ader because of demand or compulsion:<\/p>\n

stoop<\/span> stu\u02d0p<\/span> v <\/span>To walk with the head and upper back bent forward.<\/p>\n

for once<\/span> \u21d2 For this occa\u00adsion, as an exception.<\/p>\n

incli\u00adna\u00adtion<\/span> \u02cc\u026an\u00adkl\u026a\u02c8ne\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>A par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar dis\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, esp a lik\u00ading or pref\u00ader\u00adence: ten\u00adden\u00adcy<\/span><\/p>\n

con\u00adtrivance<\/span> k\u0259n\u02c8\u00adtra\u026av\u0259ns<\/span> n <\/span>A device or con\u00adtrol that is very use\u00adful for a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar job: gad\u00adget, appli\u00adance, widget<\/span><\/p>\n

clang<\/span> kl\u00e6\u014b<\/span> v <\/span>To make or cause to make a loud resound\u00ading noise, as met\u00adal when struck<\/p>\n

chuck\u00adle<\/span> \u02c8\u02a7\u028ckl<\/span> v <\/span>Laugh qui\u00adet\u00adly or with restraint: laugh, gig\u00adgle, snig\u00adger, chor\u00adtle, titter<\/span><\/p>\n

glee\u00adful<\/span> \u02c8gli\u02d0f\u028al<\/span> adj<\/span> Full of jubi\u00adlant joy: gay, mer\u00adry, jol\u00adly, light\u00adheart\u00aded, jocund, jovial, mirthful<\/span><\/p>\n

mur\u00admur<\/span> \u02c8m\u025c\u02d0m\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>Speak indis\u00adtinct\u00adly in a low tone.<\/p>\n

over\u00adlook<\/span> \u02cc\u0259\u028av\u0259\u02c8l\u028ak<\/span> v <\/span>To fail to notice or con\u00adsid\u00ader: miss<\/span><\/p>\n

abom\u00adinable<\/span> \u0259\u02c8b\u0252m\u026an\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly bad or displeasing.<\/p>\n

brute<\/span> bru\u02d0t<\/span> n <\/span>Sav\u00adage ani\u00admal: beast<\/span><\/p>\n

to be close upon some\u00adone<\/span> \u21d2 To fol\u00adlow some\u00adone at a short distance.<\/p>\n

scram\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8skr\u00e6m\u00adbl<\/span> v <\/span>To move or climb hur\u00adried\u00adly, espe\u00adcial\u00adly on the hands and knees.<\/p>\n

sad\u00addle<\/span> \u02c8s\u00e6dl<\/span> n <\/span>The seat of a bicy\u00adcle, motor\u00adcy\u00adcle, or sim\u00adi\u00adlar vehicle.<\/p>\n

feel for<\/span> \u21d2 To search for (some\u00adthing<\/span>) by reach\u00ading or touch\u00ading usu\u00adal\u00adly with the fingers.<\/p>\n

stud<\/span> st\u028cd<\/span> n <\/span>A short rod or pin, fixed in and pro\u00adject\u00ading from something.<\/p>\n

butt<\/span> b\u028ct<\/span> v <\/span>To hit or push (some\u00adthing<\/span>) force\u00adful\u00adly with the head<\/p>\n

tumult<\/span> \u02c8tju\u02d0m\u028clt<\/span> n <\/span>An inter\u00adrup\u00adtion of pub\u00adlic peace: dis\u00adtur\u00adbance, com\u00admo\u00adtion, tur\u00adbu\u00adlence, fuss, uproar, stir<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cI have<\/span> already told you of the sick\u00adness and con\u00adfu\u00adsion that comes with time trav\u00adel\u00adling. And this time I was not seat\u00aded prop\u00ader\u00adly in the sad\u00addle<\/span>, but side\u00adways and in an unsta\u00adble fash\u00adion. For an indef\u00adi\u00adnite time I clung to the machine as it swayed<\/span> and vibrat\u00aded<\/span>, quite unheed\u00ading<\/span> how I went, and when I brought myself to look at the dials again I was amazed to find where I had arrived. One dial records days, and anoth\u00ader thou\u00adsands of days, anoth\u00ader mil\u00adlions of days, and anoth\u00ader thou\u00adsands of mil\u00adlions. Now, instead of revers\u00ading the levers<\/span>, I had pulled them over so as to go for\u00adward with them, and when I came to look at these indi\u00adca\u00adtors<\/span> I found that the thou\u00adsands hand was sweep\u00ading round as fast as the sec\u00adonds hand of a watch \u2013 into futu\u00adri\u00adty<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I drove on, a pecu\u00adliar<\/span> change crept over the appear\u00adance of things. The pal\u00adpi\u00adtat\u00ading<\/span> grey\u00adness grew dark\u00ader; then \u2013 though I was still trav\u00adel\u00adling with prodi\u00adgious<\/span> veloc\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> \u2013 the blink\u00ading suc\u00adces\u00adsion<\/span> of day and night, which was usu\u00adal\u00adly indica\u00adtive of a slow\u00ader pace, returned, and grew more and more marked. This puz\u00adzled me very much at first<\/span>. The alter\u00adna\u00adtions of night and day grew slow\u00ader and slow\u00ader, and so did the pas\u00adsage of the sun across the sky, until they seemed to stretch through cen\u00adturies. At last<\/span> a steady twi\u00adlight<\/span> brood\u00aded over<\/span> the earth, a twi\u00adlight<\/span> only bro\u00adken now and then when a comet<\/span> glared<\/span> across the dark\u00adling<\/span> sky. The band<\/span> of light that had indi\u00adcat\u00aded the sun had long since dis\u00adap\u00adpeared; for the sun had ceased to set \u2013 it sim\u00adply rose and fell in the west, and grew ever broad\u00ader and more red. All trace of the moon had van\u00adished. The cir\u00adcling of the stars, grow\u00ading slow\u00ader and slow\u00ader, had giv\u00aden place to creep\u00ading points of light. At last<\/span>, some time before I stopped, the sun, red and very large, halt\u00aded<\/span> motion\u00adless upon the hori\u00adzon, a vast dome<\/span> glow\u00ading with a dull<\/span> heat, and now and then suf\u00adfer\u00ading a momen\u00adtary extinc\u00adtion<\/span>. At one time it had for a lit\u00adtle while glowed more bril\u00adliant\u00adly again, but it speed\u00adi\u00adly revert\u00aded<\/span> to its sullen<\/span> red heat. I per\u00adceived by this slow\u00ading down of its ris\u00ading and set\u00adting that the work of the tidal<\/span> drag was done. The earth had come to rest with one face to the sun, even<\/span> as in our own time the moon faces the earth. Very cau\u00adtious\u00adly, for I remem\u00adbered my for\u00admer head\u00adlong fall<\/span>, I began to reverse my motion. Slow\u00ader and slow\u00ader went the cir\u00adcling hands<\/span> until the thou\u00adsands one seemed motion\u00adless and the dai\u00adly one was no longer a mere mist<\/span> upon its scale. Still slow\u00ader, until the dim out\u00adlines of a des\u00ado\u00adlate<\/span> beach grew visible.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stopped very gen\u00adtly and sat upon the Time Machine, look\u00ading round. The sky was no longer blue. North-east\u00adward it was inky black, and out of the black\u00adness shone bright\u00adly and steadi\u00adly the pale white stars. Over\u00adhead<\/span> it was a deep Indi\u00adan red<\/span> and star\u00adless, and south-east\u00adward it grew brighter to a glow\u00ading scar\u00adlet<\/span> where, cut by the hori\u00adzon, lay the huge hull<\/span> of the sun, red and motion\u00adless. The rocks about me were of a harsh red\u00addish colour, and all the trace of life that I could see at first was the intense\u00adly green veg\u00ade\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> that cov\u00adered every pro\u00adject\u00ading point on their south-east\u00adern face. It was the same rich green that one sees on for\u00adest moss or on the lichen<\/span> in caves: plants which like these grow in a per\u00adpet\u00adu\u00adal<\/span> twi\u00adlight<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe machine was stand\u00ading on a slop\u00ading beach. The sea stretched away to the south-west, to rise into a sharp bright hori\u00adzon against the wan<\/span> sky. There were no break\u00aders<\/span> and no waves, for<\/span> not a breath of wind<\/span> was stir\u00adring. Only a slight oily swell rose and fell like a gen\u00adtle breath\u00ading, and showed that the eter\u00adnal sea was still mov\u00ading and liv\u00ading. And along the mar\u00adgin where the water some\u00adtimes broke was a thick incrus\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> of salt \u2013 pink under the lurid<\/span> sky. There was a sense of oppres\u00adsion<\/span> in my head, and I noticed that I was breath\u00ading very fast. The sen\u00adsa\u00adtion remind\u00aded me of my only expe\u00adri\u00adence of moun\u00adtaineer\u00ading<\/span>, and from that I judged the air to be more rar\u00adefied<\/span> than it is now.<\/p>\n

\u201cFar away up the des\u00ado\u00adlate<\/span> slope I heard a harsh scream, and saw a thing like a huge white but\u00adter\u00adfly go slant\u00adi\u00adng<\/span> and flit\u00adter\u00ading<\/span> up into the sky and, cir\u00adcling, dis\u00adap\u00adpear over some low hillocks<\/span> beyond. The sound of its voice was so dis\u00admal<\/span> that I shiv\u00adered<\/span> and seat\u00aded myself more firm\u00adly upon the machine. Look\u00ading round me again, I saw that, quite near, what I had tak\u00aden to be<\/span>a red\u00addish mass of rock was mov\u00ading slow\u00adly towards me. Then I saw the thing was real\u00adly a mon\u00adstrous crab<\/span>-like crea\u00adture. Can you imag\u00adine a crab<\/span> as large as yon\u00adder<\/span> table, with its many legs mov\u00ading slow\u00adly and uncer\u00adtain\u00adly, its big claws<\/span> sway\u00ading<\/span>, its long anten\u00adnae<\/span>, like carters<\/span>\u201d whips, wav\u00ading and feel\u00ading, and its stalked eyes<\/span> gleam\u00ading<\/span> at you on either side of its metal\u00adlic front? Its back was cor\u00adru\u00adgat\u00aded<\/span> and orna\u00adment\u00aded with ungain\u00adly<\/span> boss\u00ades<\/span>, and a green\u00adish incrus\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> blotched<\/span> it here and there. I could see the many palps<\/span> of its com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded mouth flick\u00ader\u00ading<\/span> and feel\u00ading as it moved.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I stared at this sin\u00adis\u00adter<\/span> appari\u00adtion<\/span> crawl\u00ading towards me, I felt a tick\u00adling<\/span> on my cheek as though a fly had light\u00aded<\/span> there. I tried to brush it away<\/span> with my hand, but in a moment it returned, and almost imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly came anoth\u00ader by my ear. I struck at this, and caught some\u00adthing thread\u00adlike. It was drawn swift\u00adly out of my hand. With a fright\u00adful qualm<\/span>, I turned, and I saw that I had grasped the anten\u00adna<\/span>of anoth\u00ader mon\u00adster crab<\/span> that stood just behind me. Its evil eyes were wrig\u00adgling<\/span> on their stalks<\/span>, its mouth was all alive with appetite<\/span>, and its vast ungain\u00adly<\/span> claws<\/span>, smeared<\/span> with an algal<\/span> slime<\/span>, were descend\u00ading upon me. In a moment my hand was on the lever<\/span>, and I had placed a month between myself and these mon\u00adsters. But I was still on the same beach, and I saw them dis\u00adtinct\u00adly now as soon as I stopped. Dozens of them seemed to be crawl\u00ading here and there, in the som\u00adbre<\/span> light, among the foli\u00adat\u00aded<\/span> sheets of intense green.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u00adnot con\u00advey the sense of abom\u00adinable<\/span> des\u00ado\u00adla\u00adtion<\/span> that hung over<\/span> the world. The red east\u00adern sky, the north\u00adward black\u00adness, the salt Dead Sea, the stony beach crawl\u00ading with these foul, slow-stir\u00adring mon\u00adsters, the uni\u00adform poi\u00adso\u00adnous-look\u00ading green of the lichenous<\/span> plants, the thin air that hurts one\u2019s lungs: all con\u00adtributed to an appalling<\/span> effect. I moved on a hun\u00addred years, and there was the same red sun \u2013 a lit\u00adtle larg\u00ader, a lit\u00adtle duller<\/span> \u2013 the same dying sea, the same chill air, and the same crowd of earthy crus\u00adtacea<\/span> creep\u00ading in and out among the green weed and the red rocks. And in the west\u00adward sky, I saw a curved pale line like a vast new moon.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I trav\u00adelled, stop\u00adping ever and again<\/span>, in great strides<\/span> of a thou\u00adsand years or more, drawn on by the mys\u00adtery of the earth\u2019s fate, watch\u00ading with a strange fas\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtion<\/span> the sun grow larg\u00ader and duller<\/span> in the west\u00adward sky, and the life of the old earth ebb away<\/span>. At last<\/span>, more than thir\u00adty mil\u00adlion years hence, the huge red-hot dome<\/span> of the sun had come to obscure<\/span> near\u00adly a tenth part of the dark\u00adling<\/span> heav\u00adens. Then I stopped once more, for<\/span> the crawl\u00ading mul\u00adti\u00adtude of crabs<\/span> had dis\u00adap\u00adpeared, and the red beach, save for its livid<\/span> green liv\u00ader\u00adworts<\/span> and lichens<\/span>, seemed life\u00adless. And now it was flecked<\/span> with white. A bit\u00adter cold assailed<\/span> me. Rare white flakes<\/span> ever and again came eddy\u00ading<\/span> down. To the north-east\u00adward, the glare<\/span> of snow lay under the starlight of the sable<\/span> sky and I could see an undu\u00adlat\u00ading<\/span> crest of hillocks<\/span> pink\u00adish white. There were fringes<\/span> of ice along the sea mar\u00adgin, with drift\u00ading mass\u00ades fur\u00adther out; but the main expanse of that salt ocean, all bloody under the eter\u00adnal sun\u00adset, was still unfrozen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI looked about me to see if any traces of ani\u00admal life remained. A cer\u00adtain inde\u00adfin\u00adable appre\u00adhen\u00adsion<\/span> still kept me in the sad\u00addle<\/span> of the machine. But I saw noth\u00ading mov\u00ading, in earth or sky or sea. The green slime<\/span> on the rocks alone tes\u00adti\u00adfied that life was not extinct<\/span>. A shal\u00adlow sand\u00adbank<\/span> had appeared in the sea and the water had reced\u00aded<\/span> from the beach. I fan\u00adcied<\/span> I saw some black object flop\u00adping about upon<\/span> this bank, but it became motion\u00adless as I looked at it, and I judged that my eye had been deceived<\/span>, and that the black object was mere\u00adly a rock. The stars in the sky were intense\u00adly bright and seemed to me to twin\u00adkle<\/span> very little.<\/p>\n

\u201cSud\u00adden\u00adly I noticed that the cir\u00adcu\u00adlar west\u00adward out\u00adline of the sun had changed; that a con\u00adcav\u00adi\u00adty<\/span>, a bay, had appeared in the curve. I saw this grow larg\u00ader. For a minute per\u00adhaps I stared aghast<\/span> at this black\u00adness that was creep\u00ading over the day, and then I real\u00adized that an eclipse<\/span> was begin\u00adning. Either the moon or the plan\u00adet Mer\u00adcury was pass\u00ading across the sun\u2019s disk. Nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly, at first I took it to be the moon, but there is much to incline<\/span> me to believe that what I real\u00adly saw was the tran\u00adsit<\/span> of an inner plan\u00adet pass\u00ading very near to the earth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dark\u00adness grew apace<\/span>; a cold wind began to blow in fresh\u00aden\u00ading gusts<\/span> from the east, and the show\u00ader\u00ading white flakes<\/span> in the air increased in num\u00adber. From the edge of the sea came a rip\u00adple<\/span> and whis\u00adper. Beyond these life\u00adless sounds the world was silent. Silent? It would be hard to con\u00advey the still\u00adness of it. All the sounds of man, the bleat\u00ading<\/span> of sheep, the cries of birds, the hum<\/span> of insects, the stir that makes the back\u00adground of our lives \u2013 all that was over. As the dark\u00adness thick\u00adened, the eddy\u00ading<\/span> flakes<\/span> grew more abun\u00addant, danc\u00ading before my eyes; and the cold of the air more intense. At last<\/span>, one by one<\/span>, swift\u00adly, one after the oth\u00ader, the white peaks of the dis\u00adtant hills van\u00adished into black\u00adness. The breeze rose to a moan\u00ading<\/span> wind. I saw the black cen\u00adtral shad\u00adow of the eclipse<\/span> sweep\u00ading towards me. In anoth\u00ader moment the pale stars alone were vis\u00adi\u00adble. All else was ray\u00adless obscu\u00adri\u00adty<\/span>. The sky was absolute\u00adly black.<\/p>\n

\u201cA hor\u00adror of this great dark\u00adness came on me. The cold, that smote to my mar\u00adrow<\/span>, and the pain I felt in breath\u00ading, over\u00adcame me. I shiv\u00adered<\/span>, and a dead\u00adly nau\u00adsea<\/span> seized me. Then like a red-hot bow in the sky appeared the edge of the sun. I got off the machine to recov\u00ader myself. I felt gid\u00addy<\/span> and inca\u00adpable of fac\u00ading the return jour\u00adney. As I stood sick and con\u00adfused I saw again the mov\u00ading thing upon the shoal<\/span> \u2013 there was no mis\u00adtake now that it was a mov\u00ading thing \u2013 against the red water of the sea. It was a round thing, the size of a foot\u00adball<\/span> per\u00adhaps, or, it may be, big\u00adger, and ten\u00adta\u00adcles<\/span> trailed down from it; it seemed black against the wel\u00adter\u00ading<\/span> blood-red water, and it was hop\u00adping fit\u00adful\u00adly<\/span> about. Then I felt I was faint\u00ading. But a ter\u00adri\u00adble dread<\/span> of lying help\u00adless in that remote and awful twi\u00adlight<\/span> sus\u00adtained me while I clam\u00adbered<\/span> upon the sad\u00addle<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\n

sad\u00addle<\/span> \u02c8s\u00e6dl<\/span> n <\/span>The seat of a bicy\u00adcle, motor\u00adcy\u00adcle, or sim\u00adi\u00adlar vehicle.<\/p>\n

sway<\/span> swe\u026a<\/span> v <\/span>To swing back and forth or to and fro: stag\u00adger, wob\u00adble, teeter, waver, totter<\/span><\/p>\n

vibrate<\/span> va\u026a\u02c8bre\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To move to and fro or up and down quick\u00adly and repeat\u00aded\u00adly: quiver; trem\u00adble<\/span><\/p>\n

unheed\u00ading<\/span> \u028cn\u02c8hi\u02d0d\u026a\u014b<\/span> adj<\/span> Show\u00ading no con\u00adcern, atten\u00adtion, or regard: care\u00adless, heed\u00adless, unconcerned<\/span><\/p>\n

lever<\/span> \u02c8li\u02d0v\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Pro\u00adject\u00ading han\u00addle used to adjust or oper\u00adate a mechanism.<\/p>\n

indi\u00adca\u00adtor<\/span> \u02c8\u026and\u026ake\u026at\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>An instru\u00adment used to mon\u00adi\u00adtor the oper\u00ada\u00adtion of some\u00adthing: meter<\/span><\/p>\n

futu\u00adri\u00adty<\/span> fju(\u02d0)\u02c8tj\u028a\u0259r\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>The future.<\/p>\n

pecu\u00adliar<\/span> p\u026a\u02c8kju\u02d0li\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Not usu\u00adal or normal.<\/p>\n

pal\u00adpi\u00adtate<\/span> \u02c8p\u00e6lp\u026ate\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To move with a slight tremu\u00adlous motion: trem\u00adble, shake, quiver<\/span><\/p>\n

prodi\u00adgious<\/span> pr\u0259\u02c8d\u026a\u02a4\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Of extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary pow\u00ader: tremen\u00addous, immense, great<\/span><\/p>\n

veloc\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> v\u026a\u02c8l\u0252s\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>Rapid\u00adi\u00adty of motion or oper\u00ada\u00adtion: swift\u00adness; speed<\/span><\/p>\n

suc\u00adces\u00adsion<\/span> s\u0259k\u02c8s\u025b\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Way in which things fol\u00adlow each oth\u00ader: order, sequence, pro\u00adces\u00adsion, consecution<\/span><\/p>\n

at first<\/span> \u21d2 in the beggining.<\/p>\n

at last<\/span> \u21d2 After a long wait; finally.<\/p>\n

twi\u00adlight<\/span> \u02c8twa\u026ala\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>The time of day imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly fol\u00adlow\u00ading sun\u00adset in which the light from the sky is diffused.<\/p>\n

to brood over<\/span> \u21d2 To hang over.<\/p>\n

comet<\/span> \u02c8k\u0252m\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>Celes\u00adtial body, observed only in that part of its orbit that is rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly close to the sun, and with a head and an elon\u00adgat\u00aded, curved vapour tail.<\/p>\n

glare<\/span> gle\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To stare fierce\u00adly and angrily.<\/p>\n

dark\u00adling<\/span> \u02c8d\u0251\u02d0k\u00adl\u026a\u014b<\/span> adj<\/span> Uncan\u00adni\u00adly or threat\u00aden\u00ading\u00adly dark or obscure.<\/p>\n

band<\/span> b\u00e6nd<\/span> n <\/span>Strip of something.<\/p>\n

halt<\/span> h\u0254\u02d0lt<\/span> v <\/span>To stop: stay, check, cease, arrest<\/span><\/p>\n

dome<\/span> d\u0259\u028am<\/span> n <\/span>A large round\u00aded roof or ceil\u00ading that is shaped like half of a ball.<\/p>\n

dull<\/span> d\u028cl<\/span> adj<\/span> Not clear and loud.<\/p>\n

extinc\u00adtion<\/span> \u026aks\u02c8t\u026a\u014bk\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>The putting out\/quenching of something<\/p>\n

revert<\/span> r\u026a\u02c8v\u025c\u02d0t<\/span> v <\/span>Go back to a pre\u00advi\u00adous state.<\/p>\n

sullen<\/span> \u02c8s\u028cl\u0259n<\/span> adj<\/span> Gloomy or som\u00adbre in colour: dark<\/span><\/p>\n

tidal<\/span> \u02c8ta\u026adl<\/span> adj<\/span> Affect\u00aded by tides (the peri\u00adod\u00adic vari\u00ada\u00adtion in the sur\u00adface lev\u00adel of the oceans etc.<\/span>).<\/p>\n

even<\/span> \u02c8i\u02d0v\u0259n<\/span> adj<\/span> Being in the same plane or line; parallel.<\/p>\n

to fall head\u00adlong = head\u00adfirst, fore\u00admost<\/span> \u21d2 To fall with the head first.<\/p>\n

hand<\/span> h\u00e6nd<\/span> n <\/span>Any of the rotat\u00ading point\u00aders used as index\u00ades on the face of a mechan\u00adi\u00adcal clock or dial.<\/p>\n

mist<\/span> m\u026ast<\/span> n <\/span>A mass of fine droplets of water in the atmos\u00adphere near or in con\u00adtact with the earth: fog<\/span><\/p>\n

des\u00ado\u00adlate<\/span> \u02c8d\u025bs\u0259l\u026at<\/span> adj<\/span> Emp\u00adty of peo\u00adple: for\u00adlorn, lone\u00adly, deserted<\/span><\/p>\n

over\u00adhead<\/span> \u02c8\u0259\u028av\u025bh\u025bd<\/span> adv<\/span> Direct\u00adly above; in the sky above.<\/p>\n

deep Indi\u00adan red<\/span> \u21d2 A red pig\u00adment con\u00adtain\u00ading fer\u00adric oxide with chest\u00adnut color.<\/p>\n

scar\u00adlet<\/span> \u02c8sk\u0251\u02d0l\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>A bright-red col\u00ador inclin\u00ading toward orange.<\/p>\n

hull<\/span> h\u028cl<\/span> n <\/span>Dry out\u00ader cov\u00ader\u00ading of a fruit, seed, nut etc.<\/p>\n

veg\u00ade\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccv\u025b\u02a4\u026a\u02c8te\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Plants that cov\u00ader a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar area: plants, flo\u00adra, green\u00adery, foliage, verdure<\/span><\/p>\n

lichen<\/span> \u02c8la\u026ak\u0259n<\/span> pl<\/span> lich\u00adenes<\/span> \u02c8la\u026ak\u0259nz<\/span> n <\/span>A fun\u00adgus that grows sym\u00adbi\u00adot\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly with algae on rocks or tree trunks.<\/p>\n

per\u00adpet\u00adu\u00adal<\/span> p\u0259\u02c8p\u025b\u02a7\u028a\u0259l<\/span> adj<\/span> Endur\u00ading for all time: eter\u00adnal, end\u00adless, ever\u00adlast\u00ading, cease\u00adless, never-ending<\/span><\/p>\n

wan<\/span> w\u0252n<\/span> adj<\/span> Lack\u00ading colour: pale, lurid, pal\u00adlid, sal\u00adlow, waxen<\/span><\/p>\n

break\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8bre\u026ak\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>A wave that breaks or dash\u00ades into foam.<\/p>\n

for<\/span> f\u0254\u02d0<\/span> conj Because; since.<\/p>\n

a breath of wind<\/span> \u21d2 A slight gust of wind.<\/p>\n

incrus\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span> \u02cc\u026ankr\u028cs\u02c8te\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>The state of being cov\u00adered with crust.<\/p>\n

lurid<\/span> \u02c8lj\u028a\u0259r\u026ad<\/span> n <\/span>Lack\u00ading colour; hor\u00adri\u00adble, grim: pale, colour\u00adless, pasty, wan, blanched<\/span><\/p>\n

oppres\u00adsion<\/span> \u0259\u02c8pr\u025b\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Feel\u00ading of being heav\u00adi\u00adly weighed down in mind.<\/p>\n

moun\u00adtaineer\u00ading<\/span> \u02ccma\u028an\u00adt\u026a\u02c8n\u026a\u0259r\u026a\u014b<\/span> n <\/span>The climb\u00ading of mountains.<\/p>\n

rar\u00adefy<\/span> \u02c8re\u0259r\u026a\u00adfa\u026a<\/span> v <\/span>To become thin or less dense.<\/p>\n

des\u00ado\u00adlate<\/span> \u02c8des\u0259lit<\/span> adj<\/span> Emp\u00adty of peo\u00adple: for\u00adlorn, lone\u00adly, deserted<\/span><\/p>\n

slant<\/span> sl\u0251\u02d0nt<\/span> v <\/span>To depart from true ver\u00adti\u00adcal: lean, incline, tilt, slope, heel<\/span><\/p>\n

flit\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8fl\u026at\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To move through the air with or as if with wings: flap, flit, flut\u00adter, fly, sail, wing<\/span><\/p>\n

hillock<\/span> \u02c8h\u026al\u0259k<\/span> n <\/span>Small hill.<\/p>\n

dis\u00admal<\/span> \u02c8d\u026azm\u0259l<\/span> Dark and depress\u00ading, marked by lit\u00adtle hopefulness.<\/p>\n

shiv\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8\u0283\u026av\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To shake slight\u00adly because of cold, fear, etc.<\/p>\n

to take some\u00adthing to be<\/span> \u21d2 To accept some\u00adthing as.<\/p>\n

crab<\/span> kr\u00e6b<\/span> n <\/span>Marine ani\u00admal, which has a hard cara\u00adpace cov\u00ader\u00ading it\u2019s body and five pairs of legs.<\/p>\n

yon\u00adder<\/span> \u02c8j\u0252nd\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> That is\/can be seen over there.<\/p>\n

claw<\/span> kl\u0254\u02d0<\/span> n <\/span>Sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mam\u00admals or reptiles.<\/p>\n

anten\u00adna<\/span> \u00e6n\u02c8t\u025bn\u0259<\/span> pl<\/span> anten\u00adnae<\/span> \u00e6n\u02c8t\u025bni\u02d0<\/span> n <\/span>Haired, flex\u00adi\u00adble, seg\u00adment\u00aded sen\u00adso\u00adry appendage on the head of an insect func\u00adtion\u00ading pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly as an organ of touch.<\/p>\n

carter<\/span> \u02c8k\u0251\u02d0t\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adone whose work is dri\u00adving heavy open wag\u00adons usu\u00adal\u00adly hav\u00ading two wheels and drawn by an animal.<\/p>\n

stalked eye<\/span> \u21d2 Eye on a pro\u00adtru\u00adsion that extends it away from the body, giv\u00ading the eye a bet\u00adter field of view.<\/p>\n

gleam<\/span> gli\u02d0m<\/span> n <\/span>Shine bright\u00adly, like a star or a light.<\/p>\n

cor\u00adru\u00adgate<\/span> \u02c8k\u0252r\u028age\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To shape into folds or waves.<\/p>\n

ungain\u00adly<\/span> \u028cn\u02c8ge\u026an\u00adli<\/span> adj<\/span> Mov\u00ading in an awk\u00adward or clum\u00adsy way.<\/p>\n

boss<\/span> b\u0252s<\/span> n <\/span>A cir\u00adcu\u00adlar pro\u00adtu\u00adber\u00adance or knoblike swelling, as on the horns of cer\u00adtain animals.<\/p>\n

blotch<\/span> bl\u0252\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>Mark with spots or blotch\u00ades of dif\u00adfer\u00adent colour or shades of colour as if stained.<\/p>\n

palp<\/span> p\u00e6lp<\/span> n <\/span>An elon\u00adgat\u00aded appendage usu\u00adal\u00adly found near the mouth in insects, the func\u00adtions of which may include sen\u00adsa\u00adtion, loco\u00admo\u00adtion, and feeding. <\/p>\n

flick\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8fl\u026ak\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>Shine unsteadi\u00adly.<\/p>\n

sin\u00adis\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8s\u026an\u026ast\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Strong\u00adly sug\u00adges\u00adtive of great men\u00adace or evil: bale\u00adful, malign<\/span><\/p>\n

appari\u00adtion<\/span> \u02cc\u00e6p\u0259\u02c8r\u026a\u0283(\u0259)n<\/span> n <\/span>A ghost\u00adly appear\u00ading figure.<\/p>\n

tick\u00adle<\/span> \u02c8t\u026akl<\/span> v <\/span>To try to make some\u00adone laugh by light\u00adly touch\u00ading a very sen\u00adsi\u00adtive part of the body with a fin\u00adger, a feath\u00ader, etc.<\/p>\n

light<\/span> la\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To descend to the ground after flight: land<\/span><\/p>\n

to brush away<\/span> \u21d2 To remove with a quick movement.<\/p>\n

qualm<\/span> kw\u0251\u02d0m<\/span> n <\/span>Feel\u00ading of uncer\u00adtain\u00adty about the fit\u00adness of an action: mis\u00adgiv\u00ading<\/span><\/p>\n

wrig\u00adgling<\/span> \u02c8r\u026agl\u026a\u014b<\/span> adj<\/span> Mov\u00ading in a twist\u00ading, snake-like or worm\u00adlike fashion.<\/p>\n

stalked eye<\/span> \u21d2 Eye on a pro\u00adtru\u00adsion that extends it away from the body, giv\u00ading the eye a bet\u00adter field of view; stalk<\/span> st\u0254\u02d0k<\/span> n <\/span>Stem.<\/p>\n

to be alive with appetite<\/span> \u21d2 To be extreme\u00adly hungry.<\/p>\n

smear<\/span> sm\u026a\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To spread some\u00adthing over a surface.<\/p>\n

algal<\/span> \u02c8\u00e6l\u00adg\u0259l<\/span> adj<\/span> Per\u00adtain\u00ading to a group of sim\u00adple aquat\u00adic organ\u00adisms includ\u00ading sea\u00adweed, that cap\u00adture light ener\u00adgy through pho\u00adto\u00adsyn\u00adthe\u00adsis, using it to con\u00advert inor\u00adgan\u00adic sub\u00adstances into organ\u00adic matter.<\/p>\n

slime<\/span> sla\u026am<\/span> n <\/span>Any thick, vis\u00adcous and sticky matter.<\/p>\n

som\u00adbre<\/span> \u02c8s\u0252m\u00adb\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Dark or dull in colour.<\/p>\n

foli\u00adate<\/span> \u02c8f\u0259\u028al\u026a\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>Grow leaves.<\/p>\n

abom\u00adinable<\/span> \u0259\u02c8b\u0252m\u026an\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly bad or displeasing.<\/p>\n

des\u00ado\u00adla\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccd\u025bs\u0259\u02c8le\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>The state of being decayed, destroyed, for\u00adsak\u00aden or abandoned.<\/p>\n

to hang over<\/span> \u21d2 (of a threat of some\u00adthing<\/span>) To seem like\u00adly to happen.<\/p>\n

lichenous<\/span> \u02c8la\u026ak\u0259n\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> Of, per\u00adtain\u00ading to, or resem\u00adbling lichen.<\/p>\n

appal<\/span> \u0259\u02c8p\u0254\u02d0l<\/span> v <\/span>To fill with con\u00adster\u00adna\u00adtion: shock, hor\u00adri\u00adfy, dis\u00admay, consternate<\/span><\/p>\n

crus\u00adtacea<\/span> kr\u028cs\u02c8te\u026a\u0283j\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Pre\u00addom\u00adi\u00adnant\u00adly aquat\u00adic ani\u00admals includ\u00ading lob\u00adsters, crabs, shrimps, etc.<\/p>\n

ever and again<\/span> \u21d2 Again and again, all the time.<\/p>\n

stride<\/span> stra\u026ad<\/span> n <\/span>Sin\u00adgle long step.<\/p>\n

fas\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtion<\/span> \u02ccf\u00e6s\u026a\u02c8ne\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>A feel\u00ading of great lik\u00ading for some\u00adthing won\u00adder\u00adful and unusual.<\/p>\n

to ebb away<\/span> \u21d2 To become weak, to decline.<\/p>\n

obscure<\/span> \u0259b\u02c8skj\u028a\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Not clear\u00adly expressed, seen or understood.<\/p>\n

livid<\/span> \u02c8l\u026av\u026ad<\/span> adj<\/span> Dis\u00adcoloured: pale, colour\u00adless, lurid<\/span><\/p>\n

liv\u00ader\u00adwort<\/span> \u02c8liv\u0259\u02c8w\u0259:t<\/span> n <\/span>Group of small, green non\u00adva\u00ads\u00adcu\u00adlar plants, grow\u00ading in moist envi\u00adron\u00adments and con\u00adsist\u00ading of either a leafy mosslike struc\u00adture or a flat thal\u00adlus that is often lobed.<\/p>\n

fleck<\/span> fl\u025bk<\/span> v <\/span>Make a spot or mark onto.<\/p>\n

assail<\/span> \u0259\u02c8se\u026al<\/span> v <\/span>To trou\u00adble; to set upon with vio\u00adlent force: hit, strike, attack, assault, sail in<\/span><\/p>\n

flake<\/span> fle\u026ak<\/span> n <\/span>A small, thin piece of something.<\/p>\n

eddy<\/span> \u02c8\u025bdi<\/span> v <\/span>A minia\u00adture cur\u00adrent at vari\u00adance with the main cur\u00adrent in a stream of water or air, usu\u00adal\u00adly hav\u00ading a rotary or whirling motion: twist; whirl<\/span><\/p>\n

glare<\/span> gle\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Unpleas\u00adant\u00adly bright light.<\/p>\n

sable<\/span> \u02c8se\u026abl<\/span> adj<\/span> A very dark black.<\/p>\n

undu\u00adlate<\/span> \u02c8\u028cnd\u00adj\u028ale\u026at<\/span> adj<\/span> To cause to move in waves.<\/p>\n

fringe<\/span> fr\u026an\u02a4<\/span> n <\/span>The out\u00adside bound\u00adary or sur\u00adface of something.<\/p>\n

appre\u00adhen\u00adsion<\/span> \u02cc\u00e6pr\u026a\u02c8h\u025bn\u0283(\u0259)n<\/span> n <\/span>Fear that some\u00adthing bad or unpleas\u00adant is going to happen.<\/p>\n

extinct<\/span> \u026aks\u02c8t\u026a\u014bkt<\/span> adj<\/span> No longer exist\u00ading; lost or espe\u00adcial\u00adly hav\u00ading died out.<\/p>\n

sand\u00adbank<\/span> \u02c8s\u00e6nd\u00adb\u00e6\u014bk<\/span> n <\/span>An area of sand that is formed in or at the edge of a riv\u00ader or sea.<\/p>\n

recede<\/span> ri(\u02d0)\u02c8si\u02d0d<\/span> v <\/span>To move away gradually.<\/p>\n

I fan\u00adcy<\/span> \u21d2 I suppose.<\/p>\n

to flop about<\/span> \u21d2 To move heav\u00adi\u00adly or awkwardly.<\/p>\n

deceive<\/span> d\u026a\u02c8si\u02d0v<\/span> v <\/span>To cause to believe what is not true: mis\u00adlead, fool, delude, dupe<\/span><\/p>\n

twin\u00adkle<\/span> \u02c8tw\u026a\u014bkl<\/span> v <\/span>To shine with slight inter\u00admit\u00adtent gleams: flash, glis\u00adten, glint, glit\u00adter, sparkle<\/span><\/p>\n

con\u00adcav\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> k\u0252n\u02c8k\u00e6v\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>An area sunk below its sur\u00adround\u00adings: depres\u00adsion, sink, basin, hol\u00adlow, sag<\/span><\/p>\n

aghast<\/span> \u0259\u02c8g\u0251\u02d0st<\/span> adj<\/span> Over\u00adcome with intense feel\u00ading, as of amaze\u00adment, hor\u00adror, or dis\u00admay: appalled, dis\u00admayed, hor\u00adri\u00adfied, shocked<\/span><\/p>\n

eclipse<\/span> \u026a\u02c8k\u00adl\u026aps<\/span> n <\/span>The par\u00adtial or com\u00adplete obscur\u00ading of one celes\u00adtial body by another.<\/p>\n

incline<\/span> \u026an\u02c8k\u00adla\u026an<\/span> v <\/span>To have a men\u00adtal ten\u00adden\u00adcy, pref\u00ader\u00adence, etc.: be dis\u00adposed<\/span><\/p>\n

tran\u00adsit<\/span> \u02c8tr\u00e6n\u00ads\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>The process of a plan\u00adet pass\u00ading betwenn the Sun and Earth, so this plan\u00adet can be seen on the Sun disk from the Earth: pas\u00adsage, transition<\/span><\/p>\n

the dark\u00adness grew apace<\/span> \u21d2 The dark\u00adness increased swiftly.<\/p>\n

gust<\/span> g\u028cst<\/span> n <\/span>A sud\u00adden strong wind.<\/p>\n

rip\u00adple<\/span> \u02c8r\u026a\u00adpl<\/span> n <\/span>A small wave on the sur\u00adface of a liquid.<\/p>\n

bleat<\/span> bli\u02d0t<\/span> v <\/span>To utter the char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic cry of a sheep.<\/p>\n

hum<\/span> h\u028cm<\/span> n <\/span>A low con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous sound.<\/p>\n

eddy<\/span> \u02c8\u025bdi<\/span> v <\/span>To move like a rapid rotary cur\u00adrent of liq\u00aduid: whirl, swirl<\/span><\/p>\n

one by <\/span>one<\/span> \u21d2 One at a time, gradually.<\/p>\n

moan<\/span> m\u0259\u028an<\/span> v <\/span>To make a long low sound because of pain, sad\u00adness, or pleasure.<\/p>\n

obscu\u00adri\u00adty<\/span> \u0259b\u02c8skj\u028a\u0259r\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>Dark\u00adness; dim\u00adness; indistinctness.<\/p>\n

the cold, that smote to my mar\u00adrow<\/span> \u21d2 I was chilled to the bone; mar\u00adrow<\/span> \u02c8m\u00e6r\u0259\u028a<\/span> (Anato\u00admy<\/span>) the fat\u00adty net\u00adwork of con\u00adnec\u00adtive tis\u00adsue that fills the cav\u00adi\u00adties of bones.<\/p>\n

shiv\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8\u0283\u026av\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To shake slight\u00adly because of cold, fear, etc.<\/p>\n

nau\u00adsea<\/span> \u02c8n\u0254\u02d0z\u00adi\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Feel\u00ading of sick\u00adness in the stom\u00adach char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by an urge to vomit.<\/p>\n

gid\u00addy<\/span> \u02c8g\u026a\u00addi<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading a sen\u00adsa\u00adtion of whirling or falling: dizzy, light\u00adhead\u00aded, reeling<\/span><\/p>\n

shoal<\/span> \u0283\u0259\u028al<\/span> n <\/span>Shal\u00adlow place in a body of water.<\/p>\n

foot\u00adball<\/span> \u02c8f\u028at\u00adb\u0254\u02d0l<\/span> n <\/span>A ball filled with air that is used in the game of football.<\/p>\n

ten\u00adta\u00adcle<\/span> \u02c8t\u025bn\u00adt\u0259kl<\/span> n <\/span>An elon\u00adgat\u00aded, flex\u00adi\u00adble exten\u00adsion used for feel\u00ading, grasp\u00ading etc.<\/p>\n

wel\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8w\u025blt\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To roll and surge, as the sea.<\/p>\n

fit\u00adful\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8f\u026at\u00adf\u028ali<\/span> adv<\/span> Pro\u00adgress\u00ading not reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adly or steadily.<\/p>\n

dread<\/span> dr\u025bd<\/span> n <\/span>Fear\u00adful expec\u00adta\u00adtion or anticipation.<\/p>\n

clam\u00adber<\/span> \u02c8kl\u00e6m\u00adb\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To climb or crawl in an awk\u00adward way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cSo<\/span> I came back. For a long time I must have been insen\u00adsi\u00adble upon the machine. The blink\u00ading suc\u00adces\u00adsion<\/span> of the days and nights was resumed, the sun got gold\u00aden again, the sky blue. I breathed with greater free\u00addom. The fluc\u00adtu\u00adat\u00ading<\/span> con\u00adtours of the land ebbed and flowed<\/span>. The hands<\/span> spun back\u00adward<\/span> upon the dials. At last<\/span> I saw again the dim shad\u00adows of hous\u00ades, the evi\u00addences of deca\u00addent<\/span> human\u00adi\u00adty. These, too, changed and passed, and oth\u00aders came. Present\u00adly, when the mil\u00adlion dial was at zero, I slack\u00adened<\/span> speed. I began to rec\u00adog\u00adnize our own pet\u00adty<\/span> and famil\u00adiar archi\u00adtec\u00adture, the thou\u00adsands hand<\/span> ran back to the start\u00ading-point, the night and day flapped<\/span> slow\u00ader and slow\u00ader. Then the old walls of the lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry came round me. Very gen\u00adtly, now, I slowed the mech\u00ada\u00adnism down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw one lit\u00adtle thing that seemed odd to me. I think I have told you that when I set out<\/span>, before my veloc\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> became very high, Mrs. Watch\u00adett had walked across the room, trav\u00adel\u00adling, as it seemed to me, like a rock\u00adet. As I returned, I passed again across that minute when she tra\u00adversed<\/span> the lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry. But now her every motion appeared to be the exact inver\u00adsion<\/span> of her pre\u00advi\u00adous ones. The door at the low\u00ader end opened, and she glid\u00aded<\/span> qui\u00adet\u00adly up the lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry, back fore\u00admost<\/span>, and dis\u00adap\u00adpeared behind the door by which she had pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly entered. Just before that I seemed to see Hilly\u00ader for a moment; but he passed like a flash.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I stopped the machine, and saw about me again the old famil\u00adiar lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry, my tools, my appli\u00adances just as I had left them. I got off the thing very shaky<\/span>, and sat down upon my bench. For sev\u00ader\u00adal min\u00adutes I trem\u00adbled<\/span> vio\u00adlent\u00adly. Then I became calmer. Around me was my old work\u00adshop again, exact\u00adly as it had been. I might have slept there, and the whole thing have been a dream.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd yet, not exact\u00adly! The thing had start\u00aded from the south-east cor\u00adner of the lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry. It had come to rest again in the north-west, against the wall where you saw it. That gives you the exact dis\u00adtance from my lit\u00adtle lawn to the pedestal<\/span> of the White Sphinx, into which the Mor\u00adlocks had car\u00adried my machine.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a time my brain went stag\u00adnant<\/span>. Present\u00adly I got up and came through the pas\u00adsage here, limp\u00ading<\/span>, because my heel was still painful, and feel\u00ading sore\u00adly<\/span> begrimed<\/span>. I saw the Pall Mall Gazette<\/span> on the table by the door. I found the date was indeed today, and look\u00ading at the time\u00adpiece<\/span>, saw the hour was almost eight o\u2019clock. I heard your voic\u00ades and the clat\u00adter<\/span> of plates. I hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded \u2013 I felt so sick and weak. Then I sniffed<\/span> good whole\u00adsome meat, and opened the door on you. You know the rest. I washed, and dined, and now I am telling you the story.<\/p>\n

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suc\u00adces\u00adsion<\/span> s\u0259k\u02c8s\u025b\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Way in which things fol\u00adlow each oth\u00ader: order, sequence, pro\u00adces\u00adsion, consecution<\/span><\/p>\n

fluc\u00adtu\u00adate<\/span> \u02c8fl\u028ck\u00adtj\u028ae\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To vary irreg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly: wave<\/span><\/p>\n

to ebb and flow<\/span> \u21d2 (of the tide<\/span>) To rise and flow back from the land to the sea.<\/p>\n

ebb<\/span> \u025bb<\/span> v <\/span>To move back or away from a point: retreat, recede, retract<\/span><\/p>\n

flow<\/span> fl\u0259\u028a<\/span> v <\/span>To rise (used of the tide<\/span>); to come forth in abun\u00addance: stream, surge, well<\/span><\/p>\n

hand<\/span> h\u00e6nd<\/span> n <\/span>Any of the rotat\u00ading point\u00aders used as index\u00ades on the face of a mechan\u00adi\u00adcal clock or dial.<\/p>\n

to spin back\u00adwards<\/span> \u21d2 To whirl anticlockwise.<\/p>\n

at last<\/span> \u21d2 After a long wait; finally.<\/p>\n

deca\u00addent<\/span> \u02c8d\u025bk\u0259d\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Hav\u00ading low morals and a great love of plea\u00adsure, mon\u00adey, fame, etc.<\/p>\n

slack<\/span> sl\u00e6k<\/span> v <\/span>To make slow\u00ader; to slow down.<\/p>\n

pet\u00adty<\/span> \u02c8p\u025bti<\/span> n <\/span>Infe\u00adri\u00ador in rank or status.<\/p>\n

flap<\/span> fl\u00e6p<\/span> v <\/span>To move (wings, arms, etc<\/span>): beat, wave, flop, flut\u00adter, waggle<\/span><\/p>\n

to set out<\/span> \u21d2 To start.<\/p>\n

veloc\u00adi\u00adty<\/span> v\u026a\u02c8l\u0252s\u026ati<\/span> n <\/span>Rapid\u00adi\u00adty of motion or oper\u00ada\u00adtion: swift\u00adness; speed<\/span><\/p>\n

tra\u00adverse<\/span> \u02c8tr\u00e6v\u0259(\u02d0)s<\/span> v <\/span>To trav\u00adel through.<\/p>\n

inver\u00adsion<\/span> \u026an\u02c8v\u025c\u02d0\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>A change into some\u00adthing opposite.<\/p>\n

glide<\/span> gla\u026ad<\/span> v <\/span>To move gen\u00adtly and slow\u00adly into place: slip, slide, ease<\/span><\/p>\n

fore\u00admost<\/span> \u02c8f\u0254\u02d0m\u0259\u028ast<\/span> adv<\/span> Rank\u00ading above all oth\u00aders: pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly<\/span><\/p>\n

shaky<\/span> \u02c8\u0283e\u026a\u00adki<\/span> adj<\/span> Vibrat\u00ading slight\u00adly and irreg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly, as with fear, cold or like a leaf in a breeze.<\/p>\n

trem\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8tr\u025bm\u00adbl<\/span> v <\/span>To shake slight\u00adly because you are afraid, ner\u00advous, excit\u00aded, etc.<\/p>\n

pedestal<\/span> \u02c8p\u025bd\u026astl<\/span> n <\/span>An archi\u00adtec\u00adtur\u00adal base for a statue.<\/p>\n

to go stag\u00adnant<\/span> \u21d2 To become dull or sllug\u00adgish; stag\u00adnant<\/span> \u02c8st\u00e6gn\u0259nt<\/span> adj<\/span> Show\u00ading no sign of activ\u00adi\u00adty: inac\u00adtive<\/span><\/p>\n

limp<\/span> l\u026amp<\/span> v <\/span>To walk in a slow and awk\u00adward way because of an injury to a leg or foot.<\/p>\n

sore\u00adly<\/span> \u02c8s\u0254\u02d0li<\/span> adv<\/span> Very much: bad\u00adly<\/span><\/p>\n

begrime<\/span> b\u026a\u02c8\u00adgra\u026am<\/span> v <\/span>To smear or soil with or as if with dirt; to make dirty: soil, black\u00aden, smudge, dirty<\/span><\/p>\n

The Pall Mall Gazette<\/span> A dai\u00adly Lon\u00addon news\u00adpa\u00adper which tack\u00adled impor\u00adtant issues of the day, found\u00aded in Lon\u00addon Feb\u00adru\u00adary 7, 1865.<\/p>\n

time\u00adpiece<\/span> \u02c8ta\u026ampi\u02d0s<\/span> n <\/span>A mea\u00adsur\u00ading instru\u00adment or device for keep\u00ading time: clock, chronome\u00adter<\/span><\/p>\n

clat\u00adter<\/span> \u02c8kl\u00e6t\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>To make a quick series of short loud sounds.<\/p>\n

sniff<\/span> sn\u026af<\/span> v <\/span>To per\u00adceive with the sense of smell: smell, scent, nose, whiff<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cI know<\/span>,\u201d he said, after a pause, \u201cthat all this will be absolute\u00adly incred\u00adi\u00adble to you. To me the one incred\u00adi\u00adble thing is that I am here tonight in this old famil\u00adiar room look\u00ading into<\/span> your friend\u00adly faces and telling you these strange adventures.\u201d<\/p>\n

He looked at the Med\u00adical Man. \u201cNo. I can\u00adnot expect you to believe it. Take it as a lie \u2013 or a prophe\u00adcy<\/span>. Say I dreamed it in the work\u00adshop. Con\u00adsid\u00ader I have been spec\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading upon the des\u00adtinies of our race until I have hatched<\/span> this fic\u00adtion. Treat my asser\u00adtion<\/span> of its truth as a mere stroke of art<\/span> to enhance its inter\u00adest. And tak\u00ading it as a sto\u00adry, what do you think of it?\u201d<\/p>\n

He took up<\/span> his pipe, and began, in his old accus\u00adtomed man\u00adner, to tap with it ner\u00advous\u00adly upon the bars of the grate<\/span>. There was a momen\u00adtary still\u00adness. Then chairs began to creak<\/span> and shoes to scrape<\/span> upon the car\u00adpet. I took my eyes off<\/span> the Time Traveller\u2019s face, and looked round at his audi\u00adence. They were in the dark, and lit\u00adtle spots of colour swam before them. The Med\u00adical Man seemed absorbed in the con\u00adtem\u00adpla\u00adtion<\/span> of our host. The Edi\u00adtor was look\u00ading hard<\/span> at the end of his cig\u00adar<\/span> \u2013 the sixth. The Jour\u00adnal\u00adist fum\u00adbled<\/span> for his watch. The oth\u00aders, as far as I remem\u00adber, were motionless.<\/p>\n

The Edi\u00adtor stood up with a sigh. \u201cWhat a pity it is you\u2019re not a writer of sto\u00adries!\u201d he said, putting his hand on the Time Traveller\u2019s shoulder.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t believe it?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell \u2013 \u2013\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought not.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Time Trav\u00adeller turned to us. \u201cWhere are the match\u00ades?\u201d he said. He lit one and spoke over his pipe, puff\u00ading<\/span>. \u201cTo tell you the truth<\/span>\u2026 I hard\u00adly believe it myself\u2026 And yet\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

His eye fell with a mute inquiry upon the with\u00adered<\/span> white flow\u00aders upon the lit\u00adtle table. Then he turned over the hand hold\u00ading his pipe, and I saw he was look\u00ading at some half-healed scars<\/span> on his knuck\u00adles<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The Med\u00adical Man rose, came to the lamp, and exam\u00adined the flow\u00aders. \u201cThe gynae\u00adceum<\/span>\u2019s odd,\u201d he said. The Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist leant for\u00adward to see, hold\u00ading out his hand for a spec\u00adi\u00admen<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hanged if it isn\u2019t a quar\u00adter to one,\u201d said the Jour\u00adnal\u00adist. \u201cHow shall we get home?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPlen\u00adty of cabs<\/span> at the sta\u00adtion,\u201d said the Psychologist.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a curi\u00adous thing,\u201d said the Med\u00adical Man; \u201cbut I cer\u00adtain\u00adly don\u2019t know the nat\u00adur\u00adal order<\/span> of these flow\u00aders. May I have them?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Time Trav\u00adeller hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded. Then sud\u00adden\u00adly: \u201cCer\u00adtain\u00adly not.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere did you real\u00adly get them?\u201d said the Med\u00adical Man.<\/p>\n

The Time Trav\u00adeller put his hand to his head. He spoke like one who was try\u00ading to keep hold of an idea that elud\u00aded<\/span> him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were put into my pock\u00adet by Weena, when I trav\u00adelled into Time.\u201d He stared round the room. \u201cI\u2019m damned if it isn\u2019t all going<\/span>. This room and you and the atmos\u00adphere of every day is too much for my mem\u00ado\u00adry. Did I ever make a Time Machine, or a mod\u00adel of a Time Machine? Or is it all only a dream? They say life is a dream, a pre\u00adcious poor dream at times<\/span> \u2013 but I can\u2019t stand anoth\u00ader that won\u2019t fit. It\u2019s mad\u00adness. And where did the dream come from?\u2026 I must look at that machine. If there is one!\u201d<\/p>\n

He caught up the lamp swift\u00adly, and car\u00adried it, flar\u00ading<\/span> red, through the door into the cor\u00adri\u00addor. We fol\u00adlowed him. There in the flick\u00ader\u00ading<\/span> light of the lamp was the machine sure enough, squat<\/span>, ugly, and askew<\/span>; a thing of brass<\/span>, ebony, ivory, and translu\u00adcent<\/span> glim\u00admer\u00ading<\/span> quartz<\/span>. Sol\u00adid to the touch \u2013 for I put out my hand and felt the rail of it \u2013 and with brown spots and smears<\/span> upon the ivory, and bits of grass and moss upon the low\u00ader parts, and one rail bent awry<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The Time Trav\u00adeller put the lamp down on the bench, and ran his hand along the dam\u00adaged rail. \u201cIt\u2019s all right now,\u201d he said. \u201cThe sto\u00adry I told you was true. I\u2019m sor\u00adry to have brought you out here in the cold.\u201d He took up the lamp, and, in an absolute silence, we returned to the smoking-room.<\/p>\n

He came into the hall with us and helped the Edi\u00adtor on with his coat. The Med\u00adical Man looked into his face and, with a cer\u00adtain hes\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion, told him he was suf\u00adfer\u00ading from over\u00adwork<\/span>, at which he laughed huge\u00adly. I remem\u00adber him stand\u00ading in the open door\u00adway, bawl\u00ading good night<\/span>.<\/p>\n

I shared a cab with the Edi\u00adtor. He thought the tale a \u201cgaudy<\/span> lie.\u201d For my own part<\/span> I was unable to come to a con\u00adclu\u00adsion<\/span>. The sto\u00adry was so fan\u00adtas\u00adtic and incred\u00adi\u00adble, the telling so cred\u00adi\u00adble<\/span> and sober<\/span>. I lay awake most of the night think\u00ading about it. I deter\u00admined to go next day and see the Time Trav\u00adeller again. I was told he was in the lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry, and being on easy terms in the house<\/span>, I went up to him. The lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry, how\u00adev\u00ader, was emp\u00adty. I stared for a minute at the Time Machine and put out my hand and touched the lever<\/span>. At that the squat<\/span> sub\u00adstan\u00adtial-look\u00ading mass swayed<\/span> like a bough<\/span> shak\u00aden by the wind. Its insta\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty star\u00adtled<\/span> me extreme\u00adly, and I had a queer<\/span> rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcence<\/span> of the child\u00adish days when I used to be for\u00adbid\u00adden to med\u00addle<\/span>. I came back through the cor\u00adri\u00addor. The Time Trav\u00adeller met me in the smok\u00ading-room. He was com\u00ading from the house. He had a small cam\u00adera under one arm and a knap\u00adsack<\/span> under the oth\u00ader. He laughed when he saw me, and gave me an elbow to shake. \u201cI\u2019m fright\u00adful\u00adly busy,\u201d said he, \u201cwith that thing in there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut is it not some hoax<\/span>?\u201d I said. \u201cDo you real\u00adly trav\u00adel through time?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cReal\u00adly and tru\u00adly I do.\u201d And he looked frankly into my eyes.<\/p>\n

He hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded. His eye wan\u00addered about<\/span> the room. \u201cI only want half an hour,\u201d he said. \u201cI know why you came, and it\u2019s awful\u00adly good of you<\/span>. There\u2019s some mag\u00ada\u00adzines here. If you\u2019ll stop to lunch I\u2019ll prove you this time trav\u00adel\u00adling up to the hilt<\/span>, spec\u00adi\u00admen<\/span> and all. If you\u2019ll for\u00adgive my leav\u00ading you now?\u201d<\/p>\n

I con\u00adsent\u00aded, hard\u00adly com\u00adpre\u00adhend\u00ading then the full import<\/span> of his words, and he nod\u00added and went on down the cor\u00adri\u00addor. I heard the door of the lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry slam, seat\u00aded myself in a chair, and took up a dai\u00adly paper<\/span>. What was he going to do before lunch-time? Then sud\u00adden\u00adly I was remind\u00aded by an adver\u00adtise\u00adment that I had promised to meet Richard\u00adson, the pub\u00adlish\u00ader, at two. I looked at my watch, and saw that I could bare\u00adly save that engage\u00admen<\/span>. I got up and went down the pas\u00adsage to tell the Time Traveller.<\/p>\n

As I took hold of the han\u00addle of the door I heard an excla\u00adma\u00adtion<\/span>, odd\u00adly trun\u00adcat\u00aded<\/span> at the end, and a click and a thud<\/span>. A gust of<\/span> air whirled<\/span> round me as I opened the door, and from with\u00adin came the sound of bro\u00adken glass falling on the floor. The Time Trav\u00adeller was not there. I seemed to see a ghost\u00adly, indis\u00adtinct<\/span> fig\u00adure sit\u00adting in a whirling<\/span> mass of black and brass<\/span> for a moment \u2013 a fig\u00adure so trans\u00adpar\u00adent that the bench behind with its sheets of draw\u00adings was absolute\u00adly dis\u00adtinct; but this phan\u00adtasm<\/span> van\u00adished as I rubbed my eyes. The Time Machine had gone. Save for a sub\u00adsid\u00ading<\/span> stir of dust, the fur\u00adther end of the lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry was emp\u00adty. A pane<\/span> of the sky\u00adlight had, appar\u00adent\u00adly, just been blown in<\/span>.<\/p>\n

I felt an unrea\u00adson\u00adable amaze\u00adment. I knew that some\u00adthing strange had hap\u00adpened, and for the moment could not dis\u00adtin\u00adguish what the strange thing might be. As I stood star\u00ading, the door into the gar\u00adden opened, and the man-ser\u00advant appeared.<\/p>\n

We looked at each oth\u00ader. Then ideas began to come. \u201cHas Mr. \u2013 \u2013 gone out that way?\u201d said I.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, sir. No one has come out this way. I was expect\u00ading to find him here.\u201d<\/p>\n

At that I under\u00adstood. At the risk of dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00ading Richard\u00adson I stayed on, wait\u00ading for the Time Trav\u00adeller; wait\u00ading for the sec\u00adond, per\u00adhaps still stranger sto\u00adry, and the spec\u00adi\u00admens<\/span> and pho\u00adtographs he would bring with him. But I am begin\u00adning now to fear that I must wait a life\u00adtimet<\/span>. The Time Trav\u00adeller van\u00adished three years ago. And, as every\u00adbody knows now, he has nev\u00ader returned.<\/p>\n

One<\/span> can\u00adnot choose but won\u00adder. Will he ever return?<\/p>\n

It may be that he swept back into the past, and fell among the blood-drink\u00ading, hairy sav\u00adages of the Age of Unpol\u00adished Stone; into the abysses<\/span> of the Cre\u00adta\u00adceous<\/span> Sea; or among the grotesque sauri\u00adans<\/span>, the huge rep\u00adtil\u00adian<\/span> brutes<\/span> of the Juras\u00adsic<\/span> times. He may even now \u2013 if I may use the phrase \u2013 be wan\u00adder\u00ading on some ple\u00adsiosaurus<\/span>-haunt\u00aded<\/span> Oolitic<\/span> coral reef, or beside the lone\u00adly saline<\/span> lakes of the Tri\u00adas\u00adsic<\/span> Age. Or did he go for\u00adward, into one of the near\u00ader ages, in which men are still men, but with the rid\u00addles<\/span> of our own time answered and its weari\u00adsome<\/span> prob\u00adlems solved? Into the man\u00adhood of the race: for I, for my own part can\u00adnot think that these lat\u00adter days of weak exper\u00adi\u00adment, frag\u00admen\u00adtary the\u00ado\u00adry, and mutu\u00adal dis\u00adcord<\/span> are indeed man\u2019s cul\u00admi\u00adnat\u00ading<\/span> time! I say, for my own part. He, I know \u2013 for the ques\u00adtion had been dis\u00adcussed among us long before the Time Machine was made \u2013 thought but cheer\u00adless\u00adly of the Advance\u00adment of Mankind, and saw in the grow\u00ading pile of civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion only a fool\u00adish heap\u00ading<\/span> that must inevitably fall back upon and destroy its mak\u00aders in the end. If that is so, it remains for us to live as though it were not so. But to me the future is still black and blank \u2013 is a vast igno\u00adrance, lit at a few casu\u00adal places by the mem\u00ado\u00adry of his story.<\/p>\n

And I have by me, for my com\u00adfort, two strange white flow\u00aders \u2013 shriv\u00adelled<\/span> now, and brown and flat and brit\u00adtle<\/span> \u2013 to wit\u00adness that even when mind and strength had gone, grat\u00adi\u00adtude<\/span> and a mutu\u00adal ten\u00adder\u00adness still lived on in the heart of man.<\/p>\n

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to look into<\/span> \u21d2 To look at some\u00adthing and observe what one sees.<\/p>\n

prophe\u00adcy<\/span> \u02c8pr\u0252f\u026asi<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing that is fore\u00adtold as if by super\u00adnat\u00adur\u00adal means: cast, ora\u00adcle, foretelling<\/span><\/p>\n

hatch<\/span> h\u00e6\u02a7<\/span> v <\/span>To devise or originate.<\/p>\n

asser\u00adtion<\/span> \u0259\u02c8s\u025c\u02d0\u0283(\u0259)n<\/span> n <\/span>State\u00adment of some\u00adthing as fact: dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion, con\u00adtention, allegation<\/span><\/p>\n

a stroke of art<\/span> \u21d2 A work of art.<\/p>\n

to take up one\u2019s pipe<\/span> \u21d2 To pull on one\u2019s pipe.<\/p>\n

grate<\/span> gre\u026at<\/span> n <\/span>Frame\u00adwork of met\u00adal bars in a fire\u00adplace, which holds the coal or wood: grill, grid, lattice<\/span><\/p>\n

creak<\/span> kri\u02d0k<\/span> v <\/span>To cause to emit a grat\u00ading or squeak\u00ading sound.<\/p>\n

scrape<\/span> skre\u026ap<\/span> v <\/span>To rub or slide harsh\u00adly against some\u00adthing. to rub or slide harsh\u00adly against some\u00adthing: grate, rasp<\/span><\/p>\n

to take one\u2019s eyes off some\u00adone<\/span> \u21d2 To remove one\u2019s eyes from.<\/p>\n

con\u00adtem\u00adpla\u00adtion<\/span> \u02cck\u0252n\u00adt\u025bm\u02c8\u00adple\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Thought\u00adful obser\u00adva\u00adtion or study.<\/p>\n

to look hard<\/span> \u21d2 To look with great attention.<\/p>\n

cig\u00adar<\/span> s\u026a\u02c8g\u0251\u02d0<\/span> n <\/span>A more or less cylin\u00addri\u00adcal roll of tobac\u00adco cured for smok\u00ading, of any of var\u00adi\u00adous lengths, thick\u00adness\u00ades, degrees of straight\u00adness, etc., usu\u00adal\u00adly wrapped in a tobac\u00adco leaf.<\/p>\n

fum\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8f\u028cm\u00adbl<\/span> v <\/span>To touch ner\u00advous\u00adly or idly.<\/p>\n

puff<\/span> p\u028cf<\/span> a<\/span>dj<\/span> To pro\u00adduce or send out small clouds of smoke or steam.<\/p>\n

to tell you the truth<\/span> \u21d2 A for\u00admu\u00adla used when mak\u00ading a confession.<\/p>\n

with\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8w\u026a\u00f0\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To lose fresh\u00adness: dry up, shrivel<\/span><\/p>\n

scar<\/span> sk\u0251\u02d0<\/span> n <\/span>Mark left on the skin after a sur\u00adface injury has healed.<\/p>\n

knuck\u00adle<\/span> \u02c8n\u028ckl<\/span> n <\/span>One of the joints con\u00adnect\u00ading the fin\u00adgers to the hand.<\/p>\n

gynae\u00adceum<\/span> \u02cc\u02a4a\u026an\u026a\u02c8si\u02d0\u0259m<\/span> pl<\/span> gynae\u00adcia<\/span> \u02cc\u02a4a\u026an\u026a\u02c8si\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>(Botan\u00adi\u00adcal<\/span>) ; The female repro\u00adduc\u00adtive organs, the carpels of a flower tak\u00aden col\u00adlec\u00adtive\u00adly: pis\u00adtils<\/span><\/p>\n

spec\u00adi\u00admen<\/span> \u02c8sp\u025bs\u026am\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive of a group or class: case, exam\u00adple, instance, sample<\/span><\/p>\n

cab<\/span> k\u00e6b<\/span> n <\/span>Any of var\u00adi\u00adous horse-drawn vehi\u00adcles, as a han\u00adsom or brougham, esp. one for pub\u00adlic hire.<\/p>\n

nat\u00adur\u00adal order<\/span> \u21d2 In botany, the phrase ordo nat\u00adu\u00adralis, \u201cnat\u00adur\u00adal order\u201d, was once used for what today is a family.<\/p>\n

elude<\/span> \u026a\u02c8lu\u02d0d<\/span> v <\/span>To fail to be fixed by the mind: escape, slip away<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m damned if it isn\u2019t all going<\/span> \u21d2 I swear all this is true.<\/p>\n

at times<\/span> \u21d2 occasionally.<\/p>\n

flare<\/span> fle\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To shine or burn sud\u00adden\u00adly and briefly: flame, glow<\/span><\/p>\n

flick\u00ader<\/span> \u02c8fl\u026ak\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>Shine unsteadi\u00adly.<\/p>\n

squat<\/span> skw\u0252t<\/span> adj<\/span> Short, heavy, and solid\u00adly built: stub\u00adby, chunky, stumpy<\/span><\/p>\n

askew<\/span> \u0259s\u02c8kju\u02d0<\/span> adv<\/span> To one side: tilt\u00aded<\/span><\/p>\n

brass<\/span> br\u0251\u02d0s<\/span> n <\/span>Yel\u00adlow\u00adish alloy of cop\u00adper and zinc, some\u00adtimes includ\u00ading small amounts of oth\u00ader metals. <\/p>\n

translu\u00adcent<\/span> tr\u00e6nz\u02c8lu\u02d0s\u00adnt<\/span> adj<\/span> \u00adadmit\u00adting light so that objects beyond can be seen: clear, trans\u00adpar\u00adent, limpid<\/span><\/p>\n

glim\u00admer<\/span> \u02c8gl\u026am\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>Shine bright\u00adly, like a star or a light.<\/p>\n

quartz<\/span> kw\u0254\u02d0ts<\/span> n <\/span>A hard, colour\u00adless, trans\u00adpar\u00adent min\u00ader\u00adal sub\u00adstance, used in mak\u00ading elec\u00adtron\u00adic equip\u00adment and accu\u00adrate watch\u00ades and clocks. <\/p>\n

smear<\/span> sm\u026a\u0259<\/span> v <\/span>To spread (some\u00adthing<\/span>) over a surface.<\/p>\n

bent awry<\/span> \u21d2 Turned toward one side; awry<\/span> \u0259\u02c8ra\u026a<\/span> adv<\/span> In a posi\u00adtion that is turned toward one side: askew<\/span><\/p>\n

over\u00adwork<\/span> \u02c8\u0259\u028av\u0259w\u025c\u02d0k<\/span> n <\/span>Exces\u00adsive or exces\u00adsive\u00adly tir\u00ading work.<\/p>\n

to bawl good night<\/span> \u21d2 To shout good night.<\/p>\n

gaudy<\/span> \u02c8g\u0254\u02d0\u00addi<\/span> adj<\/span> Showy in a taste\u00adless or vul\u00adgar way.<\/p>\n

for my own part<\/span> \u21d2 As far as I am concerned.<\/p>\n

to come to a con\u00adclu\u00adsion<\/span> \u21d2 To reach a conclusion.<\/p>\n

cred\u00adi\u00adble<\/span> \u02c8kr\u025bd\u0259bl<\/span> adj<\/span> Capa\u00adble of being believed.<\/p>\n

sober<\/span> \u02c8s\u0259\u028ab\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Not affect\u00aded by a chem\u00adi\u00adcal sub\u00adstance, espe\u00adcial\u00adly alcohol.<\/p>\n

to be on easy terms in the house<\/span> \u21d2 To be wel\u00adcome in the house.<\/p>\n

lever<\/span> \u02c8li\u02d0v\u0259<\/span> n <\/span>Pro\u00adject\u00ading han\u00addle used to adjust or oper\u00adate a mechanism.<\/p>\n

squat<\/span> skw\u0252t<\/span> adj<\/span> Short, heavy, and solid\u00adly built: stub\u00adby, chunky, stumpy<\/span><\/p>\n

sway<\/span> swe\u026a<\/span> v <\/span>To move back and forth or from side to side: weave, stag\u00adger, teeter, waver<\/span><\/p>\n

bough<\/span> ba\u028a<\/span> n <\/span>Large or main tree branch.<\/p>\n

star\u00adtle<\/span> \u02c8st\u0251\u02d0tl<\/span> v <\/span>To sur\u00adprise or fright\u00aden some\u00adone sud\u00adden\u00adly but not seri\u00adous\u00adly: fright\u00aden, scare, ter\u00adri\u00adfy, alarm<\/span><\/p>\n

queer<\/span> kw\u026a\u0259<\/span> adj<\/span> Devi\u00adat\u00ading from the cus\u00adtom\u00adary: strange, curi\u00adous, odd, pecu\u00adliar, sin\u00adgu\u00adlar, quaint, weird<\/span><\/p>\n

rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcence<\/span> \u02ccr\u025bm\u026a\u02c8n\u026asns<\/span> n <\/span>An act of remem\u00adber\u00ading: mem\u00ado\u00adry, rec\u00adol\u00adlec\u00adtion, remembrance<\/span><\/p>\n

med\u00addle<\/span> \u02c8m\u025bdl<\/span> v <\/span>To inter\u00advene indis\u00adcreet\u00adly in the affairs of oth\u00aders: inter\u00adfere<\/span><\/p>\n

knap\u00adsack<\/span> \u02c8n\u00e6p\u00ads\u00e6k<\/span> n <\/span>Bag made of stur\u00addy mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal and fur\u00adnished with shoul\u00adder straps, designed for car\u00adry\u00ading arti\u00adcles on the back.<\/p>\n

hoax<\/span> h\u0259\u028aks<\/span> n <\/span>Some\u00adthing intend\u00aded to deceive or defraud: trick, decep\u00adtion, fraud, prank<\/span><\/p>\n

to wan\u00adder about<\/span> \u21d2 To roam, rove.<\/p>\n

it is very good of you<\/span> \u21d2 It is very kind of you.<\/p>\n

up to the hilt<\/span> \u21d2 completely.<\/p>\n

spec\u00adi\u00admen<\/span> \u02c8sp\u025bs\u026am\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive of a group or class: case, exam\u00adple, instance, sample<\/span><\/p>\n

import<\/span> \u026am\u02c8p\u0254\u02d0t<\/span> n <\/span>Mean\u00ading; implication.<\/p>\n

to take up a paper<\/span> \u21d2 To take a paper and start read\u00ading it.<\/p>\n

to save an engage\u00adment<\/span> \u21d2 To keep a promise.<\/p>\n

excla\u00adma\u00adtion<\/span> \u02cc\u025bk\u00adskl\u0259\u02c8me\u026a\u0283\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Word, or phrase that is spo\u00adken sud\u00adden\u00adly, or loud\u00adly and that express\u00ades excite\u00adment, shock, or anger.<\/p>\n

trun\u00adcate<\/span> \u02c8tr\u028c\u014bke\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To make short\u00ader as if by cut\u00adting: short\u00aden, crop, cur\u00adtail, abbreviate<\/span><\/p>\n

thud<\/span> \u03b8\u028cd<\/span> n <\/span>Dull sound, as that of a heavy object strik\u00ading a sol\u00adid surface.<\/p>\n

a gust of<\/span> \u21d2 A sud\u00adden rush of.<\/p>\n

whirl<\/span> w\u025c\u02d0l<\/span> v <\/span>To rotate rapid\u00adly: spin, swirl, twirl<\/span><\/p>\n

indis\u00adtinct<\/span> \u02cc\u026and\u026as\u02c8t\u026a\u014bkt<\/span> adj<\/span> Not clear\u00adly per\u00adceived: faint, vague, dim, obscure, hazy, shadowy<\/span><\/p>\n

brass<\/span> br\u0251\u02d0s<\/span> n <\/span>Yel\u00adlow\u00adish alloy of cop\u00adper and zinc, some\u00adtimes includ\u00ading small amounts of oth\u00ader metals. <\/p>\n

phan\u00adtasm<\/span> \u02c8f\u00e6n\u00adt\u00e6zm<\/span> n <\/span>A ghost\u00adly appear\u00ading figure.<\/p>\n

sub\u00adside<\/span> s\u0259b\u02c8sa\u026ad<\/span> v <\/span>To become less strong or loud.<\/p>\n

pane<\/span> pe\u026an<\/span> n <\/span>A pan\u00adel or sec\u00adtion of pan\u00adels in a wall or door.<\/p>\n

to blow in<\/span> \u21d2 To break.<\/p>\n

to wait a life\u00adtime<\/span> \u21d2 To wait all your life, wait for a very long time.<\/p>\n

abyss<\/span> \u0259\u02c8b\u026as<\/span> n <\/span>An immea\u00adsur\u00adably pro\u00adfound depth.<\/p>\n

Cre\u00adta\u00adceous<\/span> kr\u026a\u02c8te\u026a\u0283\u0259s<\/span> adj<\/span> From the geo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal peri\u00adod that last\u00aded from about 145 to 66 mil\u00adlion years ago. It is the third and final peri\u00adod of the Meso\u00adzoic Era.<\/p>\n

sauri\u00adan<\/span> \u02c8s\u0254\u02d0r\u026a\u0259n<\/span> n <\/span>Rep\u00adtile of the class which includes the lizards.<\/p>\n

rep\u00adtil\u00adian<\/span> r\u025bp\u02c8t\u026al\u026a\u0259n<\/span> adj<\/span> Relat\u00ading to the cold-blood\u00aded class of ani\u00admals, such as a snake, lizard, croc\u00ado\u00addile, etc.<\/p>\n

brute<\/span> bru\u02d0t<\/span> n <\/span>Sav\u00adage ani\u00admal: beast<\/span><\/p>\n

Juras\u00adsic<\/span> \u02a4\u028a\u02c8r\u00e6s\u026ak<\/span> n <\/span>A geo\u00adlog\u00adic peri\u00adod and sys\u00adtem that spanned 56 mil\u00adlion years from the end of the Tri\u00adas\u00adsic Peri\u00adod 201.3 mil\u00adlion years ago to the begin\u00adning of the Cre\u00adta\u00adceous Peri\u00adod 145 mil\u00adlion years ago. The Juras\u00adsic con\u00adsti\u00adtutes the mid\u00addle peri\u00adod of the Meso\u00adzoic Era, also known as the Age of Reptiles.<\/p>\n

ple\u00adsiosaurus<\/span> \u02c8pli\u02d0s\u026a\u0259\u02c8s\u0254:r\u0259s<\/span> n <\/span>Large extinct marine rep\u00adtile hav\u00ading pad\u00addle\u00adlike limbs.<\/p>\n

haunt\u00aded<\/span> \u02c8h\u0254\u02d0n\u00adt\u026ad<\/span> v <\/span>Inhab\u00adit\u00aded by appari\u00adtions or some\u00adthing strange.<\/p>\n

Oolitic<\/span> \u02cc\u0259\u028a\u0259\u02c8l\u026at\u026ak<\/span> adj<\/span> Cosist\u00ading of sed\u00adi\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry rock made up of ooids (ooliths<\/span>) that are cement\u00aded together.<\/p>\n

saline<\/span> s\u0259\u02c8la\u026an<\/span> adj<\/span> Con\u00adtain\u00ading salt.<\/p>\n

Tri\u00adas\u00adsic<\/span> tra\u026a\u02c8\u00e6s\u026ak<\/span> n <\/span>A geo\u00adlog\u00adic peri\u00adod and sys\u00adtem which spans 50.6 mil\u00adlion years from the end of the Per\u00admi\u00adan Peri\u00adod 251.9 mil\u00adlion years ago, to the begin\u00adning of the Juras\u00adsic Peri\u00adod 201.3 mil\u00adlion years ago. The Tri\u00adas\u00adsic is the first and short\u00adest peri\u00adod of the Meso\u00adzoic Era.<\/p>\n

rid\u00addle<\/span> \u02c8r\u026adl<\/span> n <\/span>A dif\u00adfi\u00adcult ques\u00adtion that is asked as a game and that has a sur\u00adpris\u00ading or fun\u00adny answer.<\/p>\n

weari\u00adsome<\/span> \u02c8w\u026a\u0259r\u026as\u0259m<\/span> adj<\/span> Arous\u00ading no inter\u00adest: dull, tedious, tire\u00adsome, irk\u00adsome, unin\u00adter\u00adest\u00ading, boring<\/span><\/p>\n

dis\u00adcord<\/span> \u02c8d\u026ask\u0254\u02d0d<\/span> v <\/span>Lack of con\u00adcord or har\u00admo\u00adny between per\u00adsons or things:: dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty, con\u00adflict, fric\u00adtion, clash, strife<\/span><\/p>\n

cul\u00admi\u00adnate<\/span> \u02c8k\u028clm\u026ane\u026at<\/span> v <\/span>To reach a cli\u00admax: crown, cli\u00admax, peak<\/span><\/p>\n

heap<\/span> hi\u02d0p<\/span> v <\/span>To gath\u00ader on a large, dis\u00ador\u00addered pile of things: pile<\/span><\/p>\n

shriv\u00adel<\/span> \u02c8\u0283r\u026avl<\/span> v <\/span>To become no longer fresh because of loss of mois\u00adture: dry up, with\u00ader, sear, wizen<\/span><\/p>\n

brit\u00adtle<\/span> \u02c8br\u026atl<\/span> adj<\/span> Eas\u00adi\u00adly bro\u00adken: del\u00adi\u00adcate, frag\u00adile, frangible<\/span><\/p>\n

grat\u00adi\u00adtude<\/span> \u02c8gr\u00e6t\u026atju\u02d0d<\/span> n <\/span>A feel\u00ading of appre\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion or thanks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pinmapshop.com\/webbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pinmapshop.com\/webbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pinmapshop.com\/webbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pinmapshop.com\/webbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pinmapshop.com\/webbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/pinmapshop.com\/webbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pinmapshop.com\/webbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pinmapshop.com\/webbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pinmapshop.com\/webbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pinmapshop.com\/webbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}