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Chapter 4

           ‘AqueerthingIsoondiscoveredaboutmylittlehosts,andthatwastheirlackofinterest. Theywouldcometomewitheagercriesofastonishment,likechildren,butlikechildrentheywouldsoonstopexaminingmeandwanderawayaftersomeothertoy. Thedinnerandmyconversationalbeginningsended,Inotedforthefirsttimethatalmostallthosewhohadsurroundedmeatfirstweregone. Itisodd,too,howspeedilyIcametodisregardtheselittlepeople. Iwentoutthroughtheportalintothesunlitworldagainassoonasmyhungerwassatisfied. Iwascontinuallymeetingmoreofthesemenofthefuture,whowouldfollowmealittledistance,chatterandlaughaboutme,and,havingsmiledandgesticulatedinafriendlyway,leavemeagaintomyowndevices. 

           ‘ThecalmofeveningwasupontheworldasIemergedfromthegreathall,andthescenewaslitbythewarmglowofthesettingsun. Atfirstthingswereveryconfusing. EverythingwassoentirelydifferentfromtheworldIhadknowneventheflowers. ThebigbuildingIhadleftwassituatedontheslopeofabroadrivervalley,buttheThameshadshiftedperhapsamilefromitspresentposition. Iresolvedtomounttothesummitofacrestperhapsamileandahalfaway,fromwhichIcouldgetawiderviewofthisourplanetintheyearEightHundredandTwoThousandSevenHundredandOneA.D. Forthat,Ishouldexplain,wasthedatethelittledialsofmymachinerecorded. 

           ‘AsIwalkedIwaswatchingforeveryimpressionthatcouldpossiblyhelptoexplaintheconditionofruinoussplendourinwhichIfoundtheworldforruinousitwas. Alittlewayupthehill,forinstance,wasagreatheapofgranite,boundtogetherbymassesofaluminium,avastlabyrinthofprecipitouswallsandcrumpledheaps,amidstwhichwerethickheapsofverybeautifulpagoda-likeplants nettlespossiblybutwonderfullytintedwithbrownabouttheleaves,andincapableofstinging. 

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