Машина времени

Chapter 8

           AndIlongedverymuchtokillaMorlockorso. Veryinhuman,youmaythink,towanttogokillingone’sowndescendants! Butitwasimpossible,somehow,tofeelanyhumanityinthethings. OnlymydisinclinationtoleaveWeena,andapersuasionthatifIbegantoslakemythirstformurdermyTimeMachinemightsuffer,restrainedmefromgoingstraightdownthegalleryandkillingthebrutesIheard. 

           ‘Well,maceinonehandandWeenaintheother,Iwentoutofthatgalleryandintoanotherandstilllargerone,whichatthefirstglanceremindedmeofamilitarychapelhungwithtatteredflags. Thebrownandcharredragsthathungfromthesidesofit,Ipresentlyrecognizedasthedecayingvestigesofbooks. Theyhadlongsincedroppedtopieces,andeverysemblanceofprinthadleftthem. Buthereandtherewerewarpedboardsandcrackedmetallicclaspsthattoldthetalewellenough. HadIbeenaliterarymanImight,perhaps,havemoralizeduponthefutilityofallambition. Butasitwas,thethingthatstruckmewithkeenestforcewastheenormouswasteoflabourtowhichthissombrewildernessofrottingpapertestified. AtthetimeIwillconfessthatIthoughtchieflyofthePhilosophicalTransactionsandmyownseventeenpapersuponphysicaloptics. 

           ‘Then,goingupabroadstaircase,wecametowhatmayoncehavebeenagalleryoftechnicalchemistry. AndhereIhadnotalittlehopeofusefuldiscoveries. Exceptatoneendwheretheroofhadcollapsed,thisgallerywaswellpreserved. Iwenteagerlytoeveryunbrokencase.Andatlast,inoneofthereallyair-tightcases,Ifoundaboxofmatches. VeryeagerlyItriedthem. Theywereperfectlygood. Theywerenotevendamp. IturnedtoWeena. "Dance,"Icriedtoherinherowntongue. 

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