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Chapter 7

           AndtheMorlocksmadetheirgarments,Iinferred,andmaintainedthemintheirhabitualneeds,perhapsthroughthesurvivalofanoldhabitofservice. Theydiditasastandinghorsepawswithhisfoot,orasamanenjoyskillinganimalsinsport: becauseancientanddepartednecessitieshadimpresseditontheorganism. But,clearly,theoldorderwasalreadyinpartreversed. TheNemesisofthedelicateoneswascreepingonapace. Agesago,thousandsofgenerationsago,manhadthrusthisbrothermanoutoftheeaseandthesunshine. Andnowthatbrotherwascomingbackchanged! AlreadytheEloihadbeguntolearnoneoldlessonanew. TheywerebecomingreacquaintedwithFear. AndsuddenlytherecameintomyheadthememoryofthemeatIhadseenintheUnder-world. Itseemedoddhowitfloatedintomymind: notstirredupasitwerebythecurrentofmymeditations,butcominginalmostlikeaquestionfromoutside. Itriedtorecalltheformofit. Ihadavaguesenseofsomethingfamiliar,butIcouldnottellwhatitwasatthetime. 

           ‘Still,howeverhelplessthelittlepeopleinthepresenceoftheirmysteriousFear,Iwasdifferentlyconstituted. Icameoutofthisageofours,thisripeprimeofthehumanrace,whenFeardoesnotparalyseandmysteryhaslostitsterrors. Iatleastwoulddefendmyself. WithoutfurtherdelayIdeterminedtomakemyselfarmsandafastnesswhereImightsleep. Withthatrefugeasabase,IcouldfacethisstrangeworldwithsomeofthatconfidenceIhadlostinrealizingtowhatcreaturesnightbynightIlayexposed. IfeltIcouldneversleepagainuntilmybedwassecurefromthem. Ishudderedwithhorrortothinkhowtheymustalreadyhaveexaminedme. 

           ‘IwanderedduringtheafternoonalongthevalleyoftheThames,butfoundnothingthatcommendeditselftomymindasinaccessible. AllthebuildingsandtreesseemedeasilypracticabletosuchdexterousclimbersastheMorlocks,tojudgebytheirwells,mustbe. 

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