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Chapter 8

           FurtherinthegallerywasthehugeskeletonbarrelofaBrontosaurus. Mymuseumhypothesiswasconfirmed. GoingtowardsthesideIfoundwhatappearedtobeslopingshelves,andclearingawaythethickdust,Ifoundtheoldfamiliarglasscasesofourowntime. Buttheymusthavebeenair-tighttojudgefromthefairpreservationofsomeoftheircontents. 

           ‘Clearlywestoodamongtheruinsofsomelatter-daySouthKensington! Here,apparently,wasthePalaeontologicalSection,andaverysplendidarrayoffossilsitmusthavebeen,thoughtheinevitableprocessofdecaythathadbeenstavedoffforatime,andhad,throughtheextinctionofbacteriaandfungi,lostninety-ninehundredthsofitsforce,wasnevertheless,withextremesurenessifwithextremeslownessatworkagainuponallitstreasures. HereandthereIfoundtracesofthelittlepeopleintheshapeofrarefossilsbrokentopiecesorthreadedinstringsuponreeds. AndthecaseshadinsomeinstancesbeenbodilyremovedbytheMorlocksasIjudged. Theplacewasverysilent. Thethickdustdeadenedourfootsteps. Weena,whohadbeenrollingaseaurchindowntheslopingglassofacase,presentlycame,asIstaredaboutme,andveryquietlytookmyhandandstoodbesideme. 

           ‘AndatfirstIwassomuchsurprisedbythisancientmonumentofanintellectualage,thatIgavenothoughttothepossibilitiesitpresented. EvenmypreoccupationabouttheTimeMachinerecededalittlefrommymind. 

           ‘Tojudgefromthesizeoftheplace,thisPalaceofGreenPorcelainhadagreatdealmoreinitthanaGalleryofPalaeontology; possiblyhistoricalgalleries;itmightbe,evenalibrary! Tome,atleastinmypresentcircumstances,thesewouldbevastlymoreinterestingthanthisspectacleofoldtimegeologyindecay. 

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