The Time Machine
The Time Machine
What is one condition the Time Traveler sets before telling his story?
What is one condition the Time Traveler sets before telling his story?
Dinner before storytelling was the condition.
The Time Traveller came to the place reserved for him without a word. He smiled quietly, in his old way. 'Where's my mutton?' he said. 'What a treat it is to stick a fork into meat again!'
'Story!' cried the Editor.
'Story be damned!' said the Time Traveller. 'I want something to eat. I won't say a word until I get some peptone into my arteries. Thanks. And the salt.'
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