Chapter 8:

The Time Traveller concludes that in order to recover his

machine he must enter into the world of the Morlocks. In the
distance, he sees what he describes as the Palace of Green
Porcelain. Instead of visiting it, he decides that he must descend
into one of the wells. When Weena sees him descend, she is
very worried. He clambers down one of the wells for a long
time, finally finding a small alcove where he can rest. He
awakes to the touch of clammy fingers. Lighting a match, he
sees several Morlocks running into the distance. He explores
further and finds a vast chamber filled with Morlocks and the
throbbing machines that pump air through the caves. The
Morlocks are eating some kind of meat. Suddenly, the matches
that he is using to ward off the Morlocks run out, and they seize
him. He narrowly escapes back up the well.

Chapter 9:
Horribly frightened, he decides that he must find some way to
defend himself from the Morlocks. He has to revise his theories.
Over the next few days, he realizes that the meat the Morlocks
were eating was probably Eloi, hunted at night. He now thinks
that he understands why the Eloi dread the night. They speak of
imminent "Dark Nights," and he realizes that the moon is
waning. He imagines that his theory about the division of labour
being carried to the extreme was right, that at one point the
ancestors of the Morlocks must have been driven underground
to work for the ancestors of the Eloi, but that now the balance of
power has shifted. In their restful ease, the Eloi have grown
weak, while the Morlocks have grown strong. He imagines that
both are the descendents of man, and that the instinct against
cannibalism must have gone out of style. He also imagines that
his journey into the underworld must have horribly upset the
Morlocks. Nervous, the traveller hastens to find a safe place to
spend the night.
Chapter 10:

He decides to try to find safety in the Palace of Green Porcelain.

With Weena on his shoulders, he begins to journey toward it.
Weena walks alongside him for a while, stuffing his pockets
with flowers, two of which he produces for his guests. He
resumes his story. The journey takes longer than he thought, and
as night falls they find themselves on the border of a great
forest. The Time Traveller is out of matches, and is afraid to
enter the woods with Morlocks about. He sets Weena down on
top of a hill, and lets her sleep while he keeps watch. The night
passes without harm

Chapter 11:
Weena and the Time Traveller enter the Palace of Green
Porcelain, and find that just as it appears, it is made out of green
porcelain. They also find that it is a ruined museum. Among a
chemistry exhibit, the Time Traveller salvages some camphor,
an inflammable substance often used in torches. He is thrilled to
find some preserved matches--he had run out--and he marvels at
the completely decayed remains of books that he finds in one of
the halls. Exploring a giant hall of machinery, he notices that
Weena is scared. Looking into the dark end of the hall, he hears
the sound of Morlocks. He breaks a lever off one of the
machines, and flees. Exiting the museum, he intends to rush
back to the area of the sphinx statue, but he is exhausted because
he has not slept in two days. As they near the woods again, they
hear Morlocks beginning to stir behind them. Night has fallen.
Using the camphor and some dry brush he had collected, the
Time Traveller starts a large fire to guard their retreat into the
woods. It spreads quickly. He and Weena proceed at a rapid
pace, but eventually find themselves surrounded by Morlocks.
The Time Traveller hurriedly starts a small fire, pulling down
dry timber to feed the flames. Incredibly tired, he nods off to
sleep, feeling safe by the fire.

Chapter 12:
He awakes to feel the Morlocks grasping him. He struggles,
grabbing hold of the lever he took from the museum. He swings
wildly, killing a few Morlocks. Suddenly, the rest flee, and he
sees that the first fire has become a giant forest fire. He can't
find Weena anywhere, and he runs after the Morlocks, hoping
that they will lead him to safety. He finally comes to a clearing
with a large hill, filled with confused, blinded Morlocks. They
are helpless. When morning comes, he gets his bearings atop the
hill and heads back in the direction of the white sphinx statue.
He plans to pry open the pedestal with his lever.
Chapter 13:
When he arrives, to his surprise, the pedestal is open, and he
sees his time machine inside. He smiles, guessing at the
Morlocks' plan of action. He walks into the pedestal, and the
panels slide shut behind him, just as he had suspected. He
confidently begins to strike a match, but realizes he has nothing
to strike it against. The Morlocks pounce, and he desperately
struggles onto the saddle of the machine, barely screwing in the
forward lever. He pushes it forward, and escapes into the future.
Chapter 14:
The Time Traveller flies into the future with a greater velocity
than before. Although he is travelling thousands of years per
second, he begins to notice day and night again. The sun grows
larger and redder. Finally, it seems that the earth has stopped
rotating, and is circling the dying sun as the moon used to circle
the earth.
When he brings the machine to a stop, he finds himself on a
sloping beach. Vegetation covers every surface facing the
unmoving sun; the air is very thin. Behind him he sees a huge
white butterfly in the distance, and slowly a red rock begins to
move toward him. It turns out to be a giant crab. While he is
staring at it, he feels something brush his neck. It is the antenna
of a second giant crab, right next to him. He hurriedly skips a
month into the future to escape, but finds the beach covered with
more crabs. He goes on, stopping every hundred years or so,
watching the "old earth ebb away." Finally, thirty million years
into the future, he comes to a stop. The air is bitter cold, and the
only sign of life is lichen on the beach. Small flakes of snow
float in the air. A large disc begins to eclipse the sun; the Time
Traveller suspects that some inner planet, perhaps Mercury,
which is now much closer to Earth, is passing in front of the
sun. An incredible darkness and blackness follows. On the verge
of fainting, he climbs back on the machine, and as he does he
notices a black blob with tentacles flop over in the distance. It is
the only evidence of animal life.

Chapter 15:
As he travels back in time, he is eventually able to breathe with
ease. He sees the dim outlines of buildings, and as he slows
down, the walls of his laboratory again surround him. He sees
his maid walk backward across the room. He stops the machine,
stumbles out to check the date, and enters the dining room
where he finds his guests.
The guests are speechless, and apparently very skeptical. For a
moment, the Time Traveller's memory seems to falter,
overwhelmed. He rushes to look at the time machine, and there
it is, covered with dirt and grass. The next day, the narrator
returns, eager to speak to his host in the clarity of daylight. The
Time Traveller is about to leave on another journey, and
promises to be back in half an hour, with hard evidence. But at
the time the narrator is telling the story, three years have passed,
and the Time Traveller has never returned. The narrator wonders
where he could be, and knows only that he has two very brittle,
alien flowers to show that time travel ever happened, proof that
the human spirit of tenderness lives on even after strength and
mind have decayed.