It is a week later. The Narrator returns
to the Time Traveler's home in Richmond. There he finds the Medical Man (here he is also referred
to as the Doctor) and the Psychologist, both of whom were at the previous meeting. Also at the
house are three newcomers: a newspaper editor (Blank), a journalist (Dash) and a "quiet, shy man with
a beard" (Chose). The Time Traveler is not yet present, but a note he has left directs everyone
to start dinner without him. Halfway through the meal, the Time Traveler bursts into the house
"in an amazing plight." He appears dirty, disordered, haggard, and drawn. After a brief welcome,
the Time Traveler retreats to his bedroom to get a change of clothes then returns to eat dinner.
When the meal is finished, The Time Traveler begins to tell the story of what has happened to him since
four o'clock that afternoon. Here, the Narrator makes a point to note that words alone cannot
accurately describe the Time Traveler's tail by noting: "You cannot know how his expression followed
the turns of the story!"
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