In search of some type of supplies, the
Time Traveler heads toward the Palace of Green Porcelain with Weena one afternoon. He finds the
building "deserted and falling into ruin." Upon further investigation, he discovers that this "palace"
is actually a type of museum with sections for paleontology, geology, and even natural history.
As they reach a larger room filled with complex machines, Weena's fears alert the Time Traveler to the
diminishing light and the probably presence of the Morlocks. Before leaving the Palace, the Time
Traveler finds a perfectly preserved box of matches, a highly inflammable substance known as camphor,
and a lever he has broken off one of the machines to be used both as a mace and a pry bar for the bronze
doors. He feels a renewed sense of confidence now that he has the ability to fend off the Morlocks
both with fire and a club.
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