The Time Machine, Chapter 14 summary

What happens

1. The traveller discovers that he moves forward by mistake and watches the sun’s daily movement slow to a halt.
2. He stops on a desolate beach, where thin air troubles his breathing and giant crab-like creatures approach.
3. He escapes an attacking crab by moving a month forward, then continues through increasingly distant stretches of time.
4. More than thirty million years ahead, he finds snow, ice, green growth, and no visible crabs.
5. An eclipse brings deep darkness, stronger wind, and cold, leaving him sick and frightened.
6. As sunlight returns, he sees a tentacled creature moving offshore and climbs onto the saddle to avoid fainting helplessly.

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