He had travelled forward in time to the year 802,701
AD. There, he finds himself in a beautiful paradise inhabited by a
race of small, frail, peaceful creatures called Eloi. He explores
the area but, when he returns, he finds that his machine is
gone. He deduces that it has been put inside the pedestal of
a nearby statue
At night, he begins to catch glimpses of strange, white
creatures called Morlocks. He discovers that the Morlocks live
underground at the bottom of a system of wells. Meanwhile,
he saves one of the Eloi from drowning and she befriends him.
Her name is Weena.
The Time Traveller explores the underground realm of the
Morlocks, using matches to light his way and to keep the
Morlocks away (they are afraid of light). He is unable to find his
time machine and is chased away by the Morlocks