"You will very speedily have clothes," said the thickset man.
"Is it true indeed, that I have been asleep two hundred-- ?" asked Graham.
"They have told you that, have they?
Two hundred and three, as a matter of fact." Graham accepted the indisputable now with raised eyebrows and depressed mouth.

He sat silent for a moment, and then asked a question, "Is there a mill or dynamo near here ?" He did not wait for an answer.

"Things have changed tremendously, I suppose ?" he said.
"What is that shouting ?" he asked abruptly.
"Nothing," said the thickset man impatiently.

"It's people.

You'll understand better later--perhaps.