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"'More likely,' guess Lindsay , ;Mr. H.G. Wells's speculative jeu d'esprit on the subject [of time travel] has been adulterated to profitable effect by the "dime novels" of which our visitor, assuming he reads, is no doubt an habitué.'"

"Iceland spar is what hides the Hidden People, makes it possible for them to move through the world that thinks of itself as 'real,' provides that all-important 90-degree twist to _their_ light, so they can exist alongside our own world but not be seen."