18 Epilogue

Epilogue I still wonder—will I see the Time Traveler again, or has he disappeared into the depths of time? Perhaps he has gone back to when humans lived in caves or, even farther, to a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Perhaps he has returned to the future. Perhaps he has traveled to a time before the Eloi and

我仍然在想——我还会再见到时间旅行者吗，还是他已经消失在时间的深处了？ 也许他已经回到了人类生活在洞穴里的时代，或者甚至更远，回到了恐龙在地球上漫游的时代。 也许他回到了未来。 也许他去过埃洛伊人之前的时代

Morlocks. He'd always spoken of a future in which there were no wars, hunger, or illness. He'd always hoped that humans would solve the problems we face today. Perhaps he found that future and is living there now. I still have the two strange flowers that he brought back with him from his adventure. They're brown and wilted now, but they remind me of his story. They remind me of something else, too. The Eloi may have been weak and fearful, but the flowers were a gift of thanks from Weena to my friend. The flowers tell me that the human heart is still filled with kindness and love—even in the distant future.

摩洛克。他总是说未来没有战争，没有饥饿，没有疾病。 他一直希望人类能够解决我们今天面临的问题。 也许他找到了未来，现在就生活在那里。 我还保留着他从冒险中带回来的两朵奇怪的花。 它们现在是棕色的，枯萎了，但它们让我想起了他的故事。 它们也让我想起了别的东西。 爱洛伊人可能很弱小，很可怕，但这些花是薇娜送给我朋友的感谢礼物。 这些花告诉我，即使在遥远的未来，人类的心中仍然充满了善良和爱。