# In the Days of the Comet

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IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET
BY
H. G. WELLS
AUTHOR OF "A MODERN UTOPIA," "THE SEA LADY," AND "LOVE AND MR. LEWISHAM"
NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1906
Copyright, 1906, by The Century Co. Copyright, 1905, 1906, by International Magazine Company.
Published, October 1906
THE DE VINNE PRESS
"The World's Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream."
CONTENTS
* PROLOGUE
* The Man who wrote in the Tower................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3
* BOOK THE FIRST
* THE COMET
* CHAPTER
* I.Dust in the Shadows................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
* II.Nettie................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................52
* III.The Revolver................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................89
* IV.War................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................152
* V.The Pursuit of the Two Lovers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................184
* BOOK THE SECOND
* THE GREEN VAPORS
* I.The Change................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................221
* II.The Awakening................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................252
* III.The Cabinet Council................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................279
* BOOK THE THIRD
* THE NEW WORLD
* I.Love after the Change................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................303
* II.My Mother's Last Days................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................335
* III.Beltane and New Year's Eve................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................353
* EPILOGUE
* The Window of the Tower................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................375
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