Question: what does the time traveler find in the great hall of the museum

title: The Time Machine
text: In the new narrative , the Time Traveller tests his device . At first he thinks nothing has happened but soon finds out he went five hours into the future . He continues forward and sees his house disappear and turn into a lush garden . The Time Traveller stops in A.D. 802,701 , where he meets the Eloi , a society of small , elegant , childlike adults . They live in small communities within large and futuristic yet slowly deteriorating buildings , and having a fruit - based diet . His efforts to communicate with them are hampered by their lack of curiosity or discipline . They appear happy and carefree , but fear the dark and in particular fear moonless nights . Observing them , he finds that they give no response to mysterious nocturnal disappearances . ( Perhaps they had become traumatized and would not discuss it . ) He speculates that they are a peaceful society .