I Introduction chapter 1 paragraph 29 among 52 paragraphs

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“Oh, this,” began Filby, “is all—”
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“Why not?” said the Time Traveller.
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“It’s against reason,” said Filby.
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“What reason?” said the Time Traveller.
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“You can show black is white by argument,” said Filby, “but you will never convince me.”
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“Possibly not,” said the Time Traveller. “But now you begin to see the object of my investigations into the geometry of Four Dimensions. Long ago I had a vague inkling of a machine—”
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“To travel through Time!” exclaimed the Very Young Man.
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“That shall travel indifferently in any direction of Space and Time, as the driver determines.”
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Filby contented himself with laughter.
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“But I have experimental verification,” said the Time Traveller.
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“It would be remarkably convenient for the historian,” the Psychologist suggested. “One might travel back and verify the accepted account of the Battle of Hastings, for instance!”
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“Don’t you think you would attract attention?” said the Medical Man. “Our ancestors had no great tolerance for anachronisms.”
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“One might get one’s Greek from the very lips of Homer and Plato,” the Very Young Man thought.
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“In which case they would certainly plough you for the Little-go. The German scholars have improved Greek so much.”
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“Then there is the future,” said the Very Young Man. “Just think! One might invest all one’s money, leave it to accumulate at interest, and hurry on ahead!”
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“To discover a society,” said I, “erected on a strictly communistic basis.”
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“Of all the wild extravagant theories!” began the Psychologist.
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“Yes, so it seemed to me, and so I never talked of it until—”
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“Experimental verification!” cried I. “You are going to verify that?”
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“The experiment!” cried Filby, who was getting brain-weary.
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“Let’s see your experiment anyhow,” said the Psychologist, “though it’s all humbug, you know.”
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