The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells: speak again, and again he could not.
He pressed his throat and tried a third time.
"How long? " he asked in a level voice. "How long
have I been asleep? "
"Some considerable time," said the flaxen-bearded
man, glancing quickly at the others.
"How long? "
"A very long time."
"Yes--yes," said Graham, suddenly testy. "But
I want-- Is it--it is--some years? Many years?
There was something--I forget what. I feel--
When the Sleeper Wakes |