The narrator meets the Medical Man at the Linnaean Society in the city. The Medical Man thinks the Time Machine thing was a trick, but he can't figure out how the Time Traveller did it. The narrator goes back the following week for the Time Traveller's weekly dinner party.
I would think novels focus on character development
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Even though Stanley had been wrongly accused of a crime, "he smiled." Stanley's character is calm and he can keep his composure. He is confident and he believes that his innocence will be proved. He has a clear head even in a distressing situation and he is not impulsive.
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