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.
The answer is; by presenting the details in the order in which they appear in the process or illustration.
A. The van brought a large batch of muffins to the star.
the adjective is large.