Which two sentences In this excerpt from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells suggest that the Morlocks possess a degree of Intelligence comparable to that of humans?
Within was a small apartment, and on a ralsed place In the corner of this was the Time Machine. I had
the small levers In my pocket. So here,
after all my elaborate preparations for the slege of the White Sphinx, was a meek surrender. I threw my Iron bar away, almost sorry not to use lt.
sudden thought came Into my head as stooped towards the portal. For once, at least, I grasped the mental operations of the Morlocks.
and up to the Time Machine. [ was surprised to find It had been
Suppressing a strong Inclination to laugh, I stepped through the bronze frame and up to the
carefully olled and cleaned. I have suspected since that the Morlocks had even partially taken It to pleces while trying In thelr dim way to grasp
its purpose.
mere touch of the contrivance, the thing I had expected happened. The bronze panels
Now as I stood and examined It, finding a pleasure In the
suddenly slld up and struck the frame with a clang. I was In the dark-trapped. So the Morlocks thought. At that I chuckled gleefully.
could already hear their murmuring laughter as they came towards me. Very calmly I tried to strike the match. I had only to fix on the levers
and depart then lIke a ghost. But I had overlooked one little thing. The matches were of that abominable kind that light only on the box.