From their hotel suite, Manse Everard and Wanda Tamberly are able to see:
light streaming through the Golden Gate;
cable cars;
the waterfront;
the bay;
sails;
islands;
the farther shore.
"They had hoped to be out there themselves." (p. 746)
They can be. After spending, e.g., a day in their suite, they can time travel a day into the past and have the same day on the bay.
When Everard is in Harfleur, France, in 1307, he reflects that:
"From harbors like this, a few lifetimes hence, men would set sail for the New World." (p. 754)
Only time travellers in Harfleur know that, a few generations hence, trans-Atlantic travel begins. History is full of beginnings and endings. Time travellers can knowingly visit, revisit and appreciate any such periods. It is hard to imagine how that would affect their perception of time and change.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Scripture says a man's lifespan is seventy, or if strong, eighty. By 1367 (two times 80), the Portuguese and other Europeans were making voyages of discovery.
Ad astra! Sean
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