 Why did Jerome not stop when he was being shouted at when leaving the futuristic civilization?
But some men aren't sane; thus it isn't always so! You will, you know, so why quibble about it? Maybe there is no machine, and it's just easier for us to imagine it. There's no feeling of acceleration—some kind of false gravity they use in the future. Find the museum, grab the motor, and get out. A second later, you see me going by, mixed into a crowd that is loafing along toward a restaurant, or something like it, that is just opening. I'm asking questions of a man, who points, and I turn and move off. You head for it, and find the sidewalk is marked with the information that it is the museum.
 He was unsure what they wanted and didn't want to wait and find out.
 He was unsure what they wanted and didn't want to wait and find out.  He knew they had caught on to his actions.  He was fearing being held there for theft.  He knew they were going to switch the generator with another