Chapters 28-30 Summary

Reg explains that lately he's had the feeling that something has been pushing him to use the time machine, and Reg has been resisting. His resistance caused poltergeist activity, knocking around Reg's things. When he heard the horse upstairs, he was afraid of the ghost. Reg explains that the horse must have come in on the planet where he got his face powder to hide his suntan while doing the magic trick.

Dirk calls Reg on again having an insufficient reason for visiting another planet, just to get face powder. The ghost must have tricked Reg into going there. After the incident with the horse, the ghost seemed to be gone. Reg agrees to show Richard and Dirk what he's been fighting against doing. Meanwhile, Michael Wenton-Weakes, fully possessed by the ghost because he's in tune with its desire, arrives at...