Chapters 31-33 Summary

The ghost finishes explaining his story to Reg, Richard, and Dirk. The ghost has told them that his spaceship landed on Earth for supplies, not that the goal was to build the alien utopia on Earth. He asks for Reg, Richard, and Dirk to help him by bringing him back in the time machine so that he can stop himself from accidentally blowing up the ship. Dirk wants to know why the ghost picked Michael Wenton-Weakes as the body he would inhabit. The ghost says that Michael was willing to help and will not be hurt. Dirk calls up Michael's spirit to take over, and Michael's voice confirms that he has agreed to help the ghost.

Richard realizes that the ghost's story sounds like Coleridge's poems, like "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," and the ghost confirms that he tried to...