How does the Time Traveler react to the disappearance of his time machine?

       The Time Traveler's trip is prolonged due to the sudden disappearance of his machine. As he approaches the white sphinx (the spot of which he left it),"...my worst fears were realized. Not a trace of the thing was to be seen." (45) He cannot believe that his machine is gone. He continues, "I remember running violently in and out among the moonlit bushes..." (46) This is further discussing his first glimpse of maybe not returning home. He begins to go crazy and frantically runs around the sphinx in search of it. It pushes terror and a sense of adventure onto the reader.