The Time Traveler and Miss Host

The time traveler told her he was going to insist today that his wife leave him behind and return home or go where she might want to. He loved it too much to hold her here when it was clear he was never going to escape this time alive as a time traveler. Mr. Russell, she said, I think the time traveler has shot himself. He had a gun and I heard it go off. Look, he's up on the bridge, on the bench. It took me minutes to dress and fewer minutes to get to the kiosk. There was Galen Thomas, slumped over, sitting forward on the bench overlooking the frozen river.