Owing to vestigial impulse, the Morlocks still feed and clothe the Eloi, their once masters—thus the silk garments, the tables heaped with fruit—but they also harvest and eat them.

What did Morlocks eat?

In most timelines, the Morlocks eat their Eloi cousins. The Morlocks are more technologically advanced than the Eloi, maintaining more remnants of human technology. In Mor, they live underground, using a series of wells to pump air through their tunnels.

What are the Morlocks afraid of?

The Time Traveller feels worse – before, he just had to deal with the simplicity of the Eloi, but now he has to deal with the Morlocks, who he thinks of as “inhuman and malign” (7.1). Also, he’s afraid of the dark and the new moon.