diff --git a/books/scifi/machine-stops.mdwn b/books/scifi/machine-stops.mdwn
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--- a/books/scifi/machine-stops.mdwn
+++ b/books/scifi/machine-stops.mdwn
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@
 
     [...]
 
+    But the Committee of the Mending Apparatus now came forward, and allayed the
+    panic with well-chosen words. It confessed that the Mending Apparatus was
+    itself in need of repair.
+
+    [...]
+
+    There were gradations of terror- at times came rumours of hope-the Mending
+    Apparatus was almost mended-the enemies of the Machine had been got under- new
+    "nerve-centres" were evolving which would do the work even more magnificently
+    than before.
+
+    [...]
+
     "I have seen them, spoken to them, loved them. They are hiding in the midst and
     the ferns until our civilization stops. Today they are the Homeless - tomorrow
     ------ "