Based on the short story by Robert F. Young. Written in 1961.

Mark, a middle-aged man encounters a young, mysterious woman, while staying at his cabin, who claims to be a time traveler from the future. Over the course of a few days, Mark and the young woman, Julie, begin to form a budding romance with one another. Mark is unhappy in his life, in a stale marriage, where he goes through the motions of living and work.

His meeting with Julie is his sought-after respite from the “real” world. After Julie expresses interest in the art of photography, Mark gifts her with his wife Anne’s old Polaroid camera from her photography days. Mark takes a picture of her with the camera, which Julie protests due to time travel regulations in the supposed future. She pockets the photo happily after feeling the long-lost magic associated with the analogue art. Later Julie reveals that her father is sick, and she must return home to care for him. Mark continues to daydream about the wonderful young woman he has met and pushes thoughts of his wife from his mind, who is scheduled to meet him at the cabin in a few days.

On the fourth visit with Julie, the tone is immediately different. She stands in a black dress and weeps, explaining to Mark, her father has passed away. Julie doesn’t know how the time machine works and may only have one or two uses left. She disappears before Mark’s eyes and it is known, without a shadow of a doubt, she is from the future, and he may never see h