Those familiar with Hathaway were fairer, however, and when Hathaway awoke to say that he had done it, they erupted with loud fanfare. Their faith in Hathaway was confirmed and his fame spread instantly. But Hathaway was not prepared to show how he had traveled through time. He said that there was a large fallacy in his understanding of time travel that he still had to work out. After several weeks had passed and Hathaway was no longer to be found, his followers burst into the research facility. They found Hathaway lying on the ground and turned him around. They jumped back when they saw his face; he was suddenly an old man. "I can't fix the problem.'' He said. "Regardless of where you travel in time, you continue to age. I just spent 30 years in the future and still was not able to solve the problem." With that he uttered his last breath, never to tell anyone how he had traveled through time.