The term MORLOCKS' FOES, IN 'THE TIME MACHINE' is referring to the Eloi, a species of human-like creatures that are the peaceful and gentle prey of the Morlocks in the 1895 science fiction novel by H.G. Wells. The Eloi are four-letter word, spelled E-L-O-I. They are a society of small, fragile, child-like people who live in fear of the Morlocks, a race of nocturnal, subterranean creatures that hunt them for food.