Machine

"We had thought that because she seems to know of all that is happening, she must be watching constantly, as if through some technology that allows her to see us even though she is not presently even in the same country," said Franz.
"Yes, that is what I had been led to believe," said the clockmaker.
"But you say this is not so."
"Correct."
Franz paused, his face impassive. "Instead you say that she is not watching us at all but is viewing something that happened in the past. And that whatever events she sees there match exactly events that are unfolding now."
"Yes."
There was a pause during which neither man said anything. The aristrocrat, Franz, had absolutely no expression on his face. Wheeler nursed his lip. Then Franz spoke again.
"This makes no sense."
"No."