The Invisible Man - Wells George Herbert.pdf - Cove Systems
The Invisible Man - Wells George Herbert.pdf - Cove Systems The Invisible Man - Wells George Herbert.pdf - Cove Systems
mouth all the time. Talkin' through it! ... Perhaps his mouth was hurt too--maybe." She turned round, as one who suddenly remembers. "Bless my soul alive!" she said, going off at a tangent; "ain't you done them taters _yet_, Millie?" When Mrs. Hall went to clear away the stranger's lunch, her idea that his mouth must also have been cut or disfigured in the accident she supposed him to have suffered, was confirmed, for he was smoking a pipe, and all the time that she was in the room he never loosened the silk muffler he had wrapped round the lower part of his face to put the mouthpiece to his lips. Yet it was not forgetfulness, for she saw he glanced at it as it smouldered out. He sat in the corner with his back to the window-blind and spoke now, having eaten and drunk and being comfortably warmed through, with less aggressive brevity than before. The reflection of the fire lent a kind of red animation to his
ig spectacles they had lacked hitherto. "I have some luggage," he said, "at Bramblehurst station," and he asked her how he could have it sent. He bowed his bandaged head quite politely in acknowledgment of her explanation. "To-morrow?" he said. "There is no speedier delivery?" and seemed quite disappointed when she answered, "No." Was she quite sure? No man with a trap who would go over? Mrs. Hall, nothing loath, answered his questions and developed a conversation. "It's a steep road by the down, sir," she said in answer to the question about a trap; and then, snatching at an opening, said, "It was there a carriage was upsettled, a year ago and more. A gentleman killed, besides his coachman. Accidents, sir, happen in a moment, don't they?" But the visitor was not to be drawn so easily. "They do," he said through his muffler, eyeing
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ig spectacles they had lacked hitherto.<br />
"I have some luggage," he said, "at<br />
Bramblehurst station," and he asked her how<br />
he could have it sent. He bowed his bandaged<br />
head quite politely in acknowledgment of her<br />
explanation. "To-morrow?" he said. "<strong>The</strong>re is<br />
no speedier delivery?" and seemed quite<br />
disappointed when she answered, "No." Was<br />
she quite sure? No man with a trap who would<br />
go over?<br />
Mrs. Hall, nothing loath, answered his<br />
questions and developed a conversation. "It's a<br />
steep road by the down, sir," she said in<br />
answer to the question about a trap; and then,<br />
snatching at an opening, said, "It was there a<br />
carriage was upsettled, a year ago and more.<br />
A gentleman killed, besides his coachman.<br />
Accidents, sir, happen in a moment, don't<br />
they?"<br />
But the visitor was not to be drawn so easily.<br />
"<strong>The</strong>y do," he said through his muffler, eyeing
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