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
"For instance, would it be a breach of faith if--? No." He went to a little untidy desk in the corner, and began a note. He tore this up half written, and wrote another. He read it over and considered it. Then he took an envelope and addressed it to "Colonel Adye, Port Burdock." The Invisible Man awoke even as Kemp was doing this. He awoke in an evil temper, and Kemp, alert for every sound, heard his pattering feet rush suddenly across the bedroom overhead. Then a chair was flung over and the wash-hand stand tumbler smashed. Kemp hurried upstairs and rapped eagerly.
CHAPTER XIX CERTAIN FIRST PRINCIPLES "What's the matter?" asked Kemp, when the Invisible Man admitted him. "Nothing," was the answer. "But, confound it! The smash?" "Fit of temper," said the Invisible Man. "Forgot this arm; and it's sore." "You're rather liable to that sort of thing." "I am." Kemp walked across the room and picked up the fragments of broken glass. "All the facts are out about you," said Kemp, standing up with the glass in his hand; "all that happened in Iping, and down the hill. The world has
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CHAPTER XIX<br />
CERTAIN FIRST PRINCIPLES<br />
"What's the matter?" asked Kemp, when the<br />
<strong>Invisible</strong> <strong>Man</strong> admitted him.<br />
"Nothing," was the answer.<br />
"But, confound it! <strong>The</strong> smash?"<br />
"Fit of temper," said the <strong>Invisible</strong> <strong>Man</strong>.<br />
"Forgot this arm; and it's sore."<br />
"You're rather liable to that sort of thing."<br />
"I am."<br />
Kemp walked across the room and picked up<br />
the fragments of broken glass. "All the facts<br />
are out about you," said Kemp, standing up<br />
with the glass in his hand; "all that happened in<br />
Iping, and down the hill. <strong>The</strong> world has