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
"I can't explain it. She was bandaged and clamped, of course--so I had her safe; but she woke while she was still misty, and miaowed dismally, and someone came knocking. It was an old woman from downstairs, who suspected me of vivisecting--a drink-sodden old creature, with only a white cat to care for in all the world. I whipped out some chloroform, applied it, and answered the door. 'Did I hear a cat?' she asked. 'My cat?' 'Not here,' said I, very politely. She was a little doubtful and tried to peer past me into the room; strange enough to her no doubt--bare walls, uncurtained windows, truckle-bed, with the gas engine vibrating, and the seethe of the radiant points, and that faint ghastly stinging of chloroform in the air. She had to be satisfied at last and went away again." "How long did it take?" asked Kemp. "Three or four hours--the cat. The bones and sinews and the fat were the last to go, and the
tips of the coloured hairs. And, as I say, the back part of the eye, tough, iridescent stuff it is, wouldn't go at all. "It was night outside long before the business was over, and nothing was to be seen but the dim eyes and the claws. I stopped the gas engine, felt for and stroked the beast, which was still insensible, and then, being tired, left it sleeping on the invisible pillow and went to bed. I found it hard to sleep. I lay awake thinking weak aimless stuff, going over the experiment over and over again, or dreaming feverishly of things growing misty and vanishing about me, until everything, the ground I stood on, vanished, and so I came to that sickly falling nightmare one gets. About two, the cat began miaowing about the room. I tried to hush it by talking to it, and then I decided to turn it out. I remember the shock I had when striking a light--there were just the round eyes shining green--and nothing round them. I would have given it milk, but I hadn't any. It wouldn't be quiet, it just sat down and
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"I can't explain it. She was bandaged and<br />
clamped, of course--so I had her safe; but she<br />
woke while she was still misty, and miaowed<br />
dismally, and someone came knocking. It was<br />
an old woman from downstairs, who suspected<br />
me of vivisecting--a drink-sodden old<br />
creature, with only a white cat to care for in all<br />
the world. I whipped out some chloroform,<br />
applied it, and answered the door. 'Did I hear<br />
a cat?' she asked. 'My cat?' 'Not here,' said I,<br />
very politely. She was a little doubtful and<br />
tried to peer past me into the room; strange<br />
enough to her no doubt--bare walls,<br />
uncurtained windows, truckle-bed, with the<br />
gas engine vibrating, and the seethe of the<br />
radiant points, and that faint ghastly stinging of<br />
chloroform in the air. She had to be satisfied at<br />
last and went away again."<br />
"How long did it take?" asked Kemp.<br />
"Three or four hours--the cat. <strong>The</strong> bones and<br />
sinews and the fat were the last to go, and the