The Invisible Man - Wells George Herbert.pdf - Cove Systems
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murderer. It had to be done. He had his revolver. If once he saw me he would be able to describe me--" "But still," said Kemp, "in England--to-day. And the man was in his own house, and you were--well, robbing." "Robbing! Confound it! You'll call me a thief next! Surely, Kemp, you're not fool enough to dance on the old strings. Can't you see my position?" "And his too," said Kemp. The Invisible Man stood up sharply. "What do you mean to say?" Kemp's face grew a trifle hard. He was about to speak and checked himself. "I suppose, after all," he said with a sudden change of manner, "the thing had to be done. You were in a fix. But still--"
"Of course I was in a fix--an infernal fix. And he made me wild too--hunting me about the house, fooling about with his revolver, locking and unlocking doors. He was simply exasperating. You don't blame me, do you? You don't blame me?" "I never blame anyone," said Kemp. "It's quite out of fashion. What did you do next?" "I was hungry. Downstairs I found a loaf and some rank cheese--more than sufficient to satisfy my hunger. I took some brandy and water, and then went up past my impromptu bag--he was lying quite still--to the room containing the old clothes. This looked out upon the street, two lace curtains brown with dirt guarding the window. I went and peered out through their interstices. Outside the day was bright--by contrast with the brown shadows of the dismal house in which I found myself, dazzlingly bright. A brisk traffic was going by, fruit carts, a hansom, a four-wheeler with a pile of boxes, a fishmonger's cart. I
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"Of course I was in a fix--an infernal fix. And<br />
he made me wild too--hunting me about the<br />
house, fooling about with his revolver, locking<br />
and unlocking doors. He was simply<br />
exasperating. You don't blame me, do you?<br />
You don't blame me?"<br />
"I never blame anyone," said Kemp. "It's quite<br />
out of fashion. What did you do next?"<br />
"I was hungry. Downstairs I found a loaf and<br />
some rank cheese--more than sufficient to<br />
satisfy my hunger. I took some brandy and<br />
water, and then went up past my impromptu<br />
bag--he was lying quite still--to the room<br />
containing the old clothes. This looked out<br />
upon the street, two lace curtains brown with<br />
dirt guarding the window. I went and peered<br />
out through their interstices. Outside the day<br />
was bright--by contrast with the brown<br />
shadows of the dismal house in which I found<br />
myself, dazzlingly bright. A brisk traffic was<br />
going by, fruit carts, a hansom, a four-wheeler<br />
with a pile of boxes, a fishmonger's cart. I
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