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
was already so absorbed in his work, pouring little drops out of the bottles into test-tubes, that he did not hear her until she had swept away the bulk of the straw and put the tray on the table, with some little emphasis perhaps, seeing the state that the floor was in. Then he half turned his head and immediately turned it away again. But she saw he had removed his glasses; they were beside him on the table, and it seemed to her that his eye sockets were extraordinarily hollow. He put on his spectacles again, and then turned and faced her. She was about to complain of the straw on the floor when he anticipated her. "I wish you wouldn't come in without knocking," he said in the tone of abnormal exasperation that seemed so characteristic of him. "I knocked, but seemingly--" "Perhaps you did. But in my investigations--my really very urgent and
necessary investigations--the slightest disturbance, the jar of a door--I must ask you--" "Certainly, sir. You can turn the lock if you're like that, you know. Any time." "A very good idea," said the stranger. "This stror, sir, if I might make so bold as to remark--" "Don't. If the straw makes trouble put it down in the bill." And he mumbled at her--words suspiciously like curses. He was so odd, standing there, so aggressive and explosive, bottle in one hand and test-tube in the other, that Mrs. Hall was quite alarmed. But she was a resolute woman. "In which case, I should like to know, sir, what you consider--" "A shilling--put down a shilling. Surely a
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- Page 3 and 4: sovereigns flung upon the table, he
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- Page 29 and 30: was all the business of a swift hal
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- Page 55 and 56: stood there in the hall undecided w
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necessary investigations--the slightest<br />
disturbance, the jar of a door--I must ask<br />
you--"<br />
"Certainly, sir. You can turn the lock if you're<br />
like that, you know. Any time."<br />
"A very good idea," said the stranger.<br />
"This stror, sir, if I might make so bold as to<br />
remark--"<br />
"Don't. If the straw makes trouble put it down<br />
in the bill." And he mumbled at her--words<br />
suspiciously like curses.<br />
He was so odd, standing there, so aggressive<br />
and explosive, bottle in one hand and<br />
test-tube in the other, that Mrs. Hall was quite<br />
alarmed. But she was a resolute woman. "In<br />
which case, I should like to know, sir, what you<br />
consider--"<br />
"A shilling--put down a shilling. Surely a
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