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
you." "Well, I've found some more--" "'Ul-lo!" from the bar. "I wonder where you found it," said Mrs. Hall. That seemed to annoy the stranger very much. He stamped his foot. "What do you mean?" he said. "That I wonder where you found it," said Mrs. Hall. "And before I take any bills or get any breakfasts, or do any such things whatsoever, you got to tell me one or two things I don't understand, and what nobody don't understand, and what everybody is very anxious to understand. I want to know what you been doing t'my chair upstairs, and I want to know how 'tis your room was empty, and how you got in again. Them as stops in this house comes in by the doors--that's the rule of the house, and that you _didn't_ do, and what I
want to know is how you _did_ come in. And I want to know--" Suddenly the stranger raised his gloved hands clenched, stamped his foot, and said, "Stop!" with such extraordinary violence that he silenced her instantly. "You don't understand," he said, "who I am or what I am. I'll show you. By Heaven! I'll show you." Then he put his open palm over his face and withdrew it. The centre of his face became a black cavity. "Here," he said. He stepped forward and handed Mrs. Hall something which she, staring at his metamorphosed face, accepted automatically. Then, when she saw what it was, she screamed loudly, dropped it, and staggered back. The nose--it was the stranger's nose! pink and shining--rolled on the floor. Then he removed his spectacles, and everyone in the bar gasped. He took off his hat, and with a violent gesture tore at his
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- Page 25 and 26: He told Hall how his aunt at Hastin
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- Page 31 and 32: dargs"; "Whad _'e_ bite 'n for, tha
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- Page 45 and 46: down the village, and when he had g
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- Page 49 and 50: He resumed. He'd read it. Five ingr
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- Page 55 and 56: stood there in the hall undecided w
- Page 57 and 58: heard a sound of bolts being hastil
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- Page 69 and 70: sold old second-hand ordinary bicyc
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- Page 83 and 84: ealising what was happening. He gri
- Page 85 and 86: Men staggered right and left as the
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- Page 89 and 90: CHAPTER IX MR. THOMAS MARVEL You mu
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- Page 93 and 94: "Are yer _buried_?" said Mr. Thomas
- Page 95 and 96: "One minute," said the Voice, penet
- Page 97 and 98: The third flint fell. "It's very si
- Page 99 and 100: He felt the hand that had closed ro
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- Page 105 and 106: cocoanut shies. There was also prom
- Page 107 and 108: went into the bar. In the course of
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- Page 115 and 116: "I won't argue again," said Cuss. "
- Page 117 and 118: the doctor and the vicar sat up, bo
- Page 119 and 120: ain't right," he said, and came rou
- Page 121 and 122: to us, wuz he?" "Disgraceful!" said
want to know is how you _did_ come in. And I<br />
want to know--"<br />
Suddenly the stranger raised his gloved<br />
hands clenched, stamped his foot, and said,<br />
"Stop!" with such extraordinary violence that<br />
he silenced her instantly.<br />
"You don't understand," he said, "who I am or<br />
what I am. I'll show you. By Heaven! I'll show<br />
you." <strong>The</strong>n he put his open palm over his face<br />
and withdrew it. <strong>The</strong> centre of his face became<br />
a black cavity. "Here," he said. He stepped<br />
forward and handed Mrs. Hall something<br />
which she, staring at his metamorphosed face,<br />
accepted automatically. <strong>The</strong>n, when she saw<br />
what it was, she screamed loudly, dropped it,<br />
and staggered back. <strong>The</strong> nose--it was the<br />
stranger's nose! pink and shining--rolled on<br />
the floor.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n he removed his spectacles, and<br />
everyone in the bar gasped. He took off his<br />
hat, and with a violent gesture tore at his
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