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CHAPTER XVIII. THE INVISIBLE MAN SLEEPSKemp closed the door softly behind him, and the keywas turned upon him forthwith. Then, as he stood withan expression of passive amazement on his face, the rapidfeet came to the door of the dressing-room and that toowas locked. Kemp slapped his brow with his hand. "AmI dreaming? Has the world gone mad–or have I?"He laughed, and put his hand to the locked door."Barred out of my own bedroom, by a flagrant absurdity!"he said.He walked to the head of the staircase, turned, andstared at the locked doors. "It’s fact," he said. He puthis fingers to his slightly bruised neck. "Undeniable fact!"But–"He shook his head hopelessly, turned, and went downstairs.He lit the dining-room lamp, got out a cigar, and beganpacing the room, ejaculating. Now and then he wouldargue with himself."Invisible!" he said."Is there such a thing as an invisible animal? ... In thesea, yes. Thousands–millions. All the larvae, all the littlenauplii and tornarias, all the microscopic things, the152
CHAPTER XVIII. THE INVISIBLE MAN SLEEPSjelly-fish. In the sea there are more things invisible thanvisible! I never thought of that before. And in the pondstoo! All those little pond-life things–specks of colourlesstranslucent jelly! But in air? No!"It can’t be."But after all–why not?"If a man was made of glass he would still be visible."His meditation became profound. The bulk of threecigars had passed into the invisible or diffused as a whiteash over the carpet before he spoke again. Then it wasmerely an exclamation. He turned aside, walked out ofthe room, and went into his little consulting-room and litthe gas there. It was a little room, because Dr. Kemp didnot live by practice, and in it were the day’s newspapers.The morning’s paper lay carelessly opened and thrownaside. He caught it up, turned it over, and read the accountof a "Strange Story from Iping" that the mariner atPort Stowe had spelt over so painfully to Mr. Marvel.Kemp read it swiftly."Wrapped up!" said Kemp. "Disguised! Hiding it! ’Noone seems to have been aware of his misfortune.’ Whatthe devil is his game?"153
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CHAPTER XVIII. THE INVISIBLE MAN SLEEPS
Kemp closed the door softly behind him, and the key
was turned upon him forthwith. Then, as he stood with
an expression of passive amazement on his face, the rapid
feet came to the door of the dressing-room and that too
was locked. Kemp slapped his brow with his hand. "Am
I dreaming? Has the world gone mad–or have I?"
He laughed, and put his hand to the locked door.
"Barred out of my own bedroom, by a flagrant absurdity!"
he said.
He walked to the head of the staircase, turned, and
stared at the locked doors. "It’s fact," he said. He put
his fingers to his slightly bruised neck. "Undeniable fact!
"But–"
He shook his head hopelessly, turned, and went downstairs.
He lit the dining-room lamp, got out a cigar, and began
pacing the room, ejaculating. Now and then he would
argue with himself.
"Invisible!" he said.
"Is there such a thing as an invisible animal? ... In the
sea, yes. Thousands–millions. All the larvae, all the little
nauplii and tornarias, all the microscopic things, the
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