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CHAPTER XX. AT THE HOUSE IN GREATPORTLAND STREETsat up and listened and heard a whispering. I sprang tomy feet and as noiselessly as possible began to detach theconnections of my apparatus, and to distribute it aboutthe room, so as to destroy the suggestions of its arrangement.Presently the knocking was renewed and voicescalled, first my landlord’s, and then two others. To gaintime I answered them. The invisible rag and pillow cameto hand and I opened the window and pitched them outon to the cistern cover. As the window opened, a heavycrash came at the door. Someone had charged it withthe idea of smashing the lock. But the stout bolts I hadscrewed up some days before stopped him. That startledme, made me angry. I began to tremble and do thingshurriedly."I tossed together some loose paper, straw, packing paperand so forth, in the middle of the room, and turnedon the gas. Heavy blows began to rain upon the door. Icould not find the matches. I beat my hands on the wallwith rage. I turned down the gas again, stepped out ofthe window on the cistern cover, very softly lowered thesash, and sat down, secure and invisible, but quiveringwith anger, to watch events. They split a panel, I saw,and in another moment they had broken away the staplesof the bolts and stood in the open doorway. It was180
CHAPTER XX. AT THE HOUSE IN GREATPORTLAND STREETthe landlord and his two step-sons, sturdy young men ofthree or four and twenty. Behind them fluttered the oldhag of a woman from downstairs."You may imagine their astonishment to find the roomempty. One of the younger men rushed to the windowat once, flung it up and stared out. His staring eyes andthick-lipped bearded face came a foot from my face. Iwas half minded to hit his silly countenance, but I arrestedmy doubled fist. He stared right through me. Sodid the others as they joined him. The old man went andpeered under the bed, and then they all made a rush forthe cupboard. They had to argue about it at length in Yiddishand Cockney English. They concluded I had not answeredthem, that their imagination had deceived them.A feeling of extraordinary elation took the place of myanger as I sat outside the window and watched these fourpeople–for the old lady came in, glancing suspiciouslyabout her like a cat, trying to understand the riddle ofmy behaviour."The old man, so far as I could understand his patois,agreed with the old lady that I was a vivisectionist. Thesons protested in garbled English that I was an electrician,and appealed to the dynamos and radiators. They wereall nervous about my arrival, although I found subse-181
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CHAPTER XX. AT THE HOUSE IN GREAT
PORTLAND STREET
sat up and listened and heard a whispering. I sprang to
my feet and as noiselessly as possible began to detach the
connections of my apparatus, and to distribute it about
the room, so as to destroy the suggestions of its arrangement.
Presently the knocking was renewed and voices
called, first my landlord’s, and then two others. To gain
time I answered them. The invisible rag and pillow came
to hand and I opened the window and pitched them out
on to the cistern cover. As the window opened, a heavy
crash came at the door. Someone had charged it with
the idea of smashing the lock. But the stout bolts I had
screwed up some days before stopped him. That startled
me, made me angry. I began to tremble and do things
hurriedly.
"I tossed together some loose paper, straw, packing paper
and so forth, in the middle of the room, and turned
on the gas. Heavy blows began to rain upon the door. I
could not find the matches. I beat my hands on the wall
with rage. I turned down the gas again, stepped out of
the window on the cistern cover, very softly lowered the
sash, and sat down, secure and invisible, but quivering
with anger, to watch events. They split a panel, I saw,
and in another moment they had broken away the staples
of the bolts and stood in the open doorway. It was
180