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CHAPTER XX. AT THE HOUSE IN GREATPORTLAND STREETquently that they had bolted the front door. The old ladypeered into the cupboard and under the bed, and one ofthe young men pushed up the register and stared up thechimney. One of my fellow lodgers, a coster-monger whoshared the opposite room with a butcher, appeared on thelanding, and he was called in and told incoherent things."It occurred to me that the radiators, if they fell into thehands of some acute well-educated person, would giveme away too much, and watching my opportunity, I cameinto the room and tilted one of the little dynamos off itsfellow on which it was standing, and smashed both apparatus.Then, while they were trying to explain the smash,I dodged out of the room and went softly downstairs."I went into one of the sitting-rooms and waited untilthey came down, still speculating and argumentative,all a little disappointed at finding no ’horrors,’ and all alittle puzzled how they stood legally towards me. ThenI slipped up again with a box of matches, fired my heapof paper and rubbish, put the chairs and bedding thereby,led the gas to the affair, by means of an india-rubber tube,and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.""You fired the house!" exclaimed Kemp."Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail–182
CHAPTER XX. AT THE HOUSE IN GREATPORTLAND STREETand no doubt it was insured. I slipped the bolts of thefront door quietly and went out into the street. I was invisible,and I was only just beginning to realise the extraordinaryadvantage my invisibility gave me. My headwas already teeming with plans of all the wild and wonderfulthings I had now impunity to do."183
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CHAPTER XX. AT THE HOUSE IN GREAT
PORTLAND STREET
quently that they had bolted the front door. The old lady
peered into the cupboard and under the bed, and one of
the young men pushed up the register and stared up the
chimney. One of my fellow lodgers, a coster-monger who
shared the opposite room with a butcher, appeared on the
landing, and he was called in and told incoherent things.
"It occurred to me that the radiators, if they fell into the
hands of some acute well-educated person, would give
me away too much, and watching my opportunity, I came
into the room and tilted one of the little dynamos off its
fellow on which it was standing, and smashed both apparatus.
Then, while they were trying to explain the smash,
I dodged out of the room and went softly downstairs.
"I went into one of the sitting-rooms and waited until
they came down, still speculating and argumentative,
all a little disappointed at finding no ’horrors,’ and all a
little puzzled how they stood legally towards me. Then
I slipped up again with a box of matches, fired my heap
of paper and rubbish, put the chairs and bedding thereby,
led the gas to the affair, by means of an india-rubber tube,
and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time."
"You fired the house!" exclaimed Kemp.
"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail–
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