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CHAPTER VII. THE UNVEILING OF THESTRANGER"You don’t understand," he said, "who I am or what Iam. I’ll show you. By Heaven! I’ll show you." Then heput his open palm over his face and withdrew it. The centreof his face became a black cavity. "Here," he said. Hestepped forward and handed Mrs. Hall something whichshe, staring at his metamorphosed face, accepted automatically.Then, when she saw what it was, she screamedloudly, dropped it, and staggered back. The nose–it wasthe stranger’s nose! pink and shining–rolled on the floor.Then he removed his spectacles, and everyone in thebar gasped. He took off his hat, and with a violent gesturetore at his whiskers and bandages. For a momentthey resisted him. A flash of horrible anticipation passedthrough the bar. "Oh, my Gard!" said some one. Then offthey came.It was worse than anything. Mrs. Hall, standing openmouthedand horror-struck, shrieked at what she saw,and made for the door of the house. Everyone began tomove. They were prepared for scars, disfigurements, tangiblehorrors, but nothing! The bandages and false hairflew across the passage into the bar, making a hobbledehoyjump to avoid them. Everyone tumbled on everyoneelse down the steps. For the man who stood thereshouting some incoherent explanation, was a solid ges-64
CHAPTER VII. THE UNVEILING OF THESTRANGERticulating figure up to the coat-collar of him, and then–nothingness, no visible thing at all!People down the village heard shouts and shrieks, andlooking up the street saw the "Coach and Horses" violentlyfiring out its humanity. They saw Mrs. Hall falldown and Mr. Teddy Henfrey jump to avoid tumblingover her, and then they heard the frightful screams of Millie,who, emerging suddenly from the kitchen at the noiseof the tumult, had come upon the headless stranger frombehind. These increased suddenly.Forthwith everyone all down the street, the sweetstuffseller, cocoanut shy proprietor and his assistant,the swing man, little boys and girls, rustic dandies,smart wenches, smocked elders and aproned gipsies–began running towards the inn, and in a miraculouslyshort space of time a crowd of perhaps forty people, andrapidly increasing, swayed and hooted and inquired andexclaimed and suggested, in front of Mrs. Hall’s establishment.Everyone seemed eager to talk at once, and theresult was Babel. A small group supported Mrs. Hall,who was picked up in a state of collapse. There was a conference,and the incredible evidence of a vociferous eyewitness."O Bogey!" "What’s he been doin’, then?" "Ain’thurt the girl, ’as ’e?" "Run at en with a knife, I believe."65
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CHAPTER VII. THE UNVEILING OF THE
STRANGER
"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 whiskers and bandages. For a moment
they resisted him. A flash of horrible anticipation passed
through the bar. "Oh, my Gard!" said some one. Then off
they came.
It was worse than anything. Mrs. Hall, standing openmouthed
and horror-struck, shrieked at what she saw,
and made for the door of the house. Everyone began to
move. They were prepared for scars, disfigurements, tangible
horrors, but nothing! The bandages and false hair
flew across the passage into the bar, making a hobbledehoy
jump to avoid them. Everyone tumbled on everyone
else down the steps. For the man who stood there
shouting some incoherent explanation, was a solid ges-
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