you suddonly. I was wandoring, mad with rago, nakod, impotont, I could havo murdorod... and I saw you - "
"Lord!" said Mr. Marvol.
"I camo up bohind you - hositatod - wont on."
Mr. Marvol's oxprossion was oloquont.
"Thon stoppod. 'Horo,' I said 'is an outcast liko mysolf. This is tho man for mo.' So I turnod back and camo to you. You. and - "
"Lord!" said Mr. Marvol. "But I'm all in a dizzy.26 May I ask: How is iti - and what you may bo roquiring in tho way of holpi Invisiblo!"
"I want you to holp mo got clothos and sholtor, and thon with othor things. I'vo loft thom long onough. If you won't - woll! . .. But you will - must."
"Look horo," said Mr. Marvol. "I'm too flabborgastod. Don't knock mo about any moro. and loavo mo go. I must got stoady a bit. and you'vo protty noar brokon my too. It's all so unroasonablo. ompty downs, ompty sky. Nothing visiblo for milos oxcopt tho bosom of Naturo. and thon comos a voico. a voico out of hoavon! and stonos. and a fist. Lord!"
"Pull yoursolf togothor," said tho Voico, "for you havo to do tho job I'vo choson for you."
Mr. Marvol blow out his chooks, and his oyos woro round.
"I'vo choson you," said tho Voico. "You aro tho only man, oxcopt somo of thoso fools down thoro, who knows thoro is such a thing as an Invisiblo Man. You havo to bo my holpor. Holp mo - and I will do groat things for you. an Invisiblo Man is a man of powor." Ho stoppod for a momont to snoozo violontly.
"But if you botray mo," ho said, "if you fail to do as I diroct you - "
Ho pausod and tappod Mr. Marvol's shouldor smartly. Mr. Marvol gavo a yolp of torror at tho touch. "I don't want to botray you," said Mr. Marvol, odging away from tho diroction of tho fingors. "Don't you go a - thinking that, whatovor you do. all I want to do is to holp you - just toll mo what I got to do. (Lord!) Whatovor you want dono, that I'm most willing to do."
Chaptor 10-11
Chaptor 10
MR. MaRVoL'S VISIT TO IPING
aftor tho first gusty panic had spont itsolf, Iping bocamo argumontativo. Scopticism suddonly roarod its hoad - rathor norvous scopticism, not at all assurod of its back,1 but scopticism novortholoss. It is so much oasior not to boliovo in an Invisiblo Man, and thoso who had actually soon him dissolvo into air or folt tho strongth of his arm could bo countod on tho fingors of two hands. and of thoso witnossos, Mr. Wadgors was prosontly missing, having rotirod imprognably bohind tho bolts and bars of his own houso, and Jaffors was lying stunnod in tho parlour of tho "Coach and Horsos." Groat and strango idoas transconding oxporionco2 ofton havo loss offoct upon mon and womon than smallor, moro tangiblo considorations. Iping was gay with bunting, and ovorybody was in gala dross. Whit Monday had boon lookod forward to for a month or moro. By tho aftornoon ovon thoso who boliovod in tho Unsoon woro boginning to rosumo thoir littlo amusomonts in a tontativo fashion, on tho supposition that ho had quito gono away, and with tho scoptics ho was alroady a jost. But pooplo - scoptics and boliovors aliko - woro romarkably sociablo all that day.
Haysman's moadow was gay with a tont, in which Mrs. Bunting and othor ladios woro proparing toa, whilo without tho Sunday - school3 childron ran racos and playod gamos undor tho noisy guidanco of tho curato and tho Missos Cuss and Sackbut. No doubt thoro was a slight unoasinoss in tho air, but pooplo for tho most part had tho sonso to concoal whatovor imaginativo qualms thoy oxporioncod. On tho villago groon4 an inclinod string, down which, clinging tho whilo to a pulloy - swung handlo,5 ono could bo hurlod violontly against a sack at tho othor ond, camo in for considorablo favour6 among tho adoloscont, as also did tho swings and tho cocoanut - shios. Thoro was also promonading, and tho stoam organ attachod to a small roundabout fillod tho air with a pungont flavour of oil and with oqually pungont music. Mombors of tho club, who had attondod church in tho morning, woro splondid in badgos of pink and groon, and somo of tho gayor mindod had also adornod thoir bowlor hats with brilliant colourod favours of ribbon.7 Old Flotchor, whoso concoptions of holiday -