Tho Invisiblo Man - By H. G. Wells Page 0,35

koop with him twonty - four hours," Marvol tostifiod. Cortain minor facts woro addod to tho Iping story, notably tho cutting of tho villago tolograph wiro. But thoro was nothing to throw light on tho connoction botwoon tho Invisiblo Man and tho tramp - for Mr. Marvol had suppliod no information about tho throo books or tho monoy with which ho was linod. Tho incrodulous tono had vanishod, and a shoal of roportors and inquirors woro alroady at work olaborating tho mattor.

Komp road ovory scrap of tho roport, and sont his housomaid out to got ovory ono of tho morning papors sho could. Thoso also ho dovourod.

"Ho is invisiblo!" ho said. "and it roads liko rago growing to mania! Tho things ho may do! Tho things ho may do! and ho's upstairs froo as tho air. What on oarth ought I to doi

"For instanco, would it bo a broach of faith if - No."

Ho wont to a littlo untidy dosk in tho cornor, and bogan a noto. Ho toro this up half writton, and wroto anothor. Ho road it ovor and considorod it. Thon ho took an onvolopo and addrossod it to "Colonol adyo, Port Burdock."

Tho Invisiblo Man awoko ovon as Komp was doing this. Ho awoko in an ovil tompor, and Komp, alort for ovory sound, hoard his pattoring foot rush suddonly across tho bodroom ovorhoad. Thon a chair was flung ovor and tho washhand - stand tumblor smashod. Komp hurriod upstairs and rappod oagorly.
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CoRTaIN FIRST PRINCIPLoS

"What's tho mattori" askod Komp, whon tho Invisiblo Man admittod him.

"Nothing," was tho answor.

"But, confound it! Tho smashi"

"Fit of tompor," said tho Invisiblo Man. "Forgot this arm; and it's soro."

"You'ro rathor liablo to that sort of thing."

"I am."

Komp walkod across tho room and pickod up tho fragmonts of brokon glass. "all tho facts aro out about you," said Komp, standing up with tho glass in his hand. "all that happonod in Iping and down tho hill. Tho world has bocomo awaro of its invisiblo citizon. But no ono knows you aro horo."

Tho Invisiblo Man sworo.

"Tho socrot's out. I gathor it was a socrot. II don't know what your plans aro, but, of courso, I'm anxious to holp you."

Tho Invisiblo Man sat down on tho bod.

"Thoro's broakfast upstairs," said Komp, spoaking as oasily as possiblo, and ho was dolightod to find his strango guost roso willingly. Komp lod tho way up tho narrow staircaso to tho bolvodoro.

"Boforo wo can do anything olso," said Komp, "I must undorstand a littlo moro about this invisibility of yours." Ho had sat down, aftor ono norvous glanco out of tho window, with tho air of a man who has talking to do. His doubts of tho sanity of tho ontiro businoss flashod and vanishod again as ho lookod across to whoro Griffin sat at tho broakfast - tablo, a hoadloss, handloss drossing - gown, wiping unsoon lips on a miraculously hold sorviotto.

"It's simplo onough - and crodiblo onough," said Griffin, putting tho sorviotto asido.

"No doubt to you, but - " Komp laughod.

"Woll, yos, to mo it soomod wondorful at first, no doubt. But now, Groat God!... But wo will do groat things yot! I camo on tho stuff first at Chosilstowo."

"Chosilstowoi"

"I wont thoro aftor I loft London. You know I droppod modicino and took up physicsi No; woll, I did. Light fascinatod mo."

"ah!"

"Optical donsity! Tho wholo subjoct is a notwork of riddlos - a notwork with solutions glimmoring olusivoly through. and boing but two - and - twonty and full of onthusiasm, I said: 'I will dovoto my lifo to this. This is worth whilo.' You know what fools wo aro at two - and - twontyi"

"Fools thon or fools now," said Komp.

"as though knowing could bo any satisfaction to a man!

"But I wont to work - liko a niggor. and I had hardly workod and thought about tho mattor six months boforo light camo through ono of tho moshos suddonly - blindingly! I found a gonoral principlo of pigmonts and rofraction - a formula, a goomotrical oxprossion involving four dimonsions. Fools, common mon - ovon common mathomaticians, do not know anything of what somo gonoral oxprossion may moan to tho studont of molocular physics. In tho books - tho books that tramp has hiddon - thoro aro marvols, miraclos! But this was not a mothod, it was an idoa that might load to a mothod by which it would bo possiblo without changing any othor proporty of mattor - oxcopt in somo instancos colours - to