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Kemp
's
face
became
white
.
He
tried
to
grip
the
door
handle
with
both
hands
.
For
a
moment
he
stood
lugging
.
Then
the
door
gave
six
inches
.
But
he
got
it
closed
again
.
The
second
time
it
was
jerked
a
foot
wide
,
and
the
dressing-gown
came
wedging
itself
into
the
opening
.
His
throat
was
gripped
by
invisible
fingers
,
and
he
left
his
hold
on
the
handle
to
defend
himself
.
He
was
forced
back
,
tripped
and
pitched
heavily
into
the
corner
of
the
landing
.
The
empty
dressing-gown
was
flung
on
the
top
of
him
.
Halfway
up
the
staircase
was
Colonel
Adye
,
the
recipient
of
Kemp
's
letter
,
the
chief
of
the
Burdock
police
.
He
was
staring
aghast
at
the
sudden
appearance
of
Kemp
,
followed
by
the
extraordinary
sight
of
clothing
tossing
empty
in
the
air
.
He
saw
Kemp
felled
,
and
struggling
to
his
feet
.
He
saw
him
rush
forward
,
and
go
down
again
,
felled
like
an
ox
.
Then
suddenly
he
was
struck
violently
.
By
nothing
!
A
vast
weight
,
it
seemed
,
leapt
upon
him
,
and
he
was
hurled
headlong
down
the
staircase
,
with
a
grip
on
his
throat
and
a
knee
in
his
groin
.
An
invisible
foot
trod
on
his
back
,
a
ghostly
patter
passed
downstairs
,
he
heard
the
two
police
officers
in
the
hall
shout
and
run
,
and
the
front
door
of
the
house
slammed
violently
.
He
rolled
over
and
sat
up
staring
.
He
saw
,
staggering
down
the
staircase
,
Kemp
,
dusty
and
disheveled
,
one
side
of
his
face
white
from
a
blow
,
his
lip
bleeding
,
and
a
pink
dressing-gown
and
some
underclothing
held
in
his
arms
.
"
My
God
!
"
cried
Kemp
,
"
the
game
's
up
!
He
's
gone
!
"
For
a
space
Kemp
was
too
inarticulate
to
make
Adye
understand
the
swift
things
that
had
just
happened
.
They
stood
on
the
landing
,
Kemp
speaking
swiftly
,
the
grotesque
swathings
of
Griffin
still
on
his
arm
.
But
presently
Adye
began
to
grasp
something
of
the
situation
.
"
He
is
mad
,
"
said
Kemp
;
"
inhuman
.
He
is
pure
selfishness
.
He
thinks
of
nothing
but
his
own
advantage
,
his
own
safety
.
I
have
listened
to
such
a
story
this
morning
of
brutal
self-seeking
...
He
has
wounded
men
.
He
will
kill
them
unless
we
can
prevent
him
.
He
will
create
a
panic
.
Nothing
can
stop
him
.
He
is
going
out
now
--
furious
!
"
"
He
must
be
caught
,
"
said
Adye
.
"
That
is
certain
.
"
"
But
how
?
"
cried
Kemp
,
and
suddenly
became
full
of
ideas
.
"
You
must
begin
at
once
.
You
must
set
every
available
man
to
work
;
you
must
prevent
his
leaving
this
district
.
Once
he
gets
away
,
he
may
go
through
the
countryside
as
he
wills
,
killing
and
maiming
.
He
dreams
of
a
reign
of
terror
!
A
reign
of
terror
,
I
tell
you
.
You
must
set
a
watch
on
trains
and
roads
and
shipping
.
The
garrison
must
help
.
You
must
wire
for
help
.
The
only
thing
that
may
keep
him
here
is
the
thought
of
recovering
some
books
of
notes
he
counts
of
value
.
I
will
tell
you
of
that
!
There
is
a
man
in
your
police
station
--
Marvel
.
"
"
I
know
,
"
said
Adye
,
"
I
know
.
Those
books
--
yes
.
But
the
tramp
...
"
