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The
dining-room
window
was
wide
open
,
and
neither
housemaid
nor
Kemp
was
to
be
seen
.
The
second
policeman
's
opinion
of
Kemp
was
terse
and
vivid
.
Mr.
Heelas
,
Mr.
Kemp
's
nearest
neighbour
among
the
villa
holders
,
was
asleep
in
his
summer
house
when
the
siege
of
Kemp
's
house
began
.
Mr.
Heelas
was
one
of
the
sturdy
minority
who
refused
to
believe
"
in
all
this
nonsense
"
about
an
Invisible
Man
.
His
wife
,
however
,
as
he
was
subsequently
to
be
reminded
,
did
.
He
insisted
upon
walking
about
his
garden
just
as
if
nothing
was
the
matter
,
and
he
went
to
sleep
in
the
afternoon
in
accordance
with
the
custom
of
years
.
He
slept
through
the
smashing
of
the
windows
,
and
then
woke
up
suddenly
with
a
curious
persuasion
of
something
wrong
.
He
looked
across
at
Kemp
's
house
,
rubbed
his
eyes
and
looked
again
.
Then
he
put
his
feet
to
the
ground
,
and
sat
listening
.
He
said
he
was
damned
,
but
still
the
strange
thing
was
visible
.
The
house
looked
as
though
it
had
been
deserted
for
weeks
--
after
a
violent
riot
.
Every
window
was
broken
,
and
every
window
,
save
those
of
the
belvedere
study
,
was
blinded
by
the
internal
shutters
.
"
I
could
have
sworn
it
was
all
right
"
--
he
looked
at
his
watch
--
"
twenty
minutes
ago
.
"
He
became
aware
of
a
measured
concussion
and
the
clash
of
glass
,
far
away
in
the
distance
.
And
then
,
as
he
sat
open-mouthed
,
came
a
still
more
wonderful
thing
.
The
shutters
of
the
drawing-room
window
were
flung
open
violently
,
and
the
housemaid
in
her
outdoor
hat
and
garments
,
appeared
struggling
in
a
frantic
manner
to
throw
up
the
sash
.
Suddenly
a
man
appeared
beside
her
,
helping
her
--
Dr.
Kemp
!
In
another
moment
the
window
was
open
,
and
the
housemaid
was
struggling
out
;
she
pitched
forward
and
vanished
among
the
shrubs
.
Mr.
Heelas
stood
up
,
exclaiming
vaguely
and
vehemently
at
all
these
wonderful
things
.
He
saw
Kemp
stand
on
the
sill
,
spring
from
the
window
,
and
reappear
almost
instantaneously
running
along
a
path
in
the
shrubbery
and
stooping
as
he
ran
,
like
a
man
who
evades
observation
.
He
vanished
behind
a
laburnum
,
and
appeared
again
clambering
over
a
fence
that
abutted
on
the
open
down
.
In
a
second
he
had
tumbled
over
and
was
running
at
a
tremendous
pace
down
the
slope
towards
Mr.
Heelas
.
"
Lord
!
"
cried
Mr.
Heelas
,
struck
with
an
idea
;
"
it
's
that
Invisible
Man
brute
!
It
's
right
,
after
all
!
"
With
Mr.
Heelas
to
think
things
like
that
was
to
act
,
and
his
cook
watching
him
from
the
top
window
was
amazed
to
see
him
come
pelting
towards
the
house
at
a
good
nine
miles
an
hour
.
There
was
a
slamming
of
doors
,
a
ringing
of
bells
,
and
the
voice
of
Mr.
Heelas
bellowing
like
a
bull
.
"
Shut
the
doors
,
shut
the
windows
,
shut
everything
!
--
the
Invisible
Man
is
coming
!
"
Instantly
the
house
was
full
of
screams
and
directions
,
and
scurrying
feet
.
He
ran
himself
to
shut
the
French
windows
that
opened
on
the
veranda
;
as
he
did
so
Kemp
's
head
and
shoulders
and
knee
appeared
over
the
edge
of
the
garden
fence
.
In
another
moment
Kemp
had
ploughed
through
the
asparagus
,
and
was
running
across
the
tennis
lawn
to
the
house
.
"
You
ca
n't
come
in
,
"
said
Mr.
Heelas
,
shutting
the
bolts
.
"
I
'm
very
sorry
if
he
's
after
you
,
but
you
ca
n't
come
in
!
"
Kemp
appeared
with
a
face
of
terror
close
to
the
glass
,
rapping
and
then
shaking
frantically
at
the
French
window
.
Then
,
seeing
his
efforts
were
useless
,
he
ran
along
the
veranda
,
vaulted
the
end
,
and
went
to
hammer
at
the
side
door
.
Then
he
ran
round
by
the
side
gate
to
the
front
of
the
house
,
and
so
into
the
hill-road
.
And
Mr.
Heelas
staring
from
his
window
--
a
face
of
horror
--
had
scarcely
witnessed
Kemp
vanish
,
ere
the
asparagus
was
being
trampled
this
way
and
that
by
feet
unseen
.
At
that
Mr.
Heelas
fled
precipitately
upstairs
,
and
the
rest
of
the
chase
is
beyond
his
purview
.
But
as
he
passed
the
staircase
window
,
he
heard
the
side
gate
slam
.
