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I

had

to

do

my

work

under

frightful

disadvantages

.

Oliver

,

my

professor

,

was

a

scientific

bounder

,

a

journalist

by

instinct

,

a

thief

of

ideas

--

he

was

always

prying

!

And

you

know

the

knavish

system

of

the

scientific

world

.

I

simply

would

not

publish

,

and

let

him

share

my

credit

.

I

went

on

working

;

I

got

nearer

and

nearer

making

my

formula

into

an

experiment

,

a

reality

.

I

told

no

living

soul

,

because

I

meant

to

flash

my

work

upon

the

world

with

crushing

effect

and

become

famous

at

a

blow

.

I

took

up

the

question

of

pigments

to

fill

up

certain

gaps

.

And

suddenly

,

not

by

design

but

by

accident

,

I

made

a

discovery

in

physiology

.

"

"

Yes

?

"

"

You

know

the

red

colouring

matter

of

blood

;

it

can

be

made

white

--

colourless

--

and

remain

with

all

the

functions

it

has

now

!

"

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Kemp

gave

a

cry

of

incredulous

amazement

.

The

Invisible

Man

rose

and

began

pacing

the

little

study

.

"

You

may

well

exclaim

.

I

remember

that

night

.

It

was

late

at

night

--

in

the

daytime

one

was

bothered

with

the

gaping

,

silly

students

--

and

I

worked

then

sometimes

till

dawn

.

It

came

suddenly

,

splendid

and

complete

in

my

mind

.

I

was

alone

;

the

laboratory

was

still

,

with

the

tall

lights

burning

brightly

and

silently

.

In

all

my

great

moments

I

have

been

alone

.

'

One

could

make

an

animal

--

a

tissue

--

transparent

!

One

could

make

it

invisible

!

All

except

the

pigments

--

I

could

be

invisible

!

'

I

said

,

suddenly

realising

what

it

meant

to

be

an

albino

with

such

knowledge

.

It

was

overwhelming

.

I

left

the

filtering

I

was

doing

,

and

went

and

stared

out

of

the

great

window

at

the

stars

.

'

I

could

be

invisible

!

'

I

repeated

.

"

To

do

such

a

thing

would

be

to

transcend

magic

.

And

I

beheld

,

unclouded

by

doubt

,

a

magnificent

vision

of

all

that

invisibility

might

mean

to

a

man

--

the

mystery

,

the

power

,

the

freedom

.

Drawbacks

I

saw

none

.

You

have

only

to

think

!

And

I

,

a

shabby

,

poverty-struck

,

hemmed-in

demonstrator

,

teaching

fools

in

a

provincial

college

,

might

suddenly

become

--

this

.

I

ask

you

,

Kemp

if

you

...

Anyone

,

I

tell

you

,

would

have

flung

himself

upon

that

research

.

And

I

worked

three

years

,

and

every

mountain

of

difficulty

I

toiled

over

showed

another

from

its

summit

.

The

infinite

details

!

And

the

exasperation

!

A

professor

,

a

provincial

professor

,

always

prying

.

'

When

are

you

going

to

publish

this

work

of

yours

?

'

was

his

everlasting

question

.

And

the

students

,

the

cramped

means

!

Three

years

I

had

of

it

--

"

And

after

three

years

of

secrecy

and

exasperation

,

I

found

that

to

complete

it

was

impossible

--

impossible

.

"

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"

How

?

"

asked

Kemp

.

"

Money

,

"

said

the

Invisible

Man

,

and

went

again

to

stare

out

of

the

window

.

He

turned

around

abruptly

.

"

I

robbed

the

old

man

--

robbed

my

father

.

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