The Invisible Man's Revenge Page #3

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Coming, Brutus, coming.

Come on, boy.

Steady. I'll just chain you

up to be sure. Come on, boy.

I might have been a

fashionable physician, yes,

with my brougham and my titled patients,

but there was something bigger.

Do you want it? Speak for it.

That's the boy. Nicely now. Don't snatch.

In the name of... What's the matter?

Can't I feed my dog? Or don't

you think there is a dog?

Why, why, yes, of course.

Only... Only you doubt it, huh?

Very well. Put out your hand, feel it.

Quiet, Brutus.

But there is a dog.

A huge one.

I could feel it. Of course, of course.

And specially trained as my bodyguard.

He'd probably kill anyone

that raised a hand to me.

But the dog's invisible. That's impossible.

In this house, you've got to

believe what you can't see.

Come on, boy.

Come on.

Lie down.

What a breeze! What a breeze!

Sails down. Sails down.

What a breeze! What a breeze!

It's... It's incredible.

Not at all, if you grasp the theory.

Tell me. Have you ever studied

optical density? Molecular physics?

No. No? That's too bad.

See here, in simple terms...

You're an intelligent man.

A body either absorbs light or

it reflects it or it refracts it.

If it does none of these things, if its

refractive index is sufficiently lowered,

it cannot of itself be visible.

Can you grasp that? Well, I...

Well, let's look at it this

way. The air you breathe...

It has body, hasn't it?

And yet, you can't see it.

Or clear water in a glass bottle.

Haven't you ever been

fooled and thought it empty?

Well, why, yes.

Well, then it's not so strange, is it?

The problem was to find a formula,

a geometric expression

involving four dimensions...

for use on tissue.

Bone, blood. I found it.

But how, how did you first...

I began working with small animals...

mice, rabbits, guinea pigs.

Brutus here is the biggest

subject I've worked on...

so far.

And it... it doesn't hurt?

It hasn't hurt him. He's well and happy.

Whereas, before, it was a

tough life, wasn't it, old boy?

A big mongrel. Nobody's cur.

The well-bred dogs of the

gentry picked on him. They would.

He hadn't a chance when they came in couples.

They all hunt in couples, the gentry.

But when I made him invisible, then

it was his turn. Wasn't it, old boy?

Had them at his mercy, didn't he? Oh, quite.

Made them wish they'd never been born.

Now, if a man were invisible,

he'd be hard to find.

You couldn't make a man invisible.

You're just talking. You're

boasting! You couldn't.

Oh, couldn't I?

If he had the courage,

if he weren't a weakling.

A neurotic with a persecution complex.

Who hasn't got the courage?

I warned you fairly.

I've never tried this on a human being.

Get on with it. I've got nothing to lose.

Oh, if you could just make me like that dog.

I think I can.

And if I can't...

They'll have you up for

malpractice, is that it?

No.

Murder. Are you ready?

Go ahead.

Will it take long? I can't be sure.

Will I lose consciousness? For a while.

Stopped raining, hasn't it?

Yes.

Look here. I don't feel any different.

Wait.

What is it? Oh,

I was just thinkin',

What a cat-and-mouse game.

Enemy they can't see.

Ca... Can't get a... get ahold of.

A man!

An invisible man!

The pulse is still strong.

Why, I've outstripped

the immortals of science.

Archimedes, Copernicus,

Faraday, Darwin.

Now I am immortal.

Look, here. How long is this going

to take? I can't lie here all night.

Wait a minute. I think

perhaps a swallow of brandy.

Here. Drink this.

Now lie still.

I want to make some notes while this

experiment is still fresh in my mind.

Why, my hand, i-it's gone.

It worked. Dr. Drury!

Why didn't you tell me? Is there any

danger of my turning visible again?

Ha! Not till you're dead.

And I've got a good long while

before that, and a lot to do.

Yes, there is a lot to do. Now you'd

better lie down and get some sleep.

And don't worry? Me, worry?

Others will do the worrying.

Tomorrow I'll plan my campaign.

I must inform the papers. There'll

be interviews and pictures.

I'll be invited to address the Royal

Societies. Run along and get some rest.

What are you doing?

I'm leaving.

I'm no human guinea pig to make you famous.

I've got my own plans.

Why, you can't do that! You can't go now!

You thought you got rid of me, Jasper,

but I've come back.

Who's that? It's me, Jasper.

Your old friend Bob

Griffin. Don't you remember?

What is this?

Where are you?

You can't see me, Jasper.

I know. I know, you're outside.

But you're hiding somewhere.

Cold, Jasper. Still cold.

But you're in this room, Griffin!

And I'll find you! Yes, Jasper.

I am in the room. I'm over here.

But you can't find me, Jasper.

I can see you, but you can't see me.

Oh, I could brain you if I wanted to.

Now you're at my mercy.

I could strangle you.

No!

See how easy it is. He-Help! Help!

What is it you want, Griffin?

I'll tell you what I want.

I want everything you've

got. I want your money.

I want your house. And

I'm going to take Julie.

Sit down, Jasper.

Sit down and write what I tell you!

I've already killed three

men with a knife like this,

and I wouldn't mind making it four.

Now sit down and write!

I, Jasper Herrick, of my own free will,

do hereby confess...

that I twice tried to murder my

good friend, Robert Griffin...

You're mad, Griffin! That's

a lie, and you know it.

Shut up and write!

In order to rob him of

that certain property...

known as Herrick Mines Limited,

situated in the Tanganyika

Territory near Mongaburra.

In, uh, in partial expiation of my crime,

I hereby assign all of my property...

to said Robert Griffin,

including the estates known as Shortlands.

No, no, I... I won't do

that! Oh, yes, Jasper.

Or would you rather have your throat cut?

That's it.

Now sign it.

Now give it to me. I don't trust you, Jasper.

But I've got you right where I want you.

From now on, you'll do exactly as I say.

"... Griffin... ... certain property...

known as Herrick Mines Limited, situated... "

Hey, no, you don't! Up to

your old tricks, eh, Jasper?

I'll take that chair.

For heaven's sake, Jasper, what is it?

He's here, Irene!

Who? Griffin! He's here in this room!

Yes, yes, dear, but if you'll just

lie down. I know, you think I'm...

No, no, of course not. You're just upset.

Jasper, what...

Why, you mustn't write things like this ever!

No, no, no, don't tear it!

Jasper, let go. Let me go.

He's mad, I tell you, Irene. He'll kill you!

Who? Griffin. He's here in this room!

He's invisible. Oh, Jasper,

stop it! I'm ashamed of you.

Get hold of yourself. There's no

such thing as an invisible man.

That's where you're wrong.

Now I'll take this.

Oh, dear.

Oh, love should be

Hello, who's there? Let me in!

This is a nice time of the morning

to come knocking on me door.

Must be barmy. Say, what do

you think... Get outta my way!

Say, who do you think you are,

shovin' me around my own house?

I'm Bob Griffin. Shut the door.

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