The Invisible Man's Revenge Page #4

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Griffin? Oh, I say, what's

happened? What's happened?

Have you been scalded,

or have you got the mange?

Neither. I'm invisible.

You...

Oh, don't make me laugh!

Next thing you'll be telling me you

curl up and sleep in a buttercup.

Ah! You're as solid as I

am. You don't believe me, eh?

No! Come here.

What? Have a look.

Oh, blimey!

Oh, it's the truth!

I had to put these wrappings on.

I was causing too much excitement,

wandering around without any head.

I'll have to stay with you.

You're the only man I can trust.

Where do you think you're

going? Oh, I'm not going out.

I'm just, uh, locking the

door so nobody can come in.

Hurry up and get me some

breakfast. I'm hungry.

Yes.

Right away.

I'm very sorry, but I have nothing but

a very old moldy pancake to offer you.

Look, eh, why don't you go down to the inn?

They have a very nice breakfast down

there. Two kinds of jam and a bit of fish.

Hurry up with the pancakes.

Pancake, eh? Right-o, pancake.

Well, this flour here is a

bit wormy. Do you mind? No.

Oh.

All right, here we go. Pancake, huh? Uh...

Oh, I say, look 'ere.

Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk!

There's been a mouse in it.

Sounds as if you don't want to serve me.

Oh, not at all! I'm very

happy to do it. Very happy!

Here. Could you...

Would you mind puttin' this bag over your head?

I'm afraid you're gonna catch cold.

Here. See here!

Maybe this'll convince you I have a head.

When I put something on it,

you can see it. Now watch.

How's that?

Blimey!

YY-You're the dead

spit of yourself!

All right, now stop your

chattering and get my breakfast.

Yes, sir, right away.

And, eh... Er, oh, uh...

You know, I'm very happy to have you here,

but, I'm sorry to tell you, you can't stay.

Why not?

Well, I'll tell ya.

This time tomorrow, I'll

have no roof over me head.

I'm losin' this place

for the want of me rent.

I'll get you the rent.

Oh, I don't want you to bother about it.

I'll get you more than the rent.

I'll get you money, power, the chance

to hurt people the way they've hurt you.

Just you wait till tonight.

You'd be laughing through to the other

side of your whiskers, Tom Meadow,

if you'd seen what I seen.

And what might that be, Jem Yarrow?

I seen him myself last night on the road.

A suit of clothes walking, and a hat.

And he hadn't got no head nor hands.

I'm sorry. I thought you came in ahead of me.

Well, I didn't. There you are.

I wish you wouldn't move around so

much. I can't tell where you are.

Lead the way, will you? Then I can't trip.

Thank you.

Hello, Herbert. Hello, Will.

Hey, Herbert. Here. Huh?

Yes? Ain't you afeared to be out at night,

walking streets alone? Alone?

What makes you thinks I'm alone? Ow!

Oh, dear. Oh, 'struth. Oh, my arm.

Must have a touch of gout. Gout?

Yes. Oh, drinkin' too much port, no doubt.

Hello, Herbie. Hello, hello.

A half a pint of bitters, will

you? Half a pint of bitters.

Yeah. Oh, Herbert.

Yes? On your way over to the thickets,

did you see anything of a headless corpse?

A headless corpse?

Yes! ... Oh.

Oh, no, no, no. That's just

imagination. Oh, imagination.

There be no such thing as a headless corpse.

Oh, don't believe it, eh?

Well, chap from London believes...

and asked me all about it.

And me too. He wrote about it, he did.

Making game here, that's what he was doing.

Oh. Well, tell him to his

face. Yonder he's coming.

How are you, Bill? Hi,

Meadows. Hello, Mr. Foster.

Hello. How are you? Spot

of brandy, please, Maud.

Did you find the postmistress, Mr. Foster?

Yes, thanks. She opened up the post

office, and I got my story to London.

Sending off a story, Mr. Foster? I

thought you was up here for a holiday.

Well, I couldn't pass up a

story about an invisible man.

Why, it's better than

the monster of Loch Ness.

Well... Say, that's funny.

Accidents will happen.

I didn't even touch it.

Oh, you must have. There.

Think nothing of it.

I wish I was home.

Mr. Foster. Yes, Gray?

Excuse me, sir. Miss Julie

says there won't be an answer.

All right. Thank you, sir.

She's not for you, Foster.

Who said that?

Not me, not me. I said nothing.

That's funny. I must be hearing things.

It's getting so I'm believing my own stories.

Well, cheerio.

Good night, all. Good night.

That does it.

Two half-and-halfs

and a pint of bitters.

There you are, Neddy. Yours, if you want it.

Where's a chap can play a game

with me and make it worth my while?

I'll play you, Ned Towle.

You will, will you?

Whatever gave you notion

you can throw a dart?

Oh, I didn't...

Oh, it's one of me hidden talents.

There you are, then. Eh? Oh, now, thank you.

Well, I-I... I don't think

these points are sharp enough.

You know? You don't, eh?

No. Get on with it.

You couldn't hit a barn door with a dead cat.

Oh, I can't?

I could... No.

I'll bet you five quid. Five quid?

And where would he get five

quid? Yeah, where would he?

I got it right here somewhere. I got a draft.

Here. Here's a draft right

there for five pounds.

Right? Right-o.

Five pounds? Yes. Where's yours?

I never made five pounds so

easy. All right, put up, put up.

Here's mine. Here, you hold it.

Who's gonna hold him?

I don't need no holding.

All right. But hang around.

Rob, Rob? What do you want?

What'll I do? Just go through

the motions. I'll take care of it.

Come on, throw it, throw it!

All right, all right.

Give me a chance, will ya?

You ain't afraid, are you? Afraid, nothing.

Well, go on and throw it! All right.

The first is a bit of a fancy one, you know?

Bloomin' bull's-eye.

'Tis naught but bull luck.

Look. Any position.

Well, why didn't you throw it?

Rob, what's the matter?

Give me time to get back, will you?

I've got to run with it and

stick it in the board. Oh.

Oh, I forgot to tell you. This

is Herbert Higgins's delayed dart.

Watch the bull's-eye.

I didn't think he could

do it. Strike me pink.

Another blinking bull's-eye!

I know, I know. I don't even have to look.

Here, watch this one.

All the way around me napper.

It's bleedin' hypnotism, that's what it is.

Oh, hypnotism, eh?

Ah, get him. Here.

I resent that remark. I'm a honest man, I am.

Oh, yes? Let's see them darts.

What's the matter? A dart's a dart, ain't it?

They're all the same, Neddy. There you are.

Now are you satisfied? Why, yes, I...

Well, all right. You wanna bet

another five pounds? Well, n...

Come on, talk fast. Well, no, I...

I'll be satisfied with the

five quid I'm gonna win.

You hopes.

Horace, loan me

your "to-and-fro. "

Thank you. Hey, Jim, here, here.

Come on, give me an hand.

Come on, Jim, come on.

What now? Put one of those harrows on there.

Right on. Come on, right on top of there.

There you are. Now stand back, stand back.

Look out for your head.

Here you are, Horace. Thank you.

He never had a dart in his

hand before. Blooming magic.

You're going to have an hard job

beating that one. Don't worry about me.

It's your throw, Neddy.

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