The Invisible Man Page #3

Now go down and draw the blinds

in your sitting room.

- Are we alone in the house?

- Yes.

Good. All right, go now. If you raise

a finger against me, you're a dead man.

I'm strong and I'll strangle you.

understand? Wait for me downstairs.

The sitting room, I said, Kemp.

And if you try and escape by the window,

I shall follow you,

and no one in the world can save you.

Here comes the inspector now.

Get up.

Nice fool you've made of me.

I've got reports for ten miles around.

Not a sign of anything.

I'll tell you what I think

of your invisible man: it's a hoax.

Good business for the saloon bar,

eh, Mr Hall?

Suppose I'd break my neck

to sell a gallon of beer?

I'll have an inquiry right now.

Bring in everybody who thinks

they saw or heard anything.

I'll get to the bottom of this.

Get those tables together.

Now, Kemp.

Now then, we can talk as man to man.

Sit down.

One day I'll tell you everything.

There's no time now.

I began five years ago in secret,

working all night, every night,

right into the dawn.

A thousand experiments,

a thousand failures,

and then at last the great, wonderful day.

- But, Griffin, it's ghastly!

- The great, wonderful day.

The last little mixture of drugs.

I couldn't stay here any longer, Kemp.

I couldn't let you see me

slowly fading away.

So I packed up and went to a village

for secrecy and quiet,

to finish the experiment

and complete the antidote,

the way back to visible man again.

I meant to come back

just as I was when you saw me last.

But the fools wouldn't let me work

in peace. I had to teach them a lesson.

But why? Why do it, Griffin?

Just a scientific experiment at first.

That's all. To do something

no other man in the world had done.

But there's more to it than that, Kemp.

I know now.

It came to me suddenly. The drugs I took

seemed to light up my brain.

Suddenly I realised the power I held,

the power to rule,

to make the world grovel at my feet.

(chuckles)

We'll soon put the world right now, Kemp.

You and I.

I? You mean...?

I must have a partner, Kemp,

a visible partner,

to help me in the little things.

You're my partner, Kemp.

We'll begin with a reign of terror.

A few murders here and there.

Murders of great men,

murders of little men,

just to show we make no distinction.

We might even wreck a train or two.

Just these fingers

round a signalman's throat, that's all.

Griffin, for heaven's sake!

- Do you want me to take these off?

- No, no.

Very well, then.

We'll make our plans tomorrow.

Tonight we have a small job to do.

Go and get your car out, Kemp.

- Where are we going?

- To the village I left this morning.

I came away without my notebooks. They

contain all the results of my experiments.

- But it's past eight o'clock.

- It's only 15 miles.

Go now. Quickly.

Take a bag with you for the books.

Put a warm rug in the car. It's cold outside

when you have to go about naked.

- All ready?

- Yes.

Come on! Get in!

- Where's that rug?

- In the back.

I'm frozen. It's cold enough

to freeze the icicles off an Eskimo.

We'll stop in a lane near the inn. I'll give

you the books through the window.

- They'll have a guard.

- What can a guard do, you fool?

I must have those books, Kemp. I'll work

in your laboratory till I find the antidote.

Sometimes I'll make you invisible,

give me a rest.

I was walking home to me lunch, sir,

when all of a sudden something takes

hold of me hat and throws it in the pond.

- How many drinks did you have?

- Only a couple, sir, that's all.

A couple of drinks and a gust of wind.

So much for you.

Now then, about the bicycle.

Where's the owner of the bicycle?

Here, sir.

It was pulled clean out of me hands, sir.

Then it pedalled off

down the street, all by itself.

Stop here.

Come on, get out.

Take your bag and walk down the street.

I'll guide you.

Wait outside the window

till the books come out.

Put them in your bag and come back

to the car. Then wait for me.

Don't stare at me, you fool.

Look in front of you.

Come on! Get a move on.

Here we are, Kemp, in here.

Here. Stroll up and down

as though you were waiting for someone.

Watch for that window to open.

Griffin? Griffin? Are you there?

- Who's that, opened that door?

- It's them boys again, sir.

(tutting)

Here, you leave this door alone!

It's private, see!

- Aw, we never touched it.

- Yes, you did.

Go on, hop it. Go on!

(jeering)

There you are, Kemp.

Lies from beginning to end!

I've a good mind to prosecute

all of you for conspiracy.

I shall announce this evening

that the whole thing's a hoax,

and you'll be the laughing stock

of the entire country.

He's here! The invisible man!

(screams)

(shouting)

Don't leave me! Wait for me!

Don't leave me! Wait for me!

(Griffiin) A hoax, is it? All a hoax?

All a hoax?

There.

(door closes)

(panting)

All right. Off you go.

Go for your life, too.

- Did you hear shouting and screaming?

- What was that screaming?

I had to take some exercise to keep warm.

I killed a stupid policeman.

Smashed his head in.

We start in earnest

tomorrow morning, Kemp.

- Good evening, Doctor.

- Is Inspector Lane at the station?

- I want a word with him.

- Yes, sir.

Extra special!

Invisible man slays policeman!

(commotion)

- Nasty business, this.

- It's a conjuring trick, that's what it is.

I saw a fella

make a peanut disappear once.

There are one or two things

you must understand, Kemp.

I must always remain in hiding

for an hour after meals.

The food is visible inside me

until it is digested.

I can only work on fine, clear days.

If I work in the rain, the water

can be seen on my head and shoulders.

In a fog you can see me, like a bubble.

In smoky cities the soot settles on me

until you can see a dark outline.

You must always be near at hand

to wipe off my feet.

Even dirt between my fingernails

would give me away.

It is difficult at first to walk down stairs.

We are so accustomed

to watching our feet.

But these are trivial difficulties. We shall

find ways of defeating everything.

You will sleep in the room opposite.

And bring me some more food

at eight o'clock.

Good night.

(clock chimes eleven)

(yawns)

Now you will understand my plans.

You're in charge of all country

to the east, Thompson,

- for 20 miles to the north of the road.

- Very good, sir.

Neville, you take

the opposite section to the south.

Stoland, you take charge

of the search in the hills.

And, Hogan, you take all the villages,

out to the river.

Now, we shall comb the country

for 20 miles round.

We've got a terrible responsibility.

He's mad and he's invisible.

He may be standing beside us now.

But he's human and we shall get him.

We shall have 1,000 men out tonight.

Tomorrow we shall have

10,000 volunteers to help them.

There's a broadcast warning

going out at 10.30.

Now, at all costs,

we must avoid a panic spreading.

Get word to your districts,

and send me a note of your headquarters.

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