The Invisible Man Returns Page #2

see you, sir. Dr. Griffin?

Yes. I'm Sampson, Scotland Yard.

May I come in?

What can I do for you,

Inspector?

What can you do for me,

Doctor? Very little, I'm afraid.

You and Radcliffe were great

friends, weren't you, Doctor?

We still are,

I'm happy to say.

Yes, Doctor, quite so.

The research on which you

and he were collaborating...

was interrupted

by the unfortunate, uh,

accident to Sir Michael,

shall we say?

And to carry on such important

work, a man like you...

wouldn't hesitate to

break the law, would you?

Suppose you come

to the point, Inspector.

I've been looking up the

file on your late brother.

That was nine years ago,

wasn't it?

Charming fellow...

and very ingenious.

He concocted a formula which included

a poisonous drug called duocane,

an extraction of

an East Indian herb...

that took the color

out of things.

Combined with other ingredients,

known only to himself,

it made the body transparent when

injected into the bloodstream.

Very ingenious.

He succeeded, didn't he,

in making himself invisible?

Really, you don't have to go through

all that. I can remember it very well.

Yes, it isn't a thing a mere nine

years can make you forget, is it?

You recall, of course,

how he went insane...

and never regained visibility

till after he was dead,

and how he was finally

killed by the police.

Shot down like a mad dog after

hundreds had lost their lives.

A most-hideous crime.

But, of course, Doctor,

you would never

make a man invisible...

with the danger

of him going mad,

unless you had a means of

bringing him back in time.

Surely, in all

those nine years,

you've found a method

of avoiding insanity...

or perhaps even

restoring visibility.

I was never interested

in my brother's activities.

Oh, I'm sorry, Doctor. I had

hoped that you might cooperate.

You must realize that

if the monster murders,

the scientist hangs.

Have a cigar?

No, thanks. I don't smoke. Try it.

In smoke or rain...

he becomes visible.

Cover this place.

I'll send some men out.

I tell you, Miss, you're the first

visitor to this cottage in nigh on a year.

Exceptin' Dr. Griffin, comin'

to look at my gouty old foot.

- When do you expect the patient?

- He'll be here very soon, Ben.

Ah, there's naught I won't be glad

to do for a patient of Dr. Griffin.

Aye, and I'll be glad

to have a body to talk to.

He's had a very

serious accident, Ben.

He needs rest and no

unnecessary conversation.

Oh, depend on me, Miss.

Old Ben never talks

except when it's wanted.

And I think he'd rather

that no one knew he was here.

That's old Towser. I

wonder what's come over him.

Getting old and talkative,

seems like.

What's the matter, you

old fool? Be quiet now.

Helen, darling.

Come inside quickly,

darling.

Will you stop!

It's not Buckingham Palace,

darling.

You're wrong.

It is.

At least it's comfortable

and safe.

How does it feel to have

a phantom fianc?

You're the best phantom

I happen to know.

I can touch you.

Oh, you poor boy.

I don't know what to say.

I'm lucky.

I can see you.

After all, I'm not much

to look at anyway.

Even when I...

Even when this...

It doesn't make any difference,

dear. We're together.

Soon it'll be as it always was.

All this is just a dream.

Now come.

Sit down and rest.

I'll get some tea.

You must be famished.

Oh, no, thanks just the same, darling,

but I don't want anything to eat.

Just sit down

and talk to me.

It's all right.

You must have thought

I'd never get here.

It was kind of awful

waiting,

wondering if something

had happened to you.

I couldn't find the spot where Frank

had hidden the bag with the clothes.

You can't imagine how cold

I was until I found them.

You know, I'm beginning to understand why

ghosts moan so in this sort of weather.

You haven't changed a bit.

That's a slight exaggeration.

But if the worst comes to the worst, I

can always get a job haunting a house.

There's not going to be any

"worst. " Frank won't let us down.

- He's working day and night

on the antidote.

Stop that infernal row!

Oh.

I'm sorry, darling.

It's just that...

all these months...

I've thought about this day,

mentally adjusting myself,

certain that I'd be able to

accept the change quite casually.

But now that it's happened,

now that it's become a reality,

I don't know.

I can't stand it

any longer, Helen!

He'll rouse the whole

neighborhood! Stop him!

Darling... you know there's

no one around here for miles.

Ben!

Oh, I say, Ben, can't you take that dog away?

Tie him somewhere

where we can't hear him.

Oh, don't pay no heed

on him, Miss.

Hey, you gert blunderhead!

I can't say I blame you.

Well...

I'd better be on my way again. Where?

Darling, I can't just sit around

here with Michael's murderer at large.

Geoff, I understand, but you've

got to take it easy for a few days.

Here.

You've been under

such an awful strain.

I've almost forgotten

how to relax.

I suppose I'll get used to this.

You won't have to,

Geoff.

Frank's sure he'll have the

antidote within a few days.

Yes. Yes, of course.

Helen...

Promise me something.

Yes?

Frank gave me his word that,

if my mind should begin to go...

before he found

a way back for me,

he'd prevent me

doing any harm...

chain me if necessary.

Help him keep his promise.

I don't know, darling.

I feel...

You know, I feel...

I... I feel...

Hello there!

Jumpin'Jehoshaphat!

What do you want?

I was wondering whether a bite

to eat wouldn't be welcome, sir?

Thank you.

Helen, don't look

at me like that!

Lt... It was just waking up...

and hearing Ben's voice.

And then seeing me. Oh,

Geoff, nothing's changed.

Oh, I should have

let them hang me!

Darling, darling,

you mustn't say that!

Who was ever faced

with a choice like that?

To be hanged by the neck

until I was dead...

or to take life on the terms

of this fantastic drug!

Invisibility at the price of almost

certain madness! Today, tomorrow...

You must be patient! It was fear,

nothing but fear that decided me.

Oh, Helen,

my life isn't so valuable...

that I should

endanger yours and Frank's.

Oh, I'm sorry, darling.

I didn't mean to upset you.

I'm a worm to treat you like this

after all you've been through.

Here. Now, we'Il...

We'll wipe away those tears.

I'll try and act

like a normal person.

Ben!

Hello there! Ben!

Hey, Ben,

isn't this your dog?

Aye. Daft old fool!

I had to put him out.

Put him out?

What for?

Listen.

Shut up!

Keeping the whole place

awake! You have visitors, eh?

Uh, uh, visitors? What would

I be doing with visitors?

Nobody visits

poor old Ben.

Then who were the dog

keeping awake?

Oh, the neighbors.

Are you soft, man?

Why, there isn't a neighbor

closer than the Higginbottoms,

More than a couple miles

from here.

Look at him barking and

barking like a mucky old fool!

Who's inside? Isn't nobody here,

and nobody hasn't been here.

Who's in the upstairs room

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