Человек-невидимка

           Itwaswailingandlaughing,sobbingandgroaning,andeverandagainitshouted. Itmusthavebeenqueerhearing. Itdroveupacrossthemiddleofacloverfieldanddiedawaytowardsthehills. 

           ThatafternoontheInvisibleManmusthavelearntsomethingoftherapiduseKemphadmadeofhisconfidences. Hemusthavefoundhouseslockedandsecured;hemayhaveloiteredaboutrailwaystationsandprowledaboutinns,andnodoubthereadtheproclamationsandrealisedsomethingofthenatureofthecampaignagainsthim. Andastheeveningadvanced,thefieldsbecamedottedhereandtherewithgroupsofthreeorfourmen,andnoisywiththeyelpingofdogs. Thesemen-huntershadparticularinstructionsinthecaseofanencounterastothewaytheyshouldsupportoneanother. Butheavoidedthemall. Wemayunderstandsomethingofhisexasperation,anditcouldhavebeennonethelessbecausehehimselfhadsuppliedtheinformationthatwasbeingusedsoremorselesslyagainsthim. Forthatdayatleasthelostheart; fornearlytwenty-fourhours,savewhenheturnedonWicksteed,hewasahuntedman. Inthenight,hemusthaveeatenandslept;forinthemorninghewashimselfagain,active,powerful,angry,andmalignant,preparedforhislastgreatstruggleagainsttheworld.