an arrangement whereby I can sleep and eat and rest in peace, and

unsuspected. I must have a confederate. With a confederate, with

food and rest--a thousand things are possible.

Hitherto I have gone on vague lines. We have to consider all that

invisibility means, all that it does not mean. It means little

advantage for eavesdropping and so forth--one makes sounds. It's

of little help--a little help perhaps--in housebreaking and so

forth. Once you've caught me you could easily imprison me. But on

the other hand I am hard to catch. This invisibility, in fact, is

only good in two cases: It's useful in getting away, it's useful in

approaching. It's particularly useful, therefore, in killing. I can

walk round a man, whatever weapon he has, choose my point, strike

as I like. Dodge as I like. Escape as I like."

Kemp's hand went to his moustache. Was that a movement

downstairs?

"And it is killing we must do, Kemp."

It is killing we must do," repeated Kemp. "I'm listening to your

plan, Griffin, but I'm not agreeing, mind. Why killing?"

"Not wanton killing, but a judicious slaying. The point is, they

know there is an Invisible Man--as well as we know there is an

Invisible Man. And that Invisible Man, Kemp, must now establish a

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