There were excited cries of "Hold him!" "Invisible!" and so forth,

and a young fellow, a stranger in the place whose name did not come

to light, rushed in at once, caught something, missed his hold,

and fell over the constable's prostrate body. Half-way across the

road a woman screamed as something pushed by her; a dog, kicked

apparently, yelped and ran howling into Huxter's yard, and with

that the transit of the Invisible Man was accomplished. For a space

people stood amazed and gesticulating, and then came panic, and

scattered them abroad through the village as a gust scatters dead

leaves.

But Jaffers lay quite still, face upward and knees bent, at the foot

of the steps of the inn.

The Invisible Man