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Chapter I. The Strange Man’s Arrival
Chapter II. Mr. Teddy Henfrey’s First Impressions
Chapter III. The Thousand and One Bottles
Chapter IV. Mr. Cuss Meets the Stranger
Chapter V. Strange Events in Iping
Chapter VI. The Stranger without Disguise
Chapter VII. Mr. Thomas Marvel
Chapter VIII. In the “Coach and Horses”
Chapter IX. The Invisible Man Returns
Chapter X. Mr. Marvel Escapes
Chapter XI. The Invisible Man is Coming
Chapter XII. Dr. Kemp’s Visitor
Chapter XIII. The Invisible Man Sleeps
Chapter XIV. Certain First Principles
Chapter XV. The Experiment
Chapter XVI. New Life Begins
Chapter XVII. In Drury Lane
Chapter XVIII. The Plan that Failed
Chapter XIX. The Hunting of the Invisible Man
Chapter XX. The Invisible Man Against Kemp
The Epilogue
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The stranger came in February, as it was snowing heavily, walking from Bramblehurst Railway Station, and carrying a little black bag. He came into the “Coach and Horses[1]” more dead than alive. “A fire!” he cried, “A room and a fire!” He shook the snow off himself, and followed Mrs. Hall into her guest room, where he put some sovereigns on the table.
Mrs. Hall lit the fire and left him there while she went to prepare him a meal. A guest to stop at Iping in the winter time was an unheard-of piece of luck[2], especially a guest who paid in cash.
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The visitor sat and listened to the sound of her feet. He looked at the window before he took away the napkin; then rose and pulled the blind down. He returned to the table and his lunch.
“The poor man had an accident, or an operation or something,” said Mrs. Hall. “And he held that napkin over his mouth all the time. Talked through it!… Perhaps his mouth was hurt too.”
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