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The Plan That Failed

           "Nothing,"saidKemp,andsuddenlybegantospeakloudandfast."Idon'tagreetothis,Griffin,"hesaid."Understandme,Idon'tagreetothis.Whydreamofplayingagameagainsttherace? Howcanyouhopetogainhappiness? Don'tbealonewolf. Publishyourresults;taketheworld—takethenationatleast—intoyourconfidence. Thinkwhatyoumightdowithamillionhelpers—" 

           TheInvisibleManinterrupted—armextended. "Therearefootstepscomingupstairs,"hesaidinalowvoice. 

           "Nonsense,"saidKemp. 

           "Letmesee,"saidtheInvisibleMan, andadvanced,armextended,tothedoor. 

           Andthenthingshappenedveryswiftly.Kemphesitatedforasecondandthenmovedtointercepthim. TheInvisibleManstartedandstoodstill. "Traitor!"criedtheVoice,andsuddenlythedressing-gownopened,andsittingdowntheUnseenbegantodisrobe. Kempmadethreeswiftstepstothedoor,andforthwiththeInvisibleMan—hislegshadvanished—sprangtohisfeetwithashout. Kempflungthedooropen. 

           Asitopened,therecameasoundofhurryingfeetdownstairsandvoices. 

           WithaquickmovementKempthrusttheInvisibleManback,sprangaside,andslammedthedoor. Thekeywasoutsideandready. InanothermomentGriffinwouldhavebeenaloneinthebelvederestudy,aprisoner. Saveforonelittlething. Thekeyhadbeenslippedinhastilythatmorning.AsKempslammedthedooritfellnoisilyuponthecarpet. 

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