Людина-невидимка
The Hunter Hunted
"Hullo!"criedtheconstable."Here'shisfeeta-showing!"
Andso,slowly,beginningathishandsandfeetandcreepingalonghislimbstothevitalcentresofhisbody,thatstrangechangecontinued. Itwasliketheslowspreadingofapoison. Firstcamethelittlewhitenerves,ahazygreysketchofalimb,thentheglassybonesandintricatearteries,thenthefleshandskin,firstafaintfogginess,andthengrowingrapidlydenseandopaque. Presentlytheycouldseehiscrushedchestandhisshoulders,andthedimoutlineofhisdrawnandbatteredfeatures.
WhenatlastthecrowdmadewayforKemptostanderect,therelay,nakedandpitifulontheground,thebruisedandbrokenbodyofayoungmanaboutthirty. Hishairandbrowwerewhite—notgreywithage,butwhitewiththewhitenessofalbinism—andhiseyeswerelikegarnets. Hishandswereclenched,hiseyeswideopen,andhisexpressionwasoneofangeranddismay.
"Coverhisface!"saidaman."ForGawd'ssake,coverthatface!"andthreelittlechildren,pushingforwardthroughthecrowd,weresuddenlytwistedroundandsentpackingoffagain.
Someonebroughtasheetfromthe"JollyCricketers,"andhavingcoveredhim,theycarriedhimintothathouse.
