The Epilogue

           SoendsthestoryofthestrangeandevilexperimentsoftheInvisibleMan. AndifyouwouldlearnmoreofhimyoumustgotoalittleinnnearPortStoweandtalktothelandlord. Thesignoftheinnisanemptyboardsaveforahatandboots,andthenameisthetitleofthisstory. Thelandlordisashortandcorpulentlittlemanwithanoseofcylindricalproportions,wiryhair,andasporadicrosinessofvisage. Drinkgenerously,andhewilltellyougenerouslyofallthethingsthathappenedtohimafterthattime,andofhowthelawyerstriedtodohimoutofthetreasurefounduponhim. 

           "Whentheyfoundtheycouldn'tprovewhosemoneywaswhich,I'mblessed,"hesays,"iftheydidn'ttrytomakemeoutabloomingtreasuretrove! DoIlooklikeaTreasureTrove? AndthenagentlemangavemeaguineaanighttotellthestoryattheEmpireMusic'All—justtotell'eminmyownwords—barringone." 

           Andifyouwanttocutofftheflowofhisreminiscencesabruptly,youcanalwaysdosobyaskingifthereweren'tthreemanuscriptbooksinthestory. Headmitstherewereandproceedstoexplain,withasseverationsthateverybodythinkshehas'em!Butblessyou!hehasn't. "TheInvisibleManitwastook'emofftohide'emwhenIcutandranforPortStowe.It'sthatMr.Kempputpeopleonwiththeideaofmyhaving'em." 

           Andthenhesubsidesintoapensivestate,watchesyoufurtively,bustlesnervouslywithglasses,andpresentlyleavesthebar.