In the “Coach and Horses”

           Nowinorderclearlytounderstandwhathadhappenedintheinn,itisnecessarytogobacktothemomentwhenMr.MarvelfirstcameintoviewofMr.Huxter'swindow. 

           AtthatprecisemomentMr.CussandMr.Buntingwereintheparlour. Theywereseriouslyinvestigatingthestrangeoccurrencesofthemorning,andwere,withMr.Hall'spermission,makingathoroughexaminationoftheInvisibleMan'sbelongings. Jaffershadpartiallyrecoveredfromhisfallandhadgonehomeinthechargeofhissympatheticfriends. Thestranger'sscatteredgarmentshadbeenremovedbyMrs.Hallandtheroomtidiedup. Andonthetableunderthewindowwherethestrangerhadbeenwonttowork,Cusshadhitalmostatonceonthreebigbooksinmanuscriptlabelled"Diary." 

           "Diary!"saidCuss,puttingthethreebooksonthetable. "Now,atanyrate,weshalllearnsomething." TheVicarstoodwithhishandsonthetable. 

           "Diary,"repeatedCuss,sittingdown,puttingtwovolumestosupportthethird,andopeningit. "H'm—nonameonthefly-leaf.Bother!—cypher.Andfigures." 

           Thevicarcameroundtolookoverhisshoulder. 

           Cussturnedthepagesoverwithafacesuddenlydisappointed. "I'm—dearme!It'sallcypher,Bunting." 

           "Therearenodiagrams?"askedMr.Bunting."Noillustrationsthrowinglight—"