The Invisible Man is a science-fiction story about a scientist who makes himself invisible during an
experiment. Searching for a cure for his invisibility, he
travels to a small village where he can set up a lab
and work in privacy. He covers his invisibility with
clothing, bandages, and eyeglasses to appear visible
to other people. In this excerpt, he has taken a room at
Mrs. Hall's inn and is resting in the parlour, a sitting
room, after having removed some of his facial
bandages to eat
from The Invisible Man
by H. G. Wells
Read the first two paragraphs of the
Passage, on pages 1-2.
Click on TWO sentences that reveal an
awareness of what Mrs. Hall's inner thoughts
are.
At four o'clock, when it was fairly dark
and Mrs. Hall was screwing up her
courage to go in and ask her visitor if he
would take some tea, Teddy Henfrey, the
clock-jobber, came in... "My sakes!
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