Question

Describe the stranger's dramatic entry into the 'Coach and Horses'. (The Invisible Man by H G Wells)

Answer 1

The stranger's arrival in Iping created a curious impression. It was due to two odd incidents otherwise the circumstances of his stay until the extraordinary day of the club festival may have been passed over cursorily. There were a number of skirmishes with Mrs Hall on matters of domestic discipline but it was not until late April when the first signs of his penury became apparent, he used to override her objections with extra payment. Hall did not like him and wanted to get rid of the stranger. He was a bit overbearing but the fact that his bills punctually worked in his favour. The stranger did not even go to church and there was no difference in his costume whether it be Sunday or irreligious days. He worked fitfully and some days he would come down early and be continuously busy. On other days, he would rise late, pace his room, fret audibly for hours, smoke and sleep in the armchair by the fire. Communication with the world beyond was not in his itinerary. His temper was uncertain, he had the manner of a man suffering under almost unendurable provocation and once or twice things were snapped, torn, crushed or broken in spasmodic gusts of violence. He rarely went abroad by daylight but at twilight he would go out muffled up invisibly whether it was cold or not. He chose the loneliest paths and those most overshadowed by trees or banks. His goggling spectacles and ghastly bandaged face under the penthouse of his hat, came with a surprising suddenness out of the darkness upon one or two home going labourers. He seemed to be the bogeyman to children.