steward [`stjHqd], iron [`aIqn], circumstance [`sq:kqmstxns]
Mr. Wicksteed was a man of forty-five or forty-six, steward to Lord Burdock, of inoffensive habits and appearance, the very last person in the world to provoke such a terrible antagonist. Against him it would seem the Invisible Man used an iron rod dragged from a broken piece of fence. He stopped this quiet man, going quietly home to his midday meal, attacked him, beat down his feeble defences, broke his arm, felled him, and smashed his head to a jelly.
Of course, he must have dragged this rod out of the fencing before he met his victim β he must have been carrying it ready in his hand. Only two details beyond what has already been stated seem to bear on the matter. One is the circumstance that the gravel pit was not in Mr. Wicksteedβs direct path home, but nearly a couple of hundred yards out of his way.
The other is the assertion of a little girl to the effect that (Π²ΡΠΎΡΠ°Ρ /Π΄Π΅ΡΠ°Π»Ρ/ β ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΡΡΡΠ΅Π΅ ΡΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠΆΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΌΠ°Π»Π΅Π½ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ Π΄Π΅Π²ΠΎΡΠΊΠΈ; to the effect that β Π²ΡΠΎΠΌΡΠΌΡΡΠ»Π΅, ΡΡΠΎ; ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΡΡΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎΡΠΎΠ΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠ°Π½ΠΈΡ), going to her afternoon school (ΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΠ΅ΠΉ Π² ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»Ρ), she saw the murdered man βtrottingβ in a peculiar manner across a field towards the gravel pit (ΠΎΠ½Π° Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π»Π°, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΡΠ±ΠΈΡΡΠΉ ΡΡΡΠ°Π½Π½ΡΠΌ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π·ΠΎΠΌ Β«ΡΡΡΡΠΈΠ»Β» ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π· ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅ ΠΏΠΎ Π½Π°ΠΏΡΠ°Π²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΊ Π³ΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΠΉΠ½ΠΎΠΌΡ ΠΊΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ΡΡ; to trot β ΠΈΠ΄ΡΠΈΡΡΡΡΡ/ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈ/; ΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΡΡ, ΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΏΠΈΡΡΡΡ). Her pantomime of his action suggests a man pursuing something on the ground before him (Π΅Π΅ ΠΏΠ°Π½ΡΠΎΠΌΠΈΠΌΠ° Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π΄Π΅ΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠΉ Π½Π°Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ»Π° Π½Π° ΠΌΡΡΠ»Ρ = ΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠΌΡ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π°ΡΡΠΎΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π·ΠΈΠ»Π°, ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ»ΠΎΠΏΡΠΈΠΉΡΠΈΠΊΠ·Π°ΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π°Π» /Π΄Π²ΠΈΠΆΡΡΠ΅Π΅ΡΡ/ ΡΡΠΎ-ΡΠΎ ΠΏΠΎ Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ»Π΅ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π΄ Π½ΠΈΠΌ) and striking at it ever and again with his walking-stick (Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ ΠΎΡ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈ ΡΠ΄Π°ΡΡΡ ΠΏΠΎ ΡΡΠΎΠΌΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡ ΡΡΠΎΡΡΡΡ). She was the last person to see him alive (Π΄Π΅Π²ΠΎΡΠΊΠ° Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π΄Π½Π΅ΠΉ, ΠΊΡΠΎ Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π» Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΡΠΌ). He passed out of her sight to his death (ΠΎΠ½ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΏΠ°Π» ΠΈΠ· Π΅Π΅ Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π°, /ΡΠ°Π³Π½ΡΠ²/ Π½Π°Π²ΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΡ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈ), the struggle being hidden from her only by a clump of beech trees (Π±ΠΎΡΡΠ±Ρ ΡΠΊΡΡΠ»Π° ΠΎΡ Π½Π΅Π΅ Π»ΠΈΡΡ Π½Π΅Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ°Ρ Π³ΡΡΠΏΠΏΠ° Π±ΡΠΊΠΎΠ²; clump β Π·Π°ΡΠΎΡΠ»ΠΈ /Π΄Π΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠ΅Π², ΠΊΡΡΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ²/; Π³ΡΡΠΏΠΏΠ°/Π΄Π΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠ΅Π²/) and a slight depression in the ground (ΠΈ Π»ΠΎΠΆΠ±ΠΈΠ½ΠΊΠ°; slight β Π»Π΅Π³ΠΊΠΈΠΉ, Π½Π΅Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠΉ; depression β ΠΏΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ, Π½ΠΈΠ·ΠΈΠ½Π°, Π²ΠΏΠ°Π΄ΠΈΠ½Π°, ΡΠ³Π»ΡΠ±Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅).
Now this, to the present writerβs mind at least (ΡΡΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΡΠΎΠ±Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ, ΠΏΠΎ ΠΊΡΠ°ΠΉΠ½Π΅ΠΉ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅, ΠΏΠΎ ΠΌΠ½Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΏΠΈΡΡΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ ΡΡΠΈ ΡΡΡΠΎΠΊΠΈ), lifts the murder out of the realm of the absolutely wanton (ΡΠ±ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ ΡΠ±ΠΈΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΎ ΠΈΠ· ΠΎΠ±Π»Π°ΡΡΠΈ ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎ Π±Π΅ΡΠΏΡΠΈΡΠΈΠ½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ = Π΄Π΅Π»Π°ΡΡ ΡΠ±ΠΈΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΎ Π½Π΅ ΡΡΠΎΠ»Ρ Π±Π΅ΡΠΏΡΠΈΡΠΈΠ½Π½ΡΠΌ; to lift out β ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°ΡΡ; ΡΠ΄Π°Π»ΡΡΡ, ΡΠ±ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ). We may imagine that Griffin had taken the rod as a weapon indeed (ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ Π΄ΠΎΠΏΡΡΡΠΈΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΡΠΈΡΡΠΈΠ½ Π΄Π΅ΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ Π²Π·ΡΠ» ΠΏΡΡΡ Π² ΠΊΠ°ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅ ΠΎΡΡΠΆΠΈΡ), but without any deliberate intention of using it in murder (Π½ΠΎ Π±Π΅Π· ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π½Π°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠΌΡΡΠ»Π° = Π½Π΅Π½Π°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²Π°ΡΡΡΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π»ΡΡΠ±ΠΈΠΉΡΡΠ²Π°). Wicksteed may then have come by (Π£ΠΈΠΊΡΡΠΈΠ΄ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ ΠΏΡΠΎΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡ ΠΌΠΈΠΌΠΎ) and noticed this rod inexplicably moving through the air (ΠΈ Π·Π°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΈΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΏΡΡΡ Π½Π΅ΠΏΠΎΠ½ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π·ΠΎΠΌ Π΄Π²ΠΈΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΡ Π² Π²ΠΎΠ·Π΄ΡΡ Π΅; inexplicably β Π½Π΅ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΡΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠΎ, Π½Π΅ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΆΠΈΠΌΠΎ). Without any thought of the Invisible Man (Π±Π΅Π· ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ ΠΌΡΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎ ΠΠ΅Π²ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΌΠΊΠ΅) β for Port Burdock is ten miles away (ΠΏΠΎΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΡ ΠΠΎΡΡ-ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΄ΠΎΠΊ Π½Π°Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡΡ Π² Π΄Π΅ΡΡΡΠΈ ΠΌΠΈΠ»ΡΡ /ΠΎΡ ΡΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ°/) β he may have pursued it (ΠΎΠ½, Π²Π΅ΡΠΎΡΡΠ½ΠΎ, ΠΏΠΎΠ³Π½Π°Π»ΡΡ Π·Π° Π½ΠΈΠΌ).
school [skHl], pantomime [`pxntqmaIm], pursuing [pq`sjHIN], realm [relm]
The other is the assertion of a little girl to the effect that, going to her afternoon school, she saw the murdered man βtrottingβ in a peculiar manner across a field towards the gravel pit. Her pantomime of his action suggests a man pursuing something on the ground before him and striking at it ever and again with his walking-stick. She was the last person to see him alive. He passed out of her sight to his death, the struggle being hidden from her only by a clump of beech trees and a slight depression in the ground.
Now this, to the present writerβs mind at least, lifts the murder out of the realm of the absolutely wanton. We may imagine that Griffin had taken the rod as a weapon indeed, but without any deliberate intention of using it in murder. Wicksteed may then have come by and noticed this rod inexplicably moving through the air. Without any thought of the Invisible Man β for Port Burdock is ten miles away β he may have pursued it.
It is quite conceivable that he may not even have heard of the Invisible Man (Π²Π΅ΡΡΠΌΠ° Π²Π΅ΡΠΎΡΡΠ½ΠΎ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΎΠ½ Π΄Π°ΠΆΠ΅ Π½Π΅ ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°Π» ΠΎ ΠΠ΅Π²ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΌΠΊΠ΅). One can then imagine the Invisible Man making off (Π΄Π°Π»Π΅Π΅ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ Π΄ΠΎΠΏΡΡΡΠΈΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΠ΅Π²ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΌΠΊΠ° ΡΡΠ°Π» ΡΠ±Π΅Π³Π°ΡΡ) β quietly in order to avoid discovering his presence in the neighbourhood (Π±Π΅ΡΡΡΠΌΠ½ΠΎ, ΡΡΠΎΠ±Ρ Π½Π΅ ΠΎΠ±Π½Π°ΡΡΠΆΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΡΡΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΅ Π² ΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΎΠΊΡΡΠ³Π΅), and Wicksteed, excited and curious (Π° Π£ΠΈΠΊΡΡΠΈΠ΄, Π²Π·Π²ΠΎΠ»Π½ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΡΠΉ ΠΈ Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΏΡΡΠ½ΡΠΉ), pursuing this unaccountably locomotive object (ΠΏΠΎΠ³Π½Π°Π»ΡΡ Π·Π° ΡΡΠΈΠΌ Π½Π΅ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΡΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠΎ Π΄Π²ΠΈΠΆΡΡΠΈΠΌΡΡ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌ) β finally striking at it (ΠΈ Π² ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΌ ΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ ΡΠ΄Π°ΡΠΈΠ» ΠΏΠΎ Π½Π΅ΠΌΡ).
No doubt the Invisible Man could easily have distanced his middle-aged pursuer under ordinary circumstances (Π½Π΅ΡΠΎΠΌΠ½Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎ, ΠΠ΅Π²ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΌΠΊΠ° Π»Π΅Π³ΠΊΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ ΡΠ±Π΅ΠΆΠ°ΡΡ ΠΎΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ ΡΡΠ΅Π΄Π½ΠΈΡ Π»Π΅Ρ = Π½Π΅ΠΌΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ ΠΏΡΠΈ ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π»ΡΡΡΠ²Π°Ρ ; to distance β ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΡΡΠΏΠΎΠ·Π°Π΄ΠΈ, ΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠ³Π½Π°ΡΡ), but the position in which Wicksteedβs body was found suggests (Π½ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅, Π² ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΌ Π½Π°ΠΉΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΎ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎ Π£ΠΈΠΊΡΡΠΈΠ΄Π°, Π½Π°Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ Π½Π° ΠΌΡΡΠ»Ρ ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠΌ) that he had the ill luck to drive his quarry into a corner between a drift of stinging nettles and the gravel pit (ΡΡΠΎ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π» Π½Π΅ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΡΠ΅ Π·Π°Π³Π½Π°ΡΡ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ²Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ° Π² ΡΠ³ΠΎΠ» ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ Π·Π°ΡΠΎΡΠ»ΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΆΠ³ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΊΡΠ°ΠΏΠΈΠ²Ρ ΠΈ ΠΊΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ΡΠΎΠΌ; quarry β ΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΌΠ½Ρ; Π΄ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ°; ΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡΠΉ Π·Π²Π΅ΡΡ; drift β Π΄ΡΠ΅ΠΉΡ; ΡΡΠ³ΡΠΎΠ±, Π½Π°Π½ΠΎΡ; Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ°Ρ ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠΎΡΠ½Π°Ρ ΠΊΠ»ΡΠΌΠ±Π°; ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠΎΠ²). To those who appreciate the extraordinary irascibility of the Invisible Man (ΡΠ΅ΠΌ, ΠΊΡΠΎ Π·Π½Π°Π΅Ρ ΠΎ Π½Π΅ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ°ΠΉΠ½ΠΎΠΉ Π²ΡΠΏΡΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ²ΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΠ΅Π²ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΌΠΊΠΈ; to appreciate β ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΡ; ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ΅; ΠΏΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°ΡΡ), the rest of the encounter will be easy to imagine (Π»Π΅Π³ΠΊΠΎ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅: Β«ΠΎΡΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠΊ Π²ΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΒ»).
discovering [dIs`kAvqrIN], locomotive ["lqukq`mqutIv], quarry [`kwOrI], irascibility [I"rxsq`bIlItI]
It is quite conceivable that he may not even have heard of the Invisible Man. One can then imagine the Invisible Man making off β quietly in order to avoid discovering his presence in the neighbourhood, and Wicksteed, excited and curious, pursuing this unaccountably locomotive object β finally striking at it.
No doubt the Invisible Man could easily have distanced his middle-aged pursuer under ordinary circumstances, but the position in which Wicksteedβs body was found suggests that he had the ill luck to drive his quarry into a corner between a drift of stinging nettles and the gravel pit. To those who appreciate the extraordinary irascibility of the Invisible Man, the rest of the encounter will be easy to imagine.
But this is pure hypothesis (ΠΎΠ΄Π½Π°ΠΊΠΎ ΡΡΠΎ ΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅). The only undeniable facts β for stories of children are often unreliable (Π΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠ΅ Π½Π΅ΡΠΎΠΌΠ½Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠ΅ ΡΠ°ΠΊΡΡ, ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·Ρ Π΄Π΅ΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΎ Π½Π΅Π΄ΠΎΡΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠ½Ρ/Π½Π΅Π½Π°Π΄Π΅ΠΆΠ½Ρ; torelyβ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π°Π³Π°ΡΡΡΡ) β are the discovery of Wicksteedβs body, done to death (ΠΎΠ±Π½Π°ΡΡΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠ΅Π»Π° ΡΠ±ΠΈΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π£ΠΈΠΊΡΡΠΈΠ΄Π°; todotodeathβ ΡΠ±ΠΈΡΡ), and of the blood-stained iron rod flung among the nettles (ΠΈ Π·Π°ΠΏΠ°ΡΠΊΠ°Π½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΊΡΠΎΠ²ΡΡ ΠΆΠ΅Π»Π΅Π·Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΏΡΡΡΠ°, Π±ΡΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π² ΠΊΡΠ°ΠΏΠΈΠ²Ρ; tofling). The abandonment of the rod by Griffin, suggests (ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΡΡΡΠ° ΠΡΠΈΡΡΠΈΠ½ΡΠΌ Π½Π°Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ Π½Π° ΠΌΡΡΠ»Ρ ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠΌ = ΠΎΡΠ΅Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π½ΠΎ, ΠΡΠΈΡΡΠΈΠ½ Π±ΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ» ΠΏΡΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠΌΡ; toabandonβ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΈΠ΄Π°ΡΡ, Π±ΡΠΎΡΠ°ΡΡ; ΠΎΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ ΠΎΡ) that in the emotional excitement of the affair (ΡΡΠΎ /Π½Π°Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ»ΡΡ Π² ΡΠΌΠΎΡΠΈΠΎΠ½Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΌ/ Π²ΠΎΠ»Π½Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ ΠΈΠ·-Π·Π° ΡΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΡΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΡ/Π±ΡΠ» Π²Π·Π²ΠΎΠ»Π½ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ ΡΡΠΈΠΌ ΠΈΠ½ΡΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π½ΡΠΎΠΌ), the purpose for which he took it (ΠΎΡ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈ, Π΄Π»Ρ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΎΠ½ Π²Π·ΡΠ» Π΅Π³ΠΎ) β if he had a purpose β was abandoned (Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ Ρ Π½Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ, ΠΎΠ½ ΠΎΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π»ΡΡ; toabandonβ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΈΠ΄Π°ΡΡ, ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΡΡ; ΠΎΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ /ΠΎΡ ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ/, ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΡ /ΡΡΠΎ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ, Π΄Π΅Π»Π°ΡΡ ΡΡΠΎ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ/). He was certainly an intensely egotistical and unfeeling man (ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎ, ΠΎΠ½ Π±ΡΠ» ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Ρ ΡΠ³ΠΎΠΈΡΡΠΈΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΠΈ Π±Π΅ΡΡΡΠ²ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΌ), but the sight of his victim, his first victim (Π½ΠΎ Π²ΠΈΠ΄ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Ρ, Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΉ ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Ρ), bloody and pitiful at his feet (ΠΎΠΊΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π²Π»Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΈ ΠΆΠ°Π»ΠΊΠΎΠΉ, /Π»Π΅ΠΆΠ°Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΉ/ Ρ Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π½ΠΎΠ³), may have released some long pent fountain of remorse (ΠΌΠΎΠ³ ΠΎΡΠ²ΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡ Π΄ΠΎΠ»Π³ΠΎ Π·Π°ΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΎΠ½ΡΠ°Π½ ΡΠ°ΡΠΊΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΈΡ = ΠΏΡΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΄ΠΈΡΡ Π² Π½Π΅ΠΌ ΡΠ°ΡΠΊΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΈΠ΅; pent β Π·Π°ΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ, Π·Π°ΠΏΠ΅ΡΡΡΠΉ) which for a time may have flooded whatever scheme of action he had contrived (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ΅ ΠΎΡΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠΈΠ»ΠΎ: Β«Π·Π°ΡΠΎΠΏΠΈΠ»ΠΎΒ» Π½Π° Π½Π΅ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ΅ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ΄ΡΠΌΠ°Π½Π½ΡΠΉ ΠΈΠΌ ΠΏΠ»Π°Π½ Π΄Π΅ΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠΉ).
After the murder of Mr. Wicksteed (ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ ΡΠ±ΠΈΠΉΡΡΠ²Π° ΠΌΠΈΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ° Π£ΠΈΠΊΡΡΠΈΠ΄Π°), he would seem to have struck across the country towards the downland (ΠΎΠ½, Π²Π΅ΡΠΎΡΡΠ½ΠΎ, Π½Π°ΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΡΡ Π² ΡΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ½Ρ Ρ ΠΎΠ»ΠΌΠΈΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ; downlandβ Ρ ΠΎΠ»ΠΌΠΈΡΡΠ°Ρ Π±Π΅Π·Π»Π΅ΡΠ°Ρ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ). There is a story of a voice heard about sunset by a couple of men in a field near Fern Bottom (ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ Π΄Π²Π° ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊΠ° ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°Π»ΠΈ Π½Π° Π·Π°ΠΊΠ°ΡΠ΅ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ-ΡΠΎ Π³ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡ Π² ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅ Ρ Π€Π΅ΡΠ½-ΠΠΎΡΡΠΎΠΌ). It was wailing and laughing, sobbing and groaning (ΠΎΠ½ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΠΈΡΠ°Π» ΠΈ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ»ΡΡ, ΠΏΠ»Π°ΠΊΠ°Π» ΠΈ ΡΡΠΎΠ½Π°Π»), and ever and again it shouted (Π° ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠ³Π΄Π°: Β«ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠ½Π½ΠΎ ΠΈ ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π°Β» Π²ΡΠΊΡΠΈΠΊΠΈΠ²Π°Π»). It must have been queer hearing (Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ½ΠΎ Π±ΡΡΡ, ΡΡΡΠ°Π½Π½ΠΎ ΠΈ Π½Π΅ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ½ΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΡΡΠΎ ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΡΡ: Β«ΡΡΠΎ Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ½ΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π±ΡΡΡ ΡΡΡΠ°Π½Π½ΡΠΌ ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°Π½ΡΠ΅ΠΌΒ»). It drove up across the middle of a clover field and died away towards the hills (Π³ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ½Π΅ΡΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΈ ΠΊΠ»Π΅Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Ρ ΠΈ Π·Π°ΠΌΠ΅Ρ, Π½Π°ΠΏΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΡΡΡ ΠΊ Ρ ΠΎΠ»ΠΌΠ°ΠΌ).