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seen he had to remove his clothes. Thus, it was that he became a homeless wanderer.

Without clothes, without money and quite invisible until he happened to set in some mud
and left footprints as he walked.

He escaped easily enough from the boys who followed his footprints in London. But, his
adventures were by no means over. He had chosen a bad time of the year to wander about
London without clothes. It was mid-winter. The air was bitterly cold and he could not do
without clothes. Instead of walking about the streets, he decided to slip into a big London

store for warmth.
Closing time arrived and as soon as the doors were shut Griffin was able to give himself

the pleasure of clothing, feeding himself without regard to expense. He broke open boxes
and wrappers and fitted himself out with warm clothes. Soon with shoes, an overcoat and a
wide-brimmed hat, he became a fully dressed and visible person. In the kitchen of the
restaurant, he found cold meat and coffee and he followed up the meal with sweets and

wine taken from the grocery store. Finally, he settled down to sleep on a quilt.
If only he had managed to wake up in good time, all might have been well. As it was, he

did not wake up until the assistants were already arriving next morning. When he saw a
couple of them approaching, he panicked and began to run. They naturally stock : goods
gave chase. In the end he was able to escape in the chill January air.

This time, he decided to try the stock of a theatrical company in the hope of finding not
only clothes but also something that would hide the empty space above his shoulders.
Shivering with cold he hurried to Drury lane, the theater world.

What is the first thing you would like to do a er being invisible?

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