At first Marvel thinks he’s hallucinating when he hears a disembodied voice talking to him, but Griffin proves that he is real and invisible by throwing stones at him. Outside of Iping, Griffin seeks the help of a local “tramp,” Thomas Marvel. The local constable, Bobby Jaffers, attempts to arrest Griffin for burgling the vicarage, but fails and Griffin escapes. On learning the truth about Griffin, the villagers flee in horror. When confronted by the villagers at the inn, Griffin takes off his bandages to reveal a “black cavity”-his invisible face. Hall asks Griffin why he hasn’t paid his bill when he offers her money, she is suspicious, as just days before he said he didn’t have anything.

He locks himself in and can be heard shouting and smashing things. They call Sandy Wadgers, the blacksmith, to change the locks so they can lock Griffin out, but while they are discussing this Griffin emerges from his room (though it had seemed empty before) and goes into the parlor, which he has been using as a personal study. Hall notice that the door to Griffin’s room is open, and his bed is empty. They try to catch the robber, but cannot see anyone there. Bunting wake up to sounds of the vicarage being burgled. The local doctor, Cuss, visits Griffin at the inn, and is shocked to see that his sleeve is completely empty where an arm should be-yet he still manages to pinch Cuss’s nose. The villagers gossip, inventing many different theories about him. He does not attend church or communicate with anyone outside of the village, and only goes out at night. Griffin stays at the inn for a number of months. Hall hears the sound of bottles smashing, and when she asks Griffin about this he tells her not to bother him, saying that she can add extra charges to his bill. The following day, the carrier Fearenside brings Griffin’s luggage, which is filled with scientific equipment, handwritten notebooks, and crates of fluids, some of which are labeled Poison. Later that day, Griffin explains that he is an “experimental investigator” and that he needs his equipment. Griffin is rude to her, and impatiently asks when he will be able to get his luggage from the train station. Hall notices that Griffin’s face is also wrapped in bandages. Hall, who runs the inn, lights a fire for him. He is completely wrapped up in clothing, which he does not take off even after Mrs. A strange man (later introduced as Griffin) arrives in Iping and takes lodging at the Coach and Horses Inn.

The invisible man wells