“Don’t it? Extraordinary, I call it. Never heard tell of invisible men before, I haven’t, but nowadays one hears such a lot of extraordinary things⁠—that⁠—”

“That all he did?” asked Marvel, trying to seem at his ease.

“It’s enough, ain’t it?” said the mariner.

“Didn’t go back by any chance?” asked Marvel. “Just escaped and that’s all, eh?”

“All!” said the mariner. “Why!⁠—ain’t it enough?”

“Quite enough,” said Marvel.

“I should think it was enough,” said the mariner. “I should think it was enough.”