H. G. Wells: The Invisible Man

CHAPTER 19. CERTAIN FIRST PRINCIPLES (continued)

"And after three years of secrecy and exasperation, I found that to complete it was impossible--impossible."

"How?" asked Kemp.

"Money," said the Invisible Man, and went again to stare out of the window.

He turned around abruptly. "I robbed the old man--robbed my father.

"The money was not his, and he shot himself."