No doubt the Invisible Man could easily have distanced his middle-aged pursuer under ordinary circumstances, but the position in which Wicksteed's 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.
Zalantzarik gabe beste egoera batean Gizon Ikusezinak aise ihes egingo zion bere jarraitzaile adintsuari, baina Wicksteeden gorpua nola aurkitu zuten ikusita, badirudi, bere zoritxarrerako, osinez beteriko bazter baten eta harrobi ertzaren arteko gune bateraino joan zela bere harrapakinaren atzetik.