Still freezing, his bare feet now bruised and cut, Griffin needs to find shelter. He slips into a department store and waits quietly until it's closed and everyone's gone. His intention is to steal clothes and money which he can use to redeem his books and notes and rent lodgings where he can continue his work. After pilfering some clothes, he breaks into the store's cafeteria and steals food to eat. While eating, he is struck by an idea and goes to the toy department where he finds a fake nose to augment his disguise. He also contemplates finding a wig to use. Clothed and warm, Griffin falls asleep only to be awakened by the arrival of the store employees in the morning. Since he is wearing clothes, he is visible to the workers who, seeing an intruder, give chase. The Invisible Man is forced to remove the clothes to escape from the store so is left with nothing once more.
Kemp manages to conceal his alarm at Griffin's unbalanced behaviour and strives to keep him talking, especially as he glimpses three men coming towards his house. Since he's completely self-absorbed, T.I.M. obliges, saying that he'd been planning to go somewhere warm- like South America- where he wouldn't have to wear clothes, but now that he's found Kemp his plans have changed. He proposes to use Kemp's house as a base of operations- somewhere to eat, sleep, and work uninterrupted. His eventual plan is to rule the town they're in, and then perhaps the country, through a modern Reign of Terror. His plan is to terrify the citizens into obedience by using of his invisibility to intimidate and carry out judicious killing of dissidents when necessary.
Kemp swiftly explains to a dazed Adye what's been going on, warning him that Griffin is dangerously insane. Fortunately Kemp, thanks to Griffin's long tale of self-pity, knows what his weaknesses are. He tells Adye that they must wear T.I.M. down by not giving him opportunity to eat or sleep. Also, he knows that dogs can scent Griffin and, knowing that the man is barefoot, suggests putting powdered glass on the road to cut him and make him easier to trail. Adye objects that this is "unsportsmanlike" but Kemp says that Griffin has cut himself off from his own kind and become inhuman: "His blood be upon his own head."