Give an account of Marvel’s encounter with the mariner in port Stowe. 

Or

 Why did Marvel fail to tell the mariner at Port Stowe the truth regarding the Invisible man? 

Or 

What prompted Marvel to share with the mariner the fact of his familiarity with the Invisible Man? Why did he stop before giving his giving his version of the encounter at Iping?

Dirty, unshaven and weary, Marvel sat on a little bench outside a small inn on the outskirts of port stowed in a nervous and agitated state of mind. It was here that he met an elderly mariner who came and sat down beside him. After exchanging a few remarks about the weather, the mariner referred to the Invisible man’s story that had been published in the newspaper. He proceeded to give the details of the story.

Marvel, who had firsthand knowledge of the Invisible Man, initially posed to be surprised to hear such a story but later on, he offered to give a few details about the Invisible man that he claimed to have got from ‘private sources’. However, when he was about to narrate his version of the episode regarding the Invisible Man, Marvel was hit hard by and Invisible hand. He understand at once that the Invisible Man was around and he did not want him to spill the beans. Marvel pretended to have a severe toothache, collected his books and moved from his seat. In order to quell the curiosity of the mariner, Marvel told him before leaving that in reality the Invisible Man was nothing but a hoax. To convince him further, he claimed that he knew a man who had floated the concocted story. The Mariner. However, did not believe Marvel and demanded to know why he had lit him go on with the story if he know it to be a fictitious one. Marvel had no answer. Pushed and pulled by the Invisible Man he left the spot with the mariner fretting and fuming all by himself.