In them he could move with the softness and the speed of a cat.

Next he dressed in a dark-gray suit, knowing that this is the color hardest to see at night.

His old felt hat he had discarded long before in favor of the prevailing style of the average New Yorker.

For this night expedition he put on a cap which drew easily over his ears and had a long visor, shadowing the upper part of his face.

Since it might be necessary to remain as invisible as possible, he obscured the last bit of white that showed in his costume, with a black neck scarf.
Then he looked in the glass.