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In the book I am reading (H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man), a man was shot and the scene was being described, then I met the following sentence:

Adye leapt backwards, swung around, clutched at this little object, missed it, threw up his hand and fell forward on his face, leaving a little puff of blue in the air.

Adye is a policeman and was shot by the invisible man while trying to take a gun from him.

What does 'leaving a little puff of blue in the air' mean?

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It is the smoke that came from the now invisible revolver.

The revolver vanished, flashed again into sight, vanished again

H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man

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  • This, after 'maelstrom'?
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Commented Jul 17, 2015 at 11:09
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Cursing was sometimes called tuning the air blue so it is possible the fellow said something foul as he fell.

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  • If H. G. Wells didn't intend this pun, it's a damn shame! In any event, you've installed it and I love it!
    – DyingIsFun
    Commented Jul 17, 2015 at 17:06

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