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______ Chap. 8 ______ Chap. 8 one of my first duties on my recovery was to introduce Clerval to the
^^^^several
^several
several
professors of the university.
And in doing
And in doing
this
this
I
under went torments
under went tormentstorments
a kind of rough
usage that
usage thatthat
ill
befitten befitt eding befittenbefitten befitt ededing ^ing
the wounds that ^that my mind had sustained. Ever since the fatal
night –
night –
the end of my
labours &the
labours &the
beginning of my
misfortunes (
misfortunes ((
I had conceived a violent antipathy even to the name of
ChChemistryChChChemistryChemistryNatural
Philosophy ^Natural
Natural
Philosophy
Philosophy .
.
When I was otherwise quite restored to
health
health
the sight of a ^a Chemical instrument
✗—brought on again —✗renewed ✗—brought on again —✗renewed ^renewed
all
^^^^the agony of
my ^the agony of
the agony of
my
my my
my
^ nervous
^^^ nervous
symtoms. Lo
symtoms. LoLoHenry saw
this
this
and had
ppacked upremoved all my
pppacked uppacked upremoved ^removed all my
machinesin a chestmachinesmachinesin a chestin a chestapparatus from my
che view ^apparatus from my
apparatus from my
che view cheche view
he had also changed my
roomap p artment, roomroomap p artment, ^ap pp artment,
for he perceived that I had
aaaacquired
^acquired
acquired
dislike
to
to
the room which had previously been my
workshop.
workshop.
But these cares of Clerval were
thrown awaythrown awaythrown awaymade of no avail
^made of no avail
made of no avail
when I visited the professors.
even my excellent M. Waldman inflicted torture when he
even my excellent M. Waldman inflicted torture when he
praised
praised
with
the kindness and warmth, the astonishing progress
thethe kindness and warmth, the astonishing progress
that I had made in the sciences. He soon perceived
that I had made in the sciences. He soon perceived
mymymythat I
^that I
that I
dislike d of dislike d ^d ofof
the
subject,
subject,
but
but
not guessing the real
cause
cause
he attributed
toitmy feelings to
totoititmy feelings ^my feelings to
modesty on hearing myself praisedhe therefore
modesty on hearing myself praisedon hearing myself praisedhe thereforehe thereforeand ^and changed the subject from my
improvement,
improvement,
to the science itself, with
an a
anan a
desire
desire
as I evidently
saw
saw
of drawing
friend me out.
friendfriend me out.
K✗—Kind friend he tortured me without —✗✗—but it —✗How cruel is What could I do? He meant to
KK✗—Kind friend he tortured me without —✗✗—but it —✗How cruel isHow cruel is What could I do? He meant to
please andme
please andandmeme
& he
torturedtorturedtorturedtormented
^tormented
tormented
me it wasit wasit wasI felt ^I felt as if he
hadhadhadplaced
^placed
carefully
carefully
one by
one placed
one placedplaced
in my view those instruments which were to be ^to be afterwards used in putting me to a slow and cruel
dre death. I writhed under his words, yet dared not
dredre death. I writhed under his words, yet dared not
shew my
shew mymy
the pain I felt. Clerval, whose eyes and feelings were always quick in
di s cerning
di s ^s cerning
the sensations of
others
others
declined the
subject alledging
subject alledging ininin^^^^his
^his
ignorance
ignorance
& the conversation took a more general turn. I thanked
him
him
from my heart, but I did not speak.
I plainly saw
I plainly saw
that he was surprised, but he never attempted to draw my secret from
me,
me,
and although I loved him with a mixture of
loveloveloveaffection
^affection
affection
and reverence that knew
no bounds,
no bounds,
yet I could never
pr persuade myself to confide to him that event which was so often present to my
prpr persuade myself to confide to him that event which was so often present to my
thoughts,
thoughts,
but which I feared the detail to another would only impress more deeply. ¶ M r .
M r .
Krempe was not
^^^^equally
^equally
equally
docile yet&✗—weak as
docile yetyet&^&✗—weak as
my
illness had made me —✗in my then condition
illness had made me —✗in my then condition
of almost
insupportablesensitiveness insupportablesensitiveness
his harsh blunt
econiums
econiums
gave me even more pain
that than the benevolent approbation of M.
thatthat than the benevolent approbation of M.
Waldman —"Dam mn "the fellow,"
Waldman —"Dam mmn ^n "the fellow,"
cried
he "Why M r . Clerval "I tell
he "Why M r . Clerval "I tell
you he has
beaut outstript
beautbeaut outstript
"us all– ay
"us all– ay
stare if you
please
please
but
"it
"it
is
nevertheless
nevertheless
true –
true –
A youngster
"who
"who
but
two three
twotwo three
years
ago
ago
believed
"Cornelius
"Cornelius
Agrippa
Agrippa
to be^to beto be^^^as firmly as
the
^as firmly as
as firmly as
the
the
gospel
gospel
has
"now
"now
set himself at the head of
"the university
"the university
& if he is not soon
"pulled down
"pulled down
we shall all be out
"of countenance.—Aye, Aye,
"of countenance.—Aye, Aye,
continued
"he
"he
observing my
countenance^face expressive of
countenancecountenance^^^face ^face expressive of
suffering "Mr. f
suffering "Mr. ffFrankenstein is
modest
modest
an excellent quality in
"a
"a
young
man;
man;
Young men should be
"diffident
"diffident
of
themselves
themselves
you
know M"
know M"
Clerval;
Clerval;
I was myself when
young
young
but
"one soon grows
"one soon grows
out
of that."
of that."
¶ M M
Krempe had now commenced
the subject of his own praisethe subject of his own praisethe subject of his own praisean eulogy on
himself ^an eulogy on
an eulogy on
himself
himself and that
and that
happily turned the conversation from
the
the
subject that was so
painfulpainfulpainfulagonizing
^agonizing
agonizing
to me. ¶ Clerval
was no natural philosopher. His imagination was too vivid
was no natural philosopher. His imagination was too vivid
for
the minutiæ
the minutiæ
of science.
of science.
LaLanguages were his
LaLaLanguages were his
chief^principal study for he wished
chiefchief^^^principal ^principal study for he wished
to
to
open a field
for
for
^him self-instruction on his
^him ^^^him ^him self-instruction on his
return – Greek Persian & Arabic
return – GreekGreek Persian && Arabic
&
&
Hebrew
Hebrew
gained
gained
his
attentionwhenXso soon as XattentionwhenwhenXso soon as X^Xso soon as X^so soon as X
he had
he had
become
become
perfectly master of
perfectly master of
the Greek &
the Greek &
Latin languages.
Latin languages.
For my own
For my own
part
part
idleness had ever been irksome to
me
me
and now that I
wished to
wished to
fly from
reflectionreflection
and hated my former
studies a
studies aa
I
found
found
great relief in being the
fellow pupil fellow pupil ofofofwith ^with my
fr friend
frfr friend
and
I not a only found
I not a onlyI not a only found
instructnot only instruction but consolation in the works of the orientalists.
instructinstructnot only ^not only instruction but consolation in the works of the orientalists.
There is something soothingThere is something soothingThere is something soothingTheir melancholy is
soothing
soothing
and their joy
elevating
elevating
to a degree I never
before experienced in
before experienced in
reading^readingreading^^^studying
^studying
studying
any^the authors of anyany^^^the authors of ^the authors of any
^any
any
other
books.^country. When you read
books.books.^^^country. ^country. When you read
s their
ss their
li writings
lili writings
life appears to consist in a warm sun and
gardens
gardens
of
roses – in
roses – in
the smiles &tearstearstearsfrowns
^frowns
frowns
of a fair
enemy
enemy
and the fire that consumes your own
heart
heart
How different from the
man ^l y
man ^^^l ^l y
&
warlikewarlikewarlikeheroical
^heroical
heroical
poet ry poet ry ^ry
of Greece &
Rome.
Rome.
¶ Summer passed away in these
studiesstudiesoccupations
^occupations
^occupations
occupations
& my return to Geneva was fixed for the latter end of
Autum mn
Autum mmn ^n
but being delayed by several
accidents
accidents
winter & snow arrived,
and the roads were deemed
andand the roads were deemed
impassable
impassable
and my
return^returnreturn^^^journey
^journey
journey
delayedwas
delayeddelayedwas
retarted retarted untill
untill
the
^^^^ensuing
^ensuing
ensuing
spring. I felt this delay very
bitterly
bitterly ^^^^for ^for I longed to see my native
ct own
cct ^t own
and my beloved
friends and
friends andand
my return had only been delayed so
long
long
from an unwillingness to leave Clerval in a strange
town
town
before he had become acquainted with its inhabitants. The
winter ^however
winter ^^^however ^however
was
howeverhoweverhowevers spent
^s spent
ss spent
a cheerful ly oneaa cheerful ly ^ly oneone
and although the spring was uncommonly
late
late
when it
came
came
its beauty compensated
forforfor
its dilatoriness.
MaMaMa
The month of May
was
was
already
finisendcompleated,
finisfinisendendcompleated,
and
I expected daily the letter that
I expected daily the letter that
was to fix the date of my
return^returnreturn^^^departure,
^departure,
departure,
When Henry proposed a pedestrian tour in environs of
Ingolstadt
Ingolstadt
that I might bid farewell to the country I had so long inhabited.– I
acceeded
acceeded
with pleasure to this
propos al^ition –
propos alal^^^ition ^ition –
I was fond of
Exercise
Exercise
and Clerval had always been my favourite companion in
j^jj^^^the
^the
the
rambles of this nature that I had taken among the scenes of my native
coun try.
coun try.
We passed a fortnight in these
perambulations.
perambulations.
My health and spirits had long been
restored
restored
and they gained
add iit ional vigour
add iiit ^it ional vigour
from the salubrious air
, X I breathed,
, X, X^X I breathed,
Xthe natural incidents of our
progress X^Xthe natural incidents of our
Xthe natural incidents of our
progress X
progress X
and the conversation of my friend. Study had before
rendered
rendered
me
unsocia blel, –I had shunned
unsocia bleblel, ^l, –I had ^had shunned
the
facecompany
facefacecompany
of my
fellow beings
fellow beings
But Clerval called forth the better feelings of my
heart.
heart.
he again taught me to love the aspect of
nature
nature
and the cheerful faces of children. Excellent Friend! How sincerely did you love
me
me
and endeavour to elevate my
mind
mind
untill
untill
it was on a level with your
own.
own.
A selfish
persuit e
persuit ee
had cramped and narrowed
it^me untill
itit^^^me ^me untill
your
gentle ness
gentle ness
& affection warmed & opened
it^itit^^^my
senses ^my
my
senses
senses . ✗—and now —✗ . ✗—and now —✗
I
^now became the same happy creature
^^^now now ^now became the same happy creature
who
who
a few years ago,
loving
loving
& beloved by all, had no sorrow or
care – Iand
care – IIandand
when
happy so✗—soul was more fitted than mine for feeling delight —✗inhappy soso✗—soul was more fitted than mine for feeling delight —✗inin
inanimate nature
XX had the power of
besbo towing
on me the most delightful
sensations ^XX had the power of
XX had the power of
besbo towingbesbobo towing
on me the most delightful
sensations sensations —
—
A serene sky
filled and verdant
filledfilled and verdant
s fields filled me with
ss fields filled me with
extasy.– tT he
extasy.– ttT ^T he ^^^^present ^present season was indeed
divine –
divine –
the flowers of spring
blossomed^blossomedblossomed^^^bloomed
^bloomed
bloomed
in the
hedges
hedges
while those of summer were already in
bud–
bud–
I
dis was
disdis was
not disturbed
not disturbed
by thoughts
that
that
during the
preceeding
preceeding
year pressed upon
me not withstanding
me not withstanding
my endeavours to throw them
off
off
with an invincible
burthen.
^with an invincible
burthen.
burthen.
Henry
a rejoiced
aa rejoiced
im in my
imim in my
gaiety
gaiety
and sincerely
sympathized
sympathized
in my
joyfeelings –
joyjoyfeelings ^feelings –
he exerted himself to amuse me, while he expressed the
feelings
feelings
that
al filled his
alal filled his
mind^soul .
mindmind^^^soul ^soul .
The resources of his mind on this occasion were truly
astonishing. ✗—As we rested during the sultry heat of noon he invented —✗his
astonishing. ✗—As we rested during the sultry heat of noon he invented —✗his
conversation was full of
imagination
imagination
and very often, in imitation of the
persian&
persian&
Arabic writers, he invented tales of
great^greatgreat^^^wonderful
^wonderful
wonderful
fancy and
interrest.
interrest.
At other times he repeated my favourite
poems
poems
or drew me out into
arguments
arguments
which he supported with great ingenuity. ¶ We returned
^^^^to our
colledge ^to our
to our
colledge
colledge
on a sunday
–
–
the
pea sants
pea sants
were
dancing
dancing
and every one we met appeared
joyful
joyful
and
happy –
happy –
my own spirits were
high
high
and I bounded along with
a feelings of
aa feelings of
hilarity✗—unbound ed —✗unbridled hilarityhilarity✗—unbound ed —✗unbridled ^unbridled
joy and hilarity.
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