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Chapt. 8 When
Chapt. 8 When
my hunger was
appeased
appeased
I directed my steps towards the
well known
well known
path that conducted to the
cottage –
cottage –
All
there,
there,
was at
peace – I
peace – II
I crept into my
hovel
hovel
and remained in silent expectation of the accustomed hour when the family arose. That hour
^hour
past,
past,
and the sun mounted high in the
and the sun mounted high in the
heavens
heavens
but the cottagers did not
appear –
appear –
I trembled violently, apprehending some dreadful misfortune. The inside of the cottage was
dar
dar k
^k
k
& I heard no
motion.
motion.
I cannot describe the agony
I felt during
I felt during
this
suspense.
suspense.
¶ Presently
Presently
two countrymen
past by but
past by but
pausing near the
cottage
cottage
they
enterred
enterred
into
conversation
conversation
using violent
gestures
gestures
I did not understand what they
said for they their
said for theythey their
language
differred
differred
from that of my
frien protectors –
frienfrien protectors –
Soon After, however, Felix approached with another
man
man
I was
surprised
surprised
as I knew that
H he had not quitted the cottage that
HH he had not quitted the cottage that
morning
morning
and waited anxiously to
discover by
discover by
his
discourse
discourse
the meaning of these unusual appearances.
"Do
"Do
you
consider, "said
consider, "said
his companion to
him — that
him — that
you
"will
"will
be obliged to pay three
months rent "&
months rent "&
to lose the produce of your
garden. " Cons
garden. " ConsCons
I do not
with
with
to take any unfair
^unfair
advantage
advantage
and I beg therefore that you will take some days to
consult^consultconsult^^^consider of
^consider of
consider of
✗—about this affair with —✗ your
✗—about this affair with —✗ your
friends. determination.
friends.friends. determination.
¶ It
It
is utterly
useless–
useless–
replied
Felix,
Felix,
we sc an
we ssc ^c an
never
^^^^again
^again
again
inhabit
that cottage again –The
that cottage againagain –The
life of
^^^^my
^my
my
father is in the greatest
danger
danger
owing to the dreadful
circumstanc
circumstanc
that I have
related—
related—
My wife and sister
can^cancan^^^will
^will
will
never recover their
horror— Do
horror— DoDo
I entreat you not to reason with me any
more— let
more— letlet
Take possession
^^^^of your
tenement ^of your
of your
tenement
tenement
and let me fly from this
place – very✗—We intend very soon to quit entirely the country. —✗
place – veryvery✗—We intend very soon to quit entirely the country. —✗¶ Felix
Felix
trembled violently as he said this. He and his companion entered the
cottage wcottage ww
in which they remained for a few
minutes
minutes
& then departed. I never
again saw any of the family of de
again saw any of the family of de
Lacey.
Lacey.They had quThey had quThey had qumore.
^more.
✗—And now my hopes were entirely fled –were I had been fool enough to hope but these>—✗¶ ✗—And now my hopes were entirely fled –were I had been fool enough to hope but these>—✗¶ I I remainedremainedremainedcontinued
^continued
all nightall night in my hovel ^^^ for the remainder of the day
^ for the remainder of the day
for the remainder of the day
in a state of utter & stupid
despair–
despair–
my protectors had
departed
departed
and had broken the only link that held me to the
world–
world–
for the first time the
feeling
feeling
of revenge and hatred filled my bosom, and I did not strive to
controul
controul
them — but
them — but
allowing myself to be borne away by the
stream
stream
I bent my mind
s towards
ss towards
I injury &
II injury &
death– But
death– ButBut
when I thought of my
friends–
friends–
of the mild voice of De
Lacey
Lacey
the gentle eyes of
Agatha –
Agatha –
and the
warmheexquisite beauty of the
warmwarmheheexquisite beauty of the
Arabian —
Arabian —
these thoughts
vanish vanish ed
^ed
ed
& a gush of tears somewhat soothed
me—But again me—But again ^^^^when ^when I reflected that they had spurned & deserted me, anger
returned and
returned and
unable to
hurt injure
hurthurt injure
anything human
anything human
I turned my fury towards inanimate objects.– As night
advanced
advanced
I placed a variety of combustibles
a round
a ^a round
the
cottage, and
cottage, and
after having destroyed every vestige of cultivation in
the garden — whenthe sun h✗—the moon had —✗
the garden — whenwhenthe sun hthe sun h✗—the moon had —✗
I waited with forced
patience untill
patience untill
the moon had sunk
and to commence my operations.
andand to commence my operations.
As
As
the night
advanced
advanced
a fierce wind arose from the
woods
woods
and quickly
covered the heavens wit dispersed the clouds that had loitered in the
covered the heavens witcovered the heavens wit dispersed the clouds that had loitered in the
heavens— Like a mighty avelancheheavens— Like a mighty avelanchethe blast
^the blast
it tore
itit tore
a long /
a long /^/
and
filled withproduced
filled withfilled withproduced
in my spirits a kind of insanity
in my spirits a kind of insanity
//^/
that burst all bounds of reason
or reflection —
or reflection —
I lighted
a
a
dry branch of
tree
tree
and danced with
wild fury around the devoted cottage, my eyes still fixed on the western horizon,
wildwild fury around the devoted cottage, my eyes still fixed on the western horizon,
towards the edge of which the moon nearly
towardstowards the edge of which the moon nearly
touched.part
touched.part
of
it
it
orb was
h at length
hh at length
hid
hid
and I waved my
brand —
brand —
it
sunk and
sunk and
with a loud
scream
scream
I
fird
fird
the
straw
straw
and
hay of my bon that
hay of my bonof my bon that
I had collected. The wind
blewblewblewfanned
^fanned
fanned
the
flameflameflamefire
^fire
fire
and the cottage was quickly enveloped by the
flames
flames
which
clun g
clun g ^g
to
it
it
and
liked licked it with
likedliked licked it with
thwiththeir forked
ththwithwiththeir forked
tontonton& destroying
^& destroying
& destroying
tongues, ✗—to destroy it— —✗. As
tongues, ✗—to destroy it— —✗. As
soon as I was convinced that no
hu assistance could save any part of the
huhu assistance could save any part of the
habitation
habitation
I quitted the
scene
scene
and sought for refuge in the
wood.
wood.
¶ And now itAnd now itit
with the world before
me w ^h ither
me w ^^^h ^h ither
should I bend my steps? I resolved to fly far from the scene of my
misfortunes –
misfortunes – AndAndAndBut ^But to me, hated and despised, every country
Andmust be equally horrible.– At length the thought of you crossed my
AndAndmust be equally horrible.– At length the thought of you crossed my
mind —
mind —
I learned from your papers that you
was Iwas Iwas Iwere my
^were my
were my
creator
creator
& to whom
w could I apply with more fitness than to
ww could I apply with more fitness than to
h eim
h eeim ^im
who had given
^^^^me
^me
me
life.
life.
Among the lessons that Felix had bestowed
on
on MaimounaMaimounaMaimounaSafie
^Safie
Safie
geography had not been
ommitted. From these
ommitted. From these
I had learned the relative situations of the different countries of the
earth;
^of the
earth;
earth;
You had mentioned Geneva as the name of your native
town
town
&
to
to
this place I resolved to proceed. ¶ But
But
how was I to direct
myself?—
myself?— ^^^^I knew that ^I knew that I must travel in a
^in a
South west erly
^erly
erly
direction
^direction
I knew to reach my
I knewI knew to reach my
destination
destination
but
in this the sun was my only
in thisin this the sun was my only
guide –
guide –
I did not know the names of the towns I was to pass through, nor could I ask information from a single human
being –
being –
But I did not
despair
despair
From you only could I hope for
succour
succour
although towards you I felt
onlyonlyonlyno
^no
no
thethesentiment s ofs ofdetestatiodetestationnthat
that of
hate. ^that
that
that of
hate.
hate. – Unfeeling
– Unfeeling
heartless creator! You had endowed me with perceptions and
passions
passions
and then cast me
abroard
abroard
for the scorn & horror of
mankind — Onmankind — OnOn
But on you only had I any claim & from you I determined
totototo seek
^to seek
to seek
that justice
&for which I
&&forfor which I
w vainly attempted to gain from
ww vainly attempted to gain from
your fellow creatures.any other being that wore the human form.
your fellow creatures.your fellow creatures.any other being that wore the human form.
. . ¶ My
My
travels were
long
long
and
the the
thethe the
suff suffering s suffsuff suffering s ^s
I endured
intense –It
intense –It
was late in autumn when I quitted the district where I had so long
resided – ✗—Months passed and I knew not how near I —✗
resided – ✗—Months passed and I knew not how near I —✗
I travelled only at night, fearful of
meeting
meeting
the visage of a human
being.—Nature
being.—Nature
decayed around
me
me
and the sun became
co heatless,—rain
coco heatless,—rain
& snow ^& snow poured around
me
me
and I found no
shelter — Oh Earth
shelter — Oh Earth
how often did I imprecate curses on the cause of my
being—
being—
The mildness of
the my nature had
thethe my nature had
fled
fled
& all within me was turned to gall
& bitterness – ✗—I hated De Lacey and his family and —✗& bitterness – ✗—I hated De Lacey and his family and —✗
the
near er
near er ^er
I approached to your
habitationhabitation
the more deeply did I feel the spirit of revenge
imprint itself onimprint itself onimprint itself onbecome kindled
in ^become kindled
become kindled
in my
heart—
heart—
Snow
fell around me
fell around me
and the waters were
hardened,
hardened,
but I rested
not—A
not—A
few incidents now and then directed
me right
me right
but I often
de wandered wide from my path.
dede wandered wide from my path.
XXThe agony of my
grief
allowed me no
respite, NNo event of myNo incident occurred from which my rage & misery could not extract its
food. ^XXThe agony of my
XXThe agony of my
grief
grief
allowed me no
respite, NNo event of myrespite, NNNo event of myNo event of myNo incident occurred from which my rage & misery could not extract its
food. food. AnincidentAnAnincidentincidentbut a circumstance ^but a circumstance that happened when I arrived on the confines of
Switzerland —
Switzerland —
when the sun had recovered
a part of its
a part of its
heat
heat
& the earth again began to look
green
green
confirmed in
a n dreadful
a n ^n dreadfuldreadfulespecial ^especial manner the bitterness
&horror
&horror
of my feelings. ¶ I
I
generally rested
throughthroughthroughduring
^during
during
the day, and travelled only when I was secured by night from the view of man.
one
one
morning however
morning however
finding that my path lay through a deep
wood
wood
I ventured to continue my
waywaywayjourney
^journey
journey
after the sun had
risen✗—high in the heavens —✗.
risen✗—high in the heavens —✗.
The
day
day
which was one of the first of
spring andeven
spring andandeveneven
cheered even ^even me by the loveliness of its
sun ^shine &the gentleness
sun ^^^shine ^shine &the gentleness
of the
breeze. –
breeze. –
I felt
feelingsemotions of
feelingsfeelingsemotions ^emotions of
softness
softness
and
pleasure
pleasure
that had long appeared dead, revive within
me;
me;
half
surprized with
surprized with
these
new sensations
new sensations
I allowed myself to be borne away by
them & forg
them & forgforg
forgetting my solitude &
deformity
deformity
dared to be
happy
happy
tears
of gentleness again bedewed my
of gentleness again bedewed my
cheeks
cheeks
and I
^^^^even
^even
even
raised my humid eyes with
thankfullness
thankfullness
towards the blessed sun which bestowed
on me such joy upon
on meon me such joy upon
^me ✗—As I continued my way in this mood I heard a voices which forced me to conceal myself. This I did in a small cave surrounded by wood at the foot of which was a ^deep & impetuous river – I presently discovered that the voices proceeded from people who were on the rock which formed the roof of the cavern – They spoke a language unknown to me – when suddenly I heard a noise and saw a woma young girl fall from the precipiece into the river a and aloud loud scream followed & all was quiet– I rushed from my hiding place & dashing into the river rescued the girl & bore her to the shore. She was senseless & I endeavoured to restore her to life when a man came suddenly from the woods and appeared aghas —✗^^^me ^me ¶ ✗—As I continued my way in this mood I heard a voices which forced me to conceal myself. This I did in a small cave surrounded by wood at the foot of which was a ^^^deep & impetuous ^deep & impetuous river – I presently discovered that the voices proceeded from people who were on the rock which formed the roof of the cavern – They spoke a language unknown to me – when suddenly I heard a noise and saw a womawoma young girl fall from the precipiece into the river a and aloudand aloud loud scream followed & all was quiet– I rushed from my hiding place & dashing into the river rescued the girl & bore her to the shore. She was senseless & I endeavoured to restore her to life when a man came suddenly from the woods and appeared aghas —✗¶ I
I
continued to wind among the paths of the
wood untill
wood untill
I came to its
skirts boundary
skirtsskirts boundary
which was skirted a deep & rapid
river —
river —
into which many of the trees bent their
branches
branches
now budding with the fresh spring.– Here I paused, not exactly knowing what
course
course
to
pursue
pursue
when I heard
voices
voices
that induced me to conceal myself under the shade of cypress.
✗—A rustic approached armed with a gun and leading a young girl of about twelve years of age When they came near me they turne —✗I was scarcely
✗—A rustic approached armed with a gun and leading a young girl of about twelve years of age When they came near me they turne —✗I was scarcely
hid
hid
when a young girl came running towards the
riverriverriverspot where I was
concealed ^spot where I was
spot where I was
concealed
concealed –
–
laughing
laughing
as if she
had ran from some one in
had ran from some one in
sport –
sport –
She continued her course along the
precipitate
precipitate
sides of the
river
river
when suddenly her foot slipt, & she fell
in
in to
^to
to
the rapid
currentstream .
currentcurrentstream ^stream .
I rushed from my
hiding place and
hiding place and
with extreme labour from the force of the
current
current
saved her, & dragged her to
shore —
shore —
She was
sensell senseless
sensellsensell senseless
and
^^^^I
^I
I
endeavouredendeavoured
by every means in my
power
power
to restoreheranimation herheranimation ^animation
when I was suddenly interrupted by the approach of a
rustic
rustic
who was probably
her the person from whom she had playfully
herher the person from whom she had playfully
fled –
fled –
On seeing
me
me
he darted towards
me
me
and
and
tore^toretore^^^tearing
^tearing
tearing
the girl from my
arms
arms
hastened towards the deeper parts of the
forest — ✗—I know not by what —✗
forest — ✗—I know not by what —✗
I followed
speedily
speedily
I hardly knew
why
why
but when the man saw me draw
near
near
he aimed a
gun
gun
which he carried, at my
body
body
& fired. I sunk to the
ground
ground
& with
encreased swiftness He
encreased swiftness He
escaped into the wood. ¶ This then was
This then was
the reward of my
benevolence
benevolence
I
✗—writhed under the wound. —✗w had saved a human being from
✗—writhed under the wound. —✗ww had saved a human being from
destruction and
destruction and
as a
recompence
recompence
I now writhed
un under the miserable pain of
unun under the miserable pain of
my wounda multitude of wounds. a
my woundmy wounda multitude of a multitude of ^a multitude of wounds. wounds. ^wounds. a
wound
wound
which shattered the flesh &
bone One The ball had grazed my neck &✗—the an other entered my shoulder. —✗
bone One The ball had grazed my neckOne The ball had grazed my neck &✗—the an other entered my shoulder. —✗
The feelings of kindness and
softnessgentleness softnesssoftnessgentleness ^gentleness
which I had entertained but a few moments
before
before
gave place to hellish rage & gnashing of
teeth –
teeth –
inflamed by
pain
pain
I vowed eternal hatred & vengeance to all
mankind —
mankind —
But
pain^painpain^^^the agony of my wound
^the agony of my wound
the agony of my wound
overcame
me sens
me senssens
my pulses
paused
paused
and I fainted. ¶ For
For
some weeks I led a miserable life in
these woods
these woods
endeavouring to cure the wound which ^which I had received. The ball had entered my
shoulder
shoulder
and I knew not whether it had remained there or passed
through—at
through—at
any rate I had no means of extracting it.
A My
AA My
suffering
suffering
were augmented also by the oppressive sense
I hadof I hadI hadof the
^the
the
injustice & ingratitude
^^^^of their
infliction ^of their
of their
infliction
infliction
My daily
prayersvows rose for
prayersprayersvows ^vows rose for
revenge – a
revenge – a
deep & deadly
revenge
revenge
such as would alone compensate for
the
the horrors of my situation.horrors of my situation.horrors of my situation.the outrages &
the anguish I had endured.
^the outrages &
the outrages &
the anguish I had endured.
the anguish I had endured.
¶ After
After
some weeks my wound
healed
healed
and I continued my
journey —
journey —
the labours I endured were no longer
^^^^to be
^to be
to be
alleviated by the bright sun or
gent t le
gent tt le
breezes of
spring —
spring —
all joy was but a
^a
mockery to me, & & &
which insulted my desolate state, & made me feel more painfully that I was not made for
enjoyment. But my
enjoyment. But my journeyjourneyjourneytoils ^toils now drew near a
close &
close &
two months from this
time
time
I reached the environs of Geneva.
