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The same chapter continued Chap. 9 I now saw Thus my journey appearedThe same chapter continued Chap. 9 Chap. 9 I now saw I now saw Thus my journey appearedThus my journey appeared¶ It
It
was evening when I
arrived in the outskirts of Geneva^that town
arrived in the outskirts of GenevaGeneva^^^that town ^that town
and I retired to a
hiding place
hiding place
among the fields that surround
s it, to
ss it, to
consider
consider
in what manner I should apply to you. I was oppressed by fatigue and
hunger
hunger
and far too unhappy to enjoy the
gentl l e
gentl ll e
breezes of
evening
evening
or the prospect of the sun setting behind the stupendous mountains of
the Jura.
the Jura.
At
At
this time
I was relieved bya slight sleep
I was relieved byI was relieved bya slight sleep
^^^^relieved me
^relieved me
relieved me
which was disturbed by the approach of a beautiful
child
child
who came running into the recess I had
chosen
chosen
with all the sportiveness of
infancy—Suddenly
infancy—Suddenly
as I
gaze d gaze d ^d
on
him a
him a n thoughtn ^n thoughtthoughtidea ^idea seized
me –
me –
that this little creature was
uncorrupted &unprejudiced& ha vd euncorrupted &uncorrupted &unprejudiced& ha vvd ^d ee
lived
to o
to o ^o
short a time to have imbibed
^^^^a
^a
a
horro wr horro wwr ^r
of deformity.
If therefore
If therefore
I could seize
him
him
& educate him as my companion & friend, I should not be so desolate
i n
i ^i n
this peopled earth.
Un Urged
UnUn Urged
by this
impulse
impulse
I seized on the boy as he
passed
passed
and drew him towards me. As soon as he beheld my
form
form
he placed his
hand
hand
before his
eyes
eyes
& uttered a shrill
scream.
scream.
I drew his hand forcibly from his
eyeseyeseyesface
^face
face
&
said Child, w ^h at
said Child, w ^^^h ^h at
is the meaning of this? I do not intend to hurt
you—
you—
listen to
me. He
me. He
struggled
violently Let
violently Let
me
g r o w
g rr o ww
he
cried— Monster —
cried— Monster —
ugly
wretch
wretch
You wish to eat
me
me
& tear me to
pieces you
pieces you
are an
ogre, – let
ogre, – let
me
go
go
or I will tell my
papa. Boy said I –
papa. Boy said I –
You will never see your father
again –you
again –you
must come with
me. He burst into loud cries — hideous monster
me. He burst into loud cries — hideous monster
let me
go —
go —
My papa is a
syndic he
syndic he
is M.
Frankenstien let me go
Frankenstien let me go
you dare not keep
me !. Frankenstein cried I —
me !!. ^. Frankenstein cried I —
You belong then to my
enemy–To wh
enemy–To whwh
him towards whom I have sworn eternal
revenge &
revenge &
you shall be my first
victim. The
victim. The
child still
struggled
struggled
& loaded me with
e epithets which carried despair to my
ee epithets which carried despair to my
heart –
heart –
I grasped his
t rh roat
t rrh ^h roat
to silence
him
him
& in a moment he lay dead at my feet. ¶ I
I
gazed on my
victim
victim
and my heart swelled with exultation and hellish
triumph — I clapp eding triumph — II clapp ededing ^ing
my
hands & I exclaimed I tootoo
hands && I exclaimed I tootootoo ^too
can
destroymake desolate. –
destroydestroymake desolate. ^make desolate. –
My enemy is not
impregnable;
impregnable;
this death will carry despair to
him
him
& a
thousand thousand
thousand thousand
others
others ^^^^miseries
^miseries
will d shall torment & destroy
will dwill d shall torment & destroy
him. As
him. As
I fixed my eyes on the
child
child
I saw
some thingsome ^some thing
glittering on his
breast – I took it I
breast – I took it I
was
the portrai dt
the portrai ddt ^t
of a most lovely woman. In spite of my
malignity and horro
malignity and horroand horro
it softened and attracted me. for a few moments I gazed with delight on her dark
blackdeep eyes
blackblackdeep ^deep eyes
& lovely
lips
lips
but presently my rage returned: I remembered that I was for ever deprived of the delights such
ba beautiful creatures could
baba beautiful creatures could
bestow –
bestow –
and that
the cont she whose resemblance I contemplated
the cont the cont ^the cont she whose resemblance I contemplated
wh would,
whwh would,
havech in regarding
havehavechch in regarding
me have,
me have,
changed that air of divine benignity to one of
horror
horror
&
detestation.
detestation.
¶ Can
Can
you wonder that such thoughts transported me with rage? I only wonder that at that
moment
moment
instead of venting my sensations in
useless exclamations &
useless exclamations &
agony
agony
I did not rush among
mankind
mankind
and perish in the attempt to destroy them. ¶ While
While
I
^^^^was
^was
was
overcome by these
feelings
feelings
I left the spot where I had committed the
murder
murder
and
sought
sought
a more secluded
hid eding place. At that moment I peceivinghid ededing ^ing place. At that moment I peceiving
a woman
passing near
passing near
me,–
me,–
she was
young;
young;
not indeed so beautiful as her
who
who
portrait I
held
held
but of an
agreable in aspect
agreable inin aspect
& blooming in the loveliness of
health
health
&
youth. And here
youth. And here
I
thought
thought
is one
one of those whose
oneone of those whose
smiles are bestowed on all but
smiles are bestowed on all but
me but
me butbut
She shall not
She shall not
escape my vengeance
escape my vengeance
thanks to the lessons of
Felix
Felix
& the
sangu i nary
sangu i ^i nary
laws of man, I
know have learned how
knowknow have learned ^ have learned how
to work mischief. I
approached her
approached her
unpeceived,
unpeceived,
and placed the portrait securely in one of the folds of her dress.
¶ For
For
some
day
day
I haunted the spot where these scenes had taken
place
place
sometimes wishing to see
you
you
sometimes resolved to quit the world &
it
it
miseries for ever.
I haveI haveI haveAt length I
^At length I
At length I
wandered
totototowards
^towards
towards
these
mountains
mountains
and have ranged
inininthrough
^through
through
their immense
recesses
recesses
consumed by a burning passion which you alone can
gratify—And
gratify—And
we may not part
untill
untill
you have promised to
sc omply
ssc ^c omply
with my
requisitions.
requisitions.
I am
alone
alone
&
miserable.
miserable.
Man will not associate with but one as deformed and horrible as
my self
my self
would not deny herself to me. This being you must
create
create .
^.
.
for me.for me.for me.
