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"

You

have

guessed

right

;

I

have

lately

been

so

deeply

engaged

in

one

occupation

that

I

have

not

allowed

myself

sufficient

rest

,

as

you

see

;

but

I

hope

,

I

sincerely

hope

,

that

all

these

employments

are

now

at

an

end

and

that

I

am

at

length

free

.

"

I

trembled

excessively

;

I

could

not

endure

to

think

of

,

and

far

less

to

allude

to

,

the

occurrences

of

the

preceding

night

.

I

walked

with

a

quick

pace

,

and

we

soon

arrived

at

my

college

.

I

then

reflected

,

and

the

thought

made

me

shiver

,

that

the

creature

whom

I

had

left

in

my

apartment

might

still

be

there

,

alive

and

walking

about

.

I

dreaded

to

behold

this

monster

,

but

I

feared

still

more

that

Henry

should

see

him

.

Entreating

him

,

therefore

,

to

remain

a

few

minutes

at

the

bottom

of

the

stairs

,

I

darted

up

towards

my

own

room

.

My

hand

was

already

on

the

lock

of

the

door

before

I

recollected

myself

.

I

then

paused

,

and

a

cold

shivering

came

over

me

.

I

threw

the

door

forcibly

open

,

as

children

are

accustomed

to

do

when

they

expect

a

spectre

to

stand

in

waiting

for

them

on

the

other

side

;

but

nothing

appeared

.

I

stepped

fearfully

in

:

the

apartment

was

empty

,

and

my

bedroom

was

also

freed

from

its

hideous

guest

.

I

could

hardly

believe

that

so

great

a

good

fortune

could

have

befallen

me

,

but

when

I

became

assured

that

my

enemy

had

indeed

fled

,

I

clapped

my

hands

for

joy

and

ran

down

to

Clerval

.

We

ascended

into

my

room

,

and

the

servant

presently

brought

breakfast

;

but

I

was

unable

to

contain

myself

.

It

was

not

joy

only

that

possessed

me

;

I

felt

my

flesh

tingle

with

excess

of

sensitiveness

,

and

my

pulse

beat

rapidly

.

I

was

unable

to

remain

for

a

single

instant

in

the

same

place

;

I

jumped

over

the

chairs

,

clapped

my

hands

,

and

laughed

aloud

.

Clerval

at

first

attributed

my

unusual

spirits

to

joy

on

his

arrival

,

but

when

he

observed

me

more

attentively

,

he

saw

a

wildness

in

my

eyes

for

which

he

could

not

account

,

and

my

loud

,

unrestrained

,

heartless

laughter

frightened

and

astonished

him

.

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"

My

dear

Victor

,

"

cried

he

,

"

what

,

for

God

's

sake

,

is

the

matter

?

Do

not

laugh

in

that

manner

.

How

ill

you

are

!

What

is

the

cause

of

all

this

?

"

"

Do

not

ask

me

,

"

cried

I

,

putting

my

hands

before

my

eyes

,

for

I

thought

I

saw

the

dreaded

spectre

glide

into

the

room

;

"

HE

can

tell

.

Oh

,

save

me

!

Save

me

!

"

I

imagined

that

the

monster

seized

me

;

I

struggled

furiously

and

fell

down

in

a

fit

.

Poor

Clerval

!

What

must

have

been

his

feelings

?

A

meeting

,

which

he

anticipated

with

such

joy

,

so

strangely

turned

to

bitterness

.

But

I

was

not

the

witness

of

his

grief

,

for

I

was

lifeless

and

did

not

recover

my

senses

for

a

long

,

long

time

.

This

was

the

commencement

of

a

nervous

fever

which

confined

me

for

several

months

.

During

all

that

time

Henry

was

my

only

nurse

.

I

afterwards

learned

that

,

knowing

my

father

's

advanced

age

and

unfitness

for

so

long

a

journey

,

and

how

wretched

my

sickness

would

make

Elizabeth

,

he

spared

them

this

grief

by

concealing

the

extent

of

my

disorder

.

He

knew

that

I

could

not

have

a

more

kind

and

attentive

nurse

than

himself

;

and

,

firm

in

the

hope

he

felt

of

my

recovery

,

he

did

not

doubt

that

,

instead

of

doing

harm

,

he

performed

the

kindest

action

that

he

could

towards

them

.

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But

I

was

in

reality

very

ill

,

and

surely

nothing

but

the

unbounded

and

unremitting

attentions

of

my

friend

could

have

restored

me

to

life

.

The

form

of

the

monster

on

whom

I

had

bestowed

existence

was

forever

before

my

eyes

,

and

I

raved

incessantly

concerning

him

.

Doubtless

my

words

surprised

Henry

;

he

at

first

believed

them

to

be

the

wanderings

of

my

disturbed

imagination

,

but

the

pertinacity

with

which

I

continually

recurred

to

the

same

subject

persuaded

him

that

my

disorder

indeed

owed

its

origin

to

some

uncommon

and

terrible

event

.

By

very

slow

degrees

,

and

with

frequent

relapses

that

alarmed

and

grieved

my

friend

,

I

recovered

.

I

remember

the

first

time

I

became

capable

of

observing

outward

objects

with

any

kind

of

pleasure

,

I

perceived

that

the

fallen

leaves

had

disappeared

and

that

the

young

buds

were

shooting

forth

from

the

trees

that

shaded

my

window

.

It

was

a

divine

spring

,

and

the

season

contributed

greatly

to

my

convalescence

.

I

felt

also

sentiments

of

joy

and

affection

revive

in

my

bosom

;

my

gloom

disappeared

,

and

in

a

short

time

I

became

as

cheerful

as

before

I

was

attacked

by

the

fatal

passion

.

"

Dearest

Clerval

,

"

exclaimed

I

,

"

how

kind

,

how

very

good

you

are

to

me

.

This

whole

winter

,

instead

of

being

spent

in

study

,

as

you

promised

yourself

,

has

been

consumed

in

my

sick

room

.

How

shall

I

ever

repay

you

?

I

feel

the

greatest

remorse

for

the

disappointment

of

which

I

have

been

the

occasion

,

but

you

will

forgive

me

.

"

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