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           "Whydoyoucalltomyremembrance,"Irejoined,"circumstancesofwhichIshuddertoreflect,thatIhavebeenthemiserableoriginandauthor?Cursedbetheday,abhorreddevil,inwhichyoufirstsawlight!Cursed(althoughIcursemyself)bethehandsthatformedyou!Youhavemademewretchedbeyondexpression.YouhaveleftmenopowertoconsiderwhetherIamjusttoyouornot.Begone!Relievemefromthesightofyourdetestedform."

           "ThusIrelievethee,mycreator,"hesaid,andplacedhishatedhandsbeforemyeyes,whichIflungfrommewithviolence;"thusItakefromtheeasightwhichyouabhor.Stillthoucanstlistentomeandgrantmethycompassion.BythevirtuesthatIoncepossessed,Idemandthisfromyou.Hearmytale;itislongandstrange,andthetemperatureofthisplaceisnotfittingtoyourfinesensations;cometothehutuponthemountain.Thesunisyethighintheheavens;beforeitdescendstohideitselfbehindyoursnowyprecipicesandilluminateanotherworld,youwillhaveheardmystoryandcandecide.Onyouitrests,whetherIquitforevertheneighbourhoodofmanandleadaharmlesslife,orbecomethescourgeofyourfellowcreaturesandtheauthorofyourownspeedyruin."

           Ashesaidthisheledthewayacrosstheice;Ifollowed.Myheartwasfull,andIdidnotanswerhim,butasIproceeded,Iweighedthevariousargumentsthathehadusedanddeterminedatleasttolistentohistale.Iwaspartlyurgedbycuriosity,andcompassionconfirmedmyresolution.Ihadhithertosupposedhimtobethemurdererofmybrother,andIeagerlysoughtaconfirmationordenialofthisopinion.Forthefirsttime,also,Ifeltwhatthedutiesofacreatortowardshiscreaturewere,andthatIoughttorenderhimhappybeforeIcomplainedofhiswickedness.Thesemotivesurgedmetocomplywithhisdemand.Wecrossedtheice,therefore,andascendedtheoppositerock.