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           "Come,Victor;notbroodingthoughtsofvengeanceagainsttheassassin,butwithfeelingsofpeaceandgentleness,thatwillheal,insteadoffestering,thewoundsofourminds.Enterthehouseofmourning,myfriend,butwithkindnessandaffectionforthosewholoveyou,andnotwithhatredforyourenemies.

           "Youraffectionateandafflictedfather,

           "AlphonseFrankenstein.

           "Geneva,May12th,17—."

           Clerval,whohadwatchedmycountenanceasIreadthisletter,wassurprisedtoobservethedespairthatsucceededthejoyIatfirstexpressedonreceivingnewfrommyfriends.Ithrewtheletteronthetable,andcoveredmyfacewithmyhands.

           "MydearFrankenstein,"exclaimedHenry,whenheperceivedmeweepwithbitterness,"areyoualwaystobeunhappy?Mydearfriend,whathashappened?"

           Imotionedhimtotakeuptheletter,whileIwalkedupanddowntheroomintheextremestagitation.TearsalsogushedfromtheeyesofClerval,ashereadtheaccountofmymisfortune.

           "Icanofferyounoconsolation,myfriend,"saidhe;"yourdisasterisirreparable.Whatdoyouintendtodo?"

           "TogoinstantlytoGeneva:comewithme,Henry,toorderthehorses."

           Duringourwalk,Clervalendeavouredtosayafewwordsofconsolation;hecouldonlyexpresshisheartfeltsympathy.