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Chapter 9

           AtthesemomentsIweptbitterlyandwishedthatpeacewouldrevisitmymindonlythatImightaffordthemconsolationandhappiness.Butthatcouldnotbe.Remorseextinguishedeveryhope.Ihadbeentheauthorofunalterableevils,andIlivedindailyfearlestthemonsterwhomIhadcreatedshouldperpetratesomenewwickedness.Ihadanobscurefeelingthatallwasnotoverandthathewouldstillcommitsomesignalcrime,whichbyitsenormityshouldalmosteffacetherecollectionofthepast.TherewasalwaysscopeforfearsolongasanythingIlovedremainedbehind.Myabhorrenceofthisfiendcannotbeconceived.WhenIthoughtofhimIgnashedmyteeth,myeyesbecameinflamed,andIardentlywishedtoextinguishthatlifewhichIhadsothoughtlesslybestowed.WhenIreflectedonhiscrimesandmalice,myhatredandrevengeburstallboundsofmoderation.IwouldhavemadeapilgrimagetothehighestpeakoftheAndes,couldIwhentherehaveprecipitatedhimtotheirbase.Iwishedtoseehimagain,thatImightwreaktheutmostextentofabhorrenceonhisheadandavengethedeathsofWilliamandJustine.Ourhousewasthehouseofmourning.Myfather’shealthwasdeeplyshakenbythehorroroftherecentevents.Elizabethwassadanddesponding;shenolongertookdelightinherordinaryoccupations;allpleasureseemedtohersacrilegetowardthedead;eternalwoeandtearsshethenthoughtwasthejusttributesheshouldpaytoinnocencesoblastedanddestroyed.Shewasnolongerthathappycreaturewhoinearlieryouthwanderedwithmeonthebanksofthelakeandtalkedwithecstasyofourfutureprospects.Thefirstofthosesorrowswhicharesenttoweanusfromtheearthhadvisitedher,anditsdimminginfluencequenchedherdearestsmiles.

           "WhenIreflect,mydearcousin,"saidshe,"onthemiserabledeathofJustineMoritz,Inolongerseetheworldanditsworksastheybeforeappearedtome.

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