Chapter 18
The books, the journal and the rejection
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1 A lone whitewashed cottage between moonlit fields and a black wood, one window glowing
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2 On an August night in the wood, the Creature's huge hands open a leather portmanteau he has found.
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3 The creature reads Victor's journal, learns how he was made, and breaks.
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4 A year after waking, the Creature sits wrapped in his cloak on the straw of the frozen hovel.
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5 The creature has stepped out of his hovel into the cold autumn sun.
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6 The giant stoops under low beams and asks the blind old man for a place by the fire
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7 By the fire, the creature presses his hand to his heart and thanks the blind old man
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10 Felix stands over the fallen creature with his stick raised for a second blow.
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