Chapter 27
The Vow at the Grave and the Chase North
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1 Geneva from Mont Salêve at grey dusk, a small walled town between the lake and the Jura
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2 Victor kneels at his family's tomb, fist to his chest, cursing the dæmon
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3 Victor kneels at his family's tomb and twists round as a fiendish laugh answers his vow
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4 The creature leans down behind kneeling Victor in the dark cemetery and whispers
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5 Victor springs up from his family's tomb and grabs at empty air.
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6 From a warehouse shadow, Victor watches the creature board a brig bound for the Black Sea
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7 Fresh, deep letters are hacked into the white bark of an old birch while snow falls.
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8 Victor kneels on a snowy rise and gives thanks as the ice-bound ocean opens before him
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9 Worn thin and frosted, Victor Frankenstein kneels on a snowy rise above the frozen ocean
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