Chapter 15
The Invisible Hand and the First Words
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1 On a sleepless winter night, the bruised creature leans his huge body toward the boarded window.
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2 A young woman sets the only bowl of food before her blind father; two plates lie empty
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3 In the moonlit wood, the creature raises Felix's axe to cut firewood for the family
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4 Agatha opens the cottage door to find an unexpected pile of firewood
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5 By the fire, Felix reads aloud to his blind father and Agatha from a glowing open book
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6 By a still pool, the creature bends over the water to see his face for the first time
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7 The Creature sees his own face in a pool for the first time, disbelief turning to horror
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8 Hunched in the dark hovel, the creature presses his fingertips to the boarded window.
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9 Spring has come after a winter of hunger.
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