Frankenstein——13

After the wedding a large number of our friends came to a party at our house.When the party had started,Elizabeth and I said goodbye and left for our honeymoon.We travelled first by boat,and planned to spend the night at a hotel on the other side of the lake.The monutains and the lake were calm and beautiful,and at last Elizabeth and I were together.For the first time for months,and for the last time ever,I enjoyed the feeling of happiness.

In the evening the wind became stronger and soon a great storm broke above us.Every noise frightened me,and I kept my hand on my gun under my coat.I saw the monster in every shadow.Suddenly I realized how terrible the fight would be for Elizabeth.I asked her to go to bed and I decided to search for the monster.I planned to join her when I was sure he was not in or around the hotel.

Elizabeht left me and I searched every corner of the hote-every dark doorway and staircase.I could not find him,and I began to hope that he had not followed us to the hotel.But suddenly,I heard a loud and terrible scream.

It came from our room.

Then-too late-I understood.The monster had promised to be with me on my wedding night,but he had not planned to kill me.

The scream came again,and I ran to our room.Why did I not die there and then?

On the bed,Elizabeth lay still,in the cold sleep of death.I took her in my arms...and saw the marks of the murderer's fingers on her neck.

Other people in the hotel had heard the screams and came into our room.I sent one of them to call the police.The others left me alone with my misery.I held Elizabeth close,and as I held her,I saw the monster watching me through the open window of the room.There was an evil laugh on his face.I pulled my gun from my coat and fired people heard the noise of the shot and came back into the room.I showed them the place where the monster had jumped into the lake.We searched the edge of the lake,but we could not find him.I returned to our room and lay on the bed next to my dear wife.

Suddenly I had another terrible thought.At this very moment perhaps my father was fighting the monster,with Ernest dead at his feet.I left the hotel and returned to Geneva as fast as I could.My fatehr and Ernest were safe,but the awful news of Elizabeth's death killed my father.He had loved Elizabeth dearly.He became ill,and after a few days he died in my arms.So the evil monster had brought unhappiness and death to a dear old man who had never hurt anybody.

I do not know what happneed next.I think I left the real world,and entered a dangerous world of dreams and madness.Later I found that they had put me in prison because of my madness.

After many months they let me free.I had only one wish-to find and kill the monster.