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1I sat one evening in my laboratory; the sun had set, and the moon was just rising from the sea; I had not sufficient
2light for my employment, and I remained idle, in a pause of consideration of whether I should leave my labour for the
3night or hasten its conclusion by an unremitting attention to it. As I sat, a train of reflection occurred to me which
4led me to consider the effects of what I was now doing. Three years before, I was engaged in the same manner and had
5created a fiend whose unparalleled barbarity had desolated my heart and filled it for ever with the bitterest remorse. I
6was now about to form another being of whose dispositions I was alike ignorant; she might become ten thousand times more
7malignant than her mate and delight, for its own sake, in murder and wretchedness. He had sworn to quit the
8neighbourhood of man and hide himself in deserts, but she had not; and she, who in all probability was to become a
9thinking and reasoning animal, might refuse to comply with a compact made before her creation. They might even hate each
10other; the creature who already lived loathed his own deformity, and might he not conceive a greater abhorrence for it
11when it came before his eyes in the female form? She also might turn with disgust from him to the superior beauty of
12man; she might quit him, and he be again alone, exasperated by the fresh provocation of being deserted by one of his own
13species. Even if they were to leave Europe and inhabit the deserts of the new world, yet one of the first results of
14those sympathies for which the dæmon thirsted would be children, and a race of devils would be propagated upon the earth
15who might make the very existence of the species of man a condition precarious and full of terror. Had I right, for my
16own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations? I had before been moved by the sophisms of the being I
17had created; I had been struck senseless by his fiendish threats; but now, for the first time, the wickedness of my
18promise burst upon me; I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not
19hesitated to buy its own peace at the price, perhaps, of the existence of the whole human race. I trembled and my heart
20failed within me, when, on looking up, I saw by the light of the moon the dæmon at the casement. A ghastly grin wrinkled
21his lips as he gazed on me, where I sat fulfilling the task which he had allotted to me. Yes, he had followed me in my
22travels; he had loitered in forests, hid himself in caves, or taken refuge in wide and desert heaths; and he now came to
23mark my progress and claim the fulfilment of my promise. As I looked on him, his countenance expressed the utmost extent
24of malice and treachery. I thought with a sensation of madness on my promise of creating another like to him, and
25trembling with passion, tore to pieces the thing on which I was engaged. The wretch saw me destroy the creature on whose
26future existence he depended for happiness, and with a howl of devilish despair and revenge, withdrew. I left the room,
27and locking the door, made a solemn vow in my own heart never to resume my labours; and then, with trembling steps, I
28sought my own apartment. I was alone; none were near me to dissipate the gloom and relieve me from the sickening
29oppression of the most terrible reveries. Several hours passed, and I remained near my window gazing on the sea; it was
30almost motionless, for the winds were hushed, and all nature reposed under the eye of the quiet moon. A few fishing
31vessels alone specked the water, and now and then the gentle breeze wafted the sound of voices as the fishermen called
32to one another. I felt the silence, although I was hardly conscious of its extreme profundity, until my ear was suddenly
33arrested by the paddling of oars near the shore, and a person landed close to my house. In a few minutes after, I heard
34the creaking of my door, as if some one endeavoured to open it softly. I trembled from head to foot; I felt a
35presentiment of who it was and wished to rouse one of the peasants who dwelt in a cottage not far from mine; but I was
36overcome by the sensation of helplessness, so often felt in frightful dreams, when you in vain endeavour to fly from an
37impending danger, and was rooted to the spot. Presently I heard the sound of footsteps along the passage; the door
38opened, and the wretch whom I dreaded appeared. Shutting the door, he approached me and said in a smothered voice, "You
39have destroyed the work which you began; what is it that you intend? Do you dare to break your promise? I have endured
40toil and misery; I left Switzerland with you; I crept along the shores of the Rhine, among its willow islands and over
41the summits of its hills. I have dwelt many months in the heaths of England and among the deserts of Scotland. I have
42endured incalculable fatigue, and cold, and hunger; do you dare destroy my hopes?" "Begone! I do break my promise; never
43will I create another like yourself, equal in deformity and wickedness." "Slave, I before reasoned with you, but you
44have proved yourself unworthy of my condescension. Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can
45make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master; obey!" "The
46hour of my irresolution is past, and the period of your power is arrived. Your threats cannot move me to do an act of
47wickedness; but they confirm me in a determination of not creating you a companion in vice. Shall I, in cool blood, set
48loose upon the earth a dæmon whose delight is in death and wretchedness? Begone! I am firm, and your words will only
49exasperate my rage." The monster saw my determination in my face and gnashed his teeth in the impotence of anger. "Shall
50each man," cried he, "find a wife for his bosom, and each beast have his mate, and I be alone? I had feelings of
51affection, and they were requited by detestation and scorn. Man! You may hate, but beware! Your hours will pass in dread
52and misery, and soon the bolt will fall which must ravish from you your happiness for ever. Are you to be happy while I
53grovel in the intensity of my wretchedness? You can blast my other passions, but revenge remains--revenge, henceforth
54dearer than light or food! I may die, but first you, my tyrant and tormentor, shall curse the sun that gazes on your
55misery. Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful. I will watch with the wiliness of a snake, that I may sting
56with its venom. Man, you shall repent of the injuries you inflict." "Devil, cease; and do not poison the air with these
57sounds of malice. I have declared my resolution to you, and I am no coward to bend beneath words. Leave me; I am
58inexorable." "It is well. I go; but remember, I shall be with you on your wedding-night." I started forward and
59exclaimed, "Villain! Before you sign my death-warrant, be sure that you are yourself safe." I would have seized him, but
60he eluded me and quitted the house with precipitation. In a few moments I saw him in his boat, which shot across the
61waters with an arrowy swiftness and was soon lost amidst the waves.
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