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1"The pleasant sunshine and the pure air of day restored me to some degree of tranquillity; and when I considered what
2had passed at the cottage, I could not help believing that I had been too hasty in my conclusions. I had certainly acted
3imprudently. It was apparent that my conversation had interested the father in my behalf, and I was a fool in having
4exposed my person to the horror of his children. I ought to have familiarised the old De Lacey to me, and by degrees to
5have discovered myself to the rest of his family, when they should have been prepared for my approach. But I did not
6believe my errors to be irretrievable, and after much consideration I resolved to return to the cottage, seek the old
7man, and by my representations win him to my party. "These thoughts calmed me, and in the afternoon I sank into a
8profound sleep; but the fever of my blood did not allow me to be visited by peaceful dreams. The horrible scene of the
9preceding day was for ever acting before my eyes; the females were flying and the enraged Felix tearing me from his
10father's feet. I awoke exhausted, and finding that it was already night, I crept forth from my hiding-place, and went in
11search of food. "When my hunger was appeased, I directed my steps towards the well-known path that conducted to the
12cottage. All there was at peace. I crept into my hovel and remained in silent expectation of the accustomed hour when
13the family arose. That hour passed, the sun mounted high in the heavens, but the cottagers did not appear. I trembled
14violently, apprehending some dreadful misfortune. The inside of the cottage was dark, and I heard no motion; I cannot
15describe the agony of this suspense. "Presently two countrymen passed by, but pausing near the cottage, they entered
16into conversation, using violent gesticulations; but I did not understand what they said, as they spoke the language of
17the country, which differed from that of my protectors. Soon after, however, Felix approached with another man; I was
18surprised, as I knew that he had not quitted the cottage that morning, and waited anxiously to discover from his
19discourse the meaning of these unusual appearances. "'Do you consider,' said his companion to him, 'that you will be
20obliged to pay three months' rent and to lose the produce of your garden? I do not wish to take any unfair advantage,
21and I beg therefore that you will take some days to consider of your determination.' "'It is utterly useless,' replied
22Felix; 'we can never again inhabit your cottage. The life of my father is in the greatest danger, owing to the dreadful
23circumstance that I have related. My wife and my sister will never recover from their horror. I entreat you not to
24reason with me any more. Take possession of your tenement and let me fly from this place.' "Felix trembled violently as
25he said this. He and his companion entered the cottage, in which they remained for a few minutes, and then departed. I
26never saw any of the family of De Lacey more. "I continued for the remainder of the day in my hovel in a state of utter
27and stupid despair. My protectors had departed and had broken the only link that held me to the world. For the first
28time the feelings of revenge and hatred filled my bosom, and I did not strive to control them, but allowing myself to be
29borne away by the stream, I bent my mind towards injury and death. When I thought of my friends, of the mild voice of De
30Lacey, the gentle eyes of Agatha, and the exquisite beauty of the Arabian, these thoughts vanished and a gush of tears
31somewhat soothed me. But again when I reflected that they had spurned and deserted me, anger returned, a rage of anger,
32and unable to injure anything human, I turned my fury towards inanimate objects. As night advanced, I placed a variety
33of combustibles around the cottage, and after having destroyed every vestige of cultivation in the garden, I waited with
34forced impatience until the moon had sunk to commence my operations. "As the night advanced, a fierce wind arose from
35the woods and quickly dispersed the clouds that had loitered in the heavens; the blast tore along like a mighty
36avalanche and produced a kind of insanity in my spirits that burst all bounds of reason and reflection. I lighted the
37dry branch of a tree and danced with fury around the devoted cottage, my eyes still fixed on the western horizon, the
38edge of which the moon nearly touched. A part of its orb was at length hid, and I waved my brand; it sank, and with a
39loud scream I fired the straw, and heath, and bushes, which I had collected. The wind fanned the fire, and the cottage
40was quickly enveloped by the flames, which clung to it and licked it with their forked and destroying tongues. "As soon
41as I was convinced that no assistance could save any part of the habitation, I quitted the scene and sought for refuge
42in the woods. "And now, with the world before me, whither should I bend my steps? I resolved to fly far from the scene
43of my misfortunes; but to me, hated and despised, every country must be equally horrible. At length the thought of you
44crossed my mind. I learned from your papers that you were my father, my creator; and to whom could I apply with more
45fitness than to him who had given me life? Among the lessons that Felix had bestowed upon Safie, geography had not been
46omitted; I had learned from these the relative situations of the different countries of the earth. You had mentioned
47Geneva as the name of your native town, and towards this place I resolved to proceed. "But how was I to direct myself? I
48knew that I must travel in a southwesterly direction to reach my destination, but the sun was my only guide. I did not
49know the names of the towns that I was to pass through, nor could I ask information from a single human being; but I did
50not despair. From you only could I hope for succour, although towards you I felt no sentiment but that of hatred.
51Unfeeling, heartless creator! You had endowed me with perceptions and passions and then cast me abroad an object for the
52scorn and horror of mankind. But on you only had I any claim for pity and redress, and from you I determined to seek
53that justice which I vainly attempted to gain from any other being that wore the human form. "My travels were long and
54the sufferings I endured intense. It was late in autumn when I quitted the district where I had so long resided. I
55travelled only at night, fearful of encountering the visage of a human being. Nature decayed around me, and the sun
56became heatless; rain and snow poured around me; mighty rivers were frozen; the surface of the earth was hard and chill,
57and bare, and I found no shelter. Oh, earth! How often did I imprecate curses on the cause of my being! The mildness of
58my nature had fled, and all within me was turned to gall and bitterness. The nearer I approached to your habitation, the
59more deeply did I feel the spirit of revenge enkindled in my heart. Snow fell, and the waters were hardened, but I
60rested not. A few incidents now and then directed me, and I possessed a map of the country; but I often wandered wide
61from my path. The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could
62not extract its food; but a circumstance that happened when I arrived on the confines of Switzerland, when the sun had
63recovered its warmth and the earth again began to look green, confirmed in an especial manner the bitterness and horror
64of my feelings. "I generally rested during the day and travelled only when I was secured by night from the view of man.
65One morning, however, finding that my path lay through a deep wood, I ventured to continue my journey after the sun had
66risen; the day, which was one of the first of spring, cheered even me by the loveliness of its sunshine and the
67balminess of the air. I felt emotions of gentleness and pleasure, that had long appeared dead, revive within me. Half
68surprised by the novelty of these sensations, I allowed myself to be borne away by them, and forgetting my solitude and
69deformity, dared to be happy. Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness
70towards the blessed sun, which bestowed such joy upon me.
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