The caption Walton befriend Victor . Watching over him and nursing him back to health. Over this time period they become friends. They speak to each other of there longings. And one final day Victor says "Unhappy man! Do you share my madness? Have you drunk also of the intoxicating draught? hear me, - let me reveal my tale, and you will dash the cup from your lips!" (p 12T). Victor begins his story with his father and his family history. Who by birth was a genevese who are those from Geneva, Switzerland. Victor's father was a promitable member in the city but later in life sought out his friend Beaufort , who earlier became poor. By the time Alphonse, Victor's father, reached Beaufort he was dead. leaving a orphanned daughter. Alphonse protects her and takes her in , and 2 yrs. later they married. We are told they loved each other. They traveld through Europe. Then when time came they had a child. A son named Victor. He remauned their only child for many years until the adopted Elizabeth Lavenza, also an orphan. Victor took her as his own. Victor said," No word, no expression could body forth the kind of relationship in which she stood to me - my more than sister, since till death she was to be only mine." (p 18 T).
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