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Quotes from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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1 An old man sat in it, near a fire, over which he was preparing his breakfast.
2 In one corner, near a small fire, sat an old man, leaning his head on his hands in a disconsolate attitude.
3 Felix replied in a cheerful accent, and the old man was recommencing his music when someone tapped at the door.
4 The old man, whom I soon perceived to be blind, employed his leisure hours on his instrument or in contemplation.
5 At other times he worked in the garden, but as there was little to do in the frosty season, he read to the old man and Agatha.
6 But if his countenance was more sorrowful, his voice was more cheerful than that of his sister, especially when he addressed the old man.
7 The old man had, in the meantime, been pensive, but on the appearance of his companions he assumed a more cheerful air, and they sat down to eat.
8 The old man, leaning on his son, walked each day at noon, when it did not rain, as I found it was called when the heavens poured forth its waters.
9 The old man, I could perceive, often endeavoured to encourage his children, as sometimes I found that he called them, to cast off their melancholy.
10 The old man returned to the cottage, and the youth, with tools different from those he had used in the morning, directed his steps across the fields.
11 The young woman was again occupied in arranging the cottage, the old man walked before the cottage in the sun for a few minutes, leaning on the arm of the youth.
12 They often, I believe, suffered the pangs of hunger very poignantly, especially the two younger cottagers, for several times they placed food before the old man when they reserved none for themselves.
13 In the evening the young girl and her companion were employed in various occupations which I did not understand; and the old man again took up the instrument which produced the divine sounds that had enchanted me in the morning.
14 But the old man decidedly refused, thinking himself bound in honour to my friend, who, when he found the father inexorable, quitted his country, nor returned until he heard that his former mistress was married according to her inclinations.
15 He played a sweet mournful air which I perceived drew tears from the eyes of his amiable companion, of which the old man took no notice, until she sobbed audibly; he then pronounced a few sounds, and the fair creature, leaving her work, knelt at his feet.
16 The young girl was occupied in arranging the cottage; but presently she took something out of a drawer, which employed her hands, and she sat down beside the old man, who, taking up an instrument, began to play and to produce sounds sweeter than the voice of the thrush or the nightingale.
17 So soon as he had finished, the youth began, not to play, but to utter sounds that were monotonous, and neither resembling the harmony of the old man's instrument nor the songs of the birds; I since found that he read aloud, but at that time I knew nothing of the science of words or letters.
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