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"Another circumstance strengthened and confirmed these feelings.

Soon after my arrival in the hovel I discovered some papers in

the pocket of the dress which I had taken from your laboratory.

At first I had neglected them, but now that I was able to

decipher the characters in which they were written, I began to

study them with diligence. It was your journal of the four months

that preceded my creation. You minutely described in these papers

every step you took in the progress of your work; this history

was mingled with accounts of domestic occurrences. You doubtless

recollect these papers. Here they are. Everything is related in

them which bears reference to my accursed origin; the whole

detail of that series of disgusting circumstances which produced

it is set in view; the minutest description of my odious and

loathsome person is given, in language which painted your own

horrors and rendered mine indelible. I sickened as I read.