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"I am," said she, "the cousin of the unhappy child who was

murdered, or rather his sister, for I was educated by and have

lived with his parents ever since and even long before his birth.

It may therefore be judged indecent in me to come forward on this

occasion, but when I see a fellow creature about to perish

through the cowardice of her pretended friends, I wish to be

allowed to speak, that I may say what I know of her character. I

am well acquainted with the accused. I have lived in the same

house with her, at one time for five and at another for nearly

two years. During all that period she appeared to me the most

amiable and benevolent of human creatures. She nursed Madame

Frankenstein, my aunt, in her last illness, with the greatest

affection and care and afterwards attended her own mother during

a tedious illness, in a manner that excited the admiration of all

who knew her, after which she again lived in my uncle's house,

where she was beloved by all the family.