[20]ButIwasinrealityveryill; , : heatfirstbelievedthemtobethewanderingsofmydisturbedimagination; butthepertinacitywithwhichIcontinuallyrecurredtothesamesubject, persuadedhimthatmydisorderindeedoweditsorigintosomeuncommonandterribleevent.
[21]Byveryslowdegrees, andwithfrequentrelapsesthatalarmedandgrievedmyfriend, , Iperceivedthatthefallenleaveshaddisappeared, ; ; mygloomdisappeared, andinashorttimeIbecameascheerfulasbeforeIwasattackedbythefatalpassion.
[22]“DearestClerval,”exclaimedI, “howkind, , insteadofbeingspentinstudy, asyoupromisedyourself, ? IfeelthegreatestremorseforthedisappointmentofwhichIhavebeentheoccasion; butyouwillforgiveme.”
[23]“Youwillrepaymeentirely, ifyoudonotdiscomposeyourself, butgetwellasfastasyoucan; andsinceyouappearinsuchgoodspirits, Imayspeaktoyouononesubject, mayInot?”
[24]! Whatcoulditbe? CouldhealludetoanobjectonwhomIdarednoteventhink?
[25]“Composeyourself,”saidClerval, whoobservedmychangeofcolour, “Iwillnotmentionit, ifitagitatesyou; , andareuneasyatyourlongsilence.”
[26]“Isthatall, mydearHenry? Howcouldyousupposethatmyfirstthoughtswouldnotflytowardsthosedear, dearfriendswhomIlove, andwhoaresodeservingofmylove.”
[27]“Ifthisisyourpresenttemper, myfriend, youwillperhapsbegladtoseealetterthathasbeenlyingheresomedaysforyou; itisfromyourcousin, Ibelieve.”
AfterYouRead
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: Discussthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner.
1)HowhasShelleyoverturnedtheusualgothichorrorconventionofaviolentthunderstormtocreateaneerieortenseatmosphere?
