A Father's Plea for Peace

“Come, Victor; not brooding thoughts of vengeance against the assassin, but with feelings

of peace and gentleness, that will heal, instead of festering the wounds of our minds.

Enter the house of mourning, my friend, but with kindness and affection for

those who love you, and not with hatred for your enemies. “Your affectionate and afflicted father,

“Alphonse Frankenstein. “Geneva, May 12th, 17—.” Clerval,

who had watched my countenance as I read this letter, was surprised to observe the despair

that succeeded to the joy I at first expressed on receiving news from my friends. I threw the letter

on the table, and covered my face with my hands. “My dear Frankenstein,” exclaimed Henry,