Elizabeth’s Concern for Victor

CHAPTER V. Clerval then put the following letter into my hands. “To V.

Frankenstein. “My Dear Cousin, “I cannot describe to you the uneasiness we have all felt

concerning your health. We cannot help imagining that your friend Clerval conceals

the extent of your disorder: for it is now several months since we have seen your hand-writing;

and all this time you have been obliged to dictate your letters to Henry. Surely,

Victor, you must have been exceedingly ill; and this makes us all very wretched,

as much so nearly as after the death of your dear mother. My uncle was almost persuaded that you

were indeed dangerously ill, and could hardly be restrained from undertaking a journey