Horror at the Creature's Awakening

His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of

a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only

formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour

as the dun white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion, and straight black

lips. The different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of

human nature. I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life

into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health.

I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished,