Chapter 17 Another adventure第17章 再次冒险

Mary Shelley

当“我”答应了怪物的请求后，“我”是怎样兑现承诺的呢？

I needed to study for several months to make a woman monster successfully.I heard that an English scientist had done some useful work,so I decided to go to England.

Before I went,my father asked me,“Are you going to marry Elizabeth,or do you love another woman?Is this why you are so unhappy?”

“No,father,”I replied. “I have always loved Elizabeth,and I want to marry her.But I must do one more piece of scientific work before we can marry.I must go to England to do the work and I want to marry Elizabeth when I return.”

My father and Elizabeth did not want me to go to England alone,because I had been so ill.They spoke to my old friend Henry Clerval,and he was very happy to travel with me.I was pleased that he could come,although I did not want him to discover anything about my horrible work.

Henry and I reached London in early October and stayed there for a few months.I met and talked with English scientists,and learnt many useful things from them.Then Henry was invited to visit some friends in Scotland.I planned to travel with him,but I told him that I wanted to go walking in the mountains alone.Henry was not happy with my plan,but in the end he agreed.

I bought all that I needed for a laboratory,and sent everything to Scotland.Henry and I travelled to Edinburgh together,and then I went further north,to find a good place for my laboratory.At last,I found the right place on an island off the north coast.It was a wild and lonely place.Only five people lived on the island,so I could work alone,and nobody would discover my awful secret.

There was a large,empty hut on the island,and I brought builders from Scotland to make the hut into a laboratory for me.I showed them how to build my mast,and soon everything was ready for me to start work on the woman monster.

Reading Check

Who accompanied the author to England for his project?（5 words）

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