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This speech troubled me. I had not despaired, nor had I yet

conceived the idea of returning if set free. Yet could I, in

justice, or even in possibility, refuse this demand? I hesitated

before I answered, when Frankenstein, who had at first been

silent, and indeed appeared hardly to have force enough to

attend, now roused himself; his eyes sparkled, and his cheeks

flushed with momentary vigour. Turning towards the men, he said,