Quotes about the monster within windows#

No wood, however, was placed on the earth, which formed the floor, but it was dry and although the wind entered it by innumerable chinks, I found it an agreeable asylum from the snow and rain.' (11.9-10) My place of refuge was constructed of wood, but so low that I could with difficulty sit upright in it.

This hovel however, joined a cottage of a neat and pleasant appearance, but after my late dearly bought experience, I dared not enter it. The whole village was roused some fled, some attacked me, until, grievously bruised by stones and many other kinds of missile weapons, I escaped to the open country and fearfully took refuge in a low hovel, quite bare, and making a wretched appearance after the palaces I had beheld in the village. One of the best of these I entered, but I had hardly placed my foot within the door before the children shrieked, and one of the women fainted.

Quotes about the monster within windows#

The vegetables in the gardens, the milk and cheese that I saw placed at the windows of some of the cottages, allured my appetite.

How miraculous did this appear! The huts, the neater cottages, and stately houses engaged my admiration by turns. It was noon when I awoke, and allured by the warmth of the sun, which shone brightly on the white ground, I determined to recommence my travels and, depositing the remains of the peasant's breakfast in a wallet I found, I proceeded across the fields for several hours, until at sunset I arrived at a village. Then, overcome by fatigue, I lay down among some straw and fell asleep. I greedily devoured the remnants of the shepherd's breakfast, which consisted of bread, cheese, milk, and wine the latter, however, I did not like. But I was enchanted by the appearance of the hut here the snow and rain could not penetrate the ground was dry and it presented to me then as exquisite and divine a retreat as Pandemonium appeared to the demons of hell after their sufferings in the lake of fire. His appearance, different from any I had ever before seen, and his flight somewhat surprised me. He turned on hearing a noise, and perceiving me, shrieked loudly, and quitting the hut, ran across the fields with a speed of which his debilitated form hardly appeared capable. An old man sat in it, near a fire, over which he was preparing his breakfast.

This was a new sight to me, and I examined the structure with great curiosity. 'It was about seven in the morning, and I longed to obtain food and shelter at length I perceived a small hut, on a rising ground, which had doubtless been built for the convenience of some shepherd. I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited, where I remained during the rest of the night, walking up and down in the greatest agitation, listening attentively, catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of the demoniacal corpse to which I had so miserably given life. He might have spoken, but I did not hear one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped and rushed downstairs. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He held up the curtain of the bed and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. I started from my sleep with horror a cold dew covered my forehead, my teeth chattered, and every limb became convulsed when, by the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way through the window shutters, I beheld the wretch -the miserable monster whom I had created. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her, but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel. I thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. But it was in vain I slept, indeed, but I was disturbed by the wildest dreams. At length lassitude succeeded to the tumult I had before endured, and I threw myself on the bed in my clothes, endeavouring to seek a few moments of forgetfulness. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep.

I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.