Back in Geneva, days turned into weeks, and still Victor could not find the courage to begin the work again. He dreaded the revenge of a disappointed fiend, yet he could not overcome his disgust at the task he had been set.
Making a female would take months more of deep study and painstaking work. He had also heard of discoveries by an English scientist that he could not do without. He sometimes thought of asking his father’s leave to go to England, but then he would grab at any excuse to put it off. The task began to seem less urgent than it once had.
Meanwhile something in him changed. His failing health came back to a great degree, and whenever he was not thinking of his unhappy promise, his spirits rose to match.