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[18+] “Upon Thy Grave From the Ashes of My Heart” by Batced (part 2 of 2, read by Kergiby)
[18+] In 1818, Mary Shelley published her horror masterpiece, a tale of a monster whom its creator cannot love. But that is the story the public think they know…
Tonight’s story is the second and final part of “Upon Thy Grave From The Ashes Of My Heart” by Batced, longtime editor from Thurston Howl Publications.
Read by Kergiby, a Full Time Panther.
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Transcript
Today's
Speaker:story
Speaker:concerns
Speaker:adult
Speaker:subject
Speaker:matter
Speaker:for
Speaker:mature
Speaker:listeners.
Speaker:If
Speaker:that's
Speaker:not
Speaker:your
Speaker:cup
Speaker:of
Speaker:tea,
Speaker:or
Speaker:there
Speaker:are
Speaker:youngsters
Speaker:listening,
Speaker:please
Speaker:skip
Speaker:this
Speaker:one
Speaker:and
Speaker:come
Speaker:back
Speaker:for
Speaker:another
Speaker:story
Speaker:another
Speaker:time.
You’re
listening
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:Ghost
Speaker:of
Speaker:Dog
Speaker:on
Speaker:The
Speaker:Voice
Speaker:of Dog.
Speaker:This
Speaker:is
Speaker:Rob
Speaker:MacWolf,
Speaker:your
Speaker:fellow
Speaker:traveler,
Speaker:and Tonight’s
Speaker:story
Speaker:is
Speaker:the
Speaker:second
Speaker:and
Speaker:final
Speaker:part
Speaker:of “Upon
Speaker:Thy
Speaker:Grave
Speaker:From
Speaker:The
Speaker:Ashes
Speaker:Of
Speaker:My
Speaker:Heart”
Speaker:by
Speaker:Batced,
Speaker:longtime
Speaker:editor
Speaker:from
Speaker:Thurston
Speaker:Howl
Speaker:Publications.
Read
by
Speaker:Kergiby,
Speaker:a
Speaker:Full
Speaker:Time
Speaker:Panther.
Alert
listeners
Speaker:will
Speaker:of
Speaker:course
Speaker:realize that
Speaker:this
Speaker:is
Speaker:not
Speaker:the
Speaker:story
Speaker:with
Speaker:which
Speaker:they
Speaker:are
Speaker:long
Speaker:familiar. It bears less than
Speaker:total
Speaker:resemblance to Mary Shelley’s
Speaker:groundbreaking
Speaker:work,
Speaker:and
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:Boris
Speaker:Karloff adaptation, though precisely how much remains to be seen. And
Speaker:if we
Speaker:may
Speaker:indulge
Speaker:in
Speaker:a
Speaker:brief
pedantry:We would remind the astute listener
pedantry:that
pedantry:there
pedantry:is
pedantry:more
pedantry:than one
pedantry:Boris Karloff adaptation.
Last time, we met Elizabeth Lavenza, affianced of
the late
pedantry:Victor
pedantry:Frankenstein,
pedantry:as
pedantry:she
pedantry:made her way
pedantry:back home
pedantry:from
pedantry:the
pedantry:horrors
pedantry:that
pedantry:happened
pedantry:ten
pedantry:years
pedantry:earlier,
pedantry:and
pedantry:a
pedantry:budding
pedantry:romance
pedantry:blossomed
pedantry:between herself
pedantry:and
pedantry:friend and
pedantry:housemaid
pedantry:Justine Moritz.
pedantry:Now
pedantry:she
pedantry:returns
pedantry:to
pedantry:Venice,
pedantry:bearing
pedantry:unknown and
pedantry:ominous cargo.
Please
Enjoy
“Upon
Thy Grave
pedantry:From
pedantry:The
pedantry:Ashes Of My Heart” by Batced, Part 2 of 2
Now
The
morning
pedantry:sunlight
pedantry:broke
pedantry:through
pedantry:the
pedantry:gardens
pedantry:of
pedantry:Venice.
pedantry:A
pedantry:wall
pedantry:of
pedantry:trees
pedantry:surrounded the two
pedantry:figures
pedantry:who
pedantry:wandered
pedantry:the
pedantry:grounds.
pedantry:The
pedantry:first
pedantry:was
pedantry:Elizabeth,
pedantry:still
pedantry:dressed
pedantry:in
pedantry:black,
pedantry:while
pedantry:her
pedantry:companion
pedantry:was
pedantry:a
pedantry:bear
pedantry:of
pedantry:yellowish-gray
pedantry:fur,
pedantry:much
pedantry:of
pedantry:his
pedantry:body
pedantry:dressed
pedantry:in
pedantry:finely
pedantry:silk
pedantry:jupon
pedantry:and
pedantry:gilt-braided
pedantry:leggings.
pedantry:He
pedantry:was
pedantry:a broad
pedantry:built
pedantry:ursine,
pedantry:towering
pedantry:somewhat
pedantry:over
pedantry:the
pedantry:slighter
pedantry:vixen,
pedantry:massive
pedantry:paws
pedantry:folded
pedantry:behind
pedantry:his
pedantry:back
pedantry:as
pedantry:he
pedantry:became
pedantry:a
pedantry:profile
pedantry:of
pedantry:patriarchal
pedantry:affirmation.
pedantry:The
pedantry:long
pedantry:mane
pedantry:of
pedantry:fur
pedantry:on
pedantry:his
pedantry:head
pedantry:was
pedantry:curled
pedantry:and
pedantry:scented
pedantry:as
pedantry:he
pedantry:moved
pedantry:side
pedantry:by
pedantry:side
pedantry:with
pedantry:the
pedantry:vixen.
“You
must
pedantry:imagine
pedantry:our
pedantry:surprise,”
pedantry:said
pedantry:Duke
pedantry:Orsino, “when
pedantry:you
pedantry:arrived
pedantry:at
pedantry:these
pedantry:doors
pedantry:last
pedantry:night.
pedantry:It
pedantry:was
pedantry:though
pedantry:looking
pedantry:upon
pedantry:a
pedantry:ghost
pedantry:struck
pedantry:from
pedantry:the
pedantry:long
pedantry:sepulcher
pedantry:of
pedantry:death.”
“Does
such
pedantry:a
pedantry:thing
pedantry:perturb
pedantry:you,
pedantry:duke?”
pedantry:asked
pedantry:Elizabeth
“Nay,
I
pedantry:am
pedantry:only
pedantry:delighted
pedantry:in
pedantry:seeing
pedantry:my
pedantry:dear
pedantry:friend’s
pedantry:daughter
pedantry:once
pedantry:more.
pedantry:The
pedantry:story
pedantry:that
pedantry:Mary
pedantry:Shelley
pedantry:wove,
pedantry:well…she
pedantry:did
pedantry:relate
pedantry:the
pedantry:affair
pedantry:quite
pedantry:plainly
pedantry:in
pedantry:her
pedantry:book
pedantry:to
pedantry:be
pedantry:very
pedantry:persuasive
“Indeed,
I
pedantry:have
pedantry:read
pedantry:Miss Shelley’s
pedantry:account,”
pedantry:retorted
pedantry:the
pedantry:vixen.
“When
I
pedantry:spoke
pedantry:to
pedantry:her
pedantry:about
pedantry:the
pedantry:events
pedantry:in
pedantry:question,
pedantry:I
pedantry:did
pedantry:not
pedantry:realize
pedantry:she would
pedantry:make
pedantry:the
pedantry:changes
pedantry:as
pedantry:she
pedantry:did.”
“Perhaps to
protect
pedantry:both
pedantry:yours
pedantry:and
pedantry:Victor’s
pedantry:family
pedantry:names,”
pedantry:replied
pedantry:Orsino. “No
pedantry:one
pedantry:here
pedantry:wants
pedantry:to
pedantry:remember
pedantry:everything
pedantry:that
pedantry:occurred,
pedantry:especially
pedantry:if
pedantry:you
pedantry:have
pedantry:brought
pedantry:with
pedantry:you
pedantry:the
pedantry:things
pedantry:which
pedantry:fascinated
pedantry:your
pedantry:husband
pedantry:so
pedantry:and
pedantry:brought
pedantry:about
pedantry:his
pedantry:ruin.”
Elizabeth
smirked
pedantry:as
pedantry:she
pedantry:realized
pedantry:he
pedantry:was
pedantry:talking
pedantry:about
pedantry:the
pedantry:wagon
pedantry:and
pedantry:the
pedantry:big
pedantry:black
pedantry:box.
pedantry:She had
pedantry:placed
pedantry:both
pedantry:next
pedantry:to
pedantry:a
pedantry:guesthouse
pedantry:when
pedantry:she had
pedantry:arrived
pedantry:until
pedantry:gaining
pedantry:entrance
pedantry:into
pedantry:the
pedantry:guesthouse,
pedantry:whereupon
pedantry:she
pedantry:had
pedantry:the
pedantry:box
pedantry:moved
pedantry:inside.
pedantry:None
pedantry:were
pedantry:happy
pedantry:to
pedantry:see
pedantry:the
pedantry:box
pedantry:and
pedantry:some
pedantry:crossed
pedantry:themselves
pedantry:several
pedantry:times
pedantry:as
pedantry:they
pedantry:walked
pedantry:by
pedantry:it,
pedantry:and
pedantry:Elizabeth
pedantry:grinned
pedantry:widely
pedantry:at
pedantry:the
pedantry:thought
pedantry:of
pedantry:the
pedantry:scandal
pedantry:which
pedantry:would
pedantry:ripple
pedantry:across
pedantry:the
pedantry:countryside.
Fewer
still
pedantry:were
pedantry:pleased
pedantry:to
pedantry:see
pedantry:the
pedantry:veil
pedantry:which
pedantry:obscured
pedantry:much
pedantry:of
pedantry:her
pedantry:features.
pedantry:The
pedantry:duke
pedantry:could
pedantry:not
pedantry:help
pedantry:but
pedantry:chance
pedantry:glances
pedantry:when
pedantry:errant
pedantry:winds
pedantry:blew it
pedantry:aside.
pedantry:The
pedantry:gods
pedantry:aid
pedantry:him,
pedantry:for
pedantry:he
pedantry:had
pedantry:never
pedantry:seen
pedantry:such
pedantry:scarring
pedantry:as
pedantry:those
pedantry:which
pedantry:rutted
pedantry:Elizabeth’s
pedantry:face.
pedantry:At
pedantry:one’s
pedantry:first
pedantry:glance,
pedantry:it
pedantry:appeared
pedantry:as
pedantry:if
pedantry:she had
pedantry:been
pedantry:split
pedantry:like
pedantry:an
pedantry:egg
pedantry:down
pedantry:the
pedantry:front
pedantry:of
pedantry:her
pedantry:face
pedantry:then
pedantry:sewn
pedantry:back
pedantry:together,
pedantry:much
pedantry:as
pedantry:Victor’s
pedantry:long
pedantry:unseen
pedantry:creature
pedantry:had
pedantry:been
pedantry:described
pedantry:in
pedantry:Shelley’s
pedantry:book.
Elizabeth
saw
pedantry:the
pedantry:duke’s
pedantry:eyes
pedantry:travel
pedantry:towards
pedantry:the
pedantry:box
pedantry:and
pedantry:chuckled. “You
pedantry:may
pedantry:ease
pedantry:your
pedantry:nerves,
pedantry:my
pedantry:dear
pedantry:duke,
pedantry:for
pedantry:Victor’s
pedantry:creation
pedantry:is
pedantry:not
pedantry:within.”
Nervously,
Orsino
pedantry:matched
pedantry:her
pedantry:humor. “I
pedantry:mean,
pedantry:Shelley
pedantry:did
pedantry:say
pedantry:that
pedantry:the
pedantry:monster
pedantry:disappeared into
pedantry:the
pedantry:frost
pedantry:and
pedantry:snow
pedantry:of
pedantry:the
pedantry:far
pedantry:north.
pedantry:But ah,
pedantry:I
pedantry:wish that
pedantry:the
pedantry:book
pedantry:had
pedantry:ended
pedantry:differently.
pedantry:I
pedantry:remember
pedantry:you
pedantry:were
pedantry:just
pedantry:as
pedantry:fascinated
pedantry:by
pedantry:the
pedantry:sciences
pedantry:just
pedantry:as
pedantry:much
pedantry:as
pedantry:Victor
pedantry:was.
pedantry:Frightened,
pedantry:you
pedantry:were,
pedantry:whenever
pedantry:lightning
pedantry:would
pedantry:strike
pedantry:the
pedantry:house,
pedantry:you’d
pedantry:always
pedantry:run
pedantry:underneath
pedantry:your
pedantry:father’s
pedantry:legs
pedantry:for
pedantry:safety.
pedantry:Remember
pedantry:when
pedantry:I
pedantry:was
pedantry:showing
pedantry:you
pedantry:one
pedantry:device
pedantry:late
pedantry:one
pedantry:evening?
pedantry:It
pedantry:was
pedantry:a
pedantry:model
pedantry:of
pedantry:a
pedantry:galvanized
pedantry:rod.
pedantry:You
pedantry:sat
pedantry:upon
pedantry:my
pedantry:lap
pedantry:asking me
pedantry:all
pedantry:the
pedantry:questions
pedantry:with
pedantry:the
pedantry:sort
pedantry:of
pedantry:conspiratorial
pedantry:glimmer
pedantry:of
pedantry:a
pedantry:grown-up.”
It
took
pedantry:time
pedantry:for
pedantry:her
pedantry:to
pedantry:remember.
pedantry:But
pedantry:she
pedantry:remembered
pedantry:a
pedantry:lot
pedantry:of
pedantry:things
pedantry:from
pedantry:back
pedantry:then,
pedantry:as
pedantry:they
pedantry:wandered
pedantry:back
pedantry:towards
pedantry:the
pedantry:main
pedantry:house
pedantry:and
pedantry:into
pedantry:the
pedantry:front
pedantry:parlor.
pedantry:As
pedantry:she
pedantry:looked
pedantry:around,
pedantry:anger
pedantry:grew
pedantry:inside
pedantry:of
pedantry:her.
pedantry:It
pedantry:was
pedantry:all
pedantry:pithy,
pedantry:what had
pedantry:happened to
pedantry:father’s
pedantry:house.
pedantry:Looking
pedantry:upon
pedantry:the
pedantry:sprawling,
pedantry:drunken
pedantry:layabouts
pedantry:who
pedantry:made
pedantry:mockeries
pedantry:of
pedantry:orchards
pedantry:and
pedantry:roses
pedantry:that
pedantry:were
pedantry:prized
pedantry:by
pedantry:her
pedantry:family
pedantry:infuriated
pedantry:her,
pedantry:but
pedantry:she
pedantry:held in check
pedantry:these feelings.
“Your arrival
was so hasty,
pedantry:Elizabeth,”
pedantry:Orsino
pedantry:said
pedantry:casually, “that
pedantry:I
pedantry:don’t
pedantry:think
pedantry:we
pedantry:ever
pedantry:established
pedantry:just
pedantry:why
pedantry:you’ve
pedantry:come
pedantry:home
pedantry:instead
pedantry:of
pedantry:going
pedantry:on
pedantry:to
pedantry:Geneva.
pedantry:A
pedantry:homesickness
pedantry:for
pedantry:the
pedantry:estate?”
Elizabeth
smiled. “Among
pedantry:other
pedantry:things,”
pedantry:she
pedantry:answered. “I’d
pedantry:promised
pedantry:my
pedantry:betrothed
pedantry:a
pedantry:chance
pedantry:to
pedantry:view
pedantry:my
pedantry:home
pedantry:in
pedantry:a
pedantry:context
pedantry:better
pedantry:than
pedantry:what
pedantry:they
pedantry:had
pedantry:known.”
Orsino
tilted
pedantry:his
pedantry:head
pedantry:quizzically,
pedantry:small
pedantry:ears
pedantry:twitching
pedantry:and
pedantry:his
pedantry:attention
pedantry:returning
pedantry:to
pedantry:the
pedantry:ominous
pedantry:box. “Your...betrothed?
pedantry:You
pedantry:mean,
pedantry:Victor…”
pedantry:Then
pedantry:he
pedantry:smiled,
pedantry:understanding
pedantry:washing
pedantry:over
pedantry:his
pedantry:expression. “Ah,
pedantry:of
pedantry:course.
pedantry:Tis
pedantry:only
pedantry:right
pedantry:that
pedantry:you
pedantry:would
pedantry:do
pedantry:Victor
pedantry:proud
pedantry:and
pedantry:return
pedantry:his
pedantry:remains
pedantry:to
pedantry:a
pedantry:place
pedantry:of
pedantry:his
pedantry:eternal
pedantry:rest.”
“Among
other
pedantry:things,”
pedantry:replied
pedantry:the
pedantry:vixen.
“Ah,
if
pedantry:only
pedantry:I
pedantry:had
pedantry:an
pedantry:heir
pedantry:of
pedantry:my
pedantry:own
pedantry:to
pedantry:present
pedantry:to
pedantry:you
pedantry:as
pedantry:a
pedantry:suitable
pedantry:suitor
pedantry:to
pedantry:take
pedantry:his
pedantry:place.
pedantry:How
pedantry:I
pedantry:would
pedantry:love
pedantry:to
pedantry:make
pedantry:you
pedantry:part
pedantry:of
pedantry:my
pedantry:family!
pedantry:I have
pedantry:always
pedantry:been
pedantry:eager
pedantry:to
pedantry:introduce
pedantry:you
pedantry:to
pedantry:the
pedantry:ways
pedantry:of
pedantry:womanhood
pedantry:and
pedantry:understanding
pedantry:your
pedantry:role
pedantry:in
pedantry:the
pedantry:world.
pedantry:You’ve
pedantry:always
pedantry:been
pedantry:like
pedantry:a
pedantry:daughter
pedantry:to
pedantry:me,
pedantry:Elizabeth.”
“And
you
pedantry:much
pedantry:like
pedantry:a
pedantry:father,”
pedantry:Elizabeth
pedantry:answered
pedantry:wryly. “Or
pedantry:were
pedantry:you
pedantry:thinking
pedantry:of
pedantry:yourself
pedantry:as
pedantry:my
pedantry:potential
pedantry:groom,
pedantry:my
pedantry:grace?
pedantry:I
pedantry:see
pedantry:in
pedantry:that
pedantry:little
pedantry:devilish
pedantry:wrinkle
pedantry:behind
pedantry:your
pedantry:eyes
pedantry:and
pedantry:the
pedantry:tiny
pedantry:twitch
pedantry:of
pedantry:your
pedantry:ears
pedantry:that
pedantry:you
pedantry:wish
pedantry:yourself
pedantry:to
pedantry:be a
pedantry:younger
pedantry:canine...as
pedantry:you
pedantry:were
pedantry:then,
pedantry:when
pedantry:I
pedantry:knew
pedantry:you,
pedantry:when
pedantry:you
pedantry:brought
pedantry:me
pedantry:onto
pedantry:your
pedantry:lap.”
Orsino
cleared
pedantry:his
pedantry:throat
pedantry:and
pedantry:looked
pedantry:away
pedantry:for
pedantry:a
pedantry:moment,
pedantry:wishing
pedantry:for
pedantry:the
pedantry:conversation
pedantry:to
pedantry:be
pedantry:done.
pedantry:Feigning
pedantry:a
pedantry:certain
pedantry:languor,
pedantry:he
pedantry:said, “On
pedantry:that
pedantry:score
pedantry:I,
pedantry:for
pedantry:one,
pedantry:am
pedantry:delighted
pedantry:that
pedantry:the
pedantry:fiction
pedantry:of
pedantry:Miss
pedantry:Shelley’s
pedantry:book
pedantry:was
pedantry:just
pedantry:that.
pedantry:But
pedantry:she
pedantry:wrote
pedantry:them
pedantry:in
pedantry:such a
pedantry:convincing
pedantry:manner
pedantry:that
pedantry:they
pedantry:do
pedantry:make
pedantry:one
pedantry:question
pedantry:the
pedantry:veracity
pedantry:of
pedantry:such
pedantry:things.”
Elizabeth
grinned
pedantry:wide. “I’m
pedantry:quite
pedantry:sure
pedantry:that
pedantry:there
pedantry:are
pedantry:many
pedantry:who
pedantry:must
pedantry:believe
pedantry:the
pedantry:book
pedantry:as
pedantry:it
pedantry:happened.
pedantry:The
pedantry:same
pedantry:types,
pedantry:I
pedantry:see,
pedantry:who
pedantry:enjoy
pedantry:the
pedantry:full
pedantry:province
pedantry:of
pedantry:my
pedantry:father’s
pedantry:grounds
pedantry:that
pedantry:you
pedantry:have
pedantry:so
pedantry:helpfully
pedantry:provided
pedantry:them.
pedantry:What
pedantry:are
pedantry:friends
pedantry:for,
pedantry:as
pedantry:they
pedantry:say.”
Duke
Orsino
pedantry:winced.
pedantry:The
pedantry:statement was
pedantry:spoken plainly
pedantry:but
pedantry:there was
pedantry:something
pedantry:in
pedantry:the
pedantry:tone
pedantry:which
pedantry:sat
pedantry:ill
pedantry:within
pedantry:the
pedantry:bear’s
pedantry:soul.
“But,
be
pedantry:that
pedantry:as
pedantry:it
pedantry:may,
pedantry:Miss Shelley’s
pedantry:document
pedantry:did
pedantry:provide
pedantry:some
pedantry:hint
pedantry:to
pedantry:your
pedantry:whereabouts
pedantry:over
pedantry:these
pedantry:last
pedantry:ten
pedantry:years
pedantry:and
pedantry:thus
pedantry:there
pedantry:was
pedantry:little
pedantry:in
pedantry:the
pedantry:course
pedantry:that
pedantry:was
pedantry:wrong
pedantry:of
pedantry:anyone
pedantry:to
pedantry:assume
pedantry:control of
pedantry:your
pedantry:father’s
pedantry:house
pedantry:and
pedantry:grounds.
pedantry:Why,
pedantry:the
pedantry:taxes
pedantry:upon
pedantry:them…”
“Were
paid
pedantry:accordingly
pedantry:from
pedantry:the
pedantry:trust
pedantry:left
pedantry:in
pedantry:my
pedantry:name
pedantry:by
pedantry:my
pedantry:dearly
pedantry:departed
pedantry:father,”
pedantry:said
pedantry:Elizabeth. “And
pedantry:provided
pedantry:for through
pedantry:the
pedantry:Frankenstein
pedantry:estate
pedantry:by
pedantry:my
pedantry:uncle
pedantry:Alphonse.”
“Yes,
well,
pedantry:and
pedantry:there
pedantry:was
pedantry:the…”
“Matter
of
pedantry:my
pedantry:stepmother?
pedantry:Upon
pedantry:her
pedantry:death
pedantry:all
pedantry:her
pedantry:lands,
pedantry:titles,
pedantry:and
pedantry:baronet
pedantry:would
pedantry:be
pedantry:transferred
pedantry:to
pedantry:her
pedantry:heirs.
pedantry:And
pedantry:as
pedantry:my
pedantry:beloved
pedantry:half-sisters
pedantry:and
pedantry:brothers
pedantry:have
pedantry:all
pedantry:predeceased
pedantry:me,
pedantry:I
pedantry:do
pedantry:believe
pedantry:I
pedantry:have
pedantry:as
pedantry:much
pedantry:right
pedantry:to
pedantry:reclaim
pedantry:my
pedantry:home
pedantry:as
pedantry:anyone,
pedantry:would
pedantry:you
pedantry:not
pedantry:agree?”
The
duke
pedantry:shifted
pedantry:uncomfortably. “Madame
pedantry:Baroness…”
pedantry:the
pedantry:words
pedantry:were
pedantry:like
pedantry:poison in his
pedantry:mouth.
pedantry:Elizabeth
pedantry:could
pedantry:tell
pedantry:that. “You
pedantry:cannot
pedantry:deny
pedantry:the
pedantry:goodwill
pedantry:we
pedantry:have
pedantry:done
pedantry:in
pedantry:your
pedantry:father’s
pedantry:name
pedantry:with
pedantry:his
pedantry:home
pedantry:in
pedantry:your
pedantry:absence.
pedantry:And
pedantry:what
pedantry:friend
pedantry:of
pedantry:the
pedantry:family
pedantry:would
pedantry:I
pedantry:have
pedantry:been
pedantry:had
pedantry:I
pedantry:left
pedantry:the estate
pedantry:to
pedantry:rot
pedantry:into
pedantry:nothing?
pedantry:Would
pedantry:you have
pedantry:expected
pedantry:to
pedantry:leave
pedantry:it
pedantry:to
pedantry:the
pedantry:earth
pedantry:to
pedantry:be
pedantry:reclaimed?”
“By
turning
pedantry:it
pedantry:into
pedantry:a
pedantry:pleasure
pedantry:garden,”
pedantry:answered
pedantry:Elizabeth. “You
pedantry:are
pedantry:right,
pedantry:however,
pedantry:I’ve
pedantry:been
pedantry:traveling,
pedantry:before
pedantry:and
pedantry:since
pedantry:then.
pedantry:But
pedantry:I’ve
pedantry:returned,
pedantry:quite
pedantry:happily
pedantry:I
pedantry:must
pedantry:say.”
“Quite
so,”
pedantry:murmured
pedantry:the
pedantry:duke. “Well,
pedantry:there
pedantry:were
pedantry:rumors
pedantry:of
pedantry:course
pedantry:but
pedantry:no
pedantry:one
pedantry:believed
pedantry:them
pedantry:of
pedantry:the
pedantry:circumstances
pedantry:of
pedantry:Victor’s
pedantry:habits.
pedantry:But
pedantry:your
pedantry:death
pedantry:did
pedantry:change
pedantry:many
pedantry:minds and
pedantry:they
pedantry:chose
pedantry:to
pedantry:leave
pedantry:it
pedantry:alone,
pedantry:believing
pedantry:that
pedantry:they
pedantry:were
pedantry:just
pedantry:rumors
pedantry:designed
pedantry:to
pedantry:hurt
pedantry:you
pedantry:and
pedantry:your
pedantry:good
pedantry:name.”
“Why do
you
pedantry:keep
pedantry:saying
pedantry:that?”
pedantry:asked
pedantry:Elizabeth.
“Saying
what?”
“My
death.
pedantry:I
pedantry:am
pedantry:not
pedantry:dead,
pedantry:I’ve
pedantry:returned.
pedantry:There
pedantry:is
pedantry:a
pedantry:difference,
pedantry:my
pedantry:dear
pedantry:duke.”
“So,
there
pedantry:is,”
pedantry:snorted
pedantry:Orsino. “And as
pedantry:such,
pedantry:in light
pedantry:of
pedantry:our
pedantry:long
pedantry:acquaintance
pedantry:and
pedantry:your…return,
pedantry:I
pedantry:presume
pedantry:you’ll
pedantry:be
pedantry:requesting
pedantry:lodgings?”
“You
misunderstand
pedantry:me
pedantry:still,
pedantry:Duke
pedantry:Orsino,”
pedantry:the
pedantry:vixen
pedantry:said
pedantry:to
pedantry:the
pedantry:wolf.
“What
do
pedantry:you
pedantry:mean?”
“I
said
pedantry:that
pedantry:I’ve
pedantry:returned.
pedantry:And
pedantry:as
pedantry:the
pedantry:accounts
pedantry:of
pedantry:my
pedantry:death
pedantry:being
pedantry:greatly
pedantry:exaggerated
pedantry:in
pedantry:sensationalist
pedantry:melodrama,
pedantry:I
pedantry:want
pedantry:to
pedantry:see
pedantry:the
pedantry:grounds of
pedantry:my
pedantry:father’s
pedantry:estate
pedantry:and
pedantry:house
pedantry:returned
pedantry:equally into
pedantry:the
pedantry:paws
pedantry:of
pedantry:the
pedantry:last
pedantry:Lavenza.”
A
growl
pedantry:left
pedantry:the
pedantry:duke’s
pedantry:gaping
pedantry:maw as the
pedantry:short
pedantry:fur
pedantry:along
pedantry:his
pedantry:back
pedantry:raised in agitation.
pedantry:Elizabeth
pedantry:grinned
pedantry:widely
pedantry:at
pedantry:the
pedantry:sight;
pedantry:women,
pedantry:especially
pedantry:ladies
pedantry:of
pedantry:polite
pedantry:society,
pedantry:were
pedantry:not
pedantry:supposed
pedantry:to
pedantry:speak
pedantry:as
pedantry:she
pedantry:just
pedantry:had.
She
liked
pedantry:that
pedantry:power.
“You’ll
find that
pedantry:the
pedantry:magistrate
pedantry:will
pedantry:honor
pedantry:the
pedantry:legal
pedantry:terms,”
pedantry:she
pedantry:stated. “Such a
pedantry:request
pedantry:will
pedantry:result
pedantry:in
pedantry:embarrassment
pedantry:to
pedantry:your
pedantry:family,
pedantry:my
pedantry:dear
pedantry:duke,
pedantry:and I’d
pedantry:rather
pedantry:avoid
pedantry:that
pedantry:if
pedantry:I
pedantry:can,
pedantry:in
pedantry:light
pedantry:of
pedantry:our
pedantry:past
pedantry:relationship.
pedantry:And
pedantry:so,
pedantry:I
pedantry:believe
pedantry:a
pedantry:fortnight
pedantry:should
pedantry:provide enough time for
pedantry:you
pedantry:and
pedantry:your associates
pedantry:to
pedantry:vacate
pedantry:my home,
pedantry:yes?”
“Quite,”
said
pedantry:the
pedantry:duke,
pedantry:replacing
pedantry:the
pedantry:mask
pedantry:of
pedantry:consternation
pedantry:with
pedantry:one
pedantry:of
pedantry:poise. “Be
pedantry:that
pedantry:as
pedantry:it
pedantry:may,
pedantry:I
pedantry:would
pedantry:appreciate
pedantry:your
pedantry:presence
pedantry:at
pedantry:the
pedantry:main
pedantry:house
pedantry:for
pedantry:a
pedantry:drink
pedantry:sometime.
pedantry:Considering
pedantry:our
pedantry:past
pedantry:relationship,
pedantry:you
pedantry:see.
pedantry:Perhaps
pedantry:when
pedantry:moving
pedantry:your
pedantry:luggage
pedantry:into
pedantry:the
pedantry:main bedrooms
pedantry:this
pedantry:evening?”
“I
shall
pedantry:ponder
pedantry:upon
pedantry:it,
pedantry:Duke
pedantry:Orsino,
pedantry:but
pedantry:I have
pedantry:much
pedantry:work
pedantry:to
pedantry:do
pedantry:yet,”
pedantry:answered
pedantry:Elizabeth. “I’ve
pedantry:established
pedantry:a
pedantry:residence
pedantry:in
pedantry:one
pedantry:of
pedantry:the
pedantry:unused
pedantry:guest
pedantry:houses
pedantry:on
pedantry:the
pedantry:northside
pedantry:so
pedantry:as
pedantry:not
pedantry:to
pedantry:be
pedantry:a
pedantry:burden
pedantry:upon
pedantry:you
pedantry:and
pedantry:your
pedantry:cohorts
pedantry:when
pedantry:you
pedantry:leave.
pedantry:The
pedantry:view
pedantry:was
pedantry:more
pedantry:to
pedantry:my
pedantry:liking
pedantry:than
pedantry:the
pedantry:interior
pedantry:of
pedantry:my
pedantry:father’s
pedantry:house.
pedantry:Too
pedantry:many
pedantry:vermin
pedantry:remain,
pedantry:you
pedantry:see.
pedantry:I
pedantry:do
pedantry:hope
pedantry:to
pedantry:take
pedantry:you
pedantry:on
pedantry:your
pedantry:kind
pedantry:offer
pedantry:soon
pedantry:enough,
pedantry:yes?”
Orsino
snarled
pedantry:something
pedantry:but
pedantry:she
pedantry:did
pedantry:not
pedantry:hear
pedantry:it.
pedantry:She
pedantry:could
pedantry:conjecture,
pedantry:of
pedantry:course,
pedantry:just
pedantry:what
pedantry:it
pedantry:was
pedantry:he
pedantry:had
pedantry:said
pedantry:and
pedantry:must
pedantry:be
pedantry:feeling.
pedantry:But
pedantry:instead,
pedantry:she
pedantry:smiled,
pedantry:remembering
pedantry:that
pedantry:this
pedantry:was
pedantry:all
pedantry:that the
pedantry:duke
pedantry:had
pedantry:left
pedantry:in
pedantry:his
pedantry:control.
pedantry:Of
pedantry:her
pedantry:father’s
pedantry:many
pedantry:friendships,
pedantry:that
pedantry:of
pedantry:Orsino
pedantry:had
pedantry:been
pedantry:the
pedantry:one
pedantry:she
pedantry:was
pedantry:wary
pedantry:of the
pedantry:most
pedantry:and
pedantry:had
pedantry:known
pedantry:why
pedantry:he
pedantry:continued
pedantry:to
pedantry:remain
pedantry:a
pedantry:presence
pedantry:in
pedantry:their
pedantry:lives
pedantry:even
pedantry:when
pedantry:her
pedantry:father
pedantry:and
pedantry:stepmother
pedantry:had
pedantry:long
pedantry:passed.
She
did
pedantry:give
pedantry:the
pedantry:duke
pedantry:credit
pedantry:as
pedantry:she
pedantry:disappeared
pedantry:into
pedantry:the
hallway:hallway:
at
hallway:least
hallway:he
hallway:was
hallway:honest
hallway:about
hallway:his
hallway:desires.
hallway:He had
hallway:always
hallway:been
hallway:that
hallway:way,
hallway:ever
hallway:since
hallway:she
hallway:was
hallway:a
hallway:child.
hallway:It
hallway:was
hallway:a
hallway:lesson
hallway:she
hallway:was
hallway:beginning
hallway:to
hallway:learn,
hallway:since
hallway:her
hallway:return,
hallway:to
hallway:embrace
hallway:that
hallway:honesty
hallway:instead
hallway:of
hallway:hiding
hallway:it.
Give in
to
hallway:that
hallway:which
hallway:burns
hallway:hot
hallway:in
hallway:one’s
hallway:belly.
Ten
Years
hallway:Ago
“I
want
hallway:you,”
hallway:Justine
hallway:said.
“Forever?”
asked
hallway:Elizabeth.
A
pause then, “And
hallway:ever,”
hallway:was
hallway:the
hallway:answer.
That
response
hallway:made
hallway:Elizabeth’s
hallway:heart
hallway:flutter.
The
heart
hallway:wanted
hallway:what
hallway:the
hallway:heart
hallway:wanted
hallway:as
hallway:Justine
hallway:laid
hallway:in
hallway:her
hallway:arms
hallway:and
hallway:their
hallway:lips
hallway:met
hallway:once
hallway:more
hallway:for their
hallway:kiss.
hallway:She had
hallway:known
hallway:such
hallway:pressure
hallway:before,
hallway:suffering
hallway:Victor’s
hallway:hot
hallway:and
hallway:wet,
hallway:monotonous
hallway:kisses
hallway:upon
hallway:her
hallway:lips.
hallway:But
hallway:Justine’s
hallway:were
hallway:cool,
hallway:smooth,
hallway:damp—seeming
hallway:to
hallway:fit
hallway:perfectly
hallway:to
hallway:hers
hallway:and
hallway:then
hallway:growing
hallway:warmer,
hallway:and
hallway:warmer
hallway:still
hallway:as
hallway:they
hallway:fell
hallway:together
hallway:into
hallway:the
hallway:soft
hallway:mass
hallway:of
hallway:sheets
hallway:on
hallway:Elizabeth’s
hallway:bed.
hallway:There
hallway:was
hallway:a
hallway:moment’s
hallway:breath
hallway:as
hallway:Elizabeth
hallway:returned
hallway:her
hallway:paw
hallway:to
hallway:Justine’s
hallway:heart,
hallway:and
hallway:felt
hallway:the
hallway:muscle
hallway:beat
hallway:brightly
hallway:beneath
hallway:the
hallway:binturong’s
hallway:chest
hallway:and,
hallway:in
hallway:turn,
hallway:the
hallway:vixen
hallway:quivered.
The
feel
hallway:was
hallway:like
hallway:the
hallway:discovery
hallway:of
hallway:a
hallway:wound,
hallway:but
hallway:it
hallway:was
hallway:one
hallway:born
hallway:not
hallway:of
hallway:fear
hallway:or
hallway:terror,
hallway:but
hallway:fascination.
hallway:Victor
hallway:had
hallway:preached
hallway:before
hallway:that it
hallway:was
hallway:the
hallway:brain—and
hallway:only
hallway:the
hallway:brain—which
hallway:held
hallway:the
hallway:electrified
hallway:coils
hallway:to
hallway:bring
hallway:any
hallway:essence
hallway:to
hallway:the
hallway:useless
hallway:lump
hallway:of
hallway:clay
hallway:he
hallway:called
hallway:life.
hallway:But
hallway:as
hallway:Elizabeth stroked the binturong’s
hallway:bare
hallway:chest,
hallway:she
hallway:felt
hallway:that
hallway:he
hallway:was—as
hallway:usual—wrong.
hallway:There
hallway:was
hallway:so
hallway:much
hallway:more
hallway:that
hallway:made
hallway:living
hallway:than
hallway:chemical
hallway:or
hallway:alchemical,
hallway:things
hallway:which not
hallway:even
hallway:he
hallway:might
hallway:discover.
There
was
hallway:love,
hallway:in
hallway:all
hallway:its
hallway:purity
hallway:and
hallway:wonder.
“Mistress,”
Justine
hallway:said,
hallway:voice
hallway:quivering. “I’m
hallway:afraid.”
Victor
often
hallway:spoke
hallway:of
hallway:doors;
hallway:it
hallway:was
hallway:how
hallway:he
hallway:referred
hallway:to
hallway:his
hallway:work.
hallway:He
hallway:wanted
hallway:to
hallway:find
hallway:out
hallway:what
hallway:was
hallway:behind
hallway:it
hallway:and
hallway:the
hallway:only
hallway:way
hallway:to
hallway:do
hallway:so,
hallway:he
hallway:would
hallway:say,
hallway:was
hallway:to
hallway:step
hallway:through
hallway:it.
“I’m
afraid
hallway:too,”
hallway:the
hallway:vixen
hallway:answered. “Everything
hallway:is
hallway:changed
hallway:and
hallway:transformed.
hallway:Soon,
hallway:I will
hallway:be
hallway:married
hallway:and
hallway:far
hallway:from
hallway:this
hallway:place.
hallway:You
hallway:will
hallway:be
hallway:duty-bound
hallway:to
hallway:remain
hallway:here,
hallway:tending
hallway:to
hallway:Uncle
hallway:Alphonse
hallway:and
hallway:the
hallway:steading…”
“While
you
hallway:and
hallway:Herr
hallway:Victor
hallway:will
hallway:traverse
hallway:the
hallway:world,”
hallway:replied
hallway:Justine
hallway:mournfully,
hallway:holding
hallway:to
hallway:Elizabeth.
It
was
hallway:a
hallway:reality
hallway:that
hallway:Elizabeth
hallway:did
hallway:not
hallway:wish
hallway:to
hallway:admit.
hallway:What
hallway:was
hallway:she
hallway:but
hallway:the
hallway:wife
hallway:of
hallway:an
hallway:aristocrat,
hallway:whose
hallway:duties
hallway:were
hallway:to
hallway:be
hallway:seen
hallway:and
hallway:not
hallway:heard
hallway:and
hallway:viewed
hallway:as
hallway:an
hallway:equal?
hallway:Here,
hallway:with
hallway:Justine,
hallway:she
hallway:was
hallway:resilient
hallway:and
hallway:seemed
hallway:to
hallway:be
hallway:full
hallway:of
hallway:the
hallway:personality
hallway:denied
hallway:by
hallway:Victor.
She
was
hallway:not
hallway:another
hallway:of
hallway:his
hallway:failed
hallway:creations.
She
was
hallway:her
hallway:own,
hallway:filled
hallway:with
hallway:her
hallway:own
hallway:thoughts
hallway:and
hallway:bursting
hallway:with
hallway:her
hallway:own
hallway:needs.
And
looking
hallway:into
hallway:the
hallway:eyes
hallway:of
hallway:the
hallway:binturong,
hallway:it
hallway:all
hallway:came
hallway:to
hallway:her
hallway:so very
hallway:plainly.
“I
don’t
hallway:want
hallway:to
hallway:marry,
hallway:Victor,”
hallway:said
hallway:Elizabeth.
In
that
hallway:moment,
hallway:they
hallway:were
hallway:each
hallway:other’s safety
hallway:net,
hallway:falling
hallway:madly
hallway:into
hallway:each
hallway:other
hallway:and
hallway:realizing
hallway:that
hallway:the
hallway:divides
hallway:which
hallway:sought
hallway:to
hallway:conquer
hallway:them
hallway:were,
hallway:in
hallway:all
hallway:essences,
hallway:meaningless.
“Then
what
hallway:is
hallway:it that
hallway:you
hallway:do
hallway:want,
hallway:mistress?”
“I
want
hallway:to
hallway:be
hallway:saved,”
hallway:came
hallway:the
hallway:answer. “I
hallway:don’t
hallway:want
hallway:to
hallway:be
hallway:told
hallway:what
hallway:a
hallway:good
hallway:wife
hallway:must
hallway:do
hallway:on
hallway:her
hallway:wedding
hallway:night,
hallway:placing
hallway:my
hallway:mouth
hallway:around
hallway:Victor’s
hallway:cock
hallway:and
hallway:producing
hallway:for
hallway:him
hallway:his
hallway:legacy.
hallway:I
hallway:want...I
hallway:want…”
But
Elizabeth
hallway:did
hallway:not
hallway:finish,
hallway:for
hallway:the
hallway:words
hallway:disappeared
hallway:in
hallway:a
hallway:great
hallway:gust
hallway:of
hallway:heavy
hallway:breathing.
hallway:Elizabeth
hallway:tilted
hallway:her
hallway:head
hallway:and
hallway:received
hallway:another
hallway:kiss
hallway:from
hallway:Justine.
hallway:It
hallway:removed,
hallway:momentarily,
hallway:the
hallway:thoughts
hallway:Elizabeth
hallway:had
hallway:had
hallway:of
hallway:earlier
hallway:that
hallway:night,
hallway:when
hallway:she
hallway:had
hallway:gone
hallway:with
hallway:Victor
hallway:in
hallway:search
hallway:of
hallway:perfection
hallway:for
hallway:his
hallway:creation.
hallway:It
hallway:felt
hallway:good
hallway:to
hallway:be
hallway:near
hallway:the
hallway:warm
hallway:glimmers
hallway:of
hallway:life,
hallway:rather
hallway:than
hallway:the
hallway:cold
hallway:and
hallway:stiff
hallway:grays
hallway:of
hallway:death.
hallway:She
hallway:had
hallway:beheld
hallway:oblivion,
hallway:when
hallway:separating
hallway:an
hallway:eyeball
hallway:from a
hallway:retina
hallway:and
hallway:touching
hallway:the
hallway:many
hallway:long
hallway:strands
hallway:of
hallway:intestine,
hallway:helping
hallway:Victor
hallway:sew
hallway:them
hallway:all
hallway:into
hallway:the
hallway:husk
hallway:he
hallway:hoped
hallway:to
hallway:raise
hallway:as
hallway:his
hallway:true
hallway:legacy.
Justine
caught
hallway:the
hallway:momentary
hallway:pause
hallway:in
hallway:Elizabeth’s
hallway:movements,
hallway:afraid
hallway:she had
hallway:done
hallway:something
hallway:to
hallway:anger
hallway:the
hallway:vixen.
But
Elizabeth’s
hallway:expression
hallway:changed
hallway:just
hallway:as
hallway:quickly.
hallway:She
hallway:wanted
hallway:to
hallway:feel
hallway:this
hallway:sensation,
hallway:this
hallway:unending
hallway:happiness
hallway:for
hallway:the
hallway:rest
hallway:of
hallway:her
hallway:life.
hallway:She
hallway:wanted
hallway:to
hallway:touch
hallway:the
hallway:binturong’s
hallway:softness
hallway:for
hallway:the
hallway:rest
hallway:of
hallway:her
hallway:life.
But
most
hallway:of
hallway:all,
hallway:she
hallway:wanted
hallway:to
hallway:be
hallway:part
hallway:of
hallway:whatever
hallway:else
hallway:could
hallway:be
hallway:and
hallway:shall
hallway:ever
hallway:be.
“I
love
hallway:you,
hallway:Justine Moritz,”
hallway:Elizabeth
hallway:said.
“And
I
hallway:love
hallway:you
hallway:too,
hallway:madame,”
hallway:said Justine.
“I
told
hallway:you,
hallway:don’t
hallway:call
hallway:me
hallway:that.”
Justine
blushed. “I’m
hallway:sorry.
hallway:Elizabeth.”
The
vixen
hallway:smiled. “That’s
hallway:better.”
hallway:Elizabeth
hallway:had
hallway:a
hallway:vision
hallway:of
hallway:the
future:future:
she
future:saw
future:herself
future:as
future:a
future:housewife
future:yes,
future:but
future:not
future:one
future:subservient
future:to
future:her
future:husband’s
future:whims.
future:She
future:saw
future:herself
future:with
future:Justine,
future:working
future:as
future:an
future:equal
future:partner
future:and
future:furthering
future:her
future:studies
future:each
future:day.
future:She
future:saw
future:Justine,
future:no
future:longer
future:the
future:subservient
future:maid
future:but
future:her…
“Wife.”
“Hm?”
said
future:Justine.
“My
wife.
future:My
future:wife,”
future:Elizabeth
future:repeated
future:happily. “My
future:wife,
future:my
future:wife!”
“Mistress!
I
future:mean...Elizabeth...you
future:don’t
future:mean…”
“I
do!”
future:exclaimed
future:the
future:vixen,
future:and grasped
future:the binturong’s
future:paws,
future:looking
future:her directly
future:in
future:the
future:eyes. “I
future:do
future:not
future:love
future:Victor.
future:I
future:can
future:never
future:love
future:Victor.
future:But
future:you,
future:Justine...it’s
future:you,
future:it’s you.
future:It’s
future:always
future:been
future:you!
future:My
future:playfellow!
future:My
future:companion!
future:My
future:more-than-sister!
future:My…”
future:she
future:paused
future:on
future:the
future:word
future:before
future:it
future:finally
future:exploded
future:in
future:a
future:burst
future:of
future:furious
future:passion,
future:tears
future:spilling
future:forward
future:over
future:her
future:fluffed
future:cheeks
future:and
future:onto
future:the binturong.
“My
wife!”
Victor
was
future:wrong.
future:Desire
future:was
future:not
future:simply
future:the
future:property
future:of
future:that
future:innocent,
future:fantastical
future:province
future:of
future:the
future:brain,
future:the
future:reactive
future:tetrahedron
future:which
future:controlled
future:life
future:and
future:all
future:its
future:matter
future:and
future:gave
future:reason
future:for
future:being.
It
was
future:the
future:heart—pure
future:and
future:simple,
future:that
future:somehow
future:knew
future:what
future:it
future:wanted
future:long
future:before
future:the
future:brain
future:did.
future:And
future:perhaps,
future:in
future:Elizabeth’s
future:mind,
future:it
future:was
future:not
future:the
future:brain
future:which
future:held
future:all
future:semblance
future:of
future:the
future:individual,
future:but
future:the
future:heart,
future:with
future:all
future:of
future:the
future:meaning
future:and
future:understanding,
future:the
future:logic
future:and
future:the
future:personification
future:of
future:the
future:person,
future:radiating
future:its
future:sweetness
future:from the
future:one
future:to
future:the
future:other.
“My wife,” repeated Elizabeth. “I love
you.”
“Forever?”
asked
future:Justine.
“Forever,”
replied
future:Elizabeth. “My
future:wife.
future:Forever.”
“So!”
said
future:a
future:sneering,
future:solemn
future:voice,
future:causing
future:both
future:women
future:to
future:look
future:up
future:to
future:the
future:doorway.
It
was
future:Victor.
“So,
it
future:is
future:true.
future:Girls
future:do
future:love
future:easily,”
future:he
future:mused,
future:talking
future:a
future:long
future:walk
future:towards
future:the
future:bed,
future:paws
future:behind
future:his
future:back. “A
future:little
future:too
future:easily,
future:for
future:my
future:liking.
future:But
future:easily,
future:nonetheless.”
“What
are
future:you
future:doing
future:here?”
future:snapped
future:Elizabeth
future:cavalierly.
“I
came
future:because
future:I
future:wanted
future:to
future:know
future:what
future:my
future:wife
future:was
future:up
future:to,”
future:replied
future:the
future:canine. “Why
future:she
future:was
future:not
future:in
future:my
future:bed,
future:tending
future:to
future:my
future:needs…my
future:desires.
future:My
future:feelings.
future:Hopeful
future:that
future:she
future:would
future:be
future:with
future:me
future:on
future:my
future:wedding
future:night.
future:And
future:instead,
future:I
future:find
future:her
future:handmaiden
future:tending
future:to
future:her
future:lady.
future:How…quaint.”
Justine cowered,
apologizing
future:profusely
future:as
future:she
future:scrambled
future:to
future:pull
future:something
future:decent
future:to
future:cover
future:herself
future:and
future:her
future:mistress.
future:But
future:Elizabeth
future:stayed
future:still;
future:she
future:had
future:a
future:good
future:look
future:in
future:the
future:mirror
future:behind
future:Victor
future:and
future:noticed
future:that he was
future:holding
future:a
future:pistol,
future:thumb
future:cocked
future:on
future:the
future:flintlock’s
future:hammer.
“Victor,”
Elizabeth
future:started,
future:but
future:that
future:was
future:as
future:far
future:as
future:she
future:got
future:when
future:Victor
future:unveiled
future:the
future:pistol.
future:She would
future:remember—in a
future:half-fog
future:as
future:though
future:it
future:were
future:a
future:dream—that
future:the
future:suddenness
future:and
future:speed
future:was
future:like
future:lightning
future:striking.
future:The
future:same
future:could
future:be
future:said
future:for
future:receiving
future:the
future:ball
future:from
future:Victor’s
future:pistol,
too:too:
she
too:remembered
too:the
too:piercing
too:sting
too:of
too:the
too:flintlock’s
too:ball
too:entering
too:her
too:chest
too:and
too:exiting
too:through
too:her
too:back.
too:And
too:she
too:remembered
too:the
too:rush
too:of
too:something
too:warm
too:and
too:sticky
too:gush
too:down
too:her
too:neck and
too:down
too:her
too:front,
too:soaking
too:the
too:bed.
too:She
too:also
too:remembered
too:yielding
too:from
too:a
too:glimpse
too:at
too:the
too:dark
too:red
too:giving
too:color
too:to
too:the
too:white
too:sheets.
Someone
screamed.
too:Whether
too:it
too:was
too:herself
too:or
too:Justine,
too:Elizabeth
too:never
too:knew.
too:The
too:next
too:instant
too:which
too:she
too:laid
too:eyes
too:on
too:was
too:the
too:fainting
too:Justine,
too:which
too:she
too:feebly
too:reached
too:towards
too:as
too:her
too:vision
too:swam
too:in
too:ripples,
too:her
too:consciousness
too:blanking
too:in
too:and
too:out
too:as
too:Victor
too:cackled
too:over
too:her.
too:The
too:bullet
too:did
too:not
too:kill
too:Elizabeth,
too:which
too:Victor
too:would
too:say
too:was
too:most
too:fortunate
too:as
too:he
too:aimed
too:for
too:her
too:head
too:but,
too:befitting
too:his
too:all-sufficient
too:philosophy
too:that
too:it
too:was
too:the
too:brain
too:that
too:held
too:everything
too:important
too:about
too:life,
too:was
too:pleased
too:his
too:aim
too:was
too:poor
too:and
too:produced
too:his
too:cavalry
too:saber
too:from its
too:sheath
too:to
too:finish
too:cleanly
too:what
too:the
too:bullet
too:did
too:not.
Now
She
was
too:not
too:sure
too:what
too:she
too:should
too:have
too:said
too:or
too:done
too:then,
too:when
too:she
too:heard
too:the
too:voices
too:come
too:to
too:her.
Elizabeth
had
too:not
too:made
too:herself
too:available
too:to
too:Duke
too:Orsino’s
too:guests.
too:Certainly,
too:they
too:had
too:all
too:seen
too:her,
too:flitting
too:about
too:like
too:a
too:ghost
too:or a
too:demon
too:about
too:the
too:grounds,
too:particularly
too:as
too:night
too:began
too:to
too:fall.
too:But
too:past
too:a
too:certain
too:hour,
too:on
too:certain
too:moments
too:of
too:the
too:evening,
too:she
too:would
too:disappear
too:back
too:into
too:the
too:guesthouse
too:and
too:none
too:would
too:see
too:her
too:again,
too:ignorant
too:to
too:all
too:the
too:gangrenous glares which seemed to admonish
too:her
too:for
too:her
too:strangeness
too:in
too:their
too:presence.
The
duke’s
too:eviction
too:was
too:moving
too:slow
too:and,
too:true
too:to
too:form,
too:had
too:challenged
too:her
too:rights
too:in
too:front
too:of the
too:magistrate
too:and
too:the
too:mayor,
too:speaking
too:to
too:anyone
too:in
too:power
too:to
too:whom
too:he
too:could
too:plead
too:his
too:case
too:to,
too:and
too:all
too:to
too:no
too:avail.
too:And
too:so,
too:he had
too:begun
too:to
too:bide
too:his
too:time
too:with
too:the
too:merriment
too:of
too:his
too:pleasure
too:gardens’
too:guests,
too:flirting
too:with
too:them
too:and
too:glutting
too:himself
too:on
too:food
too:and
too:drink,
too:but
too:his
too:growls
too:did
too:not
too:escape
too:Elizabeth’s
too:notice.
Nor
did
too:the
too:whispers,
too:all
too:of
too:which
too:regarded
too:the
too:curious
too:disappearances
too:of
too:several of the
too:duke’s
too:best
too:guests,
too:who
too:were
too:all
too:last
too:seen
too:invited
too:into
too:Elizabeth’s
too:lodging
too:and
too:not
too:returning,
too:many
too:of
too:whom
too:were
too:the
too:duke’s
too:better
too:paying
too:male
too:guests
too:and
too:their
too:absences
too:became
too:the
too:talk
too:of
too:his
too:dinner
too:parties.
too:The
too:constables,
too:alerted
too:to
too:these
too:suspicions,
too:searched
too:up
too:and
too:down
too:at
too:Orsino’s
too:insistence
too:and
too:found
too:nothing
too:amiss,
too:the
too:vixen
too:herself
too:saying
too:that
too:the
too:guests
too:had
too:left
too:of
too:their
too:own
too:accord.
too:It
too:was
too:an
too:account
too:that
too:satisfied
too:the
too:authorities
too:who
too:did
too:scent
too:the
too:presence
too:of
too:the
too:missing
too:persons
too:entering
too:and
too:then
too:detecting
too:a
too:lingering,
too:leaving
too:scent—despite
too:Orsino’s
too:demand
too:that they
too:open
too:the
too:strange
too:black
too:box of
too:Elizabeth’s,
too:which
too:they
too:declined
too:to
too:do.
too:As
too:a
too:respectable
too:widow
too:of
too:the
too:Baroness’
too:rank,
too:they
too:had
too:said,
too:it
too:would
too:be
too:beneath
too:her
too:to
too:be
too:stripped
too:and
too:searched
too:like
too:a
too:common
too:strumpet.
too:Strong
too:words
too:which
too:Elizabeth
too:did
too:not
too:care
too:much
too:for,
too:but
too:appreciated
too:them
too:as
too:she
too:saw
too:the
too:red
too:and
too:purple
too:rage
too:fill
too:the
too:duke’s
too:face
too:once
too:he
too:realized
too:his
too:defeat.
It
was
too:just
too:as
too:well,
too:Elizabeth
too:supposed
too:and
too:pondered,
too:as
too:nothing
too:was
too:ready
too:at
too:that
too:time.
too:Within
too:a
too:week
too:of
too:her
too:arrival,
too:she
too:had
too:stopped
too:into
too:a
too:church
too:presided
too:over
too:by a
too:parson-naturalist,
too:the
too:only
too:individual of
too:the
too:clergy
too:whom
too:she
too:believed
too:would
too:perform
too:the
too:ceremony
too:she
too:wished
too:to
too:initiate
too:based
too:on
too:the
too:circumstances.
too:The
too:parson
too:within,
too:a
too:genial
too:elderly
too:dormouse,
too:had
too:known
too:her
too:father
too:and
too:once
too:proffered
too:with
too:good
too:wine
too:from
too:the
too:Lavenza
too:private
too:stock,
too:listened
too:carefully
too:to
too:what
too:Elizabeth
too:had
too:to
too:say.
Like
the
too:duke,
too:he
too:believed
too:Elizabeth
too:was
too:interested
too:in
too:the
too:administration
too:of
too:last
too:rites
too:for
too:Victor.
too:It
too:was
too:only
too:right
too:and
too:natural
too:that
too:such
too:a
too:thing
too:would
too:be
too:the
too:meaning
too:of
too:her
too:arrival
too:to
too:his
too:church.
At
first,
too:he
too:was
too:in
too:disbelief,
too:then
too:bewilderment
too:until
too:the
too:moment
too:she
too:removed
too:her
too:veil
too:and
too:undid
too:the
too:top
too:buttons
too:of
too:her
too:dress
too:to
too:show
too:him
too:the
too:truth
too:of
too:the
too:matter.
too:And
too:the
too:parson,
too:eyes
too:paling
too:yet
too:remaining
too:stoic
too:even
too:as
too:he
too:pulled
too:another
too:deep
too:drink
too:from
too:the
too:Lavenza
too:wine,
too:saw
too:that
too:she
too:was
too:indeed
too:telling
too:the
too:truth
too:and
too:offered
too:what
too:services
too:he
too:could
too:to aid
too:her.
Next
came a
too:visit
too:to a
too:seamstress
too:that
too:she
too:had
too:known
too:in
too:her
too:girlhood,
too:seemingly
too:a
too:lifetime
too:ago.
too:She
too:had
too:drawn
too:up
too:to
too:her
too:front
too:porch
too:in
too:the
too:wagon,
too:with
too:the
too:big
too:black
too:box
too:behind
too:her
too:and,
too:with
too:the
too:assistance
too:of
too:the
too:seamstress’
too:strapping
too:sons,
too:brought
too:the
too:box
too:inside
too:their
too:home.
too:The
too:party
too:all
too:looked
too:to the
too:box
too:uneasily,
too:smelling
too:the
too:strong
too:copper
too:and
too:vinegar
too:aroma
too:which
too:came
too:from
too:beneath
too:the
too:lid,
too:but
too:Elizabeth
too:did
too:not
too:answer
too:them
too:regarding
too:those
too:contents
too:just
too:yet.
too:Instead,
too:she
too:was
too:interested
too:in
too:the
too:seamstress’
too:abilities,
too:apologizing
too:for
too:the
too:delay
too:as
too:she had
too:needed
too:to
too:clean
too:and
too:soak
too:the
too:box’s
too:contents
too:first
too:for a
too:long
too:time.
“The
ravages
too:wrought
too:by
too:decay,
too:degeneration,
too:and
too:time,
too:while
too:savage,
too:are
too:not
too:totally
too:irreversible,”
too:she
too:said,
too:basing
too:the
too:hypothesis
too:on
too:the
too:notes
too:left
too:behind
too:by
too:Victor.
too:Witnessing
too:the
too:confused
too:expressions
too:on
too:their
too:faces,
too:Elizabeth
too:realized
too:she
too:needed
too:to
too:show
too:them
too:all
too:why
too:she
too:needed
too:their
too:help.
too:The
too:seamstress
too:and
too:her
too:sons
too:thought
too:she
too:was
too:moving
too:to
too:the
too:box;
too:not
too:yet,
too:and
too:with
too:a
too:smirk
too:Elizabeth
too:removed
too:her
too:veil
too:and
too:showed
too:them
too:what
too:she
too:was
too:talking
too:about.
too:Their
too:reaction
too:was
too:not
unexpected:unexpected:
they
unexpected:were
unexpected:angry
unexpected:and
unexpected:started
unexpected:violently,
unexpected:demanding
unexpected:her
unexpected:removal
unexpected:from
unexpected:the
unexpected:home
unexpected:at
unexpected:once.
Elizabeth
was
unexpected:not unmoved,
unexpected:and
unexpected:she
unexpected:understood
unexpected:their
unexpected:reticence
unexpected:and
unexpected:passion.
unexpected:But
unexpected:she
unexpected:said,
unexpected:in
unexpected:polite
unexpected:terms,
unexpected:that
unexpected:she
unexpected:would
unexpected:not
unexpected:leave
unexpected:without
unexpected:their
unexpected:help,
unexpected:taking
unexpected:a
unexpected:tone
unexpected:she
unexpected:immediately
unexpected:regretted.
But
had
unexpected:not
unexpected:Victor
unexpected:gotten
unexpected:what
unexpected:he
unexpected:wanted,
unexpected:despite
unexpected:what
unexpected:pain
unexpected:and
unexpected:misery
unexpected:was
unexpected:wrought
unexpected:from
unexpected:it
unexpected:all?
unexpected:So
unexpected:too
unexpected:had
unexpected:Elizabeth
unexpected:at
unexpected:the
unexpected:end,
unexpected:reluctantly
unexpected:and
unexpected:satisfactorily,
unexpected:as
unexpected:she
unexpected:gazed
unexpected:upon
unexpected:their
unexpected:good
unexpected:work
unexpected:after
unexpected:the
unexpected:box
unexpected:and
unexpected:its
unexpected:contents
unexpected:had
unexpected:been
unexpected:returned
unexpected:to
unexpected:the
unexpected:parlor
unexpected:of
unexpected:the
unexpected:guesthouse,
unexpected:just
unexpected:as
unexpected:Elizabeth
unexpected:had
unexpected:instructed
unexpected:their
unexpected:assistance
unexpected:with
unexpected:the
unexpected:final
unexpected:act
unexpected:of
unexpected:their
unexpected:duties
unexpected:this
unexpected:night.
Everything,
much
unexpected:to
unexpected:her
unexpected:delight,
unexpected:was
unexpected:almost
unexpected:ready.
unexpected:Yet
unexpected:she
unexpected:could
unexpected:not
unexpected:allow
unexpected:her
unexpected:worries
unexpected:go
unexpected:unheeded.
That
night
unexpected:Elizabeth
unexpected:thought
unexpected:the
unexpected:murmurs
unexpected:she
unexpected:heard
unexpected:coming
unexpected:from
unexpected:the
unexpected:other
unexpected:side
unexpected:of
unexpected:the
unexpected:pleasure
unexpected:garden’s
unexpected:floral
unexpected:walls
unexpected:were
unexpected:simply
unexpected:figments
unexpected:of
unexpected:her
unexpected:imagination.
unexpected:She
unexpected:did
unexpected:not
unexpected:deny
unexpected:that
unexpected:she
unexpected:had
unexpected:been
unexpected:having
unexpected:many
unexpected:of
unexpected:those
unexpected:lately,
unexpected:that
unexpected:it
unexpected:seemed
unexpected:that
unexpected:everything
unexpected:since
unexpected:the
unexpected:events
unexpected:with
unexpected:Victor
unexpected:had
unexpected:thrust
unexpected:her
unexpected:into
unexpected:some
unexpected:sort
unexpected:of
unexpected:nightmare
unexpected:which
unexpected:she
unexpected:couldn’t
unexpected:quite
unexpected:escape
unexpected:even
unexpected:if
unexpected:she
unexpected:wanted
unexpected:to.
But
they
unexpected:were
unexpected:there,
unexpected:the
unexpected:voices,
unexpected:and
unexpected:were
unexpected:no
unexpected:longer
unexpected:simply
unexpected:fevered
unexpected:impressions
unexpected:on
unexpected:a
unexpected:weary
unexpected:psyche.
“I
tell
unexpected:ya,
unexpected:I’d
unexpected:read
unexpected:that
unexpected:book…”
“You
can
unexpected:read?”
“Course
I
unexpected:read!
unexpected:It
unexpected:was...mon dieu!”
“So
you
unexpected:think
unexpected:it’s
unexpected:all
unexpected:true?”
“Why
shouldn’t
unexpected:it
unexpected:be?”
“Well,
how’s she
unexpected:able
unexpected:to
unexpected:be
unexpected:walking
unexpected:and
unexpected:talking?
unexpected:I
unexpected:thought
unexpected:that
unexpected:monster o’
unexpected:Frankenstein’s
unexpected:broke
unexpected:her
unexpected:body
unexpected:like
unexpected:a
unexpected:rag doll.”
“So
not
unexpected:everything’s
unexpected:all
unexpected:true,
unexpected:probably
unexpected:didn’t
unexpected:die
unexpected:like
unexpected:they
unexpected:says
unexpected:she
unexpected:did
unexpected:in
unexpected:the
unexpected:book.”
“But
Victor
unexpected:Frankenstein
unexpected:is
unexpected:dead,
unexpected:he’s
unexpected:in
unexpected:that
unexpected:box.”
“Don’t
matter
unexpected:anyway,
unexpected:Orsino’s
unexpected:not
unexpected:paying
unexpected:us
unexpected:to
unexpected:conjecture
unexpected:on
unexpected:life
unexpected:and
unexpected:death.
unexpected:He
unexpected:wants
unexpected:us
unexpected:to
unexpected:kill
unexpected:a
unexpected:bitch
unexpected:and
unexpected:kill
unexpected:a
unexpected:bitch
unexpected:we
unexpected:will.”
“I don’t know, Jacques...I just don’t know
if
unexpected:I
unexpected:have
unexpected:to
unexpected:stomach
unexpected:for
unexpected:it.”
“You
know
unexpected:very
unexpected:well
unexpected:if you don’t that Orsino
unexpected:will
unexpected:show
unexpected:you
unexpected:what
unexpected:stomach
unexpected:you
unexpected:have.”
“So,
where
unexpected:is
unexpected:she?”
It
had
unexpected:been
unexpected:a
unexpected:perfect
unexpected:evening,
unexpected:beneath
unexpected:the
unexpected:stars
unexpected:of
unexpected:Venice.
Elizabeth
had
unexpected:almost
unexpected:forgotten
unexpected:what
unexpected:the
unexpected:night
unexpected:sky
unexpected:felt
unexpected:like
unexpected:upon
unexpected:her
unexpected:fur.
unexpected:There
unexpected:was
unexpected:a
unexpected:solace
unexpected:in
unexpected:the
unexpected:shadows
unexpected:of
unexpected:the
unexpected:amusement
unexpected:gardens,
unexpected:which
unexpected:she
unexpected:had
unexpected:to
unexpected:admit
unexpected:had
unexpected:a
unexpected:certain
unexpected:charm
unexpected:to
unexpected:them
unexpected:despite
unexpected:the
unexpected:carnival
unexpected:atmosphere.
unexpected:Walking
unexpected:far
unexpected:away
unexpected:from
unexpected:the
unexpected:view
unexpected:of
unexpected:everyone,
unexpected:the
unexpected:vixen had
unexpected:closed
unexpected:her
unexpected:eyes
unexpected:and
unexpected:bathed
unexpected:herself
unexpected:in
unexpected:the
unexpected:solitude
unexpected:and
unexpected:darkness.
And
the
unexpected:stars,
unexpected:which
unexpected:were
unexpected:quickly
unexpected:becoming
unexpected:blanketed
unexpected:by a
unexpected:growing
unexpected:bank
unexpected:of
unexpected:black
unexpected:clouds.
A
storm
unexpected:was
unexpected:on
unexpected:the
unexpected:horizon,
unexpected:as
unexpected:beams
unexpected:of
unexpected:thunder
unexpected:struck
unexpected:out from
unexpected:beneath
unexpected:the
unexpected:cloudy
unexpected:veils.
“Soon,”
she
unexpected:said
unexpected:with
unexpected:a
unexpected:wry
unexpected:smile. “Very
unexpected:soon.”
She had
come
unexpected:a
unexpected:long
unexpected:way
unexpected:just
unexpected:to
unexpected:come
unexpected:to
unexpected:this
unexpected:conclusion.
unexpected:Even
unexpected:in
unexpected:Geneva,
unexpected:when
unexpected:she
unexpected:had
unexpected:broken
unexpected:into
unexpected:the
unexpected:Frankenstein
unexpected:family
unexpected:crypt
unexpected:to
unexpected:remove
unexpected:Justine
unexpected:from
unexpected:her
unexpected:ill
unexpected:slumber,
unexpected:she had
unexpected:pondered
unexpected:the
unexpected:whole
unexpected:way
unexpected:and
unexpected:paused
unexpected:on
unexpected:the
unexpected:right
unexpected:of
unexpected:what
unexpected:she
unexpected:was
unexpected:doing.
unexpected:She
unexpected:had
unexpected:wondered it
unexpected:even
unexpected:before,
unexpected:back
unexpected:before
unexpected:the
unexpected:madness
unexpected:broke
unexpected:loose
unexpected:and
unexpected:she
unexpected:had
unexpected:lost
unexpected:Justine
unexpected:and
unexpected:everything
unexpected:that
unexpected:forever
unexpected:had
unexpected:promised
unexpected:faded
unexpected:with
unexpected:all
unexpected:the
unexpected:puff
unexpected:of
unexpected:a
unexpected:wicker
unexpected:of
unexpected:smoke.
Victor,
she
unexpected:knew,
unexpected:had
unexpected:paused
unexpected:and
unexpected:pondered
unexpected:such
unexpected:questions.
unexpected:But
unexpected:he
unexpected:had
unexpected:not
unexpected:paused
unexpected:long
unexpected:enough,
unexpected:not
unexpected:in
unexpected:the
unexpected:way
unexpected:Elizabeth
unexpected:was
unexpected:now.
unexpected:Victor
unexpected:wanted
unexpected:to
unexpected:sneer
unexpected:at
unexpected:both
unexpected:birth
unexpected:and
unexpected:life,
unexpected:disrupt
unexpected:the
unexpected:natural
unexpected:balance
unexpected:so
unexpected:that
unexpected:he
unexpected:could
unexpected:be
unexpected:in
unexpected:control
unexpected:of
unexpected:everything.
unexpected:It
unexpected:was
unexpected:a
unexpected:deep
unexpected:seeded
unexpected:need
unexpected:to
unexpected:find
unexpected:how
unexpected:far
unexpected:the
unexpected:scales
unexpected:could
unexpected:be
unexpected:tipped
unexpected:into
unexpected:the
unexpected:favor
unexpected:by
unexpected:one
unexpected:man,
unexpected:a
unexpected:typical
unexpected:reaction
unexpected:she
unexpected:knew
unexpected:now,
unexpected:for
unexpected:it was
unexpected:only
unexpected:man
unexpected:who
unexpected:wished
unexpected:to
unexpected:have
unexpected:control
unexpected:and
unexpected:power,
unexpected:forcibly
unexpected:and
unexpected:violently,
unexpected:within
unexpected:their
unexpected:grasp.
Once
power
unexpected:was
unexpected:had,
unexpected:what
unexpected:else
unexpected:was
unexpected:there
unexpected:left
unexpected:to
unexpected:conquer?
That
was
unexpected:always
unexpected:man’s
unexpected:question, man’s
unexpected:wants.
unexpected:But
unexpected:what
unexpected:do
unexpected:I
unexpected:want?
unexpected:thought
unexpected:Elizabeth
unexpected:keenly.
unexpected:It
unexpected:was
unexpected:awful,
unexpected:if
unexpected:she
unexpected:was
unexpected:deep
unexpected:and
unexpected:honest
unexpected:with
unexpected:herself,
unexpected:what
unexpected:she
unexpected:was
unexpected:about
unexpected:to
unexpected:do.
unexpected:It
unexpected:had
unexpected:been
unexpected:awful
unexpected:when
unexpected:Victor
unexpected:had
unexpected:spoke
unexpected:of
unexpected:it,
unexpected:even
unexpected:more
unexpected:so
unexpected:when
unexpected:he had
unexpected:actually
unexpected:done
unexpected:it.
unexpected:Perhaps
unexpected:Victor
unexpected:had
unexpected:been
unexpected:right
unexpected:on
unexpected:that
unexpected:final
unexpected:night
unexpected:when
unexpected:she had
unexpected:confronted
unexpected:him
unexpected:after
unexpected:so
unexpected:long.
“I
am
unexpected:more
unexpected:your
unexpected:father
unexpected:than
unexpected:you
unexpected:think,
unexpected:Elizabeth!
unexpected:Look
unexpected:into
unexpected:my
unexpected:eyes
unexpected:and
unexpected:tell
unexpected:me
unexpected:I
unexpected:am
unexpected:wrong!”
She
had.
unexpected:She
unexpected:had
unexpected:looked
unexpected:and
unexpected:looked
unexpected:deep.
And
she
unexpected:gave
unexpected:him
unexpected:the
unexpected:answer
unexpected:he
unexpected:had
unexpected:asked
unexpected:of
unexpected:her.
Elizabeth
pushed
unexpected:these
unexpected:red-stained
unexpected:memories
unexpected:from
unexpected:the
unexpected:part
unexpected:of
unexpected:her
unexpected:brain
unexpected:which
unexpected:brought
unexpected:them
unexpected:to
unexpected:the
unexpected:surface.
unexpected:She
unexpected:knew
unexpected:that
unexpected:she
unexpected:wanted
unexpected:to
unexpected:trust
unexpected:her
unexpected:heart
unexpected:more
unexpected:than
unexpected:her
unexpected:brain,
unexpected:at
unexpected:least,
unexpected:at
unexpected:this
unexpected:juncture
unexpected:in
unexpected:her
unexpected:life.
And
if
unexpected:there was
unexpected:one
unexpected:thing
unexpected:that
unexpected:elicited
unexpected:a
unexpected:positive
unexpected:notice
unexpected:from
unexpected:her,
unexpected:it
unexpected:was
unexpected:that
unexpected:the
unexpected:heart
unexpected:knew
unexpected:what
unexpected:the
unexpected:heart
unexpected:wanted,
unexpected:above
unexpected:all
unexpected:else.
She
felt
unexpected:the
unexpected:high
unexpected:garden
unexpected:wall
unexpected:shiver
unexpected:behind
unexpected:her
unexpected:tail,
unexpected:and
unexpected:her
unexpected:ears
unexpected:twitched
unexpected:at
unexpected:the
unexpected:realization
unexpected:of
unexpected:two
unexpected:pointed
unexpected:flintlocks
unexpected:and
unexpected:a
unexpected:sword
unexpected:drawn
unexpected:on
unexpected:her.
unexpected:Their
unexpected:owners,
unexpected:a
unexpected:trio
unexpected:of
unexpected:young
unexpected:hounds,
unexpected:looked
unexpected:at
unexpected:her
unexpected:with
unexpected:a
unexpected:hunger
unexpected:and
unexpected:anxiety
unexpected:she
unexpected:recognized
unexpected:on
unexpected:the
unexpected:nights
unexpected:Victor
unexpected:had
unexpected:toiled
unexpected:in
unexpected:his
unexpected:laboratory
unexpected:working
unexpected:over
unexpected:his
unexpected:creation.
“Might
I
unexpected:help
unexpected:you,
unexpected:gentlebeasts?”
unexpected:said
unexpected:Elizabeth
unexpected:from
unexpected:behind
unexpected:her
unexpected:veil.
“Perhaps
you
unexpected:can,”
unexpected:said
unexpected:the
unexpected:taller
unexpected:hound,
unexpected:whose
unexpected:voice
unexpected:she
unexpected:recognized
unexpected:as
unexpected:the
unexpected:one
unexpected:who
unexpected:had
unexpected:Shelley’s
unexpected:book. “See,
unexpected:the
unexpected:duke
unexpected:wants
unexpected:you
unexpected:to
unexpected:make
unexpected:a
unexpected:choice.”
“A
choice?”
“Oui,”
answered
unexpected:the
unexpected:gray
unexpected:furred
unexpected:hound
unexpected:who
unexpected:had
unexpected:been
unexpected:named
unexpected:Jacques. “You
unexpected:can
unexpected:leave
unexpected:your
unexpected:grounds
unexpected:the
unexpected:same
unexpected:way
unexpected:you
unexpected:came
unexpected:in
unexpected:two
unexpected:weeks
unexpected:ago.”
“Or?”
“Or
we
unexpected:can
unexpected:remove
unexpected:your
unexpected:soul
unexpected:from
unexpected:here
unexpected:one
unexpected:piece
unexpected:at
unexpected:a
unexpected:time
unexpected:til
unexpected:you
unexpected:beg
unexpected:us
unexpected:to
unexpected:stop.”
“Oh
really?”
unexpected:said
unexpected:Elizabeth. “Would
unexpected:it
unexpected:be
unexpected:prudent
unexpected:of
unexpected:me
unexpected:to
unexpected:tell
unexpected:you,
unexpected:friends,
unexpected:that
unexpected:mine
unexpected:soul
unexpected:has
unexpected:left
unexpected:me
unexpected:some
unexpected:time
unexpected:ago,
unexpected:and
unexpected:that
unexpected:what
unexpected:you
unexpected:are
unexpected:spying
unexpected:upon
unexpected:is
unexpected:the
unexpected:gleaming
unexpected:shell
unexpected:of
unexpected:what
unexpected:was,
unexpected:not
unexpected:what
unexpected:is?”
The
trio
unexpected:stepped
unexpected:back
unexpected:and
unexpected:looked
unexpected:at
unexpected:her
unexpected:strangely
unexpected:for
unexpected:a
unexpected:moment.
Then
their
unexpected:eyes
unexpected:stared
unexpected:from
unexpected:one
unexpected:to
unexpected:the
unexpected:other
unexpected:before
unexpected:their
unexpected:courage
unexpected:was
unexpected:raised
unexpected:once
unexpected:again.
“I’m
just
unexpected:interested
unexpected:to
unexpected:see
unexpected:how
unexpected:much of
unexpected:that
unexpected:book
unexpected:we
unexpected:hear
unexpected:is
unexpected:true,” Jacques said.
“Which
part?”
“The
one
unexpected:where
unexpected:Frankenstein’s
unexpected:monster
unexpected:kills
unexpected:you...but
unexpected:yet
unexpected:you’re
unexpected:here
unexpected:now.”
“That
is
unexpected:because,”
unexpected:Elizabeth
unexpected:said,
unexpected:stepping
unexpected:toward
unexpected:the
unexpected:gray
unexpected:furred
unexpected:hound, “The
unexpected:book
unexpected:is
unexpected:wrong. .
unexpected:I
unexpected:am that
unexpected:which
unexpected:returns
unexpected:from
unexpected:the
unexpected:grave’s
unexpected:cold
unexpected:clay.
unexpected:I
unexpected:am
unexpected:Death’s
unexpected:broken
unexpected:promise”
The
hounds
unexpected:all
unexpected:laughed.
unexpected:And
unexpected:Elizabeth
unexpected:chuckled
unexpected:too,
unexpected:which
unexpected:surprised
unexpected:the
unexpected:hounds
unexpected:momentarily
unexpected:as
unexpected:they
unexpected:wondered
unexpected:just
unexpected:why.
There
was
unexpected:a
unexpected:certain
unexpected:unease
unexpected:in
unexpected:her
unexpected:chuckling,
unexpected:which did
unexpected:not
unexpected:sit
unexpected:well
unexpected:with
unexpected:the
unexpected:hounds
unexpected:and
unexpected:the gray
unexpected:furred
unexpected:one
unexpected:named
unexpected:Jacques,
unexpected:who
unexpected:held
unexpected:a
unexpected:flintlock,
unexpected:fired
unexpected:at
unexpected:the
unexpected:vixen’s
unexpected:stomach
unexpected:and
unexpected:slashed
unexpected:at
unexpected:her
unexpected:with
unexpected:his
unexpected:poniard.
The
ball
unexpected:ripped
unexpected:right
unexpected:through
unexpected:her
unexpected:and
unexpected:shattered
unexpected:into
unexpected:the
unexpected:column
unexpected:behind
unexpected:her
unexpected:tail,
unexpected:kicking
unexpected:up
unexpected:dust
unexpected:as
unexpected:blood
unexpected:spilled
unexpected:from
unexpected:the
unexpected:hole
unexpected:in
unexpected:her
unexpected:stomach,
unexpected:running
unexpected:from
unexpected:the
unexpected:inside
unexpected:her
unexpected:dress and
unexpected:down
unexpected:her
unexpected:legs.
unexpected:She
unexpected:opened
unexpected:her
unexpected:mouth;
unexpected:a
unexpected:great
unexpected:gout
unexpected:of
unexpected:red
unexpected:bubbled
unexpected:out
unexpected:of
unexpected:her
unexpected:maw
unexpected:and
unexpected:splashed
unexpected:her
unexpected:chest
unexpected:as
unexpected:she
unexpected:tried
unexpected:to
unexpected:form
unexpected:words
unexpected:that
unexpected:did
unexpected:not
unexpected:come
unexpected:easy
unexpected:or
unexpected:hard.
unexpected:Her
unexpected:face
unexpected:was
unexpected:a
unexpected:distorted
unexpected:mask
unexpected:of
unexpected:pain
unexpected:in
unexpected:the
unexpected:brief
unexpected:part
unexpected:from
unexpected:the
unexpected:flint’s
unexpected:powder.
unexpected:Shimmering
unexpected:black
unexpected:spread wide
unexpected:across
unexpected:her
unexpected:torso
unexpected:as
unexpected:she
unexpected:fell
unexpected:to
unexpected:her
unexpected:knees
unexpected:in
unexpected:pieces,
unexpected:finally
unexpected:collapsing
unexpected:to
unexpected:her
unexpected:side.
“Well,
that’s
unexpected:it
unexpected:then,”
unexpected:said
unexpected:the
unexpected:taller
unexpected:hound. “Nothing
unexpected:to
unexpected:it
unexpected:but
unexpected:to
unexpected:do
unexpected:it.”
“Kind
of
unexpected:a shame,”
unexpected:said
unexpected:the
unexpected:taller
unexpected:hound,
unexpected:as
unexpected:he
unexpected:brought
unexpected:his
unexpected:sword
unexpected:point
unexpected:to
unexpected:the
unexpected:edge
unexpected:of
unexpected:Elizabeth’s
unexpected:dress
unexpected:and
unexpected:raised
unexpected:her
unexpected:knickers. “Ugh,
unexpected:look
unexpected:at
unexpected:the
unexpected:mess
unexpected:down
unexpected:there though.
unexpected:Frankenstein
unexpected:must’ve
unexpected:let
unexpected:his
unexpected:monster
unexpected:get
unexpected:her,
unexpected:I’ve
unexpected:never
unexpected:seen
unexpected:a
unexpected:woman
unexpected:so
unexpected:torn
unexpected:up.”
“Don’t
matter
unexpected:much,”
unexpected:replied
unexpected:Jacques. “Here,
unexpected:give
unexpected:me
unexpected:a
unexpected:paw
unexpected:and…”
Thunder
rumbled,
unexpected:then
unexpected:lightning
unexpected:struck
unexpected:near the
unexpected:grounds,
unexpected:drowning
unexpected:out
unexpected:the
unexpected:hound’s
unexpected:cogitation.
unexpected:They
unexpected:turned
unexpected:their
unexpected:heads,
unexpected:as
unexpected:all
unexpected:hounds
unexpected:are
unexpected:wont
unexpected:to
unexpected:do
unexpected:when
unexpected:alerted
unexpected:by
unexpected:sudden
unexpected:loud
unexpected:noises. They
unexpected:did
unexpected:not
unexpected:hear
unexpected:the
unexpected:soft
unexpected:rustles
unexpected:which
unexpected:rose
unexpected:from
unexpected:the
unexpected:leaves
unexpected:behind
unexpected:them,
unexpected:or
unexpected:the
unexpected:fresh
unexpected:and
unexpected:coppery
unexpected:scent
unexpected:of
unexpected:blood
unexpected:still
unexpected:flowing
unexpected:from
unexpected:the
unexpected:subject’s
unexpected:gaping
unexpected:wound...
Or
the
unexpected:sudden
unexpected:ripple
unexpected:of
unexpected:undying
unexpected:breath
unexpected:bearing
unexpected:down
unexpected:upon
unexpected:their
unexpected:necks.
It
was
unexpected:Jacques
unexpected:who
unexpected:felt
unexpected:cold
unexpected:and
unexpected:clammy
unexpected:paws
unexpected:wrap
unexpected:themselves
unexpected:around
unexpected:his
unexpected:neck
unexpected:like
unexpected:a
unexpected:heavy
unexpected:vise.
unexpected:He
unexpected:managed
unexpected:to
unexpected:choke
unexpected:out
unexpected:several,
unexpected:awful
unexpected:screams
unexpected:as
unexpected:blood
unexpected:poured
unexpected:from
unexpected:his
unexpected:mouth
unexpected:and
unexpected:nose
unexpected:like
unexpected:a
unexpected:gushing
unexpected:faucet,
unexpected:the
unexpected:pressure
unexpected:increasing
unexpected:until
unexpected:the
unexpected:vessels
unexpected:behind
unexpected:his
unexpected:eyes
unexpected:burst
unexpected:and
unexpected:blood
unexpected:trickled
unexpected:from
unexpected:behind
unexpected:his
unexpected:lids.
unexpected:The
unexpected:figure
unexpected:behind
unexpected:him
unexpected:dug
unexpected:their
unexpected:paws
unexpected:underneath
unexpected:his
unexpected:jawline,
unexpected:their
unexpected:thumbs
unexpected:at
unexpected:the
unexpected:base
unexpected:of
unexpected:his
unexpected:skull,
unexpected:and
unexpected:their
unexpected:knee
unexpected:dug
unexpected:into
unexpected:the
unexpected:small
unexpected:of
unexpected:his
unexpected:back
unexpected:as
unexpected:they
unexpected:pulled,
unexpected:Sounds
unexpected:of
unexpected:ripping
unexpected:and
unexpected:tearing
unexpected:echoed
unexpected:as Jacques’
unexpected:screams
unexpected:faded,
unexpected:as
unexpected:the
unexpected:fur,
unexpected:flesh,
unexpected:and
unexpected:muscle
unexpected:separated
unexpected:from
unexpected:bone
unexpected:as
unexpected:spinal
unexpected:fluid
unexpected:shot
unexpected:into
unexpected:the
unexpected:faces
unexpected:of
unexpected:his
unexpected:companions
unexpected:and
unexpected:mixed
unexpected:with
unexpected:the
unexpected:blood
unexpected:from
unexpected:his
unexpected:still
unexpected:pumping
unexpected:heart
unexpected:as
unexpected:his
unexpected:head
unexpected:was
unexpected:removed.
There
stood
unexpected:Elizabeth,
unexpected:holding
unexpected:Jacques
unexpected:head
unexpected:as
unexpected:though
unexpected:it
unexpected:were a
unexpected:harpastum
unexpected:ball,
unexpected:her
unexpected:dress
unexpected:a
unexpected:mess
unexpected:as
unexpected:she
unexpected:removed
unexpected:her
unexpected:veil
unexpected:to
unexpected:better
unexpected:look
unexpected:at
unexpected:them
unexpected:and
unexpected:offered
unexpected:them
unexpected:a
unexpected:better
unexpected:look
unexpected:at
unexpected:her
unexpected:face.
unexpected:A
unexpected:litany
unexpected:of
unexpected:scars
unexpected:ran
unexpected:from
unexpected:one
unexpected:length
unexpected:of
unexpected:her
unexpected:countenance
unexpected:to
unexpected:the
unexpected:other,
unexpected:raised
unexpected:black
unexpected:lines
unexpected:that
unexpected:were
unexpected:raw
unexpected:and
unexpected:appeared
unexpected:stitched
unexpected:back
unexpected:together.
unexpected:There
unexpected:was
unexpected:a
unexpected:coloration
unexpected:of
unexpected:degenerative
unexpected:change
unexpected:to
unexpected:her
unexpected:appearance,
unexpected:the
unexpected:fur
unexpected:with
unexpected:its
unexpected:mismatched
unexpected:colors
unexpected:of
unexpected:gray,
unexpected:white,
unexpected:and
unexpected:yellow
unexpected:sewn
unexpected:at
unexpected:her
unexpected:shoulder
unexpected:and
unexpected:along
unexpected:her
unexpected:breasts
unexpected:as
unexpected:her
unexpected:watery
unexpected:eyes
unexpected:met
unexpected:the
unexpected:pair’s
unexpected:roving
unexpected:glances.
unexpected:A
unexpected:green-yellow
unexpected:tint
unexpected:lay
unexpected:beneath
unexpected:the
unexpected:fur,
unexpected:almost
unexpected:offset
unexpected:by
unexpected:the
unexpected:bluing
unexpected:cyanosis
unexpected:at
unexpected:her
unexpected:patchwork
unexpected:face
unexpected:as
unexpected:turbid
unexpected:fluid
unexpected:splashed
unexpected:the
unexpected:floor
unexpected:when
unexpected:the
unexpected:hound
unexpected:holding
unexpected:the
unexpected:poniard
unexpected:panicked
unexpected:and
unexpected:slashed
unexpected:at
unexpected:Elizabeth’s
unexpected:trunk
unexpected:with their blade,
unexpected:revealing
unexpected:more of
unexpected:her
unexpected:misshapen
unexpected:chest
unexpected:and
unexpected:a
unexpected:portion
unexpected:of
unexpected:the
unexpected:exposed
unexpected:rib
unexpected:flank.
Pain.
She
unexpected:remembered
unexpected:it,
unexpected:how
unexpected:fleeting
unexpected:the
unexpected:feeling
unexpected:was.
unexpected:The
unexpected:unmaking
unexpected:of
unexpected:what
unexpected:was
unexpected:there
unexpected:becoming
unexpected:broken
unexpected:and
unexpected:tattered
unexpected:and
unexpected:resurrected
unexpected:into
unexpected:something
unexpected:new.
unexpected:It
unexpected:was
unexpected:numb
unexpected:to
unexpected:the
unexpected:vixen
unexpected:now
unexpected:as
unexpected:she
unexpected:dropped
unexpected:the
unexpected:head
unexpected:of
unexpected:Jacques
unexpected:and
unexpected:gripped
unexpected:the
unexpected:other
unexpected:hound
unexpected:by
unexpected:his
unexpected:mandible,
unexpected:and
unexpected:in
unexpected:two
unexpected:motions—a
unexpected:twist
unexpected:of
unexpected:her
unexpected:wrist,
unexpected:a tensing of the raw muscles in
unexpected:a
unexpected:paw
unexpected:not
unexpected:her
unexpected:own—snatched
unexpected:the
unexpected:hound’s
unexpected:jaw
unexpected:from
unexpected:the
unexpected:upper
unexpected:portion
unexpected:of
unexpected:his
unexpected:skull.
unexpected:The
unexpected:major
unexpected:arteries
unexpected:pumped
unexpected:feverishly,
unexpected:spraying
unexpected:Elizabeth’s
unexpected:face
unexpected:crimson
unexpected:until
unexpected:the
unexpected:whites
unexpected:of
unexpected:the
unexpected:hound’s
unexpected:eyes
unexpected:rolled
unexpected:up
unexpected:in
unexpected:the
unexpected:back
unexpected:of
unexpected:his
unexpected:skull
unexpected:and
unexpected:he
unexpected:fell
unexpected:backwards,
unexpected:never
unexpected:to
unexpected:rise
unexpected:again.
Suddenly
she
unexpected:felt
unexpected:something
unexpected:sharp
unexpected:press
unexpected:into
unexpected:her
unexpected:stomach.
unexpected:She
unexpected:blinked
unexpected:several
unexpected:times,
unexpected:not
unexpected:sure
unexpected:just who
unexpected:it
unexpected:was
unexpected:that
unexpected:had
unexpected:entered
unexpected:her.
unexpected:And
unexpected:briefly
unexpected:her
unexpected:mind
unexpected:flashed back
unexpected:to
unexpected:when
unexpected:she’d
unexpected:returned,
unexpected:that
unexpected:first
time:time:
those
time:same
time:sensations
time:of
time:Victor’s
time:needle
time:points
time:finding
time:her
time:and
time:waking
time:her
time:from
time:her
time:slumber
time:with
time:the
time:energized
time:rays
time:that had
time:failed
time:his
time:previous
time:experiments.
time:Looking
time:down
time:upon
time:her,
time:proud
time:of
time:what
time:he
time:had
time:done
time:and
time:speaking
time:to
time:her,
time:though
time:she
time:could
time:not
time:form
time:vocalizations
time:yet.
time:It
time:would
time:be
time:a
time:long
time:time
time:before
time:she
time:regained
time:the
time:ability
time:to
time:speak
time:rational
time:language
time:and
time:articulate
time:her
time:experiences.
It
was
time:just
time:as
time:well,
time:Elizabeth
supposed:supposed:
to
supposed:everyone
supposed:else
supposed:in
supposed:the
supposed:outside
supposed:world
supposed:she
supposed:was
supposed:dead,
supposed:moldering
supposed:away
supposed:in
supposed:the
supposed:Frankenstein
supposed:family
supposed:crypt
supposed:if
supposed:the
supposed:Shelley
supposed:book
supposed:was
supposed:taken
supposed:at
supposed:its
supposed:most
supposed:literal.
supposed:It
supposed:had
supposed:been
supposed:easy,
supposed:she
supposed:found
supposed:out
supposed:later,
supposed:for
supposed:Victor
supposed:to
supposed:frame
supposed:the
supposed:maid
supposed:for
supposed:murder
supposed:and
supposed:then
supposed:preserve
supposed:all
supposed:he
supposed:needed
supposed:from
supposed:Elizabeth.
“Your
brain,
supposed:my
supposed:dear,
supposed:and
supposed:of
supposed:course
supposed:your
supposed:heart
supposed:and
supposed:sweet
supposed:organs.
supposed:You
supposed:made
supposed:for a
supposed:better
supposed:framework
supposed:than
supposed:a
supposed:wife!”
It
was
supposed:clever
supposed:of
supposed:Shelley
supposed:to
supposed:do
supposed:what
supposed:she
supposed:did
supposed:in titling
supposed:the
supposed:book
supposed:the
supposed:way
supposed:she
supposed:had.
Frankenstein.
Readers
must
supposed:have
supposed:surmised
supposed:it was
supposed:the
supposed:story
supposed:of
supposed:the
supposed:creator,
supposed:but
supposed:Shelley
supposed:was
supposed:creative in
supposed:that
supposed:she had
supposed:split
supposed:him
supposed:into
supposed:two
characters:characters:
It
characters:was
characters:the
characters:story
characters:of
characters:the
characters:monster
characters:and
characters:creator.
characters:The
characters:kindly,
characters:misguided
characters:scientist
characters:and
characters:misunderstood,
characters:tormented
characters:creature.
characters:The
characters:unloved
characters:creation
characters:who
characters:only
characters:wanted
characters:love
characters:and
characters:acceptance
characters:for
characters:what
characters:he
characters:was.
And
the
characters:creator
characters:who
characters:denied
characters:it
characters:every
characters:step
characters:of
characters:the
characters:way.
Somewhere
lay
characters:the
characters:truth,
characters:such
characters:as
characters:it
characters:were,
characters:but
characters:it
characters:was
characters:not
characters:Elizabeth
characters:to
characters:judge,
characters:as
characters:her
characters:strong,
characters:misshapen
characters:forelimb
characters:darted
characters:out
characters:and
characters:grabbed
characters:a
characters:throat.
characters:The
characters:sword
characters:gashed
characters:through
characters:her
characters:torso
characters:and
characters:exited
characters:out
characters:the
characters:other
characters:side.
“If
it
characters:is
characters:any offer of
characters:consolation,”
characters:said
characters:Elizabeth, “then
characters:I
characters:may
characters:admit
characters:that
characters:your
characters:swordsmanship
characters:does
characters:leave
characters:me
characters:in
characters:sincere
characters:pain.”
“Gott in
Himmel!”
characters:shouted
characters:the
characters:hound,
characters:before
characters:his
characters:neck
characters:was
characters:snapped,
characters:the
characters:spine
characters:exploded
characters:and
characters:Elizabeth
characters:pulled,
characters:tucking
characters:his
characters:head
characters:under
characters:her
characters:arm
characters:and
characters:pulled
characters:and
characters:pulled,
characters:listening
characters:with
characters:delight
characters:as
characters:muscles
characters:and
characters:tendons
characters:snapped
characters:like
characters:rotting
characters:string
characters:and
characters:blood
characters:sprayed
characters:into
characters:her
characters:face
characters:until
characters:the
characters:body
characters:of
characters:the
characters:hound
characters:fell
characters:one
characters:way
characters:and
characters:she
characters:held
characters:the
characters:round
characters:object
characters:that
characters:had
characters:once
characters:breathed
characters:life
characters:in
characters:her
characters:paws.
Orsino’s
ears
characters:twitched
characters:when
characters:he
characters:heard
characters:the
characters:door
characters:open
characters:then
characters:shut
characters:silently.
characters:At
characters:first
characters:came
characters:the
characters:thought
characters:that
characters:it
characters:was
characters:his hired
characters:brigands,
characters:coming
characters:for
characters:their
characters:payment.
characters:He
characters:made
characters:a
characters:motion
characters:to
characters:call out
characters:to
characters:them,
characters:but
characters:something
characters:stopped
characters:this
characters:action
characters:before
characters:he
characters:could
characters:open
characters:his
characters:muzzle.
characters:Instead,
characters:he
characters:remained
characters:where
characters:he
characters:was,
characters:seated
characters:and
characters:silent.
How
different
characters:everything
characters:was
characters:now
characters:since
characters:Elizabeth
Lavenza
returned.
characters:He
characters:shuddered
characters:at
characters:the
characters:word ‘return’
characters:and
characters:wondered
characters:why
characters:it
characters:unnerved
characters:him
characters:the
characters:way
characters:she had
characters:phrased
characters:it,
characters:finding
characters:its
characters:meaning
characters:so
characters:strange.
characters:And
characters:there
characters:was
characters:the fact that
characters:there
characters:was
characters:no
characters:answer
characters:as
characters:to
characters:what had
characters:happened
characters:to
characters:Victor
Frankenstein:Frankenstein:
he
Frankenstein:had
Frankenstein:died,
Frankenstein:yes,
Frankenstein:but
Frankenstein:how?
Frankenstein:Was
Frankenstein:it
Frankenstein:his
Frankenstein:body
Frankenstein:inside
Frankenstein:that
Frankenstein:box at
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:guesthouse?
Frankenstein:It
Frankenstein:was
Frankenstein:a
Frankenstein:pity,
Frankenstein:to
Frankenstein:be
Frankenstein:sure,
Frankenstein:that he had
Frankenstein:been
Frankenstein:crazy,
Frankenstein:but
Frankenstein:weren’t
Frankenstein:all
Frankenstein:geniuses
Frankenstein:mad
Frankenstein:in
Frankenstein:some
Frankenstein:ways?
Frankenstein:But
Frankenstein:still,
Frankenstein:there
Frankenstein:were
Frankenstein:likely many
Frankenstein:things
Frankenstein:to
Frankenstein:be
Frankenstein:said
Frankenstein:for
Frankenstein:that
Frankenstein:craziness,
Frankenstein:that
Frankenstein:maybe
Frankenstein:there
Frankenstein:was
Frankenstein:some
Frankenstein:truth
Frankenstein:in
Frankenstein:his
Frankenstein:theories
Frankenstein:pertaining
Frankenstein:to
Frankenstein:life
Frankenstein:and
Frankenstein:death
Frankenstein:and
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:creation
Frankenstein:and
Frankenstein:pausing
Frankenstein:of
Frankenstein:death
Frankenstein:to
Frankenstein:return
Frankenstein:life’s
Frankenstein:functions
Frankenstein:to
Frankenstein:malodorous
Frankenstein:lumps
Frankenstein:of
Frankenstein:graveyard
Frankenstein:clay?
There
it
Frankenstein:was
Frankenstein:again—another
Frankenstein:creak
Frankenstein:of
Frankenstein:a
Frankenstein:door
Frankenstein:from
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:hallway.
They
were
Frankenstein:closer
Frankenstein:now,
Frankenstein:but
Frankenstein:why
Frankenstein:did
Frankenstein:they
Frankenstein:walk
Frankenstein:so
Frankenstein:softly
Frankenstein:across
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:floor
Frankenstein:like
Frankenstein:that?
There
would
Frankenstein:be
Frankenstein:answers,
Frankenstein:sure,
Frankenstein:to
Frankenstein:be
Frankenstein:had
Frankenstein:for
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:magistrate
Frankenstein:when
Frankenstein:asked
Frankenstein:for
Frankenstein:an
Frankenstein:explanation
Frankenstein:on
Frankenstein:Elizabeth’s
Frankenstein:disappearance.
Frankenstein:Orsino
Frankenstein:had
Frankenstein:prepared
Frankenstein:for
Frankenstein:it.
Frankenstein:Her
Frankenstein:mind
Frankenstein:had
Frankenstein:finally
Frankenstein:snapped,
Frankenstein:he’d
Frankenstein:given
Frankenstein:her
Frankenstein:a
Frankenstein:fair
Frankenstein:sum
Frankenstein:for
Frankenstein:the estate,
Frankenstein:she’d
Frankenstein:killed
Frankenstein:herself.
Frankenstein:All
Frankenstein:were
Frankenstein:likely
Frankenstein:scenarios
Frankenstein:given
Frankenstein:her
Frankenstein:presence
Frankenstein:and state
Frankenstein:of
Frankenstein:mind
Frankenstein:recently.
Frankenstein:Of
Frankenstein:course,
Frankenstein:it
Frankenstein:was
Frankenstein:quite
Frankenstein:true
Frankenstein:to
Frankenstein:say
Frankenstein:that
Frankenstein:if
Frankenstein:there
Frankenstein:was
Frankenstein:no
Frankenstein:body,
Frankenstein:then
Frankenstein:there
Frankenstein:was
Frankenstein:no
Frankenstein:crime
Frankenstein:to
Frankenstein:even
Frankenstein:speak
Frankenstein:of.
Frankenstein:And
Frankenstein:no
Frankenstein:one
Frankenstein:would
Frankenstein:speak
Frankenstein:of
Frankenstein:vanished
Frankenstein:air.
There
was
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:heavy
Frankenstein:smell
Frankenstein:of
Frankenstein:blood
Frankenstein:as
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:bear’s
Frankenstein:eyes
Frankenstein:went
Frankenstein:to
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:entrance
Frankenstein:to
Frankenstein:his
Frankenstein:bedchamber.
Frankenstein:There
Frankenstein:was
Frankenstein:a
Frankenstein:creak
Frankenstein:and
Frankenstein:he
Frankenstein:listened
Frankenstein:keenly
Frankenstein:to
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:gentle
Frankenstein:raps
Frankenstein:of
Frankenstein:a
Frankenstein:paw
Frankenstein:upon
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:door,
Frankenstein:then
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:soft
Frankenstein:try
Frankenstein:of
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:knob
Frankenstein:for
Frankenstein:entry.
Frankenstein:He
Frankenstein:did
Frankenstein:not
Frankenstein:know
Frankenstein:why
Frankenstein:but
Frankenstein:his
Frankenstein:own
Frankenstein:paw
Frankenstein:reached
Frankenstein:for
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:pistol
Frankenstein:inside
Frankenstein:his
Frankenstein:nightstand,
Frankenstein:which
Frankenstein:he
Frankenstein:always
Frankenstein:kept
Frankenstein:loaded.
Frankenstein:He
Frankenstein:pointed
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:barrel
Frankenstein:at
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:door and
Frankenstein:cocked
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:hammer
Frankenstein:back,
Frankenstein:then
Frankenstein:blew
Frankenstein:out
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:solitary
Frankenstein:candles
Frankenstein:about
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:room.
There
might
Frankenstein:be
Frankenstein:questions—he
Frankenstein:thought
Frankenstein:of
Frankenstein:the
Frankenstein:box
Frankenstein:that
Frankenstein:she
Frankenstein:had
Frankenstein:brought
Frankenstein:with
Frankenstein:her,
Frankenstein:containing
Frankenstein:who
Frankenstein:knew
what:what:
Victor
what:or…something
what:else,
what:just
what:what
what:Orsino
what:preferred
what:not
what:to
what:think
what:about.
what:Once
what:he
what:was
what:sure
what:that
what:his
what:boys
what:had
what:done
what:their
what:job,
what:he
what:would
what:set
what:the
what:guesthouse
what:and
what:that
what:ominous
what:box
what:of
what:hers
what:alight,
what:raking
what:the
what:hot
what:ashes
what:of
what:whatever
what:remained
what:into
what:the
what:river
what:to be
what:washed
what:out
what:to
what:sea.
The
door
what:opened,
what:creaking
what:slowly
what:as it
what:widened
what:like
what:a
what:gaping
what:maw. Then
what:it
what:stepped
what:inside. The
what:scents were
what:not
what:those of
what:the
what:brigands.
what:Orsino
what:squinted
what:into
what:the
what:darkness
what:and
what:made
what:out
what:the
what:shape.
what:He
what:could
what:recognize
what:the
what:slim
what:form,
what:the
what:pointed
what:ears,
what:and the
what:long
what:muzzle.
what:When
what:it
what:became
what:illuminated
what:momentarily
what:by
what:another
what:clap
what:of
what:lightning,
what:he
what:fired
what:at
what:the
what:same
what:instance,
what:aiming
what:for
what:the
what:head.
what:He
what:watched
what:it
what:grunt
what:and
what:fall
what:backwards.
what:The
what:duke
what:chuckled
what:then
what:rose,
what:lighting
what:the
what:candle
what:once
what:more
what:and
what:heaved
what:his
what:massive
what:form
what:towards
what:the
what:thing
what:on
what:the
what:ground.
what:Whatever
what:it
what:had
what:been,
what:it had
what:clearly
what:not been
what:impervious
what:to
what:the
what:power
what:of
what:a
what:bullet
what:if
what:it
what:could
what:be
what:dropped
what:so
what:easily.
what:When
what:he
what:shined
what:the
what:light
what:on
what:the
what:ground,
what:his
what:heart
what:dropped,
what:and
what:he
what:felt
what:a
what:scream
what:almost
what:tear
what:itself
what:from
what:his
what:throat.
what:There
what:was
what:blood,
what:but
what:not
what:enough
what:of
what:it
what:as
what:he
what:had
what:thought.
what:There
what:was
what:also
what:a
what:faint
what:outline
what:where
what:the
what:thing
what:had
what:fallen.
But
there
what:was
what:no
what:body.
what:His
what:ears
what:rotating
what:along
what:the
what:sides
what:of
what:his
what:skull,
what:he
what:looked
what:to
what:his
what:left
what:and
what:right
what:and
what:his
what:trembling
what:paws
what:attempted
what:to
what:reload
what:the
what:flint
what:when
what:he
what:felt
what:a
what:cold
what:and
what:clammy
what:paw
what:fall
what:upon
what:his
what:shoulder.
Orsino
breathed.
what:His
what:nostrils
what:flared.
And
he
what:looked.
And
then
what:he
what:screamed.
“I’ve
come
what:to
what:take
what:you
what:on
what:that
what:offer
what:of
what:a
what:drink,
what:Duke
what:Orsino,”
what:said
what:Elizabeth,
what:bleeding
what:from
what:the
what:hole
what:where
what:her
what:eye
what:had
what:previously
what:been.
Elizabeth
saw
what:herself
what:in
what:the
what:mirror
what:and smiled.
The seamstress
had
what:done a decent
what:enough
what:job
what:on
what:sewing
what:her
what:wounds.
what:She
what:blinked,
what:looking
what:through
what:her
what:mismatched
what:eyes,
what:which
what:now
what:seemed
what:to
what:compliment
what:every
what:other
what:stitch
what:and
what:scar
what:about
what:her
what:body,
what:while
what:the
what:parson,
what:his
what:ears
what:flexing
what:as
what:he
what:looked
what:about
what:from
what:Elizabeth
what:to
what:the
what:box
what:in
what:the
what:center
what:of
what:the
what:parlor
what:room,
what:pulled
what:a quick
what:nip
what:from
what:his
what:flask
what:with a
what:quickness
what:that
what:was
what:like
what:lightning
what:before
what:it
what:disappeared
what:once
what:more
what:below
what:his
what:robes.
what:None
what:asked
what:questions;
what:the
what:peculiar
what:smell
what:of
what:burnt
what:and
what:singed
what:fur,
what:or
what:why
what:Elizabeth
what:returned
what:with
what:so
what:much
what:blood
what:on
what:her,
what:was
what:accepted.
what:It
what:would
what:have
what:to
what:be,
what:given
what:the
what:strangeness
what:and
what:the
what:weird
what:that
what:had
what:occurred
what:to
what:them
what:all.
And
certainly,
what:none
what:asked
what:why
what:she
what:appeared
what:with
what:a
what:jar
what:with what
what:looked
what:like
what:someone’s
what:phallus.
what:Even
what:if
what:they
what:had,
what:Elizabeth
what:would
what:have
what:shushed
what:them
what:and
what:implored
what:that
what:none
what:of
what:their
what:questions
what:mattered
what:at
what:this
what:point.
There was only
one
what:thing
what:that
what:did,
what:and
what:for
what:her,
what:it
what:was
what:action.
what:Action
what:long
what:held
what:in
what:check
what:first
what:by
what:fear
what:and
what:later
what:distance;
what:action
what:caged
what:while
what:time
what:moved
what:with
what:the
what:rolling
what:cadences
what:of
what:the
what:rising
what:and
what:setting
what:suns.
what:And
what:the
what:final
what:actions
what:necessary
what:to
what:complete
what:the
what:experiments
what:Victor
what:had
what:written
what:about
what:and
what:succeeded
what:only
what:one
what:time
what:before.
Elizabeth
moved
what:towards
what:the
what:box
what:and,
what:like
what:before,
what:the
what:tips
what:of
what:her
what:fingers
what:brushed
what:against
what:the
what:woodgrain,
what:her
what:heart
what:beating
what:anxiously
what:as
what:her
what:tail
what:flicked
what:and
what:trembled.
what:She
what:inhaled
what:and
what:little
what:air
what:exhaled
what:as
what:she
what:gripped
what:the
what:edges
what:and
what:raised
what:the
what:lid,
what:limbs
what:trembling
what:as
what:she
what:looked
what:upon
what:the
what:long-dead
what:face
what:of
what:her
what:lover.
“You
can
what:hardly
what:see
what:the
what:threads
what:at
what:all,”
what:she
what:breathed
what:with
what:a
what:smile
what:to
what:the
what:knitter.
what:Seeing
what:Justine,
what:it
what:was
what:as
what:though
what:she
what:were
what:a
what:vision
what:from
what:time’s
what:arrow.
what:At
what:her
what:execution,
what:Justine had
what:been
what:drawn
what:and
what:quartered.
what:Knitting
what:and
what:threading
what:each
what:tendon,
what:muscle,
what:and
what:nerve
what:back
what:may
what:not
what:have
what:been
what:easy,
what:but
what:looking
what:at
what:the
what:finished
what:work,
what:she
what:was
what:glad
what:to
what:have
what:sought
what:the
what:knitter
what:out.
The
ebony
what:of
what:her
what:fur
what:was
what:patchy,
what:unable
what:to
what:grow
what:back
what:just
what:yet,
what:and
what:the
what:skin
what:and
what:musculature
what:barely
what:concealed
what:the
what:thin
what:veins
what:and
what:connective
what:tissue.
what:She
what:was
what:swimming
what:in
what:a
what:yellowish,
what:amniotic
what:fluid.
what:The
what:pungent
what:copper
what:aroma
what:of
what:blood
what:drifted
what:up
what:into
what:the
what:nostrils
what:of
what:all
what:present.
what:She
what:looked
what:down
what:at
what:the
what:dress
what:which
what:Justine
what:had
what:been
what:placed
what:in—taken
what:from
what:the
what:late
what:baroness
what:Lavenza’s
what:closet—and
what:pulled,
what:seeing
what:if
what:her
what:orders
what:were
what:made
what:for
what:gifting
what:Justine
what:more
what:power
what:between
what:her
what:legs
what:and
what:giggled
what:to
what:herself
what:at
what:what
what:the
what:binturong
what:would
what:think
what:when
what:she
what:saw
what:the
what:addition.
“Do
you
what:like?”
what:said
what:the
what:seamstress.
Elizabeth
smiled
what:and
what:nodded
what:approvingly
what:to
what:the
what:knitter
what:as
what:she
what:looked
what:down
what:at
what:Justine’s
what:breasts,
what:which
what:she
what:had
what:once
what:fondled,
what:and
what:which
what:she
what:would
what:once
what:again,
what:seeing
what:the
what:final
what:piece
what:waiting
what:for
what:its
completion:completion:
the
completion:chest
completion:cavity,
completion:the
completion:heart
completion:exposed
completion:and
completion:opened,
completion:looking
completion:as
completion:pristine
completion:as
completion:the
completion:day
completion:Victor
completion:removed
completion:it
completion:from
completion:Justine’s
completion:chest.
completion:Ash
completion:and
completion:amniotic
completion:fluid
completion:still
completion:clung
completion:to
completion:it,
completion:much
completion:as
completion:it
completion:had
completion:with
completion:the
completion:binturong’s
completion:brain,
completion:but
completion:there
completion:was
completion:a
completion:euphoria
completion:which
completion:washed
completion:about
completion:Elizabeth’s
completion:body
completion:seeing
completion:the
completion:reunion
completion:of
completion:Justine’s
completion:parts
completion:to
completion:the
completion:rest
completion:of
completion:her
completion:body.
The
knitter
completion:made
completion:a
completion:motion
completion:to
completion:take
completion:the
completion:box
completion:they
completion:had
completion:formerly
completion:been
completion:in,
completion:but
completion:Elizabeth
completion:shook
completion:her
completion:head. “It’s
completion:been
completion:like a
completion:companion
completion:of
completion:mine
completion:all
completion:this
completion:time,”
completion:she
completion:said.
completion:The
completion:box
completion:was
completion:as
completion:much
completion:a
completion:pleasant
completion:memory
completion:as
completion:anything
completion:that
completion:she
completion:had
completion:had
completion:this
completion:whole
completion:time.
“If
you
completion:don’t
completion:mind,”
completion:the
completion:knitter
completion:said, “I
completion:and
completion:my
completion:sons
completion:would
completion:like
completion:to
completion:stay.”
“That
will
completion:be
completion:fine,”
completion:Elizabeth
completion:answered.
completion:She
completion:then
completion:turned
completion:to
completion:the
completion:parson
completion:but
completion:did
completion:not
completion:look
completion:at
completion:him.
completion:Instead,
completion:her
completion:eyes
completion:were
completion:to
completion:the
completion:parlor
completion:window
completion:and
completion:through
completion:it.
completion:Outside,
completion:another
completion:bolt
completion:of
completion:lightning
completion:struck
completion:the
completion:ground,
completion:leaving
completion:its
completion:touch
completion:on
completion:the
completion:earth
completion:and
completion:confirming
completion:nature’s
completion:balance.
Elizabeth
reached
completion:inside
completion:the
completion:box.
completion:The
completion:padding
completion:of
completion:her
completion:paw
completion:was
completion:cold
completion:as
completion:she took
completion:Justine’s.
completion:The binturong’s
completion:paw
completion:was almost
completion:warm
completion:by
completion:comparison.
“I’m
ready,”
completion:she
completion:uttered
completion:to
completion:the
completion:parson.
The
dormouse
completion:started.
completion:Elizabeth
completion:was
completion:barely
completion:listening.
completion:They
completion:were
completion:words—simple,
completion:meaningful
completion:words
completion:she had
completion:heard
completion:dozens,
completion:hundreds,
completion:maybe
completion:a
completion:thousand
completion:times
completion:before
completion:in
completion:a
completion:previous
completion:lifetime.
completion:She had
completion:stood
completion:for
completion:them
completion:and
completion:had stood
completion:herself
completion:on that
completion:day
completion:long
completion:ago.
No
one,
completion:then,
completion:had
completion:cared
completion:much
completion:for
completion:their meaning.
completion:They
completion:teetered
completion:and
completion:went
completion:wild
completion:after
completion:the
completion:weight
completion:was
completion:thrust
completion:upon
completion:them
completion:or did
completion:not
completion:see
completion:them
completion:as the
completion:words
completion:which
completion:bound
completion:one
completion:soul
completion:to
completion:another.
And
all
completion:because
completion:they
completion:were
completion:scared.
Scared
that
completion:forever
completion:would
completion:be
completion:a
completion:long
completion:time.
“And
do
completion:you,
completion:Elizabeth
completion:Lavenza,
completion:take…”
“I do,” Elizabeth said
quickly.
The
parson
completion:smiled.
completion:He
completion:said
completion:that
completion:if
completion:Elizabeth
completion:was
completion:ready,
completion:that
completion:she
completion:may
completion:kiss
completion:her
completion:bride.
completion:Outside
completion:the
completion:sky
completion:was
completion:black.
completion:The
completion:rain
completion:had
completion:stopped
completion:and
completion:there
completion:was
completion:no
completion:moon
completion:baring
completion:its
completion:lunar
completion:fangs
completion:upon
completion:anything.
completion:But
completion:the
completion:thunder
completion:and
completion:lightning
completion:rumbled,
completion:rattling
completion:the
completion:windows,
completion:almost
completion:as
completion:a
completion:reminder
completion:of
completion:a
completion:beating
completion:heart.
She
sagged
completion:against
completion:the
completion:box
completion:and
completion:bent
completion:low,
completion:pressing
completion:her
completion:lips
completion:to
completion:the
completion:binturong’s.
It
was
completion:like
completion:lightning
completion:which
completion:rumbled
completion:from
completion:her.
completion:Sparks darted
completion:in
completion:every
completion:direction,
completion:her
completion:fur
completion:stood
completion:on
completion:end
completion:as
completion:she
completion:closed
completion:her
completion:eyes,
completion:moaning
completion:deep
completion:into
completion:the
completion:binturong.
completion:She
completion:wanted
completion:her
completion:to
completion:remember
completion:all
completion:the
completion:good
completion:times
completion:which had
completion:passed
completion:between
completion:them,
completion:one
completion:paw scurrying
completion:up
completion:and
completion:caressing
completion:her
completion:cheek.
completion:Passion
completion:overflowed
completion:and
completion:she
completion:did
completion:not
completion:stop
completion:until
completion:she
completion:expended
completion:and
completion:given
completion:all
completion:she
completion:could.
And
then,
completion:Elizabeth
completion:waited.
completion:She
completion:nodded
completion:to the
completion:knitter,
completion:who
completion:was
completion:quick
completion:with
completion:her
completion:needle
completion:and
completion:closed
completion:the
completion:chasm
completion:of
completion:Justine’s
completion:chest.
And
then,
completion:Elizabeth
completion:waited.
After
a
completion:minute
completion:had
completion:passed,
completion:it
happened:happened:
Justine’s
happened:chest
happened:began
happened:to
happened:rise,
happened:air
happened:filling
happened:lungs
happened:long
happened:unused,
happened:then
happened:fell.
happened:The
happened:actions
happened:repeated
happened:as
happened:Elizabeth
happened:felt
happened:the
happened:air
happened:from
happened:Justine’s
happened:nostrils
happened:fall
happened:upon
happened:the
happened:palm
happened:of
happened:her
happened:paw,
happened:and
happened:watched
happened:the
happened:thin,
happened:reedy
happened:muscles
happened:of
happened:the
happened:binturong
happened:twitch
happened:and
happened:convulse,
happened:as
happened:one
happened:finger
happened:rose
happened:and
happened:trembled,
happened:falling
happened:and
happened:attempting
happened:to
happened:rise
happened:from
happened:their
happened:long
happened:slumber.
A
clap
happened:of
happened:thunder
happened:struck
happened:the
happened:roof
happened:just
happened:as the
happened:binturong’s
happened:eyes
happened:fluttered
happened:open
happened:and
happened:finally
happened:an
happened:arm
happened:rose
happened:from
happened:the
happened:box,
happened:her
happened:black
happened:paw
happened:gripping
happened:the
happened:edge
happened:of
happened:the
happened:box
happened:as
happened:the
happened:muscles
happened:tightened
happened:and
happened:she
happened:tried
happened:to
happened:help
happened:herself
happened:from
happened:the
happened:box.
happened:She
happened:stumbled
happened:back
happened:and
happened:did
happened:not
happened:try
happened:again
happened:for
happened:some
happened:time,
happened:until
happened:mounting
happened:another
happened:attempt,
happened:her
happened:grip
happened:slightly
happened:weaker
happened:but
happened:she was
happened:becoming
happened:more
happened:aware
happened:and
happened:more
happened:cognizant.
Elizabeth
smiled,
happened:and
happened:her
happened:heartbeat
happened:grew
happened:faster
happened:from
happened:the
happened:anxiety,
happened:thudding
happened:like
happened:a
happened:drum
happened:within
happened:her
happened:chest.
happened:It
happened:would
happened:be
happened:a
happened:long
happened:road,
happened:she
knew:knew:
what
knew:were
knew:the
knew:likeliest
knew:of odds
knew:that
knew:Justine
knew:would
knew:remember,
knew:would
knew:crawl
knew:back
knew:from
knew:the
knew:many
knew:long
knew:years
knew:of
knew:sleep that
knew:she
knew:had
knew:been
knew:forced
knew:into?
For
the
knew:briefest
knew:of
knew:seconds,
knew:it
knew:did
knew:not
knew:matter.
It
would
knew:be
knew:a
knew:question
knew:she
knew:would
knew:ask
knew:of
knew:herself
knew:as
knew:she
knew:helped
knew:bring
knew:the
knew:binturong
knew:back.
And
to
knew:remember…remember
knew:the
knew:past,
knew:remember
knew:what
knew:she
knew:had
knew:been
knew:and
knew:meant
knew:to
knew:Elizabeth,
knew:remember
knew:their
knew:good
knew:times
knew:and
knew:to
knew:remember
knew:that
knew:there
knew:would
knew:be
knew:many
knew:more
knew:for
knew:as
knew:long
knew:they
knew:lived.
And
Elizabeth
knew:paused
knew:on
knew:that
knew:final
knew:word.
Justine
would
knew:live.
knew:And
knew:through
knew:Justine,
knew:she
knew:too
knew:would
knew:live
knew:and
knew:together,
knew:they
knew:would
knew:both
knew:remember…remember
knew:and
knew:know,
knew:just
knew:what
knew:it
knew:all
knew:meant.
“Alive,”
said Elizabeth,
knew:and she
knew:held
knew:Justine’s
knew:paw.
This
was
knew:the
knew:second
knew:and
knew:final
knew:part
knew:of “Upon
knew:Thy
knew:Grave
knew:From
knew:The
knew:Ashes
knew:Of
knew:My
knew:Heart”
knew:by
knew:Batced, read for you
knew:by Kergiby, a
knew:Full Time
knew:Panther.
As
always,
knew:you
knew:can
knew:find
knew:more
knew:stories
knew:on
knew:the web at thevoice.dog, or find the show wherever
knew:you
knew:get
knew:your
knew:podcasts.
knew:Thank
knew:you
knew:for
knew:listening
knew:to
knew:The
knew:Ghost
knew:of
knew:Dog.