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Chapter 12: The dead body


The judge was an old, kind man asked a number of men to tell me that they had seen and found the night before. After that they took me to the room where the dead body lay. What have I done? My friend! My dear friend! The body was Henry Clerval’s, and I remember his marks of fingers round his neck, immediately I knew who was a murderer. So I had destroyed another person. After the police had found somebody who had seen me on my island at the time of the murder, and so the judge let me go free, I came back to Geneva as fast as possible.

I stayed for a few days in Paris on the way home, and I got a letter from Elizabeth. She asked me about our love and marriage. I replied her letter instantly. I told her that I love her very much and wanted to marry her.

As soon as I arrived in Geneva, I agreed with Elizabeth that our wedding would be in ten days. I could not forget that the monster’s promise to be with me on the night of my wedding. And I should kill him before he kills us. So I began to carry a gun and a knife with me everywhere I went………..

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