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I did not want her to see the fight . So I asked her to go to bed , and she went . I searched the whole inn for my enemy , but I did not find him . Suddenly I heard a terrible scream . It came from Elizabeth’s room . At that moment I understood everything . The monster did not want my death . He wanted hers . I ran into the room . Elizabeth was lying across the bed , and she was not breathing . The mark of his hand was on her neck . I fell to the floor . When I woke up , people from the inn were standing around me . Someone had laid Elizabeth gently on the bed , with a handkerchief over her face and neck . She looked as if she was asleep . I held her in my arms , but she was cold . Then I looked up . The window was open . In the pale yellow light of the moon , I saw the monster at the window . He was smiling , and he was pointing at the body of my wife . I took out my pistol and fired , but he jumped away . He ran very fast and dived into the lake . Men searched for him with boats for hours , but they did not find him . I went back to Geneva . My father was an old man , and he loved Elizabeth like his own daughter . He could not bear this news . A few days later he died in my arms . After that I remember nothing clearly . For many months I was mad . They kept me in a small , lonely room , like a prison cell . When at last I understood where I was , I felt only one thing : a burning wish for revenge . I went to a judge in Geneva and told him my whole story . “ I would like to help you , ” he said . “ But this creature can cross the glaciers and live in caves in the mountains . How can we catch him ? ” I saw that he did not really believe me . I understood that I had to find the monster myself . XIII . Victor’s Story : The Chase I left Geneva for ever . I took some money and my mother’s jewels with me . On my last night there , I went to the cemetery . I knelt by the graves of William , Elizabeth and my father . “ By this holy earth , ” I said , “ and by the spirits of my dead , I swear to find the monster . I will not rest until one of us dies . ” A loud , wild laugh answered me . Then a voice close to my ear whispered , “ Good , you miserable man ! You have decided to live . That pleases me . ” I ran towards the voice , but he escaped . The moon came out , and I saw him running away faster than any man .
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