第22章 最后的幸福时光

Mary Shelley

婚礼后，“我”和妻子去了哪里？婚后的蜜月为什么会是“我”最后的幸福时光？

After the wedding, a large number of our friends came to a party at our house. When the party had started, Elizabeth and I said goodbye and left for our honeymoon. We travelled first by boat, and planned to spend the night at a hotel on the other side of the lake.The mountains and the lake were calm and beautiful, and at last Elizabeth and I were together.For the first time for months,and for the last time ever,I enjoyed the feeling of happiness.

In the evening, the wind became stronger and soon a great storm broke above us. Every noise frightened me,and I kept my hand on my gun under my coat.I saw the monster in every shadow.Suddenly I realized how terrible the fight would be for Elizabeth.I asked her to go to bed and I decided to search for the monster. I planned to be with her when I was sure he was not in or around the hotel.

Elizabeth left me and I searched every corner of the hotel—every dark doorway and staircase.I could not find him,and I began to hope that he had not followed us to the hotel.But suddenly,I heard a loud and terrible scream.

It came from our room.

Then—too late—I understood. The monster had promised to be with me on my wedding night,but he had not planned to kill me.

The scream came again,and I ran to our room.Why did I not die there and then?

Reading Check

What might the scream from the room my wife and I lived in in the hotel imply?

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