Frankenstein Page #4

You just rest easy now.

We did everything we could.

Sir, I'm terrified for my girl.

She's still out looking for William.

We parted badly. I was cruel to her.

I didn't mean it.

I think she finds it hard, with your

wedding. She loves you dearly.

I couldn't bear it if anything

happened to her. Help me!

We'll organise another search.

We will find her, Mrs. Moritz.

- How is Father?

- His heart is breaking.

Mr. Frankenstein, we've apprehended

the murderer, hiding in a barn.

We found this on her.

It's yours, I believe?

Sir, you must come immediately.

The townspeople have gone mad.

- What are they doing?

- They've broken into the jail!

This is a lynching mob!

Stop!

This is unlawful.

Victor, help me.

I was trying to find him.

I went to the lake.

I wanted to bring him to you.

He must be there for the wedding!

I'm sorry! He's so tiny.

We've closed the gates on the mob.

What about Justine?

- We've cut her down.

- Thank you, Claude. Get to bed.

The Sea of Ice.

I will meet you there...

...on the Sea of Ice.

Justine, forgive me.

Who is this man?

How do you know he's responsible?

- I'll tell you after I destroy him.

- Leave it to the police.

- They wouldn't understand.

- Neither do I.

Then just accept it.

Get up.

- You "do" speak.

- Yes, I speak.

And read.

And think.

- And know the ways of man.

- How did you find me?

Your journal.

Then you mean to kill me.

No.

You murdered my brother,

didn't you?

I took him by the throat

with one hand, -

- lifted him off the ground, -

- and slowly crushed his neck.

And as I killed him,

I saw your face.

You gave me these emotions. But

you didn't tell me how to use them.

Now two people are dead...

...because of us.

Why?

There's something at work in my soul

which I do not understand.

What of my soul?

Do I have one?

Or was that a part you left out?

Who were these people

of which I am comprised?

Good people? Bad people?

- Materials, nothing more.

- You're wrong.

Do you know

I knew how to play this?

In which part of me

did this knowledge reside?

In these hands?

In this mind?

In this heart?

And reading and speaking...

Not things learned,

so much as things remembered.

Trace memories in the brain,

perhaps.

Did you ever consider

the consequences of your actions?

You gave me life,

and then you left me to die.

- Who am I?

- You...

I don't know.

And you think "I'm" evil.

What can I do?

There is something I want.

A friend.

- A friend?

- Companion.

A female.

Someone like me.

- So she won't hate me.

- Like you?

You don't know what you're asking.

I do know that for

the sympathy of one living being -

- I would make peace with all.

I have love in me the likes of which

you can scarcely imagine.

And rage, the likes of which

you would not believe.

If I cannot satisfy the one...

...I will indulge the other.

And if I consent, how will you live?

We would travel north,

to the furthest reaches of the Pole.

Where no man has ever set foot.

There we would

live out our lives together.

No human eye

would ever see us again.

This, I vow.

You must help me.

Please.

If it is possible

to right this wrong...

...then I will do it.

Victor!

Are you all right?

- Yes, I'm safe.

- What happened?

Tell us.

You have to tell us what happened!

One month, that's all. Then we can

be married and forget all this.

- I promise.

- Promise!

You "promised" to tell me who he was.

You "promised" to stop this work.

- I have to leave this house.

- Where will you go?

- Somewhere I can recover.

- I haven't got time to argue.

Doesn't it fit in with your plans?

Don't you ever think

of anyone but yourself?

God forgive me!

Why her?

Materials, remember?

Nothing more. Your words.

- You will honour your promise!

- I will not.

- Go on, kill me now!

- That is too mild.

If you deny me my wedding night,

I will be with you on yours!

Elizabeth!

Wait.

I have to speak to you.

Please!

What do you want to say?

Don't go.

Please, don't go.

I'm frightened.

Of what?

I have done something

so terrible...

So evil...

And I'm frightened

that if I tell you the truth...

...that I will lose you.

You'll lose me if you don't.

I...

...don't know...

...what...

...to do.

Will you marry me, Victor?

Marry me today.

Tomorrow, tell me everything.

But you must tell me the truth.

And together, we can face anything.

Whatever you've done,

whatever has happened...

...I love you.

To share the truth, the whole truth,

for good or ill, -

- to stand by each other

in sickness and in health, -

- and in joy,

from this day forward -

- until death do you part.

- Who is he? How shall we know him?

- You'll know him.

He killed William, and Justine

died for it. Shoot him on sight!

You two look after each other.

I'll look after your father.

The last ferry's gone.

There's nothing now 'till morning.

- I'll find lodgings for you.

- Thank you, Claude.

- Keep your pistols dry!

- They're dry enough.

- If they fail, we'll gut him.

- Go to your post.

Don't worry, sir.

You're well guarded.

Go up to your wife. It's not often

a man has his wedding night.

You're soaking.

Brother and sister...

no more.

Now husband and wife.

Victor?

Lock the door.

- I saw him. He ran to the lake.

- You two stay here.

- We lost him.

- Elizabeth!

Don't bother to scream.

Please...

Please don't hurt me.

You are lovelier than

I ever could have imagined.

Elizabeth.

I keep my promises!

- Tell me what happened.

- No. I know what I have to do.

- No, Victor! You can't do this!

- I love her. What would you do?

- Leave her in peace.

- My father would do this.

Your father is dead.

- Then there's nothing left to lose.

- Nothing but your soul.

Live!

No!

Live...

Say my name.

Please, say my name.

Remember!

You must remember.

Elizabeth.

That's it.

That's it, you remember.

That's it.

Now, stand.

Yes, yes...

You remember!

She's beautiful.

- She's not for you.

- Come!

Elizabeth?

Say my name!

Elizabeth.

Elizabeth!

You're beautiful.

- Say my name.

- Elizabeth, come to me.

Say my name, Elizabeth.

Vic...

That's right, Elizabeth.

- Victor...

- No, you're mine!

- You're mine.

- Leave her alone!

- Get away. She's mine.

- She said my name!

She's mine!

All that I once loved

lies in a shallow grave, by my hand.

I followed the trail he left for me.

North. Always north.

For months now...

With one intent:

To kill him.

Now...

...I'm tired.

I'm so very, very tired.

What did he say?

He's dead.

He died raving

about some phantom.

What is it out there, Captain?

He told me a story that...

...couldn't be true.

He was mad, I think.

A warming breeze!

- The ice will melt yet.

- And what then, Captain?

- We head north.

- No!

Who are you?

He never gave me a name.

- Why do you weep?

- He was my father.

"And I gave my heart to know

wisdom, madness and folly, -

- and I perceived that all is

vanity and vexation of spirit."

"For in much wisdom is much grief, -

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