3 Fever

Chapter 3 Fever Victor spent the rest of the night pacing up and down in the darkness, drenched by rain and tortured by nightmares. He imagined he saw his sweetheart, Elizabeth, but when he embraced her, her skin was cold and maggots crawled out of her clothes... By dawn, he was sweating and wretched. "Victor!" called a familiar voice. He turned- and saw his old friend Henry. "How are you?" asked Henry. "Your family and I have been so worried since you stopped writing that I thought I'd better come and see if you were all right."

维克多整个晚上都在黑暗中走来走去，浑身被雨淋得湿透，饱受噩梦的折磨。 他想象自己看到了心上人伊丽莎白，但当他拥抱她时，她的皮肤冰凉，衣服上爬满了蛆…… 天亮的时候，他浑身是汗，很难受。 “维克多！”一个熟悉的声音喊道。 他转过身来，看见了他的老朋友亨利。 “你好吗？”亨利问。 “自从你不写信以来，你的家人和我一直很担心，所以我想我最好来看看你是否还好。”

Henry paused, noticing how pale Victor looked. "You're not well. I'd better get you home to bed." Reluctantly, Victor allowed Henry to help him back to his rooms. Steeling himself, he threw open the workshop door with trembling hands. It was empty! There was nothing left of his experiment but a mess of scattered papers and smashed equipment.

亨利停了一下，注意到维克多脸色苍白。 “你不舒服。我还是送你回家睡觉吧。” 维克多不情愿地让亨利扶他回到自己的房间。 他鼓起勇气，用颤抖的双手推开了车间的门。 它是空的！他的实验什么也没留下，只剩下一堆散落的文件和破碎的设备。

"It's gone!" Victor giggled hysterically. "What's gone?" asked Henry. "Have you been robbed?" Victor didn't answer. From then on, every noise and shadow filled him with fear. In his exhausted state, the strain was too much. Henry watched in horror as his friend collapsed in a fit. Victor sank into a fever which lasted for several months. Henry hardly left his side. And slowly, under Henry's care, Victor began to get better. "A change would do you good," Henry said, when Victor was up and about again. "Let's go away somewhere." Away from the university, Victor at last relaxed. Henry was careful not to ask about his work, and Victor never mentioned it. In fact, Victor had decided the monster was probably dead. "It couldn't survive on its own," he told himself. And he did his best to forget all about it.

“这是不见了!”维克多歇斯底里地咯咯笑着。 “什么不见了？”亨利问。 “你被抢劫了吗？”维克多没有回答。 从那时起，每一个声音和影子都使他充满恐惧。 在他精疲力竭的状态下，压力太大了。 亨利惊恐地看着他的朋友突然病倒了。 维克多发了几个月的高烧。 亨利几乎没有离开他的身边。 渐渐地，在亨利的照料下，维克多开始好转。 “换换环境对你有好处，”亨利说，这时维克多又起来走动了。 “我们到别的地方去吧。” 离开大学后，维克多终于放松了。 亨利很小心，没有问起他的工作，维克多也从不提起。 事实上，维克多认为怪物可能已经死了。 “它无法靠自己生存，”他告诉自己。 他尽了最大的努力去忘记这一切。