7 Death in Scotland

Chapter 7 Death in Scotland The monster's words rang in Victor's ears: I will be with you on your wedding night. "So I'm going to die," he thought. "I'm not afraid." Then he thought of Elizabeth and the grief she would feel. "But I won't go without a struggle." He stared at the mangled remains of his half-finished creature. It was as if he had murdered a living being. He swept the remains into an old basket, packed up and left the island

怪物的话在维克多耳边回响：你的新婚之夜，我会和你在一起。 “那么我就要死了，”他想。 “我不害怕。”然后他想到了伊丽莎白，想到了她会感到的悲伤。 “但我不会不挣扎就走的。” 他盯着那只半成品的动物残缺不全的残骸。 他仿佛谋杀了一个活人。 他把遗骸扫进一个旧篮子里，收拾好行李，离开了小岛

Out at sea, he weighted the basket with stones and flung it overboard. There was a horrid gurgling as it sank -and then nothing but the stillness of the pure, cold night air. Despite the monster's threats, Victor felt a huge sense of relief. "I'm sure I've done the right thing," he thought.

到了海上，他用石头把篮子压得很重，然后把它扔到海里。 船下沉时发出了可怕的汩汩声——然后，除了纯净、寒冷的夜空气的寂静之外，什么也没有。 尽管有怪物的威胁，维克多还是感到了巨大的解脱。 “我肯定我做的是对的，”他想。

When Victor landed on the mainland, a crowd gathered around his boat, frowning and muttering. Then a policeman appeared. "Come with me, sir," he said sternly, gripping Victor's arm. "You have some questions to answer." "What have I done?" pleaded Victor. "A man has been strangled," came the reply. "And the murderer was seen making a getaway in a boat like yours."

当维克多登陆大陆时，一群人聚集在他的船周围，皱着眉头，喃喃自语。 这时一个警察出现了。 “跟我来，先生。”他严厉地说，抓住维克多的胳膊。 “你有些问题要回答。” “我做了什么？”维克多恳求道。 “有人被勒死了，”回答说。 “有人看见凶手乘一艘和你一样的船逃跑了。”

The crowd parted to let them pass, revealing something lying on the shore beyond. It was a body, and its face was horribly familiar... "Henry!" Victor gasped. "So it has begun," he thought despairingly. "The monster is taking his revenge, and I must live, while those I love die."

人群散开，让他们通过，露出远处岸上躺着什么东西。 那是一具尸体，它的脸非常熟悉…… “亨利!”维克多气喘吁吁地说。“这么说，事情已经开始了，”他绝望地想。 “怪物正在复仇，我必须活下去，而我爱的人却死了。”

"I didn't kill anyone," he wailed. "It was the monster... the monster I made." "Really, sir?" replied the policeman, tightening his grip. "Perhaps you'd like to tell the doctor about that." "He thinks I'm a lunatic," realized Victor. And the rest of what he had been going to say died on his lips.

“我没杀任何人，”他哭着说。 “是那个怪物……我造的怪物。” “真的吗，先生？”警察握紧手回答。 “也许你应该把这件事告诉医生。” “他认为我是个疯子，”维克多意识到。 他本来想说的其余的话在他的嘴边哽住了。

Victor spent that night in a jail cell, feverishly imagining the monster's next move. "What if it goes back to Geneva?" he muttered. "I've got to protect my family." Luckily for Victor, a local fisherman had seen him on the island at the time of the murder, proving him innocent. He was released the next morning, and set off for Geneva at once. His father and Elizabeth greeted him with tears in their eyes. "Thank goodness you're all right," he sighed. It was a miserable homecoming without Henry. His death, added to William's and Justine's, left a gap that could not be filled. "But we must get on with our lives," insisted Elizabeth bravely. "Let's set a date for the wedding." Victor thought again of the monster's threat: I will be with you on your wedding night. "Can I really get married now?" he agonized.

维克多在牢房里度过了那个晚上，疯狂地想象着怪物的下一步行动。 “如果它回到日内瓦怎么办？”他喃喃地说。 “我必须保护我的家人。” 幸运的是，一名当地渔民在谋杀发生时看到他在岛上，证明他是无辜的。 第二天早晨，他被释放了，立即动身前往日内瓦。 他的父亲和伊丽莎白热泪盈眶地迎接他。 “谢天谢地，你没事。”他叹了口气。 亨利不在，这是一次痛苦的回家。 他的去世，加上威廉和贾斯汀的去世，留下了一个无法填补的空白。 “但是我们必须继续我们的生活，”伊丽莎白勇敢地坚持说。 “我们定个结婚的日子吧。” 维克多又想起了怪物的威胁：你的新婚之夜，我将和你在一起。 “我现在真的能结婚了吗？”