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September
5th
A
scene
has
just
passed
of
such
uncommon
interest
that
,
although
it
is
highly
probable
that
these
papers
may
never
reach
you
,
yet
I
can
not
forbear
recording
it
.
We
are
still
surrounded
by
mountains
of
ice
,
still
in
imminent
danger
of
being
crushed
in
their
conflict
.
The
cold
is
excessive
,
and
many
of
my
unfortunate
comrades
have
already
found
a
grave
amidst
this
scene
of
desolation
.
Frankenstein
has
daily
declined
in
health
;
a
feverish
fire
still
glimmers
in
his
eyes
,
but
he
is
exhausted
,
and
when
suddenly
roused
to
any
exertion
,
he
speedily
sinks
again
into
apparent
lifelessness
.
I
mentioned
in
my
last
letter
the
fears
I
entertained
of
a
mutiny
.
This
morning
,
as
I
sat
watching
the
wan
countenance
of
my
friend
--
his
eyes
half
closed
and
his
limbs
hanging
listlessly
--
I
was
roused
by
half
a
dozen
of
the
sailors
,
who
demanded
admission
into
the
cabin
.
They
entered
,
and
their
leader
addressed
me
.
He
told
me
that
he
and
his
companions
had
been
chosen
by
the
other
sailors
to
come
in
deputation
to
me
to
make
me
a
requisition
which
,
in
justice
,
I
could
not
refuse
.
We
were
immured
in
ice
and
should
probably
never
escape
,
but
they
feared
that
if
,
as
was
possible
,
the
ice
should
dissipate
and
a
free
passage
be
opened
,
I
should
be
rash
enough
to
continue
my
voyage
and
lead
them
into
fresh
dangers
,
after
they
might
happily
have
surmounted
this
.
They
insisted
,
therefore
,
that
I
should
engage
with
a
solemn
promise
that
if
the
vessel
should
be
freed
I
would
instantly
direct
my
course
southwards
.
This
speech
troubled
me
.
I
had
not
despaired
,
nor
had
I
yet
conceived
the
idea
of
returning
if
set
free
.
Yet
could
I
,
in
justice
,
or
even
in
possibility
,
refuse
this
demand
?
I
hesitated
before
I
answered
,
when
Frankenstein
,
who
had
at
first
been
silent
,
and
indeed
appeared
hardly
to
have
force
enough
to
attend
,
now
roused
himself
;
his
eyes
sparkled
,
and
his
cheeks
flushed
with
momentary
vigour
.
Turning
towards
the
men
,
he
said
,
"
What
do
you
mean
?
What
do
you
demand
of
your
captain
?
Are
you
,
then
,
so
easily
turned
from
your
design
?
Did
you
not
call
this
a
glorious
expedition
?
"
And
wherefore
was
it
glorious
?
Not
because
the
way
was
smooth
and
placid
as
a
southern
sea
,
but
because
it
was
full
of
dangers
and
terror
,
because
at
every
new
incident
your
fortitude
was
to
be
called
forth
and
your
courage
exhibited
,
because
danger
and
death
surrounded
it
,
and
these
you
were
to
brave
and
overcome
.
For
this
was
it
a
glorious
,
for
this
was
it
an
honourable
undertaking
.
You
were
hereafter
to
be
hailed
as
the
benefactors
of
your
species
,
your
names
adored
as
belonging
to
brave
men
who
encountered
death
for
honour
and
the
benefit
of
mankind
.
And
now
,
behold
,
with
the
first
imagination
of
danger
,
or
,
if
you
will
,
the
first
mighty
and
terrific
trial
of
your
courage
,
you
shrink
away
and
are
content
to
be
handed
down
as
men
who
had
not
strength
enough
to
endure
cold
and
peril
;
and
so
,
poor
souls
,
they
were
chilly
and
returned
to
their
warm
firesides
.
Why
,
that
requires
not
this
preparation
;
ye
need
not
have
come
thus
far
and
dragged
your
captain
to
the
shame
of
a
defeat
merely
to
prove
yourselves
cowards
.
Oh
!
Be
men
,
or
be
more
than
men
.
Be
steady
to
your
purposes
and
firm
as
a
rock
.
This
ice
is
not
made
of
such
stuff
as
your
hearts
may
be
;
it
is
mutable
and
can
not
withstand
you
if
you
say
that
it
shall
not
.
Do
not
return
to
your
families
with
the
stigma
of
disgrace
marked
on
your
brows
.
Return
as
heroes
who
have
fought
and
conquered
and
who
know
not
what
it
is
to
turn
their
backs
on
the
foe
.
"
He
spoke
this
with
a
voice
so
modulated
to
the
different
feelings
expressed
in
his
speech
,
with
an
eye
so
full
of
lofty
design
and
heroism
,
that
can
you
wonder
that
these
men
were
moved
?
They
looked
at
one
another
and
were
unable
to
reply
.
I
spoke
;
I
told
them
to
retire
and
consider
of
what
had
been
said
,
that
I
would
not
lead
them
farther
north
if
they
strenuously
desired
the
contrary
,
but
that
I
hoped
that
,
with
reflection
,
their
courage
would
return
.
They
retired
and
I
turned
towards
my
friend
,
but
he
was
sunk
in
languor
and
almost
deprived
of
life
.
How
all
this
will
terminate
,
I
know
not
,
but
I
had
rather
die
than
return
shamefully
,
my
purpose
unfulfilled
.
Yet
I
fear
such
will
be
my
fate
;
the
men
,
unsupported
by
ideas
of
glory
and
honour
,
can
never
willingly
continue
to
endure
their
present
hardships
.
