A 10-14

Chapter 10
He approached; his countenance bespoke bitter

anguish, combined with disdain and malignity,

while its unearthly ugliness rendered it almost

too horrible for human eyes.

Chapter 11
Sometimes I wished to express my sensations in my own

made, but the uncouth and inarticulate sounds which broke

from me frightened me into silence again.

Chapter 12
I perceived that the words they spoke sometimes

produced pleasure or pain, smiles or sadness, in

the minds and countenances of the hearers. This

was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently

desired to become acquainted with it.

Chapter 13
And what was I? Of my creation and creator. I was

absolutely ignorant; but I knew that I possessed no

money, no friends, no kind of property. I was besides

endued with a figure hideously deformed and

loathsome, I was not even of some nature as man.

Chapter 14
Before I depart I will give them to you; they will

prove the truth of my tale; but at present, as the

sun is already far declined, I shall only have time

to repeat the substance of them to you.