Chapter 21: Seeking Fatility

Father received a letter concerning the welfare of Victor. The letter was written by Mr. Kirwin, a town magistrate. Mr. Kirwin sent us an account of Victor’s misfortune and illness. We discovered that Victor was currently sitting in a prison cell and was extremely sick. He was found guilty of a murder. The murder he is accused of is none other than his companion Henry Clerval. After reading the letter, we were all in disbelief. I couldn’t believe that Victor was labeled a murderer. What I found even more shocking than that was who he was accused of killing. I would have never consider it even a possibility for Victor to take the life of his best friend. This has to be a misunderstanding. I have lost William, Justine, and now Henry. I am beginning to think that our family is cursed. Victor is suffering from a fate like that of Justine. I believe that he has been wrongly accused of something he did not do. Father must go to Geneva to visit him and get him out of that prison cell. I must lose Victor as well. Victor must be proven innocent. I cannot witness Victor undergo the same circumstances as Justine. He left us to seek happiness, but it seems that fatality is the only thing that he stumbles upon.