Soon after my arrival in the hovel I discovered some papers in the pocket of the dress which I had taken from your laboratory.

At first I had neglected them, but now that I was able to decipher the characters in which they were written, I began to study them with diligence.

It was your journal of the four months that preceded my creation.

You minutely described in these papers every step you took in the progress of your work; this history was mingled with accounts of domestic occurrences.

You doubtless recollect these papers.