Solved cryptogram
Absence cannot have rendered you callous to our joys and griefs; and how shall I inflict pain on my long absent son?
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 7.
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The passage it comes from
The quotation is marked in the paragraph it sits in, with the prose either side of it for company.
"My dear Victor,
"You have probably waited impatiently for a letter to fix the date of your return to us; and I was at first tempted to write only a few lines, merely mentioning the day on which I should expect you. But that would be a cruel kindness, and I dare not do it. What would be your surprise, my son, when you expected a happy and glad welcome, to behold, on the contrary, tears and wretchedness? And how, Victor, can I relate our misfortune? Absence cannot have rendered you callous to our joys and griefs; and how shall I inflict pain on my long absent son? I wish to prepare you for the woeful news, but I know it is impossible; even now your eye skims over the page to seek the words which are to convey to you the horrible tidings.
"William is dead! - that sweet child, whose smiles delighted and warmed my heart, who was so gentle, yet so gay! Victor, he is murdered!
Text from the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain in the United States.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultymedium
- Length93 letters, 22 unique
Nearby in the book
The puzzles either side of this one in the novel.
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
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- Chapter 15medium, 66 letters
- Chapter 24medium, 95 letters
- Chapter 4medium, 85 letters
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