Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 18
The fourth of six cryptograms from chapter 18 of Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus. Every letter below stands for a different one, the same way all the way through, and no letter ever stands for itself.
Beyxjkmlkaakezljledvuyajrwypaelr,opdyelullhbeztkpedlmjlxtbftubhhlmjlxbdtulkakemkzbdkdbye.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultymedium
- Length87 letters, 20 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 18 of Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
To England, therefore, I was bound, and it was understood that my union with Elizabeth should take place immediately on my return. My father's age rendered him extremely averse to delay. For myself, there was one reward I promised myself from my detested toils - one consolation for my unparalleled sufferings; it was the prospect of that day when, enfranchised from my miserable slavery, I might claim Elizabeth and forget the past in my union with her.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
It was in the latter end of September that I again quitted my native country. My journey had been my own suggestion, and Elizabeth therefore acquiesced, but she was filled with disquiet at the idea of my suffering, away from her, the inroads of misery and grief. It had been her care which provided me a companion in Clerval - and yet a man is blind to a thousand minute circumstances which call forth a woman's sedulous attention. She longed to bid me hasten my return; a thousand conflicting emotions rendered her mute as she bade me a tearful, silent farewell.
Text from the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain in the United States.
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