Frankenstein

nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose – a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

I shall satiate my ardent curiosity

you understand this feeling?

llow you to perish on the open sea.”
On perceiving me, the stranger addressed me in English, although with a foreign accent. “Before I come on board your vessel,” said he, “will you have the kindness to inform me whither you are bound?”