urt. He convinces himself that
             all is not lost‹he can go back to the old man when the children are gone, and try to introduce himself into
             the family in smaller steps. The next morning, he observes Felix talking to two men. They are leaving the
             cottage. Felix fears for the life of his father, and his wife and sister will never recover from their shock.
             This is the last the creature ever sees of the De Lacey family. He is infuriated that he has been abandoned
             by the only people to whom he has a connection. That night, he places combustibles around the co
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