Two days passed before the man was strong enough to talk and then the Captain asked him to tell his story.
`I am trying to catch someone,' said Frankenstein. `That is why I have come so far north on the ice.'
`We saw you following someone,' the Captain said. `He was huge, much bigger than a man. We saw his sledge just in front of you on the night before the storm.'
`I am pleased you all saw that huge figure,' Frankenstein said. `Perhaps that will help you to believe my story.'
During the days, while the Captain worked on the ship, Frankenstein wrote down his story, and each evening he read what he had written to the Captain.
Here is Victor Frankenstein's story.