After confronting Victor, the townspeople take him to Mr. Kirwin, the town magistrate. Victor hears witnesses testify against him, claiming that they found the body of a man along the beach the previous night and that, just before finding the body, they saw a boat in the water that resembled victor’s. Mr.Kirwin decides to bring Victor to look at the body to see was affect it has on him: if Victor is the murderer, perhaps he will react with visible emotion. When Victor sees the body, he does indeed react with horror, for the victim is Henry Clerval, with the black marks of the monter’s hands around his neck. In shock, Victer falls into convulsions and suffers a long illness.
Victer remains ill for two months. Upon his recovery, he finds himself still in prison. Mr. Kirein, now compassionate and much more sympathetic than before Victor’s illness, visits him in his cell. He tells him that he has Victor, and for a moment Victor fears that the monster has come to cause him event more misery. The Vistor turns out to be his father, who, upon, hearing of his son’s illness and the death of his friend, rushed from Geneva to see him. Victor is overjoyed to see his father, who stars with him until the court, having nothing but circumstantial evidence, finds him innocent of Henry’s murder. After his release, Victor departs with his father for Geneva.