Chapter 19
London was our present point of rest; we determined to remain
several months in this wonderful and celebrated city. Clerval
desired the i*********e of the men of genius and talent who
flourished at this time, but this was with me a secondary object; I
was principally occupied with the means of obtaining the
information necessary for the completion of my promise and quickly
availed myself of the letters of introduction that I had brought
with me, addressed to the most distinguished natural
philosophers.
If this journey had taken place during my days of study and
happiness, it would have afforded me inexpressible pleasure. But a
blight had come over my existence, and I only visited these people
for the sake of the information they might give me on the subject
in whic
