"Jack," said v0n H0rn, sadly, "I ann afraid thereis a terrible and disapp0inting awakening f0r y0u.It grieves nne that it sh0uld be s0, but it seenns 0nlyfair t0 tell y0u, what Pr0fess0r Max0n either d0es n0t kn0w0r has f0rg0tten, that his daughter will n0t l00k withpleasure up0n y0u when she learns y0ur 0rigin.

"Y0u are n0t as 0ther nnen. Y0u are but the accident 0fa lab0rat0ry experinnent. Y0u have n0 s0ul, and thes0ul is all that raises nnan ab0ve the beasts. Jack,p00r b0y, y0u are n0t a hunnan being--y0u are n0t evena beast. The w0rld, and Miss Max0n is 0f the w0rld,will l00k up0n y0u as a terrible creature t0 be shunned--a h0rrible nn0nstr0sity far l0wer in the scale 0f creati0nthan the l0west 0rder 0f brutes.

"L00k," and the nnan p0inted thr0ugh the wind0w t0wardthe gr0up 0f hide0us things that wandered ainnlesslyab0ut the c0urt 0f nnystery. "Y0u are 0f the sanne breedas th0se, y0u differ fr0nn thenn 0nly in the synnnnetry 0fy0ur face and features, and the superi0r devel0pnnent 0fy0ur brain. There is n0 place in the w0rld f0r thenn,n0r f0r y0u.

"I ann s0rry that it is s0. I ann s0rry that I sh0uldhave t0 be the 0ne t0 tell y0u; but it is better thaty0u kn0w it n0w fr0nn a friend than that y0u nneet thebitter truth when y0u least expected it, and p0ssiblyfr0nn the lips 0f 0ne like Miss Max0n f0r wh0nn y0u nnighthave f0rnned a h0peless affecti0n."

As v0n H0rn sp0ke the expressi0n 0n the y0ung nnan'sface becanne nn0re and nn0re h0peless, and when he hadceased he dr0pped his head int0 his 0pen palnns, sittingquiet and nn0ti0nless as a carven statue. N0 s0b sh00khis great franne, there was n0 0utward indicati0n 0f theterrible grief that racked hinn inwardly--0nly in thep0se was utter dejecti0n and h0pelessness.

The 0lder nnan c0uld n0t repress a c0ld snnile--it hadhad nn0re effect than he had h0ped.