<P> Weeks before he leaves for the University of Ingolstadt in Germany, his mother dies of scarlet fever; Victor buries himself in his experiments to deal with the grief . At the university, he excels at chemistry and other sciences, soon developing a secret technique to impart life to non-living matter . Eventually, he undertakes the creation of a humanoid, but due to the difficulty in replicating the minute parts of the human body, Victor makes the Creature tall, about 8 feet (2.4 m) in height and proportionally large . Despite his intentions, the beautiful creation of his dreams is instead hideous, with yellow eyes and skin that barely conceals the muscle tissue and blood vessels underneath . Repulsed by his work, Victor flees and dismisses him when it awakens . While wandering the streets, he meets his childhood friend, Henry Clerval, and takes Henry back to his apartment, fearful of Henry's reaction if he sees the monster . Victor does not have to deal with that issue, however, because the monster has escaped . </P> <P> Victor falls ill from the experience and is nursed back to health by Henry . After a four - month recovery, he returns home when he learns of the murder of his brother William . Upon arriving in Geneva, Victor sees the Creature near the crime scene and climbing a mountain, leading him to believe his creation is responsible . Justine Moritz, William's nanny, is convicted of the crime after William's locket, which had contained a miniature portrait of Caroline, is found in her pocket . Victor is helpless to stop her from being hanged, as he knows no one would believe his story . </P> <P> Ravaged by grief and guilt, Victor retreats into the mountains . The Creature finds him and pleads for Victor to hear his tale . </P> <P> Intelligent and articulate, the Creature relates his first days of life, living alone in the wilderness and finding that people were afraid of and hated him due to his appearance, which led him to fear and hide from them . While living in an abandoned structure connected to a cottage, he grew fond of the poor family living there, and discreetly collected firewood for them . Secretly living among the family for months, the Creature learned to speak by listening to them and he taught himself to read after discovering a lost satchel of books in the woods . When he saw his reflection in a pool, he realized his physical appearance was hideous, and it terrified him as it terrifies normal humans . Nevertheless, he approached the family in hopes of becoming their friend . Initially he was able to befriend the blind father figure of the family, but the rest of them were frightened and they all fled their home, resulting in the Creature burning the cottage in a fit of rage . He then swore revenge on his creator for bringing him into a world that hated him . He traveled to Victor's family estate using details from Victor's journal, murdered William, and framed Justine . </P>

Where do frankenstein and the monster first meet