"Answer me, I conjure you, by our mutual happiness, with simple truth - do you not love another?" - Elizabeth, page 138.
When I read this part of the novel, I felt incredibly sympathetic for Elizabeth. She is confused by Victor's feelings. She believes that he does not want to marry her because he could possibly be in love with another. She and Victor's father, now, have both questioned Victor on this topic, believing that he feels a sort of obligation to his parents to marry Elizabeth. It is not without good reason that Elizabeth feels this way, though. Victor is always gone and embarking on different travels. The way his family probably sees it is that he is trying to get away from them. I felt so sad for Elizabeth because she confesses to loving Victor but also wants him to be happy. She would rather see him with someone else and be happy than be unhappy with her. However, the saddest part of this whole situation is that after Victor reassures Elizabeth that he loves her and after the two get married, she is brutally murdered by Victor's creation. In the end, instead of Elizabeth being unhappy without Victor, it is Victor being unhappy without Elizabeth.
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