The Frankenstein Chronicles

Boz publishes a newspaper article about the murders which causes a public outcry and infuriates Peel on the eve of the Anatomy Act. Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, follows her own line of enquiry into the medical practice of Sir William Chester, uncovering secrets from the past. Marlott decides to go back to Greenwich where it all began - is there something he is missing?

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On the eve of the Anatomy Act, my greatest triumph.

#4 #5

Who would place power into the surgeon's hands after this?

#6

He is... money to us and I am status to him.

#7

Then all hope is truly lost.

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I need a word in private.

#12

Now we have both been defamed. Then get a lawyer.

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We thought we could conquer death,

#16

or William Chester himself had returned to his...

#17

Liar! He knows me well. Let's try again.

#18

If he did, it makes you an accessory. So save yourself.

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I am her doctor, damn you. You will leave her be.

#22 #23

Yours, too.

#24

The next link in the chain. I need Billy's confession.

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"with no concern for their safety or anything else,

#27 #28

That corpse child I found was not an act of political sabotage, as you assumed,

#29

I imagine he'll be every bit as shocked by this as I am.

#30

Stay where you are!

#31

Scandal is the last thing any of us want, Bentley.

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If he'd died from blood loss, there would have been less of it, much less.

#36

It's a criminal act to rob an unborn child of life, my lord.

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is that this House would forbear the passing of any Act

#40

Mr. Speaker.

#41

of one or more of these terrible crimes.

#42

it is our conviction that no further delay should be brooked

#43 #44

Sir Robert would like your proposal at the end of the week.

#45 #46

I would like it if Flora...

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A cellar, perhaps? Probably.

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