After observing that Justine's "pretended friends" are too
cowardly to testify on her behalf and the public indignation is against her, Victor
Frankenstein rushes out of court with an agonized conscience. For, Victor has assumed
that he need not confess because Justine, who is innocent, would not be found culpable
of the crime. However, Justine's innocence has nothing to do with the circumstantial
evidence and the lack of support which does condemn
her.
With "heart-sickening despair," Victor learns that
Justine has been found guilty of William's murder. If he were now to come forward,
especially after Justin has confessed, Victor reasons that the judges will perceive him
simply as mad:
...the whole world would believe me to be [mad],
if I disclosed the object of my
suspicions?
Thus, Victor
feels that it is hopeless for him to say anything.
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