Just to introduce myself, here is a little about my history. My father Alphonse married a younger woman, Caroline, to save her from povery. Soon I was born, the first child, and life was happy. We traveled to Italy, just the three of us, but my mother had always wanted a daughter. One day while visiting a village, we found an orphan girl ... a princess. We all fell in love and Elizabeth became a part of our family. She and I were as close as we could possibly be and extremely happy. My parents eventually gave me two more brothers, but Elizabeth and I were constant companions.
Eventually time came for me to go to school. At the age of 13, I became obsessed with the idea of creation of life. I couldn't get enough of it! Then one day I witnessed a flash of lightning hit a tree and that changed my focus to electricity and giving life to an inaminate object. What possiblilites there were!!
When I was 17, the plan was for me to go to college at Ingolstadt but Elizabeth caught Scarlet Fever and was really sick. Then things got worse. Mom was taking care of her and also became ill. Elizabeth recovered but Mom didn't. She made it known on her death bed that she wanted Elizabeth and me to marry. Who could think of marriage at a time like this??? I was worried about Mom. Then to top it all off, Dad expected me to still go off to college. He wanted me to continue with my plans for the future. UGH!!!
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