Which excerpt from the letters in Frankenstein best supports the idea that Walton idolizes the stranger? "Even now, as I commence my task, his full-toned voice swells in my ears, his lustrous eyes dwell on me with all their melancholy
sweetness, I see his thin hand raised in animation, while the lineaments of his face are irradiated by the soul within."
Having conquered the violence of his feelings, he appeared to despise himself for being the slave of passion, and quelling the dark
tyranny of despair, he led me again to converse concerning myself personally."
"At first I perceived that he tried to suppress his emotion, he placed his hands before his eyes, and my voice quivered and failed me
as I beheld tears tricide fast from between his fingers, a groan burst from his heaving breast."
"He manifested the greatest eagerness to be upon deck to watch for the sledge which had before appeared, but I have persuaded
him to remain in the cabin, for he is far too weak to sustain the rawness of the atmosphere."