In a closing series of letters, Walton describes the worsening condition of Victor and laments that he had found a friend so close to death. Victor produces some papers to prove his story. The crew are becoming mutinous. Walton fears the failure of his mission alongside Victor's. When Victor finally passes, the monster knows, as if a connection had been severed.

Walton is surprised to find the creature grieving over the corpse of his creator. The two talk and the monster tells his side of the tale. He draws parallels between himself and Milton's Lucifer, though draws a distinction because, as he sees it, Lucifer at least had demons for company- The monster has nobody.

The monster promises to leave the ship and crew unmolested. He vows to die alone in the North and welcomes the relief that death will bring. Dying, he says, will be the only consolation he has received since the spark of life was forced upon him in Ingolstadt. With that, he leaves.