I was born in Switzerland, in the town of Geneva. My parents loved each other very much. 1. I learnt that to love and to be patient are the most important things in the world.
My mother hoped to have a daughter after I was born. 2. And then my mother found a sister for me. She was helping a family in which there were five children. 3. One of the children was a little girl, with golden hair and blue eyes. Her name was Elizabeth. 4. So Elizabeth became the daughter that my mother had always wanted. As I grew older, my love for Elizabeth became stronger all the time. We loved her as much as she loved us.
The years passed happily, and we had everything that we needed. 5. His name was Henry Clerval, and he was very clever. My family also liked him very much, so he was a welcome visitor to our house.