I was alone
Victor ironically echoes the reflection of the Creature, as he
contemplates the domestic happiness of the De Lacey household, on his
contrasting solitude. The diction the Creature used at the point -- "no
Eve soothed my sorrows" -- would suggest that it was then that he began to
conceive the plan for a mate that here comes to a disastrous conclusion.
(See 2.7.5.)
