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  • 1818Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
    They made many signs which I did not comprehend, but I saw that her presence diffused gladness through the cottage, dispelling their sorrow as the sun dissipates the morning mists.
    The presence of Safie diffused happiness among its inhabitants, and I also found that a greater degree of plenty reigned there.
    "One day, when the sun shone on the red leaves that strewed the ground and diffused cheerfulness, although it denied warmth, Safie, Agatha, and Felix departed on a long country walk, and the old man, at his own desire, was left alone in the cottage.