We will later discover (III:WC:4) that it was not "nearly" enough for Victor, who
proceeds to rewrite Walton's narrative. But, then again, it could very well be his
own narrative that he so conscientiously revises. Whatever the particular case is
immaterial: what matters is the fact of emendation. Mary Shelley's deliberate accentuation
of the unreliability of her text will recur at crucial points throughout the novel.