He stood before a large gold statue of a giant scorpion, and inserted his forearm (with the bracelet) into a round hole in the center of the statue in order to activate its powers, and release the army.[In several respects, however,Bride of Frankensteincontradicts the ending ofFrankenstein.] Bryon recalls:What a setting in that churchyard to begin with.The sobbing women, the first plod of earth on the coffin.That was a pretty chill.Frankenstein and the dwarf stealing the body out of its new-made grave, cutting the hanged man down from the gallows where he swung creaking in the wind.After weeks of hard riding the Russian border was reached, where he populace hid behind closed shutters - - out of the way of the feared Cossacks, who with reckless fury protected their nobles from even a glance of the enslaved people.One of the growing crystal peaks pierced the hull ofThe Gertrude,lifted the ship high out of the water and impaled it there.