revulsion

It’s such a humble invitation, almost an afterthought, and yet it’s the first time anyone in the story has offered The Creature anything without fear or revulsion.

One man, Garfield, has chosen virtue; another, Conkling, has chosen corruption; the third, Guiteau, has no real choice in the matter but keeps an audience teetering between pity and revulsion.

More a conscious repining at their existence, mixed with revulsion at the thought that she occasionally had to share space with them.

"Any decent person... will experience shock, revulsion and incredulity."

But public revulsion at their attack appears to have forced the criminals to backtrack.