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Only,
there must be some end, some end: I am not strong enough to bear
eternity.
THE SERPENT. You need not live to see another summer; and yet there
shall be no end.
ADAM. That cannot be.
THE SERPENT. It can be.
EVE. It shall be.
THE SERPENT. It is. Kill me; and you will find another snake in the
garden tomorrow. You will find more snakes than there are fingers on
your hands.
EVE. I will make other Adams, other Eves.
ADAM. I tell you you must not make up stories about this. It cannot
happen.
THE SERPENT. I can remember when you were yourself a thing that could
not happen. Yet you are.
ADAM [_struck_] That must be true. [_He sits down on the stone_].
THE SERPENT. I will tell Eve the secret; and she will tell it to you.
ADAM. The secret! [_He turns quickly towards the serpent, and in doing
so puts his foot on something sharp_]. Oh!
EVE. What is it?
ADAM [_rubbing his foot_] A thistle. And there, next to it, a briar. And
nettles, too! I am tired of pulling these things up to keep the garden
pleasant for us for ever.
THE SERPENT.


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