than ever, when Gerard became conscious of the existence of some lofty obstacle in front of them, and gradually distinguished that it was a wall of grey stone.
"Where are we, Eve?" he asked.
"Wait!" she said, and feeling with her disengaged hand for some distance she succeeded in finding the door of which she was in search. "Now, Adam, I have a surprise for you. Do you deserve it?"
He did not know what to expect, or what to reply, but he bent his face to hers and kissed her again.
"Supposing, Adam, that I were to show you a real paradise, would you run away from it?"
"Not while you were there," he laughed, wondering at her whim.
"And you would be a good Adam?"
"To you? Yes! Do I not love you, Eve?"
"And you would love me always?"
He took her in his arms, and lifted her up in his strong embrace.
"Here, then, is the key," she said. "Open the door." And, as soon as he
