commanded Eve with a gesture of authority and the deformed creature, who seemed to be possessed of immense strength, bowed in silence and obeyed her order. Then, still silent, he left the court as he had entered it, and replaced the heavy curtain behind him.
"He is a useful servant, exclaimed Eve. "He knows everything and can do everything. I have only to speak. I call him a servant, though he is really a slave; but I do not treat him as such, because he is indispensable. He understands me so well."
"Never mind your black Narjac, Eve; I cannot think of anything but you."
"Not even of breakfast, Adam?"
"I prefer your lips."
"But look at this peach; what colour, and what a soft velvety down!"
"Your cheeks are better, Eve."
"Nevertheless, I like the peach."
"Well, then, let us breakfast; and after breakfast ———."
"Yes; after breakfast, what?"
"Love, Eve."
