Monday

The new creature says its name is Eve. That is all right, I have no

objections. Says it is to call it by when I want it to come. I said it

was superfluous, then. The word evidently raised me in its respect; and

indeed it is a large, good word, and will bear repetition. It says it

is not an It, it is a She. This is probably doubtful; yet it is all one

to me; what she is were nothing to me if she would but go by herself

and not talk.

Extracts from Adam's Diary, translated from the original ms. · 第 9 / 35 题