TEMPTER. Well answered! Eve has proved her innocence. The serpent!
Let the serpent come forward. (EVE disappears.) The serpent! (The
serpent appears in the tree trunk.) Here you can see the seducer of
us all. Now, serpent, who was it that beguiled you?

ALL (terrified). Silence! Blasphemer!

TEMPTER. Answer, serpent! (Lightning and a clap of thunder; all
flee, except the TEMPTER, who has fallen to the ground, and the
PILGRIM, the STRANGER and the LADY. The TEMPTER begins to recover;
he then gets up and sits down in an attitude that recalls the
classical statue 'The Polisher,' or 'The Slave.') Causa finalis, or
the first cause--you can't discover that! For if the serpent's to
blame, then we're comparatively innocent--but mankind mustn't be
told that! The Accused, however, seems to have got out of this
business! And the Court of justice has dissolved like smoke! Judge
not. Judge not, O Judges!

LADY (to the STRANGER). Come with me.

STRANGER. But I'd like to listen to this man.

LADY. Why? He's like a small child, putting all those questions
that can't be answered. You know how little children ask about
everything. 'Papa, why does the sun rise in the east?' You know the
answer?

STRANGER. Hm!

LADY. Or: 'Mama, who made God?' You think that profound? Well, come