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Chapter 11
A recollection of the glorious days in the Garden.
1THEN Adam and Eve felt themselves burning with thirst, and heat, and sorrow.
2And Adam said to Eve, "We shall not drink of this water, even if we were to die. O Eve, when this water comes into our inner parts, it will increase our punishments and that of our children, that shall come after us."
3Both Adam and Eve then withdrew from the water, and drank none of it at all; but came and entered the Cave of Treasures.
4But when in it Adam could not see Eve; he only heard the noise she made. Neither could she see Adam, but heard the noise he made.
5Then Adam wept, in deep affliction, and smote upon his breast; and he arose and said to Eve, "Where art thou?"
6And she said unto him, "Lo, I am standing in this darkness."
7He then said to her, "Remember the bright nature in which we lived, while we abode in the garden!
8"O Eve! remember the glory that rested on us in the garden. O Eve! remember the trees that overshadowed us in the garden while we moved among them.
9"O Eve! remember that while we were in the garden, we knew neither night nor day. Think of the Tree of Life, from below which flowed the water, and that shed lustre over us! Remember, O Eve, the garden-land, and the brightness thereof!
10"Think, oh think of that garden in which was no darkness, while we dwelt therein.
11"Whereas no sooner did we come into this Cave of Treasures than darkness compassed us round about; until we can no longer see each other; and all the pleasure of this life has come to an end."