Wretched devil! You reproach me with your creation, come on, then, that I may extinguish the spark which I so negligently bestowed." My rage was without bounds; I sprang on him, impelled by all the feelings which can arm one being against the existence of another.
He easily eluded me and said, "Be calm! I entreat you to hear me before you give vent to your hatred on my devoted head.

Have I not suffered enough, that you seek to increase my misery?
Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.

Remember, thou hast made me more powerful than thyself; my height is superior to thine, my joints more supple.

But I will not be tempted to set myself in opposition to thee.

I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile to my natural lord and king if thou wilt also perform thy part, the which thou owest me.