Do other animals--in your country ?" "We are not animals!" I replied with some sharpness.

"At least we are something more--something higher.

This is a far nobler and more beautiful relation, as I have explained before.

Your view seems to us rather--shall I say, practical?
Prosaic?
Merely a means to an end! With us--oh, my dear girl--cannot you see?
Cannot you feel?
It is the last, sweetest, highest consummation of mutual love." She was impressed visibly.

She trembled in my arms, as I held her close, kissing her hungrily.