I cannot answer.[103]
Cain.Were I quiet earth,290
That were no evil: would I ne'er had been
Aught else but dust!
Lucifer.That is a grovelling wish,
Less than thy father's—for he wished to know!
Cain. But not to live—or wherefore plucked he not
The Life-tree?
Lucifer.He was hindered.
Cain.Deadly error!