species. We are tending towards this goal: that the abstract type of Woman may perish as soon as it is realized, even as the abstract type of Man perished also. Having attained that level, we shall, together with Man, begin to evolve in the wider sphere of our common humanity. The struggle and the war of the elements which make up our nature will still continue in a new Becoming, but no longer in the narrow space of womanhood, which leaves us too little room to breathe."
"All the same," said Stephen, in conclusion, "our descendants will envy us very, very much, since we live in the days of the Last Woman."
"Let us hope that the present period may endure for some time; say, until the gorilla is extinct."
Stephen's feeling of mediæval worship for woman was shocked at my words: "Women and gorillas named together!" he sighed.
Whilst we were going home, after taking leave of Gina and Radlowski, he said, hesitatingly and in some confusion:
"Janka, do not make a pastime of that Imszanski any more: he is not worth playing with."
"Well said, but? …"
