FRAGMENTS OF "THE UNICORN"
I
THE AMULET
Lilith. Saul. Amak. Nubian.
Lilith sits under pomegranate trees watching her child Amak playing with Saul his father's helm and spear. A light smoke is ascending from the chimney of their hut, and through the doorway a naked Nubian man is seen stirring the embers. Saul sleeps.
Lilith
Amak, you'll break your father's sleep:
Come here and tell me what those spices are
This strange man bakes our cakes with.
It makes the brain wild. Be still, Amak:
I'll give you the strange man your father brought,
And he will run with you upon his back to-day.
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