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Show -3?. ty was once the womb of Bulare, and the opening to It, the vagina and vulva, out of which her child was born. Rereading the passage, the Professor's mind was distracted from his problem. He was alone in the house, had been for two days? because his wife was away ministering to her s i s t e r . His sister-in-law had l o s t weight, had become increasingly more ner-vous and d i s t r a u t , and her white blood cell s had minished to A an alarming extent. Thinking of the stone woman's legendary organs had reminded the Professor of his s i s t e r - i n - l a w ' s a i l ment and brought on a twinge of anxiety? How complicated the human organism is! He did not know whether he referred to the doctor's puzzling over his s i s t e r - i n - l a w ' s failure to respond to his t r e a t ment, or to the bewilderment of the cave-dweller, not only amazed a t the generation of l i f e within the female womb, but guilty too? because in his hunting he had to destroy l i f e in order to preserve his own. This amazement, combining as it seemed to do; both benevolent and malevolent thoughts, must have led mankind to construct one of the f i r s t great rationalizations: for the s p i r i t of man to survive, the god must die. The Professor pulled the sheet of paper from his typewriter and laid i t on the top of his desk? Not only his mood but his concentration had been broken. He placed the cover on the machine and got up and stared out the window? How boring i t was when he could not work and his wife was away. He had looked forward to t h i s second summer a t home as a time when |