"I am a strong man, but I staggered as I spoke. All creation was exaggerated. Colour grew more vivid, motion more rapid, life itself more vital. I hardly saw her for a moment, but I heard her voice--pitilessly sweet. She would not subdue one of her charms in compassion. Perhaps she did not know what I felt.
"'You name me leopardess. Remember, the leopardess is tameless,' said she.
"'Tame or fierce, wild or subdued, you are _mine_.'

"I am a strong man, but I staggered as I spoke. All creation was exaggerated. Colour grew more vivid, motion more rapid, life itself more vital. I hardly saw her for a moment, but I heard her voice - pitilessly sweet.
"'You name me leopardess. Remember, the leopardess is tameless,' said she.
"'Tame or fierce, wild or subdued, you are mine.'
