Spike watched with curiosity as Drusilla danced before six members of the Order who had gathered in their room to admire the one who was host to Laibach.

"Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field and he said to the woman..." Dru paused. "I don't remember what her name was," she said, finger to her mouth, "but I think she was starkers quite a bit."

She smiled and Spike thought it was one of the most wonderful things he had seen in days.

"And the serpent asked the naked lady, did the Lord God forbid you to eat from the Tree of Knowledge? And the naked lady said, yes."

The vampires had come to bask in her presence, but as Drusilla spoke to the audience like a nanny to a room full of barely-weaned tots, they began to glare at her. Any rational mind would see the hostility rising in them - but they weren't dealing with a rational mind. Not even close, thought Spike.

"So the serpent got the naked lady and her equally naked boyfriend to eat some of this oh so special fruit and... "