16 And when it was morning, there came one from the bazaar unto his habitation; and he did bring with him all those things that the old man, which was full of cunning, he had put down.
17 ¶ Yea, all of them did he bring save only a little butter for to fortify the old man's faith in prayer.
18 ¶ Now these were the days of cards, and the number of them, it increased continually.
19 And there were food cards, and fuel cards, and cards of registration, and sugar cards, and cards of insurance, and cards of exemption also.
20 And whosoever did lose his cards, verily, the state of that man, it was terrible.
21 For he could get him no sustenance for to live. And a man that is not insured, to die were the last of his follies.
22 Moreover, because the card of his exemption, it was lost, therefore, in either case, he was become of the fighters of En.
23 Yea, even though he were possessed of the joker, nevertheless, it availed him nothing; for it was a new game, and the joker was not in the pack.
24 ¶ And certain of the people did gather them victuals secretly and in great abundance, and they did put them on one side and they did hoard.
25 Neither did they consider the needs of the poor, being satisfied with their own bellies, that they should be full up.