M. Thou talkest strange things. When wast thou in bondage?
W. When I sought righteousness, because of hope and fear.
M. That is not bondage.
W. What, then, is bondage?
M. Subjection to the will of another, who is master over thee.
W. That is right. Thou wilt see I was subject to the control of hope and fear. I was subject to my master, who said, “Do this, or not do that,” and who told me what he would do to me, if I disobeyed. Minds are now serving many masters in this castle, through fear of their displeasure.
M. Minds, in this castle, serve many masters? Whom do we serve, but God?
W. Thou servest whomsoever thou obeyest.
M. True: but no mind can serve two masters.
W. Thou shouldst have said, except he hate the one and love the other. When thou doest right, whom dost thou serve?