SLEEPER.
Will they not take the opportunity to seize upon me?
SPIRIT.
Fear not; they are quite harmless.
SLEEPER.
They are nothing in appearance but little weights, such as a druggist uses; but I see they are inscribed with the names of the calamities which they represent; one is poverty, another sickness. You have relieved the world from many inconveniences, but I hope you will keep them safe in this box, and not let them out again to plague mankind.
SPIRIT.
I keep them to bestow upon those whose misfortunes are too light. Sometimes I rectify the scales by taking away good, and sometimes by adding evil, as may best suit the particular case. But come, I am wasting time, follow me, and you shall see this weighing performed. We will walk through this wall into the next house.
SLEEPER.
How wonderful! We have indeed passed through the wall, and I felt not the least obstruction.