First Hour. And the Morning Star has been up some time.
Sun. All right. Let it rise and set, just as it pleases.
First Hour. What do I hear your Excellency say?
Sun. I wish you would leave me alone.
First Hour. But, Excellency, the night has already lasted so long, that it can last no longer; and if we delay, imagine, Excellency, the confusion that will ensue.
Sun. I don't mean to stir, whatever happens.
First Hour.0 Excellency! what is this? Does your Excellency feel ill?
Sun. No, no; I feel nothing, except that I don't wish to move. So you can go and attend to your own affairs.
First Hour. How can I go unless your Excellency comes? I am the first Hour of the day, and how can the day exist, if your Excellency does not deign to go forth as usual?
Sun. If you will not be of the day, you shall be of the night; or better, the hours of the night shall do double duty, and you and your companions shall be idle. For you must know I am tired of this eternal going round to give light to a race of little animals that live far away in a ball of clay, so small that I, who have good sight, cannot see it. During the night I have decided not to trouble myself any more in this fashion. If men want light, let them make their own fires for the purpose, or provide it in some other way.