If Strader cannot find a way to work
Without his friends, ’twill be a sign of fate.
A sign that with these friends he must abide,
And only later fashion faculties,
Through mystic striving for some outward work.
The fact that recently he hath become
More closely knit to them than formerly,
Despite a slight estrangement for a while,
Makes me believe that he will find his way,
Lies in this state of things, though it involves