She will not make me climb, nor scold me oft.

Idleness! Idleness! come!

[Enter, slowly, Idleness, in soft robes, with large fan and box of chocolates.]

Idleness. [Languidly.]  Beautiful dreams

And chocolate creams

Are all I desire of the world as a boon.

No heat, and no strife;

The pleasantest life

Is to swing in a hammock the long afternoon.

[Sinks into a chair.]