la Solitude--each of them moreoptimistic than the last.

like this before ever telling us why your master has called us?

I've grown hoarse with the telling, but you won't listen. My

master is going to drag you all out of the stupid, sapless life you

are leading and ensure you, one full of all delights.

And how is he going to manage that?

My poor friends, he has brought with him a disgusting old

fellow, all bent and wrinkled, with a most pitiful appearance, bald

and toothless; upon my word, I even believe he is circumcised like