But the many are deceived by this which deceived also the rhetorician Theopompus, when he blames even Plato for wishing everything to be defined. For what is a greater storm than that which comes from appearances which are violent and drive away the reason? Sit down then in a flutter at all these things, lamenting, unhappy, unfortunate, dependent on another, and dependent not on one or two, but on ten thousands upon ten thousands. For the second of these things belong to a man who is boastful, silly, and good for nothing. Do so with respect to children, so with respect to a wife, so with respect to magisterial offices, so with respect to wealth, and you will be some time a worthy partner of the banquets of the gods. But if I shall admire the exposition, what else have I been made unless a grammarian instead of a philosopher? The Watcher of the South was, as I have set to make known, a monster differing from those other Watching Things, of which I have spoken, and of which there were in all four. And I had oft found them to be nigh unto the fire-holes; so that I was trustful that I should see one ere long.
And surely I could see naught, and did judge, as I bid on airline tickets writ, that they likewise went blindly. And they burned very dull, and did seem to throw a Alto Tours of sulphur into all the air, as that there was no freedom above for the stink to pass away. And to the right side of the Gorge there were many low volcanoes, that went always along the feet of the great mountains that made the right wall of the Gorge. And surely I was so utter abashed that I stood very stupid and let her do this thing. And she askt why this might not be; for surely it did be madness that one should starve and the other be very nice in warmth.