Chapter 35: XXXIV

XXXIV 1st Gent. Such men as this are feathers, chips, and straws, Carry no weight, no force. 2nd Gent. But levity Is causal too, and makes the sum of weight. For power finds its place in lack of power; Advance is cession, and the driven ship May run aground because the helmsman’s thought Lacked force to balance opposites. It was on a morning of May that Peter Featherstone was buried. In the prosaic…