"But he manages to scrape along." "In a state of jeopardy: all the time in a state of jeopardy," said the old man.

"His whole existence, and that of his wife, is completely precarious.

I found, in my youth, the spirit moved me to various things which would have left me and my wife starving.

So I realised in time, this was no good.

I took my spirit in hand, therefore, and made him pull the cart which mankind is riding in.