A TRAVELLER arriving at the capitol of the nation saw a vast plain

　　outside the wall, filled with struggling and shouting men. While

　　he looked upon the alarming spectacle an Office broke away from the

　　Throng1 and took shelter in a tomb close to where he stood, the

　　crowd being too intent upon hammering one another to observe that

　　the cause of their contention2 had departed.

　　"Poor bruised3 and bleeding creature," said the compassionate4

　　Traveller, "what misfortune caused you to be so far away from the

　　source of power?"

　　"I 'sought the man,'" said the Office.