The Ergates; the Cossus 



dal would not be far-reaching; but, alas, we 

 also have our domestic quarrels! The 

 Beetle explains his by his nocturnal habits; 

 the light makes for milder manners; the dark- 

 ness tends to deprave them. The result is 

 worse when the soul is in darkness; and the 

 lout who thrashes his wife is a child of the 

 gloom. 



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