Narration: During a brief intermission in these felicitological exercises Trurl and Klapaucius managed to slip away and hide behind a hedge.

Narration: There they found a gully and followed it, crouching as if under heavy fire, to Trurl’s place, where to be absolutely safe they locked themselves in the attic

Narration: and just in the nick of time, for the patrols were out, combing the area for all those discontent, gloomy or sad, and summarily felicitizing them on the spot.