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2 5 8 I n t e r p r e t a t i o n Volume 41 / Issue 3will give you pleasure.Maybe you will even be vaingloriousin recounting to these peoplethe long story of your labors.115 But before these stars show themselveshappy toward you, you must roamthe world seeking under a new skin;because that Providence which maintainsthe human species, wants you to bear120 this discomfort for your greater good.From here it is necessary that every bit of yourhuman likeness must be extinguished, and, without it,you come to pasture with me among the other beasts.This tough star cannot change;125 and, having put you in this place,the pain is deferred, not canceled.And you are permitted to stay with me long enough,that you may gain experience of the place,and of the inhabitants who are in it.130 Therefore do not be discouraged;but frankly take this weighton your solid and strong shoulders;it will for some time be beneficial to have taken it.”Chapter FourWhen the lady stopped speaking,I rose to my feet, remaining confusedby the words she had said.However, I said: “I accuse neither the heavens nor others,5 nor do I wish to lament such a tough fate,because I am more used to the bad than the good.But if I had to go through infernal doorstoward the good of which you spoke, it would please me,as well as those paths to which you have led me.10 May Fortune do, then, all that must andshould be done with my life;I know well that she would never be troubled by me.”Then my lady opened her arms,