To punish them, Agen sent down an angel with a golden box, which he forbade them to open. Needless to say, as soon as the angel had gone, they opened it, and out flew Death, Sickness, War, Poverty and all the other evils that plague mankind. All except one; Hope was too feeble to climb out of the box, and the stupid humans, not realising that Hope is the greatest torment and deceiver of them all, lifted her out and took her for their own.
