And some holding it best to live temperately, and to avoidexcesses of all kinds, made parties, and shut themselves up from the rest of the world; eating and drinking mod-erately of the best, and diverting themselves with music, and such other entertainments as they might have withindoor; never listening to anything from without, to make them uneasy.
Different ways to cope with trauma and tragic situations, when the destruction is so gigantic that however you react is right and painfully accurate.