A wax candle and a tallow candle are sitting in a large house belonging to a rich family. The wax candle brags that it is very well-made and expensive, and will be used to to give light during a grand ball which is to happen later that night. The tallow candle admits that it must be wonderful to have such a purpose, but says that it is glad to be a better quality than the rush light, which is only dipped twice when being created, unlike the tallow candle, which is dipped four times. The tallow candle argues that its placement in the kitchen is important, because the whole family gets food from there. The wax candle says that society is more important than food, and that it is the luckier for being able to shine on people socializing.