Now that he's seen the heralds, the Underground Man realizes that they're just like human beings, except they live in stasis instead of in the real world. He's not sure if this is true or not, but he does know that they protect the laws of the land, which is why they exist. The Underground Man also realizes that the great circle of scriptures is exactly the opposite of what he expected it to be. The scriptures, he says, were written by the founder of the society, who lived for 500 years and wrote the whole thing down. The founder, he tells us, went even further than that. Now that the men have taken over the house, he wants to make sure they don't do anything to him or his family. He doesn't want them to get arrested, though, because he wants his kid to be safe.