Mr. Prywell

"Hitherto, secrecy had been the seal of the plot. The better principles of the soul had long been unwakeful, unheeding of the danger, and, so far, ignorant of the devices of Satan. It was by stealth, disguise, and secret counsel that the Diabolonians had proceeded thus far, taking advantage of the soul’s slumbering. But now, the soul awakes, or is awakened, through the agency of one of the remaining principles of the renewed man—PRYWELL. This is the spirit of self-suspicion and self-examination of the soul—the searching, prying spirit, that first tries whether all is right, and then examines what is wrong, and promptly reports the results to the mind, and will, and conscience, and understanding. This principle is here represented as moving to and fro, and going up and down, and searching through and through, all the highways, and by-ways, and thoroughfares, and secret dens of the soul, detecting the thoughts and discovering the intents of the heart, and spying out the hidden collusion of the soul with Satan."[2]