The friend who used to sell the torch found the talk to the other friend on the stage funny. He found it much more hilarious when he saw the people who had gathered around, paying close attention to him. This is because he traced the similarity between the way he sells the torch and the way the saint puts forth his thoughts. Both use the example of darkness, but the difference arises in the fact that the first friend talks about the outer darkness whose remedy is the buying of the torch that he sells. While the other friend talks about the darkness that every individual has within themselves, whose remedy remains in the direction of spirituality.