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Two weeks later than the above incident we were, 

 as I now fancy, were Adam and Eve, after the lunch 

 of the forbidden apple, drinking the sweet sap of the 



I do not know what to say to make an adequate 



comparison. I leave it to any of those who have been 

 in similar circumstances as I was, after all my tribula- 

 tions, metamorphosed into " Byron's " intoxication 

 not from intoxication of liquors, but by the capillary 

 attractions of two souls. . . . 



Now, you know all that I can tell you without vio- 

 lating the sacred laws of intimacy. 



Your Birds-catcher, with only a stem flower of Tube- 

 rose and a little perseverance and cum dignitate, and 

 reciprocal esteem. 



' ' Judges and senates have been bought for gold, 

 Esteem and love were never to be sold." POPE. 



L. MENAND. 



