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viper ill her bosom — and lier lamentations rent the air 

 as she unfolded her bitter tale to her convulsed and 

 heartless fellow-villagers. The scent of a fox appeals no 

 more strongly to the nose of a hound than the mere 

 name of the artful one now stinks in the nostrils of 

 this kind old lady. / nunc^ ingratis^ offer te irrise 

 jjericlis. 



