The Literature of Tobacco 235 



' In which authentic story is not woman's jealousy 

 of the weed once and for ever explained ? And it 

 should be added that one day, discovering her lord 

 mourning over that fragrant grave, she had torn the 

 poor weed by handfuls and scattered it abroad, " for," 

 said she, " something told her that a woman was at 

 the bottom of it," which, as we have seen, was just 

 the literal truth.' 



