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“S THE PENITENT ‘‘ IMPATIENS,”’ 
OS ee "the dripping plantain leaf 
; nae ~ already mentioned on the 
. © one hand, and in this erect dry 
blade of grass where the distilla- 
tion seems to aspire aloft, often con- 
verging at the extreme apex, whence it floats away for aught I 
know? Let us descend beneath the hill to the borders of the 
pond, for here is a charmed spot. I have reserved it for the last, 
