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           ButwhenIgo,andrememberthisclearly,Iwillleavethesetwobottleshereuponyourbed.AndwhenI’vegoneIwantyoutowaitalittlewhileandthenslowlyopenyoureyesandsitupandreachoveranddrinkthecontentsofthesebottles.Notwithyourmouth,no.Drinkwithyournose.Tiltthebottles,uncorkthem,andletwhatisinthemgorightdownintoyourhead.Readthelabelsfirst,ofcourse.Buthere,letmereadthemforyou."

           Heliftedonebottleintothelight.

           "‘GREENDUSKFORDREAMINGBRANDPURENORTHERNAIR,’heread.‘derivedfromtheatmosphereofthewhiteArcticinthespringof1900,andmixedwiththewindfromtheupperHudsonValleyinthemonthofApril,1910,andcontainingparticlesofdustseenshininginthesunsetofonedayinthemeadowsaroundGrinnell,Iowa,whenacoolairrosetobecapturedfromalakeandalittlecreekandanaturalspring.’

           "Nowthesmallprint,"hesaid.Hesquinted."‘Alsocontainingmoleculesofvaporfrommenthol,lime,papaya,andwatermelonandallotherwater-smelling,cool-savoredfruitsandtreeslikecamphorandherbslikewintergreenandthebreathofarisingwindfromtheDesPlainesRiveritself.Guaranteedmostrefreshingandcool.Tobetakenonsummernightswhentheheatpassesninety.’"

           Hepickeduptheotherbottle.

           "Thisonethesame,saveI’vecollectedawindfromtheAranIslesandonefromoffDublinBaywithsaltonitandastripofflannelfogfromthecoastofIceland."

           Heputthetwobottlesonthebed.

           "Onelastdirection."